2015 Event A memorial to the 40 people aboard Flight 93 opens in Shawshank, Pennsylvania, U.S.; terrorists hijacked the flight on September 11, 2001, but passengers rushed the cockpit, crashing the flight and averting the intended attack on the U.S. Capitol 2015 Event Japanese protesters gather outside the nation's parliament building to oppose changes proposed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to allow Japanese combat defense aid to allied nations for cases in which Japan itself is not under attack 2015 Event Over 3.5 million people in Paris and across France stage unity rallies to protest the recent Islamist terrorist attack on the offices of French satire magazine 'Charlie Hebdo'; the rallies carry the theme 'Je Suis Charlie' (I am Charlie) 2015 Event U.S. President Barack Obama targets three organizations and ten officials in new financial sanctions issued against North Korea in response to the recent hacking attack on Sony Pictures 2014 Event Sony Corporation's gaming service is back online after a hacking attack disrupted its PlayStation Network; the company is probing whether this incident is related to the attack on its Sony Pictures Division earlier this month 2014 Event Pakistani officials have arrested suspects in the Taliban's military school attack that killed 148 people; the government has lifted a death penalty moratorium and has bombed militant strongholds along the Afghan border to address terrorist violence 2014 Event A gunman attempts to set fire to the Mexican consulate and shoots at police headquarters, the federal court building, and other structures in Austin, Texas before being shot by police; the attack may have been motivated by anti-immigration sentiments 2014 Event A U.S. House Intelligence Committee investigation into the 2012 attack on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya, agrees with the Obama administration that U.S. response to the attack was appropriate; miscommunication caused critics to suspect a coverup 2014 Event Mike Nichols, director of a long list of successful productions in TV, film and theater, dies at age 83 of a heart attack; Nichols was one of very few directors to earn all four major industry awards: the Emmy, Golden Globe, Oscar and Tony 2014 Event Former Haitian leader Jean Claude 'Baby Doc' Duvalier dies of a heart attack at age 63; known for an oppressive regime, he fled the country in 1986 but returned in 2011, pleading not guilty to charges of corruption and human rights violations 2014 Event Community Health Systems Inc., a private hospital company, reveals that Social Security numbers and other personal data were stolen for 4.5 million patients in April and June; the company believes the attack is the work of Chinese hackers 2014 Event Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 is hit by a missile while flying over eastern Ukraine, the location of heavy fighting by pro-Russian separatists; the origin of the missile is not yet known; all 298 people aboard the plane were killed in the attack 2014 Event Japan updates its constitution to allow self-defense forces to assist in defending allied nations that come under attack. The change does not extend to assisting in other external military conflicts. 2014 Event Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko initiates a 7-day cease-fire, allowing troops to defend themselves but not to attack; during the cease-fire, separatists can turn in weapons and receive amnesty; so far, rebels have rejected the offer 2014 Event Unidentified remains of victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack are put to rest in a private depository next to the museum at the World Trade Center Memorial site; the remains will not be accessible or viewable to the public 2014 Event National 9/11 Memorial officials announce that the 9/11 Museum will open mid-May; the long-delayed Museum, dedicated to the victims of the terror attack, plans to charge $24 for most adult tickets 2014 Event A report from the U.S. Senate on the 2012 Benghazi attack that killed ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans, determines that the attack was 'likely preventable' 2013 Event Journalist Lara Logan of CBS is suspended after admitting that portions of her '60 Minutes' Benghazi attack report covering the death of U.S Ambassador Christopher J. Stevens, were false 2013 Event After being elected to the UN Security Council, Saudi Arabia reports it will decline its seat because the UN failed to end the Ghouta chemical attack 2013 Event Credit card information, among other data of 2.9 million Adobe consumers was stolen during a cyber attack on the company's website 2013 Event As the U.S. prepares an alleged imminent attack on Syria, Walid Muallem, Foreign Minister of Syria, denies that Syrian government forces used chemical weapons 2013 Event Syria's government allows UN weapons inspectors to visit the site outside of Damascus suspected of a chemical weapons attack during the conflict 2013 Event Britain, France and Germany close embassies in Yemen; Canada closes its embassy in Bangladesh; the U.S. closes 22 embassies in the Middle East and North America due to intelligence of an impending Al-Qaeda attack 2013 Event The U.S. issues a global travel alert, claiming Al Qaeda and terrorist organizations may be planning an attack between now and the end of August 2013 Event In England, a man is arrested for charges related to the attack on 'The Hay Wain' painting, completed by artist John Constable in 1821; the work is considered one of England's greatest and most popular paintings 2013 Death James Gandolfini, the actor known for his role in the show, The Sopranos, dies at age 51 of a heart attack 2013 Event In Birmingham, United Kingdom, eleven members of a terror cell are jailed for planning an attack to exceed the atrocities committed on July 7 and 9/11 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 2013 Event As part of its effort to protect America from an attack by North Korea, the U.S. invests $1 billion in ground-based missile interceptors on the West Coast 2012 Event The FBI claim to have completed it's investigation into the terrorist attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya in one day 2012 Event Inquiries into the September 11, 2012 terrorist attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya increase as the only surviving