2013 Event The U.S. military used B-52 bombers in joint military drills with South Korea; in response, North Korea threatens to attack America's military bases in Japan 2010 Event At least 38 are killed and 60 injured when two female suicide bombers carry out two separate terrorist attacks at Moscow Metro stations Lubyana and Park Kultury 2010 Event At least 33 people are killed, more than 50 wounded, by multiple suicide bombers in Baquoba, Iraq 2010 Event Suicide bombers carry out a number of attacks in Kabul, Afghanistan, killing at least 17 people 1997 Death Joanie Weston, roller derby queen with the Bay Bombers, dies at 61 1993 Event 81st CFL Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos defeats Winn Blue Bombers, 33-23 1992 Event 80th CFL Grey Cup: Calgary Stampeders defeats Winn Blue Bombers, 24-10 1991 Event President Bush decides to end full-time B-52 bombers alert 1990 Event 78th CFL Grey Cup: Winn Blue Bombers defeat Edmonton Eskimos, 50-11 1988 Event 76th CFL Grey Cup: Winnipeg Blue Bombers defeats BC Lions, 22-21 1986 Event Libyan bombers attack N'djamena Airport in Chad 1984 Event 72nd CFL Grey Cup: Win Blue Bombers defeats Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 47-17 1981 Event Israeli bombers destroy PLO/al-Fatah headquarters in Beirut 1975 Birthday Kesley Perrin, CFL defensive back for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1973 Birthday Nick Ferguson, CFL defensive back for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1973 Birthday Wade Miller, CFL linebacker for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1973 Birthday Mike Mihelic, CFL offensive tackle for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1973 Birthday George Noga, CFL linebacker for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1972 Birthday Robert Robinson, CFL defensive linebacker for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1972 Birthday Frank Rocca, CFL corner for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1972 Birthday Shonte Peoples, CFL linebacker for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1972 Birthday Sean Graham, CFL slot back for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1972 Birthday Kevin McDougal, CFL quarterback for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1972 Birthday Ronald Williams, CFL running back for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1972 Birthday Brandon Hamilton, CFL cornerback for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1972 Birthday Shannon Garrett, CFL defensive back for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1971 Birthday Dexter Dawson, CFL receiver for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1971 Birthday Reggie Carthon, CFL defensive back for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1971 Birthday Brad Elberg, CFL running back for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1971 Birthday Joseph Rogers, CFL receiver for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1971 Birthday Tommy Fagan, CFL/NFL defensive end, Atlanta Falcons, Winn Blue Bombers 1971 Birthday Chris Vargas, CFL quarterback for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1971 Birthday Errol Brown, CFL defensive back for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1970 Birthday Grant Carter, CFL defensive end for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1970 Birthday DeWayne Knight, CFL linebacker for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1970 Birthday Leuea Tagoai, CFL defensive end for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1970 Birthday Turhon O'Bannon, CFL receiver for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1970 Birthday Milt Stegall, CFL receiver for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1970 Birthday Colin Scrivener, CFL defensive tackle for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1969 Birthday Doug Hocking, CFL linebacker for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1969 Birthday Chris Perez, CFL tackle for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1969 Birthday Keith Powe, WLAF/CFL defensive lineback, Win Blue Bombers, Claymores 1969 Birthday Tyrone Rodgers, CFL defensive linebacker for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1968 Birthday Craig Hendrickson, CFL tackle for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1967 Birthday Brett MacNeil, CFL guard for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1967 Event China reports downing of 2 U.S. bombers 1967 Birthday Glen Scrivener, CFL defensive tackle for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1967 Birthday Troy Westwood, CFL kicker for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1967 Birthday Allan Boyko, CFL slot back for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1967 Birthday Bruce Boyko, CFL fullback for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1967 Birthday David Pitcher, CFL fullback for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1966 