2015 Event Harper Lee will release her second novel, 'Go Set a Watchman,' after 55 years; Lee wrote this novel first, presenting Scout as an adult, but editors convinced Lee to write instead about Scout as a child, resulting in 'To Kill a Mockingbird' 2014 Event The Nigerian government announces that it has located the 270-plus girls abducted by terrorist group Boko Haram, but it cannot rescue the girls yet due to fears that the abductors will kill them if the military attempts a direct confrontation 2013 Event A study at New York City's Albert Einstein College of Medicine reveals that a modified version of radioimmunotherapy - the treatment for leukemia - can kill latent HIV cells 2013 Event Harper Lee, author of 'To Kill a Mockingbird', faces a court battle in a lawsuit claiming a literary agent tricket her into giving up the copyright to her world-famous book 2012 Event Heavy rain and high winds across England and Wales kill two people and flood 800 homes 2012 Event Israel launches four airstrikes in response to multiple rockets being fired across the border. The airstrikes kill two Salafist jihadist militants and wound one other in the northern Gaza strip 2011 Event Redondo Beach, California authorities investigate the source of a large fish kill at the King Harbor Marino 2010 Event In Guatemala, heavy rains and landslides kill at least 18 people and a state of emergency is declared 2010 Event U.S. military forces use an air strike to kill an al-Qaeda leader responsible for planning suicide bombings 2010 Event Ongoing flooding and landslides in Gansu Province, China, kill 127 people and result in 2,000 missing 2010 Event Floods in Pakistan kill over 900 people, and the death toll is expected to rise further 2010 Event Brazilian storms in Alagoas and Pernambuco states kill 46 people 2010 Event Flash floods on the Little Missouri River kill at least 20 people near a campground in the Ouachita Mountains, west of Little Rock, Arkansas 2010 Event A series of bomb explosions in Baghdad, near Shia mosques, kill dozens of people and wound 100 others 2010 Event Muslim fundamentalists in northern Algeria kill an army colonel and a military commander of Bejaia 2008 Event Mumbai terrorist attacks kill over 195 people over four days 2007 Event Multiple suicide bombings kill over 550 people in Qahtaniya, Iraq 2003 Event An Islamist terrorist is sentenced to death for his part in the Bali bombings that kill nearly 200 in 2002 2003 Death Gregory Peck, actor, To Kill a Mockingbird, dies at 87 2001 Event Earthquake and landslides kill 850 in El Salvador 1995 Death John Megna, actor (To Kill a Mocking Bird), dies at 42 1995 Event Algiers police kill at least 99 prison rioters 1994 Event Battles between army and rebellious indians in South Mexico, kill 57 1993 Event Somali General Aidids arm forces kill 18 U.S. Rangers 1993 Event Moslem fundamentalists in Sivas Turkey, set hotel on fire, kill 36 1993 Event Nazi's kill 5 Turkish women in Solingen Germany 1993 Event South Africa White Wolves kill 5 year old black girl 1993 Death Eddie Constantine, actor (Alphaville, License to Kill), dies at 75 1992 Event Mobil Oil tug with 12,000 gallons of oil run aground in Arthur Kill 1991 Event Militant Sikhs kill 55 and wound 70 in India 1991 Event 20 Tornadoes kill 5 in Tennessee 1991 Event Pamela Smart (High School teacher) found guilty in New Hampshire of manipulating her student-lover to kill her husband 1990 Event Israeli police kill 17 Palestinian rioters 1990 Event Police kill 8 demonstrators for multi party system in Nepal 1990 Event Karachi police kill 22 anti-nationalistic demonstrators 1989 Event 16th James Bond movies "License to Kill" premieres 1989 Event Chinese troops kill hundred of pro-democracy students in Beijing 1989 Death Merritt Butrick, actor (Shy People, Wired to Kill), dies of AIDS at 29 1988 Event Larry Flynt paid hitman $1M to kill Hefner, Guccione and Sinatra 1988 Event Abu Nidal terrorists kill 9 on City of Poros cruise ship 1988 Event Shooting begins on "License to Kill" 1987 Death Richard Egan, actor (Big Cube, Amsterdam Kill), dies at 63 1986 Event Surinames Ronnie Brunswijks Jungle commandos kill 2 government officials 1986 Event Sikhs extremist kill 16 