witness of the attack, Walid Faraj, has yet to be interrogated 2012 Event U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Daniel B. Shapiro, says America 'is ready' to attack Iran to prevent them from developing nuclear weapons 2012 Event The Anonymous computer hacking group is credited with launching an attack on the United Kingdom Home Office 2012 Event Anthony Shadid, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and the Middle East correspondent for the New York Times, dies at 43 of an acute asthma attack 2011 Event In Hawaii, the U.S. commemorates the 70th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor 2011 Event Iranian students storm the British Embassy in Tehran, taking six hostages; the U.N. security council condemns the attack 2011 Event In Sweden, four men arrested for the 2011 failed Gothenburg terrorist attack are believed to be linked to the Al-Qaeda terrorist network 2011 Event U.K. Prime Minister, David Cameron, confirms the United Kingdom is sending Apache attack helicopters to assist the 2011 Libyan uprising 2011 Event Suzanne Mubarek, wife of ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarek, has open heart surgery after having a heart attack brought on by a corruption investigation 2010 Event In North Waziristan, Pakistan, 11 suspected militants are killed by a U.S. drone attack 2010 Event Five Palestinians are wounded when Israel conducts four air raids in the Gaza Strip, a response to a fourth rocket attack in southern Israel from Gaza 2010 Event A funeral for 65 Shia Muslim suicide attack victims in Quetta, Pakistan attracts thousands 2010 Event Two days after Rwanda's presidential election, Kigali, Rwanda reports that a grenade attack occurred during rush hour 2010 Event A suicide bomb attack in Geresh, Helmand Province, Afganistan kills ten people and injures 7 2010 Event Ali Hassan al-Majid, former Iraqi minister, also known as Chemical Ali, is sentenced to death for the poison gas attack at Halabja 2009 Death Derek B, rapper, record producer, remixer, popular songs included 'Bad Young Brother' and 'Goodgroove', dies of a heart attack in London, at age 44 2009 Event Eight people are killed, several injured, after gunmen attack a bus carrying Sri Lankan cricketeers in Lahore, Pakistan 2009 Event Joao Bernardo Vierira, President of Guinea-Bissau is assassinated during an armed attack on his residence in Bissau 2008 Death Tim Russert, dies in Washington, D.C., of a heart attack, at 58 2008 Death William Odom, dies in Vermont, of a heart attack, at 75 2008 Death Elaine Dundy, dies at 86, of a heart attack 2007 Death Jaime Fuster, Representative-D-Puerto Rico 1985 - 1992, died from a heart attack 2007 Death Wally Schirra, dies in La Jolla, California, of a heart attack, at 84 2005 Death Howell Heflin, Senator-D-Alabama 1979 - 1997, died of a heart attack 2004 Event Yemeni judge sentences two Islamists death for the 2000 attack on the USS Cole, that killed 17 sailors 2003 Death Anna Lindh, Swedish politician, Swedish foreign minister, dies in Stockholm, Sweden, at age 46, murdered by a knife attack while shopping 1998 Death Bernard J. Dwyer, Representative-D-New Jersey 1981 - 1993, died of a heart attack 1998 Death Dick Higgins, composer, coined term 'intermedia', founder, Something Else Press, dies of a heart attack in Quebec, Canada 1997 Death Charles Hallahan, actor (Hunter), dies of heart attack at 54 1997 Death Paul Edwin Zimmer, sci-fi writer, dies of heart attack at 54 1997 Death Svyatoslav Richter, Russian pianist, dies of heart attack at 82 1997 Death Charles Drake, geologist, dies of heart attack 1997 Death Jacques-Yves Cousteau, oceanographer, made many documentaries about the ocean, dies of heart attack at 87 1997 Death Willie Forkner, biker (Wild One), dies of heart attack at 77 1997 Death Fred Zinnemann, director, A Man for All Seasons, dies of heart attack at 89 1997 Death Jean Dixon, psychic (Gift of Prophecy), dies of a heart attack at 79 1996 Death Mario Savio, activist, member of Berkeley Free Speech Movement, dies of heart attack at 53 1996 Death Jason Bernard, actor (judge-Liar Liar), dies of heart attack at 58 1996 Death Patrick McGeown, politician, Belfast City Council councilor, volunteer, Provisional Irish Republican Army, participant, Irish hunger strike, 1981, dies at 40 from a heart attack 1996 Death Paul Erdos, mathematician, dies of heart attack at 83 1996 Death Sid Sussman, beauty pageant organizer, dies of heart attack 1996 Death Ben Johnson, cowboy actor (Tex, Dillinger), dies of heart attack at 77 1996 Death John McSheery, dies of heart attack while umpiring a game, at 51 1996 Death Krzysztof Kieslowski, film director, dies of heart attack at 54 1996 Death MacLean Stevenson, actor (M*A*S*H), dies of heart attack at 66 1995 Event James Brady, former white house press sect, suffers a heart attack 1995 Death Sergei Grinkov, Russian ice skater, Olympic and World figure skating champion, dies of heart attack at 28 1995 Death Melvin "Slappy" White, comedian, dies of heart attack at 74 1995 Death Maxene Andrews, vocalist (Andrews Sister), dies of heart attack at 79 1995 Death George Romney, politician, dead Heart attack, dies at 88 1995 Event Japanese police arrest cult leader Shoko Asahara and charged him with Nerve-gas attack on Tokyo's subways two months earlier 1995 Death Ian Ballantine, publisher, dies of heart attack at 79 1995 Event Bomb attack on train in Assam India (27 soldiers killed) 1995 Event Palestinian bomb attack in Beit Lid Israel, 21-22 killed 1994 Event Bomb attack on opposition in Sri Lanka, 55+ killed 1994 Death Burt Lancaster, actor (Elmer Gantry), dies of heart attack at 80 1994 Event Palestinian bomb attack on bus in Tel Aviv, kills 22 1994 Death Dub Taylor, actor (Poor Pretty Eddie), dies of a heart attack at 87 1994 Death Gerald Bledsoe, DJ (Soul Alive, WWRL), dies of heart attack at 51 1994 Death Franco Moschino, fashion designer, created colorful, provocative designs poking fun at the fashion establishment, dies of a heart attack at age 44 1994 Death James Aubrey, actor (Riders of the Storm), dies of heart attack at 75 1994 Death Zoltan Fabri, Hungarian director, dies of heart attack at 76 1994 Event Cambodia's Red Khmer surprise attack on train, kills 13 1994 Event Bomb attack on Jewish center AMIA in Buenos Aires, 86 killed 1994 Event Jeff Gillooly sentenced to 2 years for attack on