2015 Event Migrants in Serbia trying to enter the E.U. via Hungary attempt to break through a border gate, causing conflict with Hungarian police; Hungary has closed its border, but Serbia will send travelers to Croatia so they can then go on to northern Europe 2015 Event An outbreak of Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) continues to spread in South Korea, where 11 people have died, 126 have been diagnosed, and over 3,000 people have been quarantined in an attempt to stop the epidemic 2014 Event In a potential attempt to claim sovereignty, China is building an island in the South China Sea in an area claimed by several nations; sources speculate that the island may be used to support an airstrip and military activities 2014 Event India has successfully launched a space probe into orbit around Mars on its first attempt, making it the first Asian country to orbit the planet; at $74 million, the spacecraft cost about 11% of the U.S. Maven, which reached Mars orbit two days prior 2014 Event Drug manufacturer Mapp Biopharmaceutical states that it has run out of its experimental Ebola treatment drug; the company has been shipping all available stock without charge to West Africa in an attempt to treat victims of the current epidemic 2014 Event The NBA names business executive Dick Parsons as acting CEO of the L.A. Clippers; owner Donald Sterling was banned for life from contact with the Clippers or the NBA after he made racist remarks; the NBA plans to attempt a forced sale of the team 2014 Event The death toll from a landslide covering Hobo Barik, Afghanistan is estimated to be at least 2,000; though only 350 are confirmed deceased, authorities lack the equipment needed to attempt a full rescue 2012 Event In an attempt to encourage people to buy from their local bookstores, novelist and Pulitzer Prize-winner Richard Russo boycotts e-books 2012 Event In an attempt to restore profitability, Air France announces plans to cut over 5,000 jobs by the end of 2013 2012 Event Chen Guangcheng, a Chinese dissident, requests help from the U.S. Congress in his attempt to flee China with his family 2011 Event First Air fails in an attempt to land a Boeing 737 in poor conditions; 12 of 15 people die after the plane crashes near Canada's Resolute Bay 2011 Event In Guinea, up to 80 people, including soldiers, are arrested for a failed assassination attempt on President Alpha Conde, which occurred July 19 2011 Event In Iran, opposition leaders plan a nationwide anti-government rally in an attempt to replicate the success of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution 2010 Event The U.S. launches a search for the people behind an attempt to mail bombs to synagogues and places of worship in Chicago, Illinois 2010 Event The U.S. threatens to impose sanctions on North Korea, continuing its attempt to halt perceived nuclear weapons ambitions 2010 Event The trial of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich begins today; Blagovich faces corruption charges regarding his alleged attempt to sell Barack Obama's Senate seat 1998 Event Failed assassination attempt on Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze 1997 Event Tajik President Imomali Rakhmonov wounded in assassination attempt 1996 Event Assassination attempt on Uday (Iraqi's heir to Sadam Hussain) 1996 Death Peter Bird, ocean rower, first person to cross the Pacific ocean solo, trip from San Francisco to Great Barrier Reef, lasted 294 days, dies at age 49 at sea during an attempt to row across the Pacific 1995 Event Indians' Jose Mesa fails in save attempt after 38th consecutive saves 1991 Event Pittsburgh Steelers guard Terry Long treated for an apparent suicide attempt after he learned he tested positive for steroid use 1989 Event Cleveland's Chris Dudley misses 5 free throws during 1 foul attempt 1988 Event Secretary of State Shultz narrowly escapes assassin attempt in Bolivia 1988 Event Cubs and Phillies attempt to play 1st night game ever at Wrigley Field but are rained out in 4th inning with Chicago leading, 3-1 1986 Event Failed assassination attempt on India premier Rajiv Gandhi 1986 Event Sikhs attempt to assassinate Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi 1986 Event Failed assassination attempt on Chilean dictator Pinochet, 5 killed 1984 Event STS-41-D launch attempt scrubbed because of computer problem 1982 Event In Fatima Portugal, a Spanish priest with a bayonet is stopped prior to his attempt to attack Pope John Paul II 1981 Event John Hinckley, Jr. pleads innocent in attempt to kill President Reagan 1981 Event Pope John Paul II released from hospital after assassination attempt 1981 Event Attempt on Pope John Paul II by Mehemet Ali Agca 1980 Event Iraq invades Iran in an attempt to control the Shatt al-Arab waterway 1980 Event Failed assassination attempt on Iraqi vice-premier Tariq Aziz 1977 Event Attempt for Moslem state in Chad fails 1975 Event Lynette Fromme sentenced to life for attempt on President Ford's life 1975 Event Assassination attempt on president Gerald Ford 1974 Event Attempt made to kidnap Princess Anne in London's Pall Mall 1972 Event Assassination attempt on governor George Wallace of Alabama 1971 Event Failed attempt on King Hassan II Shirat Morocco, 101 killed 1970 Event Failed assassination attempt on Jordanian king Hussain 1968 Event Evel Knievel fails in his attempt to jump Caesar's Palace Fountain 1965 Event Luna 5 launched (U.S.S.R.) 1st attempt to soft land on Moon (fails) 1964 Event Failed assassination attempt