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2006 Dow closes above 12,000 for the first time
2006 Dow closes above 11,800 for the first time 1997 Comet Hale-Bopp directly above the Sun (1.04 AU) 1995 Dow Jones closes above 5,000 for 1st time 1995 Dow Jones closes above 4,000 for 1st time (4,003.33) 1994 Great comet-iceball seen above North sea 1994 F-16 collides with C-130 Hercules above AFB in North Carolina, 120 die 1994 Dow Jones closes above 3,900 for 1st time (3,914.48) 1993 Sydney Australia Stock Market index above 2000, for 1st time 1993 Dow Jones closes above 3,500 for 1st time (3,500.03) 1991 Dow Jones closes above 3,000 for 1st time (3,004.46) 1990 Meteorite explodes above Pacific Ocean 1988 China confirms earthquake death toll will rise above current 938 1988 Meteorite exploded above Indonesia 1987 Dow Jones Industrial Avg closes above 2,700 for 1st time (2,700.57) 1987 Dow Jones closes above 2,500 (2,510.04) for 1st time 1987 Dow Jones avg closes above 2,200 for 1st time 1987 Dow Jones closes above 2,000 for 1st time (2,002.25) 1985 Dow Jones closes above 1,500 for 1st time (1,511.70) 1985 Dow Jones Industrial Average rose above 1,500 level for 1st time 1985 Dow Jones industrial avg closes above 1300 for 1st time 1984 Cale Yarborough, becomes 1st Daytona 500 qualifier, above 200 MPH 1983 Dow Jones closes above 1100 mark for 1st time 1979 2 Russian passenger planes collide above Ukraine, 173 killed 1977 Space Shuttle above a Boeing 747 goes on it's maiden flight 1973 3 Palestinians hijack KLM B747 above Iraq, to Dubai 1972 Dow Jones closes above 1,000 for 1st time (1003.16) 1972 Dow Jones Index moves above 1,000 for 1st time 1972 Reginald Owen, actor (Above Suspicion, Love on the Run), dies at 85 1972 1 million kg heavy meteorite grazes atmosphere above Canada 1972 Slag heap dam collapses above Buffalo Creek, West Virginia, kills 125 1969 Allegheny 853 collides with Piper Cherokee above Indiana, kills 82 1969 Stafford and Cernan pilot Apollo 10 LEM 9.4 mi(15km) above lunar surface 1969 North Korea shoots at U.S. airplane above Japanese sea 1969 Launch of Mariner 7, flies 2,190-mi above southern Mars 1967 Richard Ainley, actor (I Dood It, Above Suspicion), dies at 56 1966 6 French fighters crash above Spain 1965 2 passenger planes collide above Danbury, Conn, 4 die 1964 U.S. begin intelligence flights above Laos 1962 U.S. resumes above ground nuclear testing, at Christmas Island 1962 U.S. national debt above $300,000,000,000 1962 U.S. Super-Constellation disappears above Pacific Ocean, kills 167 1962 John F. Kennedy announces U.S. will resume above ground nuclear testing 1961 J H F Gronloh, Nescio, author (Above the Vale), dies at 80 1960 White Sox unveil new road uniforms with players' names above number 1956 Dow Jones closes above 500 for 1st time (500.24) 1955 Time bomb aboard United DC-6 kills 44 above Longmont Colorado 1955 Israeli passenger plane shot down above Bulgaria, 58 die 1955 U.S. air patrol plane shot down above Bering sea 1954 U.S. plane shot down above Siberia 1951 Steven Seagal, born in Detroit, Michigan, actor, Above the Law, Hard to Kill 1950 U.S. B-29 bomber shot down above Latvia 1945 1st food drop by RAF above nazi-occupied Holland (operation Manna) 1943 P-47D Thunderbolt shot down above North-Holland 1943 1st Spitfire in action above Darwin, Australia, Mu Ki-46 shot down 1942 West Indies chocolate/coffee drop above Netherland 1941 1st Messerschmidt 109F shot down above England 1941 British-Italian dogfight above Albania 1940 12 German aircraft shot down above England 1940 17 German aircrafts shot down above England 1940 47 German aircrafts shot down above England 1940 55 German aircraft shot down above England 1940 19 German aircrafts shot down above England 1940 28 German aircraft shot down above England 1940 Luftwaffe loses 41 bombers above England 1940 71 German aircrafts shot down above England 1940 Heavy dogfights above England: 75 German aircrafts damaged 1940 38 German aircrafts shot down above England 1940 British and German dogfight above Lyme Bay 1939 Spitfire shoots German Heinkel-111 down above Scotland 1938 Austrian Jews required to register property above 5,000 Reichsmarks 1923 Harry Houdini frees himself from a straight jacket while suspended upside down, 40 feet (12 m) above ground in New York City 1919 Hurricane tides 16 feet above normal drown 280 along Gulf Coast 1914 1st German plane bombs above Paris, 2 killed 1910 Richard Ainley, Middlesex England, actor, I Dood It, Above Suspicion 1910 JWEL Hilgers is 1st Dutchman to fly above Dutch territory 1906 1st time Dow Jones closes above 100 1905 James Robertson Justice, born in Scotland, actor, Above Us the Waves 1891 Isabel Jeans, born in London, England, actress, Easy Virtue, Heavens Above 1883 Matthew Webb, English Channel swimmer, drowns above Niagara Falls 1797 1st sky diver (Andre-Jacques Trim, above Paris) 1345 Holy spirit glides above fire: "the miracle of Amsterdam" (legend) |
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