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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