1996 22nd People's Choice Awards: Apollo 13, Tom Hanks wins
1994 Stuart Allen Roosa, astronaut (Apollo 14), dies of pancreatitis at 46
1993 Donald "Deke" K Slayton, U.S. major/astronaut (Apollo 18), dies at 69
1992 Ralph Cooper, creator (Amateur Night at the Apollo), dies of cancer
1991 James B Irwin, Col USAF/astronaut (Apollo 15), dies at 61
1990 Ronald E Evans, astronaut (Apollo 17), dies of a heart attack at 57
1982 John Leonard Swigert Jr, astronaut (Apollo 13), dies of cancer at 51
1982 Apollo Computer announces DN400, DN420, and landscape display
1981 Austin O'Brien, actor, Apollo 13, My Girl 2, Lawnmower Man
1980 Apollo Computer Inc. incorporated
1975 Apollo 18 returns to Earth
1975 Apollo and Soyuz linked in orbit for 2 days, separate
1975 Apollo 18 and Soyuz 19 make 1st US/U.S.S.R. linkup in space
1975 Apollo 18 launched (will rendezvous with Soyuz)
1975 Soyuz 19 and Apollo 18 launched; rendezvous 2 days later
1972 Apollo 17, last of Apollo Moon landing series, returns to Earth
1972 Apollo 17 (U.S.), final manned lunar landing mission, launched
1972 Apollo 16 returns to Earth
1972 Apollo 16 astronauts explores Moon surface
1972 Apollo astronauts John Young and Charles Duke ride on Moon
1972 John Young and Charles Duke explores Moon (Apollo 16)
1972 Apollo 16's Young and Duke land on Moon with Boeing Lunar Rover #2
1972 Apollo 16 launched; 5th manned lunar landing (Decartes Highlands)
1971 Apollo 15 returns to Earth
1971 Apollo 15 astronauts take 6 hour electric car ride on Moon
1971 U.S. Apollo 15 (Scott and Irwin) lands on Mare Imbrium on the Moon
1971 Apollo 15 launched (Scott and Irwin) to 4th manned landing on Moon
1971 Apollo 14 returns to Earth
1971 Apollo 14, 3rd U.S. manned Moon expedition, lands near Fra Mauro Alan Shepard and Edward Mitchell (Apollo 14) walk on Moon for 4 hrs
1971 Apollo 14 lander Antares lands on Moon (Shepard and Mitchell)
1971 Apollo 14 launched, 1st landing in lunar highlands
1970 Apollo 13 returns back safely to Earth
1970 Apollo 13 announces "Houston, we've got a problem!" as Beech-built oxygen tank explodes en route to Moon
1970 Apollo 13 launched to Moon; unable to land, returns in 6 days
1969 Apollo 12 returns to Earth
1969 Apollo 12's Conrad and Bean become 3rd and 4th humans on Moon
1969 Apollo 12 (Conrad/Gordon/Bean) launched for 2nd manned Moon landing
1969 Apollo 11 returns to Earth
1969 1st men on Moon, Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, Apollo 11
1969 Apollo 11 goes into Moon orbit
1969 Apollo 11, carrying 1st men to land on Moon, launched
1969 Apollo 10 astronauts returned to Earth
1969 Stafford and Cernan pilot Apollo 10 LEM 9.4 mi(15km) above lunar surface
1969 Apollo 10 (Stafford/Cernan/Young) launched toward lunar orbit
1969 Apollo 10 transmit 1st color pictures of Earth from space
1969 Apollo 9 returns to Earth
1969 Apollo 9 launched for 151 Earth orbits (10 days)
1968 Apollo 8 returns to Earth
1968 Apollo 8 astronauts read passages from Book of Genesis
1968 Apollo 8 (Borman, Lovell and Anders) 1st manned Moon voyage
1968 Apollo 7 returns to Earth
1968 1st live telecast from a manned U.S. spacecraft (Apollo 7)
