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2001 SAS flight 686 crashes near Milano-Linate, killing 114, crash caused by flight crew and tower confusion

1997 Tower Minnesota temps dip to 24 degrees F

1996 Eric Cullen, actor (Huntington Tower), dies at 31

1994 Walkway from Cleveland's Tower City to Jacobs Field officially opens

1993 Arthur Staal, Dutch architect (Shell Tower Amsterdam), dies at 86

1992 Frederick W. Franz, CEO (Watch Tower), dies at 99

1991 John Tower, (Sen-R-Tx), dies in a plane crash at 65

1990 Tower Of Pisa closed to the public after leaning too far

1989 Senate rejects Bush's nomination of John Tower as Defense Secretary

1987 Tower Commission probes Iran-Contra affair

1986 Charles Aubroeck, Belgian painter/sculptor (Iron Tower), dies at 91

1984 Late Night's 1st Tower Drop

1981 Daniel Goodwin, climbs Chicago's Sears Tower in 7 hours

1980 Barbara O'Neil, actress (Tower of London, Stella Dallas)

1980 Jean-Claude Droyer climbs Eiffel Tower in 2 hours 18 mins

1980 Sarah Selby, actress (Tower of London), dies at 74

1976 CCN Tower in Toronto, tallest free-standing structure, 555 m, opens

1973 Chicago's Sears Tower, world's tallest building finished

1970 Herbert Schmidtz makes highest parachute jump from a tower by leaping from a 1,984 ft TV mast in Tulsa, Oklahoma

1970 Keith Tower, NBA center for the Los Angeles Clippers

1967 Highest tower to the world finished, 537m (U.S.S.R.)

1966 Charles Whitman climbs University of Texas tower and shoots 12 dead

1965 London's Post Office Tower opens, tallest building in England

1965 Eric Cullen, actor, Huntington Tower

1960 Stephen "Tea Tower" Duffy, rocker, Lilac Time-Paradise Song

1941 Josef Jakobs, German spy, executed in Tower of London

1940 Adolf Hitler views Eiffel tower and grave of Napoleon in France

1938 Charles Starkwether, murderer, Texas Tower

1938 Joan Tower, born in New Rochelle, New York, composer, Breakfast Rhythms

1933 Coit Tower dedicated in SF, a monument to firefighters

1930 Cleveland's Terminal Tower opens (52 stories)

1926 Aloha Tower dedicated in Honolulu

1925 John Tower, Sen-R-Tx

1923 Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel, engineer (Eiffel Tower), dies at 91

1923 ZR-1 (biggest active dirigible) flies over New York's tallest skyscraper, Woolworth Tower

1914 Construction begins on Tower of Jewels for the Exposition (San Francisco)

1908 John Sutton, Rawalpindi India, actor, Tower of London, Return of Fly

1907 L[yon] Sprague de Camp, U.S., sci-fi author, Goblin Tower, Hand of Zei

1905 1st forest fire lookout tower placed in operation, Greenville, Maine

1901 Santos-Dumont proves airship maneuverable by circling Eiffel Tower

1894 Charles Aubroeck, Belgian painter/sculptor, Iron Tower

1894 London Tower Bridge opens

1889 Universal Exposition opens in Paris, Eiffel Tower completed

1889 300m Eiffel Tower officially opens, commemorates French Revolution

1888 Miles Mander, Wolverhampton England, actor, Tower of London

1855 Crimean war - assault of Malakof Tower under Mac-Mahon)

1832 Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel, French engineer, Eiffel tower

1819 Zealous Bates Tower, Bvt Major General Union Army, died in 1900

1783 Benjamin Tower of Philadelphia publishes 1st daily newspaper in U.S.

1763 London Journalist John Wilkes confined in the Tower

1721 English Chancellor Exchequer John Aislabie confined in London Tower

1678 Earl of Shaftesbury freed out of London Tower

1677 Earl of Shaftesbury arrested/confined in London Tower

1640 John Pym, earl of Strafford locked in Tower of London

1621 Sir Francis Bacon thrown into Tower of London for 1 night

1620 1st stones layed in Western Tower

1616 Walter Raleigh released from Tower of London to seek gold in Guyana

1587 English parliament leader Peter Wentworth confined in London Tower

1587 English parliament leader Peter Wentworth confined in London Tower

1541 Queen Catharine Howard confined in London Tower

1534 Sir Thomas Moore confined in London Tower

70 Tower of Antonia destroyed by Romans



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