2004 Arthur Hailey, writer, Airport, dies at 84
2003 Union des Transports Africains de Guinee flight 141 crashes on takeoff from Cotonou Airport
2003 The Concorde made its last commercial flight, landing at Heathrow Airport, London
2003 Air Algérie flight 6289 crashes at Tamanrasset Airport in Alegeria, killing 103
1996 Ross Hunter, U.S. producer (Airport, Madame X, Pillow Talk), dies at 75
1995 Denver International Airport opens
1995 Worker accidentally cuts electrial wires at Newark Airport
1994 U.S. Air Boeing 737 crashes at Pittsburgh Airport, killing all 132 on board
1994 Kansai International airport officially opens
1994 IRA launch 1st of 3 mortar attacks on London's Heathrow Airport
1993 Helen Hayes, actress (Airport), dies of congestive heart failure at 92
1993 Harry Connick, Jr. arrested at a New York airport for gun possession
1992 Harry Connick, Jr. is caught with 9mm gun in New York's JFK airport
1992 Greater Pittsburgh International Airport opens
1992 Ghana Airways inaugurates flights to JFK Airport, New York City
1992 Plane crash at Perris Valley Airport California, kills 16 parachutists
1991 1st International flight from Long Island's MacArthur Airport (to Mexico)
1991 1st non stop flight Schiphol-Flamingo airport Bonaire
1991 US Air and Skywest Fairchild jet collide at LA Airport killing 32
1990 Judy Carne arrested at JFK airport on an 11 year old drug warrant
1989 US Air overshoots runway at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, 2 people die
1989 Suriname SLM-173 (DC-8) crashes near Paramaribo Airport killing 173
1989 2 French TV newsmen arrested for trying to plant fake bombs on 3 airlines at JFK airport in security test
1986 Bomb explosion on airport Kimpo at Seoul, 5 killed
1986 4 U.S. passengers killed by bomb at TWA counter Athens Airport Greece
1986 Libyan bombers attack N'djamena Airport in Chad
1986 French air force bombs Ouadi Doum airport in Chad
1985 Enterprise (OV-101) flies from Kennedy Space Center to Dulles Airport
1985 Airtours Boeing-737 crashes at airport of Manchester, 55 killed
1985 Delta Lockheed L-1011 crashes at Dallas-Ft. Worth Airport, 137 die
1984 Bomb attack on Madras India airport, 32 killed
1984 Bulgarian Tupolev 134 crashs at Sofia airport in Bulgaria, 50 die
1983 2 jets collided at Madrid Airport killing 93
1983 Heathrow Airport, robbed of 6,800 gold bars worth $38.7 million
1983 U.S. Marine sharpshooters kill 5 snipers at Beirut International Airport
1983 Airport of Beirut reopens
1983 Gloria Swanson, actress (Airport 1975), dies of a heart ailment at 84
1982 World Airways DC-10 skids at Boston Logan Airport killing 2
1979 Celia Lovsky, actress (Airport, Harlow, T'Pau-Star Trek), dies at 82
1979 Jean Seberg, actress (Breathless, Airport), commits suicide at 40
1979 Failed Palestinian attack on Zaventem Airport in Belgium
1978 6 masked men bound 10 employees at Lufthansa cargo area at New York Kennedy Airport and made off with $5.8 M in cash and jewelry
1978 Laugh-in's Judy Carne arrested at Gatwick Airport for drug possession
1978 3 PFLP members kill a cop near El Al airlines in Orly Airport, Paris
1976 5 Croatian terrorists capture TWA-plane at La Guardia Airport, New York
1976 Israel launches rescue of 103 Air France crew and passengers being held at Entebbe Airport in Uganda by pro-Palestinian hijackers
1975 11 killed, 75 hurt by terrorist bomb at LaGuardia Airport in New York City
1975 Norwegian King Olav V opens Longyearbyen Airport on Spitsbergen