Birthday Courtney Griffin, CFL defensive back for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1966 Birthday Dave Vankoughnett, CFL corner for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1965 Event 53rd CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeat Winn Blue Bombers, 22-16 1964 Birthday Greg Battle, CFL linebacker for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1962 Event U.S.S.R. agrees to remove bombers from Cuba, and U.S. lifts blockade 1959 Event 47th CFL Grey Cup: Winn Blue Bombers defeats Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 21-7 1958 Event 46th CFL Grey Cup: Winn Blue Bombers defeat Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 35-28 1957 Event 45th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeats Winn Blue Bombers, 32-7 1957 Event B-52 bombers begin full-time flying alert in case of U.S.S.R. attack 1954 Birthday Robert Cameron, CFL punter for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1953 Event 41st CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeats Winn Blue Bombers, 12-6 1953 Event Bud Grant of Winnipeg Blue Bombers intercepts 5 passes (record) 1953 Event U.S. bombers shot down at north of Wladiwostok 1950 Event 38th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Winn Blue Bombers, 13-0 1946 Event 34th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Winn Blue Bombers, 28-6 1945 Event 33rd CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Winn Blue Bombers, 35-0 1945 Event 1st and last assault of German Rammkommando on U.S. bombers 1945 Event During WW II Allied bombers begin 4-day raid over Germany 1945 Event 1,250 U.S. bombers attacks Berlin 1945 Event 1,000 allied bombers harass Essen, 4,662 ton bombs 1944 Event U.S. bombers based on Saipan, begin 1st attack on Tokyo 1944 Event British bombers hit Tirpitz with Tallboy bombs 1944 Event 200 Halifax bombers attack oil-installations in Homburg 1944 Event 300 allied bombers drop fire bombs on Allied/German positions 1944 Event 1,200+ 8th Air Force bombers bomb targets in SW Germany 1944 Event 91 German bombers harass Bristol 1944 Event 900+ 8th Air Force bombers attack Zwikau, Bohlen and Brux 1944 Event British dive bombers attack battle cruiser Tirpitz 1944 Event 781 British bombers attack Neurenberg 1944 Event 705 British bombers attack Essen 1944 Event 811 British bombers attack Berlin 1944 Event 600+ 8th Air Force bombers attack Berlin 1944 Event 823 British bombers attack Berlin 1944 Event 891 British bombers attack Berlin 1944 Event 285 German bombers attack London 1944 Event 683 British bombers attack Berlin 1944 Event 447 German bombers attack London 1944 Event 649 British bombers attack Magdeburg 1943 Event 31st CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Flying Wildcats defeat Winn Bombers, 23-14 1943 Event 444 British bombers attack Berlin 1943 Event U.S. bombers accidentally strike Enschede, Netherlands, causing 151 deaths 1943 Event Liberator bombers sinks U-338 1943 Event Liberator bombers sinks U-341 1943 Event 498 British bombers attack Peenemunde 1943 Event 772 British bombers attack Hamburg 1943 Event Liberator bombers sinks U-517 1943 Event Liberator bombers sink U-535 in Gulf of Biskaye 1943 Event Liberator bombers sinks U-628 1943 Event Gulf of Biskaje: Liberator bombers sinks U-126 1943 Event 826 Allied bombers attack Dortmund 1943 Event Allied bombers attack Pantelleria in the Mediterranean Sea 1943 Event Halifax bombers sinks U-463 1943 Event 40 German bombers attack Haarlem, Netherlands, 85 killed 1943 Event 335 allied bombers attack Neurenberg 1942 Event U.S. bombers struck Italian mainland for 1st time in WW II 1942 Event 30th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Hurricanes defeats Winnipeg Bombers, 8-5 1942 Event U.S. bombers staged 1st independent raid on Europe attack Rouen, France 1942 Event 1,047 bombers bomb Cologne in RAF's raid of WW II 1942 Event 234 RAF bombers attack Lubeck 1942 Event Lt. E. H. O'Hare single-handedly shoots down 5 Japanese heavy bombers 1941 Event Australian bombers land on Timor/Ambon 1941 Event 29th CFL Grey Cup: Winn Blue Bombers defeat Ottawa Rough Riders, 18-16 1941 Event 100 German bombers attack Athens 1940 Event Luftwaffe loses 41 bombers above England 1940 Event "Blitz" all-night air raid by German bombers on London begins 1940 Event 38 Italians Fiat bombers bomb Luc-and-Province 1939 Event 27th Grey Cup: Winnipeg Blue Bombers defeats Ottawa Rough Riders, 8-7 1939 Event Dutch hunter shoots English bombers down 1938 Event 26th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Winn Blue Bombers, 30-7 1937 Event 25th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Winn Blue Bombers, 30-7 1935 Event Italian bombers destroy Swedish Red Cross unit in Ethiopia 1935 Event CFL Grey Cup: Winnipeg Blue Bombers beat Ham Tigers, 18-12 at Hamilton 1932 Birthday Robert Pettit, NBA star, St. Louis Bombers/1959 MVP 1930 Event Yankee "Bronx Bombers" hit 14 home runs in a game
