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Old 01-26-2007, 10:07 AM   #229
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Jan 26 1948
A man with a "Sanitation" armband enters Teikoku Bank in Tokyo and injects the staff with a potassium cyanide solution, claiming to be administering immunizations for amoebic dysentery. Twelve people die, and the bank is robbed of a mere $500. Artist Sadamichi Hirasawa is later found guilty of the killings.

Jan 26 1962
Mafia boss Lucky Luciano dead of natural causes at the Naples airport, where he was to meet a film producer to discuss his life story. Luciano dropped dead as he was about to shake hands.

Jan 26 1979
Dukes of Hazzard premiere, titled "One Armed Bandits". A shipment of slot machines is hijacked. High comedy.

Jan 26 1979
70-year-old multi-billionaire Nelson Rockefeller is stricken by a massive heart attack while engaging his 27-year-old research assistant, Megan Marshak. The former Vice President dies during the ambulance ride. Rockefeller's will leaves Marshak $50,000 and the deed to a Manhattan townhouse.

Jan 26 1984
Michael Jackson's hair is ignited by a magnesium flash bomb at Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles during the filming of a Pepsi television commercial, causing third-degree scalp burns.

Jan 26 1996
Insane madman millionaire John E. du Pont shoots Olympic wrestler David Schultz three times, killing him. A two day police standoff follows at the Foxcatcher estate and wrestling compound, with SWAT teams biding their time under the assumption that du Pont, an expert marksman, possessed an arsenal at his disposal.

Jan 26 1998
Residents of the Japanese town of Ito are attacked by a pack of raving wild monkeys. A total of 26 were injured and had to receive rabies shots. It remains unclear why the monkeys chose to attack.
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