on president Nkrumah of Ghana 1962 Event Assassination attempt on Indonesian president Sukarno, fails 1961 Event 1,400 Cuban exiles land in Bay of Pigs attempt to overthrow Castro 1961 Event Failed assassination attempt on King Saif al-Islam Achmad of Yemen 1960 Event French president De Gaulle escape attempt by general Massu 1957 Event 1st U.S. attempt to launch a satellite fails - Vanguard rocket blows up 1957 Event Assassination attempt on Indonesian president Sukarno, kills 8 1956 Event Pakistan defeat Australia by nine wickets at 1st attempt 1953 Event Boston Braves, who own Milwaukee minor league franchise, block St. Louis Browns attempt to shift their franchise to Milwaukee 1952 Event Failed assassination attempt of German Chancellor Adenauer 1950 Event Collazo and Torresola attempt to kill Truman in Washington, D.C. 1949 Event Failed assassination attempt on Shah of Persia 1946 Event Giants Filchock and Hapes suspended by NFL, didn't report bribe attempt 1946 Event Attempt made to recall Mayor Lapham (1st time in San Francisco history) 1945 Event Hideki Tojo, Japanese Prime Minister during most of WW II, attempts suicide rather than face war crimes tribunal attempt fails, later he is hanged 1945 Event Assassination attempt on Hohere, SS Police fuhrer Rauter 1945 Event Escape attempt at Mauthausen concentration camp 1944 Death Berthold Schenk von Stauffenberg, attempt Hitler assassination, dies 1944 Event July 20th Plot-Failed assassination attempt on Hitler 1944 Event Attempt to liberate prisoners in Amsterdam fails, John Post arrested 1944 Event General Rommel, Speidel and von Stulpnagel attempt to assassinate Hitler 1943 Event Outbreak attempt in Sobibor Concentration Camp 1943 Event Assassination attempt on Van de Peat at Amsterdams census bureau 1943 Event Assassination attempt on Hitler fails 1943 Event Failed assassin attempt on Hitler during Smolensk-Rastenburg flight 1940 Birthday James Brady, press secretary, wounded during Reagan assassin attempt 1939 Event Failed assassination attempt on Hitler in Burgerbraukeller, Munich 1934 Event U.S. Court of Appeals upheld lower court ruling striking down government's attempt to ban controversial James Joyce novel "Ulysses" 1933 Death Giuseppe [Joe] Zangara, electrocuted for assassination attempt on FDR 1933 Event President-elect Franklin Roosevelt survives assassination attempt 1932 Event Failed coup attempt by fascist Lapua Movement in Finland 1929 Event Belgium princess Marie-Jose and Italian crown prince Umberto gets engaged, assassination attempt on Umberto fails 1928 Event Buenos Aires police thwart an attempt on President-elect Herbert Hoover 1928 Event Assassination attempt on king Victor Emmanuel II of Italy 1924 Event Austria chancellor Ignaz Seipel, resigns after assassination attempt 1924 Event Landis bans Giants Jimmy O'Connell and Cozy Dolan from World Series after they admit an attempt to bribe Phils shortstop Heinie Sand 1924 Event Assassination attempt on Mussolini fails 1923 Event Unsuccessful attempt on prince-regent Hirohito of Japan 1923 Event In Germany, Adolf Hitler is arrested for attempt to sieze power 1920 Event Wolfgang Kapp's coup attempt in Berlin fails 1919 Event French premier Clemenceau injured during assassination attempt 1912 Event King Vittorio Emanuel III of Rome injured during assassination attempt 1911 Event Failed assassination attempt on premier Briand in French Assembly 1910 Event New York City Mayor Wm J Gaynor seriously wounded during assassination attempt 1908 Event Failed assassination attempt on Shah Mohammed Ali in Teheran 1902 Event Baseball's Philadelphia Athletics and Phillies form pro football teams, joining Pitts Stars in 1st attempt at a National Football League 1900 Event Assassination attempt on prince of Wales/king Edward VII 1889 Event New York World reporter Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane) began her attempt to surpass fictitious journey of Jules Verne's Phileas Fogg by traveling around world in less than 80 days She succeeded, by finishing trip following January in 72 days, 6 1880 Event Tsar Alexander II of Russia survives an assassination attempt 1878 Event 1st attempt at motion pictures (used 12 cameras, each taking 1 picture) done to see if all 4 of a horse's hooves leave the ground 1869 Event Black Friday; Wall St. panic after Gould and Fisk attempt to corner gold 1869 Event Jay Gould and James Fisk attempt to control U.S. gold market 1866 Event German premier Otto von Bismarck seriously wounded in assassin attempt 1858 Event French Emperor Napoleon III escapes attempt on his life by Felice Orsini, an Italian patriot who was later executed 1854 Event Composer Robert Schumann saved from suicide attempt in Rhine 1854 Event Composer R Schumann is saved from suicide attempt into the Rhine 1829 Event Failed assassination attempt on Simon Bolivar 1812 Event Battle of Queenstown Heights, British beats U.S. attempt to invade Canada 1801 Event Murder attempt on Czar Paul I 1800 Event King George III survives a 2nd assassination attempt 1792 Event Murder attempt on King Gustavus III by count Ankarstrom at opera 1762 Event 1st reported counterfeiting attempt, Boston 1757 Event Failed assassination attempt on French king Louis XV by Damiens 1589 Event Murder attempt by monk Jacques Clement on French King Hendrik III 1392 Event Assassination attempt on Pierre de Craon Van Clisson of France, fails 1176 Event Murder attempt by "Assassins" on Saladin near Aleppo 644 Event Kalief Omar I injured during assassination attempt