Nancy Kerrigan 1994 Death William A Henry III, critic (Time Mag), dies of heart attack at 44 1994 Event Bomb attack on Islamic temple in Mashad Iran, 70 killed 1994 Death Julius Boros, pro golfer (U.S. Open 1952), dies of heart attack at 74 1994 Event Omar Sharif suffers a mild heart attack 1994 Death Royal Dano, actor (Ghoulies 2), dies of a heart attack at 71 1994 Event Bomb attack on taxi stand in Johannesburg, 10 killed 1994 Event Bomb attack in center of Johannesburg, 9 killed 1994 Death Michel van Rooy, Dutch actor (Doctor Vlimmen, The Attack), dies at 43 1994 Death Richard Davies, actor (Pvt Buckaroo), dies of heart attack at 79 1994 Death John Candy, actor (SCTV, Uncle Buck), dies from a heart attack at 43 1994 Death William Conrad, actor (Cannon), dies of a heart attack at 73 1994 Event Jack Nicholson uses a golf club to attack a car 1994 Event Tonya Harding's bodyguard, Shawn Eric Eckardt and Derrick Brian Smith arrested and charged with conspiracy in attack of skater Nancy Kerrigan 1993 Death Rita Macedo, actress (Divinas Palabras), dies of heart attack at 65 1993 Event Failed bomb attack on Egyptian premier Atef Sedki, 1 dead 1993 Death Anna Stein, actress (Wedding Night), dies of heart attack at 88 1993 Event 7 killed by IRA-bomb attack in Belfast 1993 Event IRA bomb attack on fish and chips restaurant in Belfast, 10 killed 1993 Event Norwegian Rushdie publisher William Nygaard injured in attack 1993 Death Willie Mosconi, world billiards champ, dies of heart attack at 80 1993 Death Lorin "Whitey" Harrison, surfer, dies at 80 of a heart attack 1993 Death Edwina Lewis, actress (Boy Who Cried Bitch), dies of heart attack 42 1993 Event Walter Koenig, Checkov of Star Trek, suffers a heart attack 1993 Event Walter Koenig, Checkov-Star Trek, suffers a mild heart attack 1993 Death Don Drysdale, pitcher (Dodgers), dies of a heart attack at 56 1993 Death Roy Campanella, 3xMVP catcher (Dodgers), dies of a heart attack at 71 1993 Death Hannah Troy, fashion designer (petite), dies of heart attack at 93 1993 Death Joaquin Garcia, Mexican comic actor, dies of heart attack at 71 1993 Event Bomb attack on Sri Lankan president (26 die) 1993 Death Rosita Moreno, actress (Walls of Gold), dies of heart attack at 85 1993 Death Pinky Lee, kiddie host (Pinky Lee Show), dies of heart attack at 85 1993 Death Taylor Reed, actor (Easy Money), dies of heart attack at 60 1993 Event 86 killed by bomb attack in Calcutta 1993 Death Andre "the Giant" Roussimoff, WWF wrestler, dies of heart attack at 49 1993 Death Peter Brocco, blacklisted in the 1950's, dies of heart attack at 89 1992 Death Percy Herbert, actor (Captain Apache), dies of heart attack at 72 1992 Death John Foreman, producer (Prizzi's Honor), dies at 67 of heart attack 1992 Death John Hancock, actor (LA Law, Love and War), dies of heart attack at 51 1992 Death John Hancock, actor (Ike-Love and War), dies of heart attack at 51 1992 Death John Hancock, actor (Catch the Heat), dies of a heart attack at 51 1992 Death Ed Peck, actor (Zoot Suit, Bullitt), dies of heart attack at 75 1992 Death Mark Heard, Christian musician, dies at 41 of a heart attack 1992 Death John Anderson, actor (MacGyver), dies of heart attack at 69 1992 Death Jim Whaley, TV host (Cinema Showcase), dies of heart attack at 44 1992 Death Michel Berges, French composer, dies of a heart attack at 44 1992 Death Ralph Strait, dies of heart attack at 56 1992 Death Lillian Oppenheimer, orgamist, dies of a heart attack at 93 1992 Death Thomas Whitfield, gospel vocalist, dies of heart attack at 38 1992 Death Clarence Miller, blues/jazz vocalist, dies at 69 of a heart attack 1992 Death Peter John "Ollie" Halsall, guitarist, dies of a heart attack at 43 1992 Death Skip Stephenson, comedian (Real People), dies of heart attack at 52 1992 Death Sylvia Sims, singer (Flower Drum Song), dies of a heart attack at 74 1992 Death Benny Hill, comedian (Benny Hill Show), dies of a heart attack at 67 1992 Death Ted Liss, actor (Child's Play), dies of heart attack at 72 1992 Death La Lupe, Cuban singer, dies of a heart attack in the Bronx at 53 1992 Death Menachim Begin, Israeli PM, dies at 78 of a heart attack 1991 Death Thomas Newman, actor/composer (Cape Fear), dies of heart attack at 60 1991 Death Walter Chiari, actor (Girl Under Sheet), dies of heart attack at 67 1991 Death Dehl Berti, actor (Bullies), dies of heart attack at 70 1991 Event Bomb attack on Aad Kosto, Dutch social dem party - Assistant Secretary of state 1991 Death Christopher Hayes, dies of heart attack 1991 Death Yves Montand, actor (Idol, Grand Prix), dies of a heart attack at 70 1991 Death Donald Churchill, playwright, dies of heart attack at 60 1991 Death Redd Foxx, comedian (Sanford and Sons), dies of heart attack at 68 1991 Death Thalmus Rasulala, actor (Blacula), dies of heart attack at 51 1991 Death Chuck Vincent, Adult film director, dies of heart attack at 51 1991 Death Dixie Dunbar, Charlotte King, dies of heart attack at 72 1991 Death Douglas Kiker, newscaster (NBC-TV), dies of a heart attack at 61 1991 Event NFL sportscaster Paul Maquire suffers a heart attack at 53 1991 Death Frank Rizzo, Mayor-D-Philadelphia, 1972 - 1980, dies of a heart attack at 70 1991 Death Gary Gears, Chicago disk jockey, dies at 46 of a heart attack 1991 Death Bernard Sauer, Yiddish actor, dies of heart attack at 67 1991 Death Danny Thomas, comedian (Jazz Singer), dies of a heart attack at 79 1991 Death Stanley Brock, actor (Tin Men), dies of heart attack at 59 1991 Death George Gobel, comedian, dies of a heart attack at 71 1991 Death Nita Krebs, actor (Munchkin-Wizard of Oz), dies of heart attack at 85 1991 Event U.S. and 27 allies attack Iraq for occupying Kuwait (U.S. time) 1991 Event Congress empowers Bush to order attack on Iraq 1990 Event Pentagon warns Saddam that U.S. air power is ready to attack on 1/15 1990 Death Pony Sherrell Metcalf, New York, singer, dies of heart attack 1990 Death Edward Binns, U.S. actor (12 Angry One), dies of heart attack at 74 1990 Death David White, actor (Bewitched), dies of heart attack at 74 1990 Death Grampy Davis, dies of heart attack at 87 1990 Death William Paley, CEO (CBS), dies of a heart attack at 89 1990 Death Leonard Bernstein, composer, dies of heart attack at 72 1990 Death Richard Murdoch, actor (Lilli Marlene), dies of heart attack at 83 1990 Death Steve Condos, tap dancer, dies of heart attack at 