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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 Algrie 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 U.S. 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 U.S. 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 Japanese 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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