1975 Eastern 727 crashes at JFK Airport New York, kills 113
1974 Airport terminal roof collapses killing 17 (Teheran Iran)
1974 Charles de Gaulle Airport opens near Paris
1974 Charles de Gaulle Airport opens in Paris
1973 Arab terrorists open fire at Athens airport, kills 3 injures 55
1973 Delta Airlines DC-9 crashes in fog at Logan Airport, Boston, killing all but one of 89 aboard. Lone survivor dies 6 months later
1972 United Airlines crashes at Chicago's Midway Airport killing 45
1972 3 Jap PFL terrorists kills 24, wound 72 at Tel Aviv's Lod International airport
1970 1st Concorde lands at Heathrow airport
1970 Supersonic airliner Concorde lands for 1st time at Heathrow airport
1970 Air Canada DC-8 crashes 7 miles from Toronto's airport killing 109
1969 Viasa DC-9 crashes at Maracaibo's Grano de Oro airport, killing 155
1968 Israeli assault on Beirut Airport
1966 All-Nippon Airways 727 crashes off Haneda Airport (Japan); kills 133
1964 Vietcong-assault on airport Bien Hoa at Saigon
1964 At Plesman airport, Curaeao, 125.5 mm rainfalls (record)
1964 Beatles land at New York's JFK airport, for 1st U.S. tour
1963 Ed Sullivan witnesses Beatles and their fans at London Airport
1962 President Kennedy dedicates Dulles International Airport outside Washington D.C.
1961 Eero Saarinen, Finnish/US architect (Dulles Airport), dies at 51
1956 Zestienhoven airport at Rotterdam official opens
1954 San Francisco International Airport (SFO) opens
1948 President Truman dedicates Idlewild Field (Kennedy Airport), New York
1946 United flight 521 crashes on takeoff at LaGuardia Airport (NY) 42 die
1944 Allied assault on Carpiquet airport at Caen
1944 Chinese/U.S. armed forces take Myitkyina Airport, Burma
1943 U.S. 45th Division occupies airport Comiso, Sicily
1943 Soviet forces reconquer Gumrak airport near Stalingrad
1943 Red Army recaptures Pitomnik airport at Stalingrad
1942 Assault of U.S. B-17 Flying Fortresses on airport at Sidi Ahmed
1942 U.S. troops occupy airport of Port-Lyautey Morocco
1942 Japanese troops occupy Kalidjati airport in Java
1941 New York City Council agrees to build Idlewild (Kennedy) Airport in Queens
1941 1st U.S. federally owned airport opened Washington D.C.
1941 German airforce occupies airport at Maleme Kreta
1939 NY's La Guardia Airport began operations as an airliner from Chicago lands, 1 minute after midnight
1939 LaGuardia Airport opens in New York City
1936 Construction on Ypenburg Netherlands airport begins
1930 Dana Wynter, London, actress, Airport, Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1929 Salem, Oregon airport dedicated
1929 1st airport hotel opens - Oakland, California
1927 San Francisco Municipal Airport (Mills Field) dedicated
1925 Maureen Stapleton, born in Troy, New York, actress, Airport, Coccoon, Plaza Suite
1925 George Kennedy, born in New York City, actor, Cool Hand Luke, Airport, Blue Knight
1924 Boston, Massachusetts opens its airport
1924 Croydon Airport: 1st British mig aircraft Imperial established
1921 Ross Hunter, born in Cleveland, Ohio, producer, Airport, Madame X, Pillow Talk
1920 Barry Nelson, born in Oakland, actor, Airport, My Favorite Husband
1920 Arthur Hailey, Luton England, novelist, Hotel, Airport
1919 1st municipally owned airport in U.S. opens (Tucson Az)
1918 De Kooy airport in Netherlands opens
1905 Joseph Cotten, Virginia, actor, 3rd Man, Airport 77, Hearse
1897 Celia Lovsky, Vienna Aus, actress, Airport, Harlow, T'Pau-Star Trek
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