History Hop Tags - Fails

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Battle of Mutina: Mark Antony is again defeated in battle by Aulus Hirtius, who is killed. Antony fails to capture Mutina and Decimus Brutus is murdered shortly after.

532-01-18

Nika uprising at Constantinople fails, 30-40,000 die

1392-06-13

Assassination attempt on Pierre de Craon Van Clisson of France fails

1522-08-11

Uprising of adel/burgerij in Austria fails

1537-09-24

Uprising in Lubeck fails

1603-10-20

Chinese uprising in Philippines fails after 23,000 killed

1607-01-13

The Bank of Genoa fails after announcement of national bankruptcy in Spain.

1787-02-04

Shays' Rebellion (of debt-ridden Massachusetts farmers) fails

1858-09-01

1st transatlantic cable fails after less than 1 month

1864-07-30

Battle of the Crater: Gen Burnsides fails on attack of Petersburg

1864-11-25

Confederate plot to burn New York city fails

1864-11-30

Battle of Franklin Tennessee: Confederate attack fails, 7,700 casualities

1868-05-16

By one vote, US Senate fails to impeach President Andrew Johnson

1876-09-07

Bank robbery by James/Younger fails (Cole/Bob/Jim Younger arrested)

1888-12-11

French Panama Canal Company fails

1894-09-14

Hottentotten uprising in Southwest-Africa fails

1899-05-31

-June 5] Conference of Bloemfontein fails

1900-04-05

Attempted assassination of Edward, Prince of Wales in Brussels, fails

1901-09-26

Boer General Botha fails to capture Fort Itala in Natal

1908-09-23

Giant Fred (Bonehead) Merkle fails to touch 2nd, causes 3rd out in 9th & disallows winning run (game ends tied, Cubs win replay & pennant)

1919-08-20

Wichita outfielder Joe Wilhoit (Western League) fails to get a hit, ending a 69-game streak (155 hits in 299 at bats for a .505 avg)

1920-03-13

Wolfgang Kapp's coup attempt in Berlin fails

1924-09-06

Assassination attempt on Benito Mussolini fails

1926-09-20

Bugs Moran attempts to assassinate Al Capone in a drive-by shooting but fails

1928-03-12

In California, the St. Francis Dam fails, killing over 600 people.

1929-10-24

Belgian princess Marie-Jose & Italian crown prince Umberto get engaged, assassination attempt on Umberto fails

1931-05-11

Credit-Anstalt, Austria's largest bank, fails, beginning financial collapse of Central Europe

1931-09-13

Right-radical coup of Dr Pfrimer fails in Austria

1932-04-19

Bonnie Parker is captured in a failed hardware store burglary, and subsequently jailed. A grand jury fails to indict her, however, and she is released a few months later

1934-06-11

Disarmament conference in Geneva fails

1938-11-30

Fascist coup in Romania, fails

1939-10-30

German U boat fails on attack of English battleship Nelson with Winston Churchill, Dudley Pound & Charles Forbes aboard

1940-11-19

German air raid on Birmingham fails

1940-11-20

German air raid on Birmingham fails

1941-06-20

German U-203 fails on torpedo attack on US battleship Texas

1941-11-03

Hirohiti's accord on Yamamoto's attack plan on Pearl Harbor fails

1943-03-21

Assassination attempt on Hitler fails

1944-05-01

Surprise attack on Weteringschans Amsterdam, fails

1944-07-14

Attempt to liberate prisoners in Amsterdam fails, John Post arrested

1944-07-19

Danish resistance fails in assault on Taarbaek Fort near Copenhagen

1944-08-06

Anti-German attack at Avranches fails

1944-08-07

German counter attack at Avranches fails

1945-09-08

Hideki Tojo, Japanese PM during most of WW II, attempts suicide rather than face war crimes tribunal attempt fails, later he is hanged

1957-12-06

1st US attempt to launch a satellite fails-Vanguard rocket blows up

1958-02-04

Hall of Fame fails to elect anyone for 1st time since 1950

1958-03-05

Explorer 2 fails to reach Earth orbit

1959-03-08

Pro-Egyptian coup fails in Mosul Iraq

1959-04-19

Uprising in La Paz Bolivia, fails

1960-03-23

Explorer (8) fails to reach Earth orbit

1960-11-12

Coup against South Vietnam pres Ngo Dinh Diem fails

1960-11-12

Mercury-Redstone 1 test launch fails at 10 cm altitude

1961-02-24

Explorer (10) fails to reach Earth orbit

1961-05-24

Explorer (12) fails to reach Earth orbit

1961-06-30

Explorer (12) fails to reach Earth orbit

1962-01-07

Assassination attempt fails on Indonesian president Sukarno

1962-07-22

1st US Venus probe, Mariner 1, fails at lift-off

1963-01-04

Soviet Luna (4) reaches Earth orbit but fails to reach Moon

1964-06-30

Centaur 3 launch vehicle fails to make Earth orbit

1965-05-09

Luna 5 launched (USSR) 1st attempt to soft land on Moon (fails)

