2014 Event Germany beats Brazil 7-1 in the World Cup semifinals; the defeat is considered a possible explanation for ensuing incidents of bus burning around Sao Paulo 2013 Event The Rim wildfire burning in Yosemite National Park has consumed 225 square miles of forest, and is only 7 percent contained 2013 Event Thousands of people on Australia's east coast are threatened by over 130 wildfires burning, and are forced to leave their homes 2012 Event Naples' Casoria Contemporary Art Museum begins burning its artworks to protest government budget cuts affecting cultural institutions 2011 Event In Texas, wildfires continue burning, destroying tens of thousands of acres of land 2010 Event In San Bruno, California, a fire begins with a massive explosion in a natural gas line, kills 4 people, destroys many homes, and continues burning 1993 Death Dorian Corey, actor (Paris is Burning), dies of AIDs at 56 1990 Event U.S. House of Representatives vote 254-177 to stop U.S. flag burning, doesn't pass 1990 Death Joel Fluellen, actor (Man Friday, Burning Cross), dies at 79 1975 Event Steve Miller is arrested for burning his girlfriend's clothes 1968 Event "National Turn in Your Draft Card Day" features draft card burning 1964 Birthday Doug Aldrich, born in Raleigh, North Carolina, guitarist, hard rock, plays electric guitar, Gibson Les Paul, Fender Stratocaster, member of Whitesnake, founded Burning Rain 1957 Birthday Park Overall, born in Tennessee, actress, Laverne-Empty Nest, Mississippi Burning 1955 Birthday Willem Dafoe, born in Wisconsin, actor, Platoon, Roadhouse 66, Mississippi Burning 1953 Event Eisenhower condemns McCarthy's book burning proposal 1953 Birthday Brian Matthews, Philadelphia, actor, Burning 1951 Death Ivor Novello, British writer (Keep the Home Fires Burning), dies at 58 1950 Death John G Fletcher, U.S. poet (Burning Mountain), dies 1946 Birthday Farrah Fawcett, born in Texas, actress, Charley's Angels, Burning Bed 1945 Birthday Burning Spear, Winston Rodney, Jamaican reggae singer 1944 Event During WW II, George Bush ejects from a burning plane 1942 Birthday Anneke Gronloh, Indonesian/Dutch singer, Burning Sand 1939 Birthday Annea Lockwood, born in Christchurch, New Zealand, composer, records natural found sounds, Fluxus works with burning pianos, teacher, Vassar College 1913 Birthday Rene Clement, born in Bordeaux, France, director and writer, Is Paris Burning 1910 Birthday Joel Fluellen, born in Louisiana, actor, Burning Cross, Learning Tree 1910 Event 1st Movie stunt: man jumps into Hudson river from a burning balloon 1889 Birthday Frank Mayo, silent screen actor, Burning Gold, Hell's Headquarters 1886 Event Karl Benz patents 1st auto with burning motor 1829 Event Britain abolished "suttee" in India, widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre 1772 Event Burning of Gaspee, British revenue cutter, by Rhode Islanders 1553 Event Pope Julius III orders confiscation and burning of Jewish Talmud 1520 Event 1st public burning of books in Netherlands, in Louvain 1517 Event 1st burning of Protestants at stake in Netherlands
