2011 Event The 'underwear bomber', Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, pleads guilty to attempting to blow up an airplane on Christmas, 2009 2010 Event The Taliban blow up a girls' school in Huwaid, Pakistan, no one is killed 2003 Death David Hemmings, actor/durectir, Blow Up, dies at 62 1996 Event Braves blow out St. Louis, 14-0 in an NLCS game 1995 Death Grady Sutton, actor (Come Blow Your Horn, Flying Blind), dies at 87 1992 Event Lynn Gunther of California threatens to blow herself up in front of U.N. 1987 Event Yankees blow 11-4 lead but trailing 14-11 Dave Winfield's 8th inning grand slammer beats Toronto 15-14; Mattingly also grand slams 1986 Event Wichita State Shockers blow a 35-3 lead; lose 36-35 to Morehead State 1985 Event French agents blow up Greenpeace boat Rainbow Warrior near New Zealand 1981 Event Lenny Randle tries to blow a slow roller foul but ump says no 1979 Event George Harrison releases "Blow Away" 1977 Event Yankees blow 9-4 lead in 9th but beat Chicago 11-10 in bottom of 9th 1973 Death Wystan H Auden, British/U.S. writer (Spain/Platonic Blow), dies at 66 1962 Birthday Tony Kiley, rocker, Blow Monkeys-Wicked Ways 1961 Birthday Doctor Robert, Bruce R Howard, rocker, Blow Monkeys-Wicked Ways 1959 Birthday Neville Henry, rocker, Blow Monkeys-Wicked Ways 1959 Birthday Kurtis Blow, New York City, rapper, Krushgroove-The Breaks 1957 Birthday Mike Anger, rocker, Blow Monkeys-Wicked Ways 1952 Event Rangers with less than 14 minutes to go blow a 6-2 lead, losing 7-6 to Chicago Black Hawks. Mosienko scores 3 times in 21 seconds 1948 Event Arabs blow up Latrun pumping station in Jerusalem 1948 Event Arabs blow up Jewish synagogue Hurvat Rabbi Yehudah he-Hasid 1945 Event 35 Jews sacrifice their lives to blow up Nazi rubber plant in Silesia 1941 Event Nazi's blow up 6 synagoges in Paris 1930 Event Ruth hits 3 home runs as Yankees blow 6-0 lead in 7th and lose 15-7 1929 Event Cubs blow 8-0 World Series lead, A's score 10 in 1 inning 1916 Event German saboteurs blow up a munitions plant on Black Tom Island, New Jersey 1843 Birthday Susan Elizabeth Blow, U.S., pioneered kindergarten education 1708 Death John Blow, composer (Venus and Adonis), dies at 59 1649 Birthday John Blow, composer of 1st English opera, Venus and Adonis, baptized 1605 Event Gunpowder Plot; Catholics try to blow up English Parliament. Plot uncovered and leader Guy Fawkes hanged