71 1990 Death Ben Frank, actor (Don't Answer the Phone), dies of heart attack at 56 1990 Death Nat (Sweetwater) Clifton, New York Knick, dies at 65 of a heart attack 1990 Death Pearl Bailey, actress (Landlord)/singer, dies of heart attack at 72 1990 Death Roderick Cook, actor (Rockabye), dies of apparent heart attack at 58 1990 Death Howard Duff, actor (Kramer vs Kramer), dies at 76 of a heart attack 1990 Death Howard Duff, actor (Heist, Knots Landing), dies of heart attack at 72 1990 Death Barbara Baxley, actress (Norma Rae), dies at 63 of a heart attack 1990 Death Vic Tayback, actor (Mel-Alice), dies of a heart attack at 60 1990 Death Ronald E Evans, astronaut (Apollo 17), dies of a heart attack at 57 1990 Death Malcolm Forbes, CEO (Forbes Publishing), dies of a heart attack at 70 1990 Death Jack Fletcher, actor (Any Wednesday), dies of heart attack at 68 1989 Death A Bartlett Giamatti, baseball commissioner, dies of heart attack at 51 1989 Death John Matusek, NFLer (Oak Raider)/actor, dies of a heart attack at 38 1989 Death Lucille Ball, comedienne (I Love Lucy), dies of heart attack at 78 1989 Death Ken McMillan, actress 'Malone', 'Concrete Beat', dies of heart attack at 56 1988 Death Roy Orbison, rocker (Pretty Woman), dies of a heart attack at 52 1988 Death Roy Orbison, singer (Pretty Woman), dies of massive heart attack at 52 1988 Death John Mitchell, former Atny Gen, dies of heart attack in Washington 1988 Death Charles Addams, cartoonist (Addams Family), dies of heart attack at 76 1988 Event South Korean coaches attack New Zealand referee after disputing his decision, Olympic Korean boxer stages a 67 minute sit-in 1988 Event Bomb attack on office of South Africa Council of Churches 1988 Event IRA attack in Roermond, kills 3 1988 Death Jeff Donnell, actor (Hoedown, 9 Girls), dies at 66 of a heart attack 1988 Death Brent Collins, soap actor (Another World), dies of heart attack at 46 1988 Death "Pistol Pete" Mavarich, NBAer (Atlanta), dies of a heart attack at 40 1988 Death William Cagney, actor (Torrid Zone), dies of a heart attack at 82 1987 Death James Dobson, actor (Impulse, Jet Attack, Okinawa), dies 1987 Death Donn Fulton Eisele, Col USAF/astronaut, dies of a heart attack at 57 1987 Event IRA-bomb attack in Enniskillen North Ireland, 11 killed 1987 Event ETA bomb attack in Barcelona, 15 killed 1987 Death Rashid Karame, 10 time premier of Lebanon, dies in bomb attack at 65 1987 Event Tamil bomb attack in Colombo Sri Lanka, 115 killed 1987 Death Edward Zorinsky, Senator-D-Nebraska, 1976 - 1987, died of a heart attack 1987 Event Radio personality Larry King suffers a heart attack 1987 Death Andy Warhol, pop artist, dies of a heart attack at 58 1986 Event Bomb attack in Paris, 6 killed 1986 Event Bomb attack in Paris, 1 dead 1986 Event Bomb attack in Paris, 2 killed 1986 Event Attack on synagogue in Istanbul, 23 killed 1986 Event Bomb attack in West-Beirut, 30 killed 1986 Event Bomb attack in East Beirut, 25 killed 1986 Event 10 killed and 60 injured at ETA-bomb attack in Madrid 1986 Event U.S. informs New Zealand it will not defend it against attack 1986 Death O'Kelly Isley, U.S., singer (Isley Brothers), dies of heart attack at 48 1986 Event Libyan bombers attack N'djamena Airport in Chad 1986 Event Bomb attack in East-Beirut, 27 killed 1985 Event Surprise attack on Belgium supermarket in Aalst, 8 killed 1985 Death Joel Crothers, actor (Edge of Night), dies of a heart attack at 44 1985 Death Orson Welles, actor/dir (Citizen Kane), dies of heart attack at 70 1985 Death Mickey Simpson, actor (Wagonmaster), dies of a heart attack at 72 1985 Event France premier confesses on attack of Rainbow Warrior 1985 Death Kenny Backer, comedian (Time Bandits), dies of a heart attack at 72 1985 Death Louise Brooks, actress (Pandora's Box), dies of a heart attack at 78 1985 Death Jorja Curtright, actor (Whistle Stop), dies of a heart attack 1985 Event "Communist" bomb attack kills 2 firemen in Brussels 1985 Death Harold Peary, actor (Herb-Blondie, Willy), dies of heart attack at 76 1985 Death Edward Andrews, actor (Broadside), dies at 70 of a heart attack 1985 Death Henry Hathaway, actor and director (Nob Hill), dies of heart attack at 86 1985 Death Tom Greenway, actor (Miami Story), dies of a heart attack at 75 1985 Event Bomb attack on Borobudur temple in Java 1984 Death Norman Krasna, author (Dear Ruth), dies of a heart attack at 74 1984 Death Pascale Ogier, actress (Ghost Dance), dies of heart attack at 24 1984 Death Oskar Werner, actor (Farenehit 451), dies of a heart attack at 61 1984 Death Leonard Rossiter, actor (2001, Water), dies of a heart attack at 57 1984 Death Edmond Ryan, actor (Human Monster), dies at 79 of a heart attack 1984 Event Bomb attack on Madras India airport, 32 killed 1984 Death Woodrow Parfey, actor (Time Express), dies at 61 of a heart attack 1984 Death James Mason, British actor (Lolita), dies of a heart attack at 75 1984 Event Indira Gandhi orders attack on Sikh's holiest site, Golden Temple 1984 Death Peter Bull, British actor (Dr. Doolittle), dies of a heart attack at 72 1984 Death May McAvoy, actress (Ben Hur), dies at 82 after a heart attack 1984 Death Richard Benedict, actor (Okinawa), dies at 64 of a heart attack 1984 Event South Africa and Mozambique sign non attack treaty 1984 Event Iraq resumes air attack on Iran 1983 Event Bomb attack on Harrod's war house in London, 5 killed, 94 injured 1983 Death Christopher George, actor (Chisum, Heist), dies of heart attack at 54 1983 Event Bomb attack on Israeli headquarter in Tyrus Lebanon, 60 killed 1983 Death Tamara Shayne (Jolson Story), actress, dies at 80 of a heart attack 1983 Death Pat O'Brien, actor (Some like it hot), dies of heart attack at 83 1983 Event 1980 movie "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes," released in Germany 1983 Death Martha Sleeper, actress (Spitfire), dies of a heart attack at 72 1983 Death George Cukor, director, dies of stroke and heart attack at 83 1983 Death John McHugh, actor (Unspeakable), dies of a heart attack at 69 1982 Death Jack Webb, actor (Joe Friday-Dragnet), dies of a heart attack at 62 1982 Event Bomb attack on Londonderry, North Ireland disco, 17 killed 1982 Death Robert Coote, actor (MacBeth), dies in New York City of a heart attack at 73 1982 Death Leonid Ilich Brezhnev, Soviet 1st sect, dies of a heart attack at 77 1982 Event Attack on synagouge in