1967-04-05

ATS II launched but fails to reach orbit

1968-01-01

Evel Knievel fails in his attempt to jump Caesar's Palace Fountain

1968-03-02

USSR launches space probe Zond 4; fails to leave Earth orbit

1968-05-19

Frank Howard fails to homer, after hitting 10 in 6 consecutive games

1970-01-19

Nixon nominates G Harold Carswell to Supreme Court (fails)

1970-12-18

Polish uprising fails

1972-09-24

Antique F86 Sabrejet fails to takeoff at air show, kills 22

1974-02-11

Titan-Centaur rocket test launch fails

1974-07-26

USSR's Soyuz fails to dock with Salyut 3

1975-03-11

Portugal military coup under general Spinola fails

1975-09-22

2nd assassination attempt on US President Gerald Ford by Sara Jane Moore fails in San Francisco

1976-09-28

A&M sues George Harrison who fails to meet deadline for LP completion

1977-04-01

Attempt for Moslem state in Chad fails

1977-11-19

Canuck's Ron Sedlbauer fails on 3rd penalty shot against Islanders

1978-03-07

Canuck's Ron Sedlbauer fails on 5th penalty shot against Islanders

1979-11-24

Kings' Charley Simmer fails on 8th penalty shot against Islanders

1980-04-24

US military operation to save 52 hostages in Iran, fails, 8 die

1980-06-23

South African Prime Minister P. W. Botha warns the country that confrontation will be inevitable if his proposed President's Council fails; the Council was part of Botha's plan to effect broad ranging constitutional changes which would allow for a role for both Indian and Coloured people in parliament but which still excluded direct political representation for African people.

1981-02-23

Spanish coup under lt-col Antonio Tejero Molina fails

1982-06-30

Federal Equal Rights Amendment fails 3 states short of ratification

1982-12-08

Clark Gilles fails in 7th Islander penalty shot

1983-02-17

Bob Bourne fails on 8th Islander penalty shot

1983-04-09

Caps 2-Isles 6 -Patrick Semis-Denis Potvin fails on penalty shot

1983-04-20

Soyuz T-8 launched; mission aborted when capsule fails to dock

1984-03-02

Iran offensive against Iraq fails

1984-06-04

Arnold Palmer fails to make US Open golf tournament 1st time in 32 yrs

1984-11-18

Flyers' Ron Sutter fails on 11th penalty shot against Islanders

1986-02-03

OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) fails to agree upon a production accord after a two-day meeting in Vienna

1988-02-10

Rocky Malebane-Metsing coup in Bophuthatswana fails

1989-10-03

Panamanian Defense Force attempted coup of Manuel Noriega fails

1990-11-20

Thatcher fails to defeat Heseltine's bid for party leadership

1992-06-27

Dan O'Brien fails on pole vault & eliminated from Olympics decathlon

1992-10-26

The Charlottetown Accord fails to win majority support in a Canada wide referendum.

1995-08-25

Indians' Jose Mesa fails in save attempt after 38th consecutive saves

1997-01-11

Telstar 401 Satellite Fails

1997-06-25

Jamaica issues a warrant for singer Sade, who fails to report to court on charges of failure to obey a cop who signaled her to stop

2000-02-15

Indian Point II nuclear power plant in New York State vents a small amount of radioactive steam when a steam generator fails.

2004-09-08

The NASA unmanned spacecraft Genesis crash-lands when its parachute fails to open.

2006-07-04

North Korea tests four short-range missiles, one medium-range missile, and a long-range Taepodong-2. The long-range Taepodong-2 reportedly fails in mid-air over the Sea of Japan/East Sea.

2009-03-27

Situ Gintung, an artificial lake in Indonesia, fails killing at least 99 people.

2010-05-01

Car bomb fails to go off in Times Square, New York City

2012-05-15

Greece's fifth attempt to a form a coalition government fails and new June elections are scheduled

2013-02-01

Zenit-3SL, a Ukranian-Russian carrier rocket, fails 40 seconds after liftoff and crashes into the Pacific Ocean

2016-03-09

Europe's deal with Turkey fails to deter migrant attempts for now

2016-04-18

Asian shares drop, crude tumbles after Doha deal fails

2016-07-09

UFC Star Jon Jones' Backup Sample Also Fails Doping Test

2017-04-16

North Korean missile test fails, US and South Korea say

2018-01-20

US government shutdown begins as spending bill fails in Senate

1937-04-25

Clem Sohn, air show performer dies at 26 when his chute fails to open