hindus in Muhktsar India 1986 Event Extremist Sikhs kill 13 hindus in Ludhiana India 1985 Event Terrorists kill 20 and wound 110 attacking El Al at Rome and Vienna airports, President Reagan blames Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi 1985 Event Palestinian terrorists kill 3 Israeli sailors at Lanaca Cyprus 1985 Event Tornados in Penn, Ohio, New York and Canada kill 88 and injured more than 1,000 1985 Event "View to a Kill" premieres in US 1984 Event Hijackers aboard Kuwaiti jetliner kill 2nd hostage 1984 Event Fire destroys a set in "A View to the Kill" 1983 Event U.S. Marine sharpshooters kill 5 snipers at Beirut International Airport 1983 Event Hindus kill 3000 Moslems in Assam, India 1982 Event Demanding an end to nuclear weapons, Norman Mayer, held Washington Monument hostage. After 10 hours, police kill him he had no explosives 1981 Event John Hinckley, Jr. pleads innocent in attempt to kill President Reagan 1979 Event 3 Puerto Rican nationalists who attempted to kill Truman are freed 1978 Event 3 PFLP members kill a cop near El Al airlines in Orly Airport, Paris 1977 Event Miltitary workers kill 300-500 students in Addis Ababa 1976 Death John Roselli, hired by CIA to kill Castro, found murdered 1975 Event Sara Jane Moore pled guilty to trying to kill President Gerald Ford 1974 Event Fall of earth and rocks kill 200 (Quebrada Blanca Canyon, Colombia) 1972 Event Bloody Sunday: British soldiers fire into crowd, kill 13 1971 Birthday Luke Wilson, born in Dallas, Texas, actor, films include, 'Blades of Glory', 'You Kill Me', 'Blonde Ambition', 'Henry Poole is Here', 'Death at a Funeral' 1970 Event Arab terrorists kill 9 children and 3 adults on a school bus 1970 Event Cops kill 2 students in racial disturbance (Jackson State U, Miss) 1969 Birthday Matthew McConaughey, actor, Contact, A Time to Kill 1969 Death Ted Hecht, actor (Time to Kill, Song of India, Gangster), dies 1968 Birthday Lucy Liu, born in Queens, New York, actress, known for television show, 'Ally McBeal', and film roles, 'Kill Bill', 'Kung Fu Panda', Charlie's Angels 1968 Event Officers kill 3 students demonstrating in South Carolina State (Orangeburg) 1967 Birthday Talisa Soto, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, License to Kill 1967 Birthday Benicio Del Toro, born in Puerto Rico, actor, Licence to Kill, Usual Suspects 1965 Event Fireworks explosions kill 50 in Cartagena, Colombia 1965 Event Lava flows kill at least 350 (Taal Philippines) 1962 Event E German border guards shot and kill Peter Fechter, 18, attempting to cross Berlin Wall into western sector 1962 Birthday Eddie Izzard, born in Colony of Aden, Yemen, actor, comedian, standup sets include, 'Stripped', 'Dress to Kill', 'Glorious', appeared in films, 'Ocean's Twelve', 'Mystery Men' 1962 Event Eruptions on Mount Huascaran in Peru destroy 7 villages and kill 3,500 1961 Event Battle of Paris - police kill 210 Algerians 1961 Birthday Joanne Whalley-Kilmer, Manchester England, actress, Kill Me Again 1961 Event Pulitzer prize awarded to Harper Lee for To Kill a Mockingbird 1961 Birthday Keith Gordon, New York City, actor, Dressed to Kill, Legend of Billie Jean 1960 Event Sharpeville Massacre: Police kill 72 in South Africa and outlaws ANC 1959 Birthday Sam Raimi, actor, Indian Summer, Thou Shalt Not Kill Except 1957 Event Algerian rebels kill 336 collaborators 1956 Event Fire and explosion kill 263 miners at Marcinelle, Belgium 1956 Birthday Robert Davi, actor, License to Kill, Raw Deal, Wild Thing 1955 Birthday Priscilla Barnes, Ft. Dix, New Jersey, actress, License to Kill, 3s Company 1953 Birthday Jane Badler, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Fine Gold, Easy Kill, V 1953 Event Tornadoes kill 110 in Michigan and Ohio 1952 Birthday Deborah Shelton, Washington D.C., actress, Dallas, Ocean Kill, Body Double 1952 Birthday Barry Champagne, born in Louisiana, stunt coorindator, Licence to Kill 1951 Event Typhoon floods kill 4,800 in Manchuria 1951 Birthday David Yip, born in Liverpool, England, of Chinese descent, English actor, played Johnny Ho in The Chinese Detective, played CIA liason agent Chuck Lee in 'A View to a Kill', a 1985 James Bond film 1951 Birthday Steven Seagal, born in