Rome, 1 dead 1982 Event Bomb attack in Teheran, kills 60, injures 700 1982 Death Curt Jurgens, actor (Disorder), dies of an acute heart attack at 66 1982 Event In Fatima Portugal, a Spanish priest with a bayonet is stopped prior to his attempt to attack Pope John Paul II 1982 Death Rudy Bond, actor (Streetcar Named Desire), dies of heart attack at 68 1982 Death Alan Badel, actor (Shogun), dies of a heart attack at 58 1982 Death Sue Carol, actress (She's My Weakness), dies at 73 of a heart attack 1982 Death Gregoire Aslan, actor (Concrete Jungle), dies of 73 of a heart attack 1981 Event Bomb attack on Antwerp Belgium synagogue, 1 dead, 80 injured 1981 Death [Walter] Furry Lewis, father of blues, dies at 88 of a heart attack 1981 Death Lee Hays, rocker, dies of a heart attack 1981 Event Bomb attack on headquarters of Islamic Party in Teheran, 72 killed 1981 Event 74 government officials die in attack in Iran 1981 Event 2 Habash terrorists attack a travel agency in Greece killing 2 1981 Death Roy Brown, rocker, dies at 55 of a heart attack 1981 Death Bob "Bear" Hite, rocker (Canned Heat), dies of a heart attack at 36 1981 Death Bill Haley, vocalist (Rock Around Clock), dies of heart attack at 55 1980 Death Alexei N Kosygin, Soviet Prime Minister 1964 - 1980, suffers heart attack at 76 1980 Event 4 dies in attack on synagogue in Paris 1980 Event Bomb attack on Octoberfest in Munich, 12 killed 1980 Event Fascist bomb attack on Bologna Italy train station, 86 killed 1980 Death Strother Martin, actor (Slapshot), dies of heart attack at 61 1980 Event Failed attack on Iran ex-premier Bakhtiar in Neuilly, France 1980 Event Tiger reliever John Hiller, 37, (who had a 1971 heart attack), retires 1979 Event Crowds attack U.S. embassy at Tripoli Libya 1979 Event Crowd at Islamabad, Pakistan attack U.S. embassy, 1 dies 1979 Event 18 British militia die in ambush/bomb attack in Northern Ireland 1979 Death Dorsey Burnette, rocker, dies at 46 of a heart attack 1979 Event Failed attack on NATO commander Haig in Obourg, Belgium 1979 Event Failed Palestinian attack on Zaventem Airport in Belgium 1979 Death Charles Mingus, jazz bassist, dies of heart attack 1978 Event Khomeini followers attack British embassy/El Al office in Iran 1978 Event Uganda troops attack Tanzania 1978 Death Robert Shaw, actor (Dan-Buccaneers), dies of heart attack at 51 1978 Event Bomb attack in Beirut, 175 killed 1978 Event Terrorists attack mail truck at Tel Aviv, 45 killed 1977 Death Bing Crosby, singer and actor (Going My Way), dies of a heart attack at 74 1977 Death Allison Hayes, actress (Attack of 50 Foot Woman), dies at 47 1976 Event Cubans DC-8 crashes after bomb attack 1976 Death Florence Ballard, rocker (Supremes), dies of a heart attack at 32 1975 Event Free guitarist Paul Kossoff revived from dead after heart attack 1973 Death Michael O'Shea, actor (Smart Woman), dies of heart attack at 67 1973 Event Tanks attack Thailand demonstrating students, 300 killed 1973 Event Yom Kippur War begins as Syria and Egypt attack Israel 1973 Death Loren Tindall, dies of heart attack at 51 1973 Death Art Smith, actor (Quicksand), dies of heart attack at 73 1972 Death Gil Hodges, manager (New York Mets), dies of heart attack at 57 1971 Death Renee Evans, entertainer, dies of heart attack at 63 1971 Death Walter Sande, actor (Red Planet Mars), dies of heart attack at 65 1971 Death Raymond Hatton, actor (Girls in Prison), dies of heart attack at 84 1971 Death Joseph Ford McGuinn, director, dies of heart attack at 67 1971 Death Nikita Khrushchev, dies of a heart attack at 77 1971 Death Virginia Eames, entertainer, dies of heart attack at 82 1971 Event Bomb attack on the Capitol in Washington D.C. 1971 Birthday Saalman Raelyn, Fostoria Ohio, actress, Attack of 60' Centerfold 1971 Death John Dall, actor (Corn is Green, Rope), dies of heart attack at 50 1971 Event Tigers ace reliever John Hiller, 27, sufferes a heart attack, but later makes a remarkable comeback to record 38 saves 1970 Death Gamal' Abd al-Nassar, Egypt President (1953-70), dies of heart attack at 52 1969 Event Bomb attack on bank in Milan, 14 killed 1969 Event Police surprise attack on Black-Panthers in LA 1969 Death Rex Ingram, actor and director (Elmer Gantry), dies of heart attack at 73 1969 Death Kathryn Minner, entertainer, dies of heart attack at 77 1969 Event U.S. troop begin attack on Hill 937/Hamburger Hill 1969 Death Kenneth Green, actor (Penrod), dies of heart attack at 61 1969 Death Jack Ingram, actor (Law of the West), dies of heart attack at 66 1969 Death Wolfe Barzell, actor (Blue Angel), dies of heart attack at 72 1969 Event Actress Thelma Ritter suffers a heart attack and she dies Feb 5th 1968 Birthday Lisa Marie [Sliwa], born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, actress, Mars Attack 1968 Event New York Met manager Gil Hodges suffers a heart attack 1968 Death Wes Montgomery, jazz guitarist, dies of a heart attack at 48 1968 Event Israeli forces cross Jordan River to attack PLO bases 1967 Death Stuart Erwin, actor (Trouble With Father), dies of heart attack at 64 1967 Death Harry Seymour, composer/actor (Tenderfoot), dies of heart attack at 76 1967 Death Jordan Whitfield, actor (Swamp Fox), dies of heart attack at 50 1967 Death Jane Darwell, actress (Girls in Prison), dies of heart attack at 87 1967 Death Anton Walbrook, actor (Laura, I Accuse), dies of heart attack at 66 1967 Death Basil Rathbone, actor (Sherlock Holmes), dies of heart attack at 75 1967 Death Gertrude "Mickey" MacFadden, entertainer, dies of heart attack at 67 1967 Death Antonio de Curtis Toto, comedian, dies of heart attack at 69 1967 Death Mischa Auer, actor (My Man Godfrey), dies at 61 of a heart attack 1967 Death Martine Carol, French actress (Nana), dies of heart attack at 46 1967 Death Harry Antrim, actor (Ma and Pa Kettle), dies of heart attack at 83 1966 Death Richard Whorf, actor (Chain Lightning), dies of heart attack at 60 1966 Event 400 die of respiratory failure and heart attack in killer New York City smog 1966 Death Bill Nestell, U.S. actor (Dangerous Venture), dies of heart attack at 73 1966 Death Clifton Webb, actor (Laura, Razor's Edge), dies of heart attack at 72 1966 Death Sydney Chatton, dies of heart attack at 48 1966 Death Jack Mather, actor (Cisco Kid), dies of heart attack at 58 1966 Death Jan Kiepura, actor (Give Us this Night), dies of heart attack at 64 