2012 Event A U.S. gene sequencing company, Illumina, adopts a poison pill strategy, fighting against a hostile big by Roche Holding 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 1996 Death Endo Shusaku, Japanese writer (Sea and Poison/Silence), dies at 73 1995 Event Poison Gas released in Tokyo subway 12 killed, 4,700 injured 1995 Event 5 die by poison gas in Japanese subway 1994 Event Poison singer Bret Michaels gets into a car crash 1990 Death Cornell Gunther, U.S. musician (Coasters, Poison Ivy), dies at 53 1989 Event 140 nations agree to ban chemical weapons (poison gas, etc) 1988 Event Iran says Iraq uses poison gas in the war 1986 Event Volcanic eruption in Cameroon releases poison gas, killing 2,000 1984 Event 2,000 die from Union Carbide poison gas emission in Bhopal, India 1984 Event U.S. accuse Iraq of using poison gas 1975 Birthday Drew Barrymore, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, ET, Firestarter, Poison Ivy 1932 Birthday Anthony Perkins, born in New York City, actor, Psycho, Fear Strikes Out, Pretty Poison 1925 Event League of Nations conference on arms control and poison gas usage 1915 Event 1st military use of chlorine poison gas by Germany in WW I 1915 Event 1st German poison gas attack, against Russians 1864 Event Battle of Poison Springs, AR (Camden Expedition) 1531 Death Richard Roose, boiled to death for trying to poison an archbishop 1480 Birthday Lucretia Borgia, murderess, poison, daughter, Pope Alexander VI 54 Death Claudius, Roman Emperor, dies of poison mushrooms at 63