Detroit, Michigan, actor, Above the Law, Hard to Kill 1950 Event Puerto Rican nationalists try to kill President Truman at Blair House 1950 Event Collazo and Torresola attempt to kill Truman in Washington, D.C. 1950 Birthday Nancy Allen, born in New York City, actress, Carrie, 1941, Robocop, Dress to Kill 1947 Event Tornadoes striking West Texas and Oklahoma kill 169, injuring 1,300 1944 Event German V-2 strikes Antwerp bioscope (638 kill) 1943 Event SS police chief Rauter threatens to kill half Jewish children 1942 Event Carlson's Raiders land on Makin, Gilbert islands, kill 350 Japanese 1942 Event Nazis kill all inhabitants of Lidice, Czechoslovakia 1941 Event Nazis kill 800 Jewish women at Shkudvil Lithuania 1941 Event German and Romanian soldiers kill 11,000 Jews in Kishinev 1940 Birthday Brian DePalma, born in Newark, New Jersey, film director, Body Double, Dressed to Kill 1939 Event Flash floods kill 75 in Northeast Kentucky 1937 Event Police kill 10 strikers at Republic Steel Plant in Chicago 1937 Event Ponce massacre, police kill 19 at Puerto Rican Nationalist parade 1937 Birthday Collin Wilcox, Highlands, North Carolina, actor, To Kill a Mocking Bird 1936 Birthday Bekim Fehmiu, actor, Black Sunday, Permission to Kill, Cagliostro 1935 Event Hurricane-produced floods kill 2,000 in Jeremie and Jacmel Haiti 1934 Event Bonnie and Clyde kill 2 police officers 1933 Event Colonial troops in Suriname kill 2 demonstrators 1932 Event Hailstones kill 200 in Hunan Province, China PR 1930 Event Air-borne chemicals combine with fog to kill 60 (Meuse Valley Belgium) 1929 Event Police kill 19 Mayday demonstrators in Berlin 1928 Birthday Joss Ackland, born in London, England, actor, Queenie, To Kill a Priest 1927 Birthday Brock Peters, born in New York City, actor/singer, Carmen Jones, To Kill a Mockingbird 1926 Birthday Harper Lee, author, To Kill a Mockingbird 1923 Event 2-pound hailstones kill 23 and many cattle, Rostov, Russia 1921 Event 1st aerial cropdusting (Troy Ohio to kill caterpillars) 1920 Event Tornadoes kill 219 in Alabama and Mississippi 1919 Event British forces kill 100s of Indian Nationalists (Amritsar Massacre) 1916 Birthday Gregory Peck, born in La Jolla, California, actor, To Kill a Mockingbird, MacArthur 1914 Event Bavarian troops kill 50 inhabitants of Nomeny France 1914 Birthday Patricia Morison, actress, Peyton Place, Dressed to Kill 1913 Event British passenger ship Volturno catches fire in Atlantic (136 kill) 1907 Birthday Ben Carter, born in New York City, actor, Dark Alibi, Dressed to Kill 1900 Event Empress Douairiere orders I-Ho-Chuan (Boxers) to kill all foreigners 1884 Event Tornadoes in Mississippi, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky and Indiana kill 800 people 1878 Event Fever epidemic in New Orleans begin, it will kill 4,500 1875 Event White Democrats kill several blacks in terrorist attacks in Vicksburg 1868 Event Earthquakes kill 25,000 and causes $300 million damages (Peru and Ecuador) 1864 Event Union troops ambush and kill 'Bloody' Bill Anderson in Richmond MI 1863 Event Confederate congress passed resolution to kill black soldiers 1848 Event Austrian soldiers kill 10 students, Pavia 1847 Event Indians kill Marcus and Narcissa Whitman, 11 settle in Walla Walla Ore 1801 Event Soldiers riot in Bucharest, kill 128 Jews 1798 Event British kill about 500 Irish insurgents at the Battle of Tara 1778 Event Iroquois Indians in New York kill 40 in Cherry Valley Massacre 1778 Event British kill 17 Stockbridge indians in Bronx during Revolution 1770 Event Boston Massacre, British troops kill 5 in crowd. Crispus Attackus becomes 1st black to die for American freedom 1744 Event Austrian forces pillage and kill Jews of Prague 1737 Event 40 foot waves sink 20,000 small craft and kill 300,000 (Bengal, India) 1704 Event French and Indians attack Deerfield, Massachusetts, kill 50, abduct 100 1704 Event Indians attack Deerfield, Massachusetts, kill 40, kidnap 100 1676 Event Wampanoag Indians under King Philip kill all men in Lancaster Mass 1643 Event Dutch U.S. colonists kill Algonquin-indians 1478 Event Pazzi conspirators attack Lorenzo and kill Giuliano de'Medici 1190 Event Crusaders kill 57 Jews in Bury St. Edmonds England