1966 Death Carmelita Geraghty, dies of heart attack at 65 1966 Death Wallace Ford, actor (Deputy), dies of heart attack at 68 1965 Birthday Tammy Parks, Rockville Centre, New York, actress, Attack of 60' Centerfold 1965 Death Dick Wessel, dies of heart attack on 52nd birthday 1965 Death Esther Howard, actress (Detour), dies of heart attack at 72 1965 Death Stan Laurel, comedian (Laurel and Hardy), dies of heart attack at 74 1965 Death John Larkin, dir (Circumstanial Evidence), dies of heart attack at 52 1964 Event Turkey begins air attack on Greek-Cypriots 1964 Event Turkey threatens Cyprus with armed attack 1963 Death Sabu Sabu, actor (Jungle Book, Drums), dies of heart attack at 39 1963 Death John Sutton, actor (Of Human Bondage), dies of heart attack at 54 1963 Death Frank Mayo, actor (Santa Fe Trail), dies of heart attack at 74 1963 Death Anita King, actress (Tender Loving Care), dies of heart attack at 74 1963 Death Elmore James, blues guitarist, dies at 45 of a heart attack 1963 Death Monte Blue, silent film actor (Apache), dies of heart attack at 73 1962 Event Indies assault up Chinese positions in North-India attack 1962 Death Victor Moore, comedian, dies of heart attack at 86 1962 Death Rex Bell, actor/lieutenant governor of Nevada, dies of heart attack at 56 1961 Death Douglas Walton, actor (Bad Lands), dies of heart attack at 51 1961 Event Emergency crisis proclaimed in South Vietnam due to commun attack 1961 Death Joan Davis, actress (I Married Joan), dies of heart attack at 53 1961 Death Anita Stewart, dies of heart attack at 66 1961 Death Nita Naldi, actress (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde), dies of heart attack at 63 1960 Death Ward Bond, actor (Wagon Train), dies of heart attack at 57 1960 Death Kathlyn Williams, actress (Single Man), dies of heart attack at 72 1960 Death Lee Duncan, owner/trainer (Rin Tin Tin), dies of heart attack at 67 1960 Event Jordan premier Hazza-el-Madjali deadly injured at bomb attack 1960 Event Students attack Dutch embassy in Djakarta 1960 Event Iraq executes 30 after attack on President Kassem 1959 Death Gilda Gray, actress (Piccadilly), dies of heart attack at 60 1959 Death Henri Vidal, French actor (Fabiola), dies of a heart attack at 40 1959 Death Victor McLaglen, actor (Gunga Din), dies of heart attack at 72 1959 Death Errol Flynn, U.S. actor (Captain Blood), dies of heart attack at 50 1959 Death Mario Lanza, opera singer, dies at 38 of a heart attack 1959 Death Wayne Morris, actor (Kid Galahad), dies of heart attack at 45 1959 Death Gilbert Adrian, costume designer, dies of heart attack at 56 1958 Death Tyrone Power, actor (Mark of Zorro), dies of a heart attack at 44 1958 Event Rioters attack U.S. Vice President Nixon in Venezuela 1958 Death Harry Cohn, CEO (Columbia Pictures), dies of a heart attack 1957 Event B-52 bombers begin full-time flying alert in case of U.S.S.R. attack 1956 Event 200,000 Russian troops attack anti-Stalinist revolt in Budapest 1956 Death Bela Lugosi, actor (Dracula), dies of heart attack at 73 1956 Death Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, vocalist, dies of a heart attack 1955 Event President Eisenhower suffers a heart attack on vacation in Denver 1953 Death Lewis Stone, actor (Prisoner of Zenda), dies of heart attack at 73 1951 Event NAACP begins attack on school segregation and discrimination 1950 Event Vietnamese troops of Ho Chi-Minh attack Cambodia 1948 Event Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabian troops attack Israel 1948 Event 1st attack by Egyptian irregular forces at Kfar Darom Israel 1948 Event Jewish Hagana repels an Arab attack on Mishmar HaEmek 1948 Event Arabs bomb attack in Jerusalem, 50 die 1946 Event Menachen Begin's opposition group surprise attack on King David hotel 1945 Event Chinese counter attack at Tsjangte, supports by 14th air fleet 1945 Event Red Army opens attack on German Reichstag building in Berlin 1945 Event U.S. troops attack the Elbe 1945 Event British commands attack Elbe and occupies Lauenburg 1945 Event Last Boeing B-17 attack against Nazi Germany 1945 Event U.S. Marines attack Yae Take on Okinawa 1945 Event German troops attack Ijsselbrug 1945 Event Last German V-2 (buzz bomb) attack on London 1945 Event Kamikazes attack U.S. battle fleet near Kerama Retto 1945 Event Generals Eisenhower/Bradley/Patton attack at Remagen the Rhine 1945 Event 1st Japanese flying bombs (ochas) attack Okinawa 1945 Event U.S. 70th Infantry division/7th Armour division attack Saar 1945 Event 334 U.S. B-29 Superfortresses attack Tokyo with 120,000 fire bomb 1945 Event U.S. aircraft carriers attack Tokyo 1945 Event Allied air attack on Goch/Kleef/Kalkar/Reichswald 1945 Event Surprise attack on Liese-Aktion-office on Marnix St, Amsterdam 1945 Event U.S. jeep-aircraft carrier Ommaney Bay sinks after kamikaze attack 1945 Event U.S. aircraft carriers attack Okinawa 1944 Event Surprise attack on House of Keeping Axe, 29 prisoners freed 1944 Event German counter attack at Dillingen-bridgehead at Saar 1944 Event 400 Rotterdammers attack coal warehouse 1944 Event U.S. bombers based on Saipan, begin 1st attack on Tokyo 1944 Event 1st Japanse suicide submarine attack (Ulithi Atol, Carolines) 1944 Event Surprise attack on office of Nethche Bank 1944 Event 200 Halifax bombers attack oil-installations in Homburg 1944 Event German counter attack at Avranches fails 1944 Event Anti-German attack at Avranches fails 1944 Event Japanese suicide attack on U.S. lines in Guam 1944 Event Flying Fortresses of U.S. 8th Air Force attack Leipzig/Dessau 1944 Event Japanese aircraft carrier Hijo sinks by U.S. air attack 1944 Event Liberators of U.S. 8th Air Force attack Gotha Russelsheim/Eisenach 1944 Event British Mosquito's attack Cologne and Berlin 1944 Event 1st Japanese kamikaze attack, U.S. fleet near Iwo Jima 1944 Event German counter attack at Caen 1944 Event German counter attack on Villers-Bocage Normandy 1944 Event 15 U.S. aircraft carriers attack Japanese bases on Marianas 1944 Event KP gang surprise attack on Dome Arnhem jail 1944 Event Hitler begins attack on English/U.S. "terror pilots" 1944 Event 900+ 8th Air Force bombers attack Zwikau, Bohlen and Brux 1944 Event Opposition group surprise attack post office Washer 1944 Event Surprise attack on Weteringschans Amsterdam, fails 1944 Event Surprise attack by Van de Peat on General Landsdrukkerij in the