1968 Apollo 7 (Schirra, Eisele and Cunningham) made 163 orbits in 260 hours
1968 Probable Test flight for a manned fly-around (scooped by Apollo 8)
1968 Apollo 6 launched atop Saturn V; unmanned
1968 Apollo 5 launched to Moon; unmanned lunar module tests made
1967 1st unmanned Saturn V flight to test Apollo 4 reentry module
1967 Apollo 1 fire kills astronauts Grissom, White and Chaffee
1967 Roger B Chaffee, astronaut, dies at 31 in Apollo I fire
1967 Virgil I (Gus) Grissom, astronaut, dies at 40 in Apollo I fire
1965 JPL proposes modified Apollo flight to fly around Mars and return
1964 Unmanned Apollo 2 Saturn test launched into Earth orbit
1964 Unmanned Apollo 1 Saturn launcher test attains Earth orbit
1956 Sinbad, comedian/actor, Different World, At the Apollo
1955 Gary Sinise, actor, Apollo 13, Forrest Gump
1953 James Horner, actor, Titanic, Apollo 13, Balto, Jade, Casper
1948 Carl Weathers, New Orlean, Louisiana, actor, Apollo Creed-Rocky
1939 Barry [Norman] Malzberg, sci-fi author, Revelations, Beyond Apollo
1936 Thomas K. Mattingly II, Chic, Capt USN/astro, Apollo 16, STS-4, 51C
1935 Ronald Ellwin Evans, St. Francis, Kansas, Captain USN/astronaut, Apollo 17
1935 Russell Luis Schweickart, Neptune, New Jersey, astronaut, Apollo 9
1935 Harrison H "Jack" Schmitt, Santa Rita, New Mexico, astronaut, Apollo 17
1935 Philip K. Chapman, born in Melbourne, Australia, astronaut, Apollo 14 support
1934 Eugene A. Cernan, born in Chicago, Capt USN/astronaut, Gemini 9, Apollo 10 17
1933 Fred W. Haise, Jr., Biloxi Mississippi, astronaut, Apollo 13 STS T-1, T-3, T-5
1933 William A Anders, Hong Kong, Maj Gen, USAF/astronaut, Apollo 8
1933 Stuart A "Smokey" Roosa, Durango Colo, Col USAF/astronaut, Apollo 14
1932 Ronnie Walter Cunningham, born in Creston, Iowa, Col USMC/astronaut, Apollo 7
1932 Alfred M Worden, Jackson Michigan, Colonel USAF/astronaut, Apollo 15
1931 John Leonard Swigert, Jr., Denver Colorado, astronaut, Apollo 13
1931 Vance DeVoe Brand, Longmont Co, astro, Apollo 18, STS-5, 41B, 35
1930 Michael Collins, Rome, Mjr Gen USAF/astronaut, Gemini 10, Apollo 11
1930 Edgar Dean Mitchell, Hereford Texas, Capt USN/astronaut, Apollo 14
1930 Neil Armstrong, born in Ohio, X-15 pilot, 1st Moonwalker, Gemini 8, Apollo 11
1930 Donn Fulton Eisele, born in Columbus, Ohio, Col USAF/astronaut, Apollo 7
1930 James Benson Irwin, Pittsburgh, Pennslyvania, Col USAF/astronaut, Apollo 15
1929 James McDivitt, born in Chicago, Brig Gen USAF/astronaut, Gemini 4, Apollo 9
1928 James A. Lovell, born in Cleveland, Ohio, USN/astr, Gemini 7, 12, Apollo 8, 13
1928 Frank Borman, born in Gary, Indiana, astronaut, Gemini 7, Apollo 8, CEO, Eastern Airline
1924 Donald "Deke" Kent Slayton, born in Sparta, Wisconsin, Major USAF/astro, Apollo 18
1920 Apollo Theater (Academy, Bryant) opens at 221 W 42nd St. New York City
1882 8th Kentucky Derby: Babe Hurd aboard Apollo wins in 2:40
1777 Guillaume Coustou Jr, French sculptor (Apollo/Mars/Venus), dies at 61
1776 Gottlieb Schick, German painter, Apollo under the Hirten
1767 Mozart's opera "Apollo et Hyacinthus," premieres in Salzburg
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