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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 hours 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, Captain USN/astronaut, 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 Charles M. Duke, Jr., born in Charlotte, North Carolina, Brigadier General USAF and astronaut, Apollo 16 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, Captain 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, Major Gen, USAF/astronaut, Apollo 8 1933 Stuart A "Smokey" Roosa, born in Durango, Colorado, Col USAF/astronaut, Apollo 14 1932 David R. Scott, born in San Antonio, Texas, Col USAF/astronaut, Gemini 8, Apollo 9, 15 1932 David Scott, born in San Antonio, Texas, astronaut, commander of Apollo 15 mission, seventh person to walk on the Moon, first person to drive on the Moon 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, astronaut, Apollo 18, STS-5, 41B, 35 1930 Michael Collins, Rome, Major General USAF/astronaut, Gemini 10, Apollo 11 1930 John Watts Young, born in San Francisco, California, astronaut, Gem 3 10, Apollo 10 16, STS-1 9 1930 Edgar Dean Mitchell, Hereford Texas, Captain 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 Richard F. Gordon, Jr., born in in Seattle, Washington, Captain USN and astronaut, Gemini 11, Apollo 12 1929 James McDivitt, born in Chicago, Brigadier General 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/astronaut, Apollo 18 1923 Alan B. Shepard, Jr., East Derry, New Hampshire, Rear Admiral USN astronaut, Mercury 3, Apollo 14 1923 Wally Schirra, born in New Jersey, astronaut, flew in Mercury, Gemini and Apollo, America's first three space programs 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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