Hague 1944 Event Allied fleet attack Sabang Sumatra 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 358 RAF-bombers attack Stettin 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 444 British bombers attack Berlin 1943 Event Germans attack Jews in Denmark 1943 Event British dwarf submarines attack Tirpitz 1943 Event German counter attack at Salerno 1943 Event 498 British bombers attack Peenemunde 1943 Event U.S. 8th Air Force loses 60 B-17O at attack on Regensburg/Schweinfurt 1943 Event Nazi occupiers attack city Orel, leave it in fire 1943 Event 772 British bombers attack Hamburg 1943 Event Counter attack by Hermann Goering Armour division in Sicily 1943 Event 826 Allied bombers attack Dortmund 1943 Event Allied bombers attack Pantelleria in the Mediterranean Sea 1943 Event German counter attack in North-Tunisia 1943 Event Jews attack Nazi occupation forces at Warsaw Ghetto 1943 Event 40 German bombers attack Haarlem, Netherlands, 85 killed 1943 Event German counter attack on U.S. lines in Tunisia 1943 Event 335 allied bombers attack Neurenberg 1943 Event Battle at Medenine, North-Africa: Rommels assault attack 1943 Event German tanks under Brigadier General Buelowius attack Kasserine Pass Tunesia 1943 Event 1st U.S. air attack on Germany (Wilhelmshafen) 1943 Death Alexander Woollcott, critic, dies of a heart attack on radio, at 56 1942 Event Allies air attack on Den Helder 1942 Event Successful Russian counter attack through 37th Guard division 1942 Event Japanese attack on Port Moresby repelled 1942 Event German forces attack Stalingrad 1942 Event U.S. bombers staged 1st independent raid on Europe attack Rouen, France 1942 Event 1,800 Czechoslovakians murdered by Nazis during attack on Heydrich 1942 Event Aircraft carrier Lexington sunk by Japanese air attack at Coral Sea 1942 Event Japanese troop attack Tulagi, Gavutu and Tanambogo, Solomon Islands 1942 Event 234 RAF bombers attack Lubeck 1942 Event German submarines attack Aruba oil refinery 1941 Event Japanese attack Wake Island (only failed WW II-landing) 1941 Event Japanese attack Pearl Harbor, a date that will live in infamy 1941 Event British troops open attack on Tobruk, North-Africa 1941 Event British air attack on Berlin, Mannheim and Ruhrgebied 1941 Event Hirohiti's accord on Yamamoto's attack plan on Pearl Harbor fails 1941 Event Germans launch attack on Moscow 1941 Event English and Russian troops attack pro-German Iran 1941 Event German troops attack Dnjepr 1941 Event Russian counter attack at Rovno 1941 Event German U-203 fails on torpedo attack on U.S. battleship Texas 1941 Event Attack on telephone exchange in Schiphol 1941 Event British troops attack Baghdad 1941 Birthday Paul Winfield, Louisiana, actor, Star Trek II, Huckleberry Finn, Mars Attack 1941 Event Germans made their last major air attack on Britain 1941 Event Last great German air attack on Great Britain (Birmingham) 1941 Event British attack Halfaya-pass and Fort Capuzzo in Egypt and Libya 1941 Event 100 German bombers attack Athens 1941 Event Nazi leaders attack Dutch Jewish Council 1941 Event Japanese armored barges cross Strait of Johore to attack Singapore 1941 Event Australia and Britain attack Tobruk Libya 1940 Death F Scott Fitzgerald, author (Zelda), dies of a heart attack at 44 1940 Event British air attack destroys half of Italian fleet 1940 Event Greece successfully resists Italy's attack 1940 Event Japanese troops attack French Indo-China 1940 Event Italian troops under Marshal Graziani attack Egypt 1940 Event Germany air attack on South England (Battle of Britain begins) 1940 Event German planes attack British ships in the Canal 1940 Event Allied counter attack at Atrecht North-France 1940 Event French counter attack at Peronne under General De Gaulle 1940 Event Nazi armies attack Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg 1939 Event Russian air and ground attack against Finnish positions near Summa 1939 Event German U boat fails on attack of English battleship Nelson with Winston Churchill, Dudley Pound and Charles Forbes aboard 1939 Event 1st German air attack on Great Britain in WW II 1937 Event Japanese attack Shanghai 1937 Event Japanese attack Marco Polo Bridge, invade China 1936 Birthday Yvette Vickers, KC, playmate, Jul 1959, actress, Attack of 50' Woman 1936 Event Jews repel an Arab attack in Petach Tikvah Palestine 1935 Birthday David White, cricketer, England opening attack Brown and White vs. Pak 1961 1935 Birthday Alan Brown, cricketer, England opening attack Brown and White vs Pak 1961 1935 Birthday Hans H. Boswinkel, actor and director, Surprise Attack, Tutorials in Love 1933 Event NAACP begins coordinated attack on segregation and discrimination 1933 Event Bradman scores 103* against the Bodyline attack in the 2nd Test 1932 Event U.S.S.R. and France sign no attack treaty 1932 Event U.S.S.R. and China sign no attack treaty 1932 Death Samuel Rutherford, lawyer, politician, businessman, jurist, Mayor of Forsyth, Georgia, served in Georgia House of Representatives, elected to 69th U.S. Congress, served for four terms, dies of a heart attack in Washington, D.C. 1931 Event France and U.S.S.R. sign neutrality/no attack treaty 1930 Birthday Allison Hayes, Washington, actress, Attack of the 50 Foot Woman 1929 Event Palestinians attack orthodox Jews in Jerusalem 1929 Event Arabs attack Jews in Israel 1928 Event Bomb attack on Italians embassy in Buenos Aires, 22 die 1927 Birthday William Smithers, born in Richmond, Virginia, actor, Witness, Peyton Place, Attack! 1926 Birthday Rick Jason, New York City, actor, Day of the Wolves, Eagles Attack at Dawn 1925 Birthday Ab Abspoel, Dutch actor and director, Surprise Attack, Elevator 1922 Event Longest attack of hiccups begins Charlie Osborne, 98 hiccupped over 435 million times before it stops, He dies 11 months after it stops 1921 Event Red Army under Trotsky attack sailors of Kronstadt 1920 Event Polish troops attack Ukraine 1920 Event Arabs attack Jews in Jerusalem 1920 Death Joseph Trumpeldor, killed defending Tel-Mai against arab attack 1919 Event U.S. President Wilson hit by a heart attack 1918 Event Polish forces attack Jewish community of Lemberg (Lvov) 1918 Event During WW I, U.S. forces launch an attack on German-occupied St. Mihiel 1918 Event British troops attack Baku Azerbaijan 1917 Event British troops attack canal of Ypres in Boesinghe Belgium 1917 Event 1e German air attack on England, 100+ killed in East-London 1917 Event Germany notifies U.S. that U-boats will attack neutral merchant ship 1916 Event 1st (German) air attack on London 1916 Birthday Andrea Checchi, Firenze Italy, actress, Attack and Retreat 1916 Event Russian General Brusilov fails on his Eastern Front attack 1916 Event German attack on Fort Vaux, Verdun 1916 Event Asiago Italy falls when Austrian troops attack the Italian front 1916 Event Allies attack Zeebrugge Belgium 1916 Event Battle of Verdun - German attack on Mort-Homme ridge, West of Verdun 1915 Event British attack at Chanak Bair at Gallipolis 1915 Event Allies attack Cape Helles, Hellespont 1915 Event Failed British attack in Dardanelles 1915 Event 1st German poison gas attack, against Russians 1915 Event German submarine attack on Le Havre 1915 Event 1st German Zeppelin attack over Great Britain, 4 die 1914 Event Japan attack German concession on Chinese peninsula of Shanghai 1914 Event General von Kluck decides not to attack Paris 1914 Event Battle at St. Quentin: French counter attack under General Lanrezac 1914 Event White Wolf troops attack Zhanjiang China 1913 Event President Wilson says U.S. will never attack another country 1913 Event Arabs attack Jewish community of Rechovot Palestine 1906 Event Attack on King Alfonso XIII and Victoria von Battenberg in Madrid 1905 Event British, Italian, Russisan, French and Austria-Hungary fleet attack Lesbos 1905 Event Pogoro/Ngindo attack Fort Mahenge German East-Africa 1904 Event Japan and Russia declares war after Japan's surprise attack on Russian fleet at Port Arthur disabled 7 Russian warships 1902 Event Anti-Jewish rioters attack funeral procession of Rabbi Joseph (New York City) 1901 Event Battle at Tweefontein Orange-Free state: Boers surprise attack Brits 1901 Birthday A F [Tony] Pugsley, British rear-admiral, Walcheren attack, 1944, 1901 Event Arabs attack Gedara, Palestine 1900 Event General Viljoen surprise attack British garrison to Helvetia 1900 Event British troops under Ian Hamilton attack the Vaal in South Africa 1900 Event Boer attack under Sarel Eloff, about 70 killed 1900 Event Boers attack at Ladysmith, about 1,000 killed or injured 1899 Event Boerenaanval up Ladysmith, Natal, attack 1898 Event U.S. Marines attack Spanish off Guantanamo, Cuba 1896 Event Italian government decides to attack governor Baratieri of Eritrea 1892 Event Battle at Mengo, Uganda: French missionaries attack British missionaries 1890 Event Cecil Rhodes' colonies attack Motlousi at Matabeleland 1885 Event Amsterdam police attack meeting of social-democrats united 1883 Event Battle at Bamako: French assault on Fabous arm forces attack 1879 Event Battle at Rorkes Drift: Britain ends attack on Zulus 1879 Event Zulus attack British Army camp in Isandhlwana South Africa 1876 Event White terrorists attack Black Republicans in Hamburg, South Carolina, killing 5 1873 Event U.S. Marines attack Panama 1864 Event Battle of Franklin, Tennessee: Confederate attack fails, 7,700 casualities 1864 Event Approx 25 Confederates make surprise attack on St. Albans, Vermont 1864 Event Jesse James' gang surprise attack train: 150 killed 1864 Event Battle of the Crater: General Burnsides fails on attack of Petersburg 1864 Event Confederate troops attack Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, in fire 1863 Event Battle of Charleston, South Carolina, failed Federal fleet attack on Fort Sumter 1862 Event Santee Sioux indian attack Fort Ridgely 1862 Event Confederate Army ironclad "Arkansas" is badly damaged in Union attack 1862 Event Battle at Turkey Bridge Virginia: Confederate assault attack 1862 Event Federal fleet attack on Roanoke Island NC 1861 Event Confederate ironclad Manassas attack Union's Richmond on Mississippi 1861 Event Skirmish at Fort Fillmore, New Mexico Terr - Rebels attack Union troops 1860 Event Navaho indians attack Fort Defiance (Canby) 1846 Event U.S. troops attack Rio Grande occupying Matamoros 1838 Event Arabs attack Jewish community of Safed 1836 Event 3,000 Mexicans attack 182 Texans at Alamo, lasts 13 days 1820 Event Greece freedom revolt against anti Ottoman attack 1817 Event U.S. soldiers attack Florida Indian village, beginning Seminole War 1814 Event British attack Ft. Ontario, Oswego, New York 1805 Event U.S. Marines attack shores of Tripoli 1800 Birthday John Brown, abolitionist; led attack on Harpers Ferry 1792 Event Mobs in Paris attack palace of Louis XVI 1789 Event Fleeing slaves under Bonni attack military post on Suriname 1781 Event Jack Jouett rides to warn Jefferson of British attack 1777 Event British General Howe plots attack on Washington's army for Dec 4 1776 Event 1st (failed) submarine attack (David Bushnell's "Turtle" attacks British sailboat "Eagle" in Bay of New York) 1776 Event Charleston, South Carolina repulses British sea attack 1774 Event 1st incident of Revolution-400 attack Ft. William and Mary, New Hampshire 1774 Event Jews of Algiers escape attack of Spanish Army 1772 Event 1st naval attack of Revolutionary War takes place in Providence, RI 1745 Event French troops attack indians of Saratoga, New York 1741 Event French troops attack the Rhine 1704 Event French and Indians attack Deerfield, Massachusetts, kill 50, abduct 100 1704 Event Indians attack Deerfield, Massachusetts, kill 40, kidnap 100 1694 Event English troop landing at Brest attack, 300 killed 1690 Event English attack Quebec under Louis de Buade 1667 Event French troops attack into Southern Netherlands 1625 Event Dutch attack San Juan, Puerto Rico 1582 Event Prince Willem of Orange injured in attack at Antwerp 1573 Event Spanish attack Alkmaar 1572 Event Spanish troops attack Maastricht 1544 Event English troops attack The Canal 1511 Event Portugese assault on city Malakka attack 1478 Event Pazzi conspirators attack Lorenzo and kill Giuliano de'Medici 1407 Event Mobs attack Jewish community of Cracow 1391 Event Castilian sailors fire attack Jewish ghetto of Barcelona, 100's killed 1391 Event Jew hating Monk in Seville Spain stirs up people to attack Jews 1282 Event Furious inhabitants of Palermo attack French occupation force 1241 Event 1st attack on Jewish community of Frankfort-on-the-Main Germany 1148 Event Crusaders attack Damascus 1148 Event Crusaders attack Damascus 860 Event Swedish Vikings attack Constantinople 406 Event 80,000 Vandels attack the Rhine at Mainz
