2005 Steve Fossett flys the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer to a world record by completing the first non-stop, non-refueled, solo flight around the world
2000 Vickie Sue Robinson, disco diva, Turn the Beat Around, dies at 45
1992 USA/U.S.S.R. Around World Air Race begins at Santa Monica
1992 Robert Morley, actor (Around the World in 80 Days), dies at 84
1990 Radio stations around world play "Imagine" honoring John Lennon
1990 Mary Victor Bruce, who flew around empire state bldg in 1930, dies
1989 1st complete ring around Neptune discovered
1988 Gulfstream G-IV goes around the world 36:08:34
1986 Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, took off from Edwards AFB, California on 1st non-stop, non-refueled flight around world
1986 Dodge Morgan sailed solo nonstop around world in 150 days
1985 Shelley Taylor of Australia makes fastest swim ever around Manhattan Island, doing it in 6 hours 12 minutes 29 seconds
1984 Philippe Wynne, U.S. soul singer (I'll Be Around), dies at 43
1983 Ron Grant completes a 217 day, 8,316 mile run around Australia
1983 Drury Gallagher sets fastest swim around Manhattan (6h41m35s)
1983 Dick Smith makes 1st solo helicopter flight around the world
1981 Bill Haley, vocalist (Rock Around Clock), dies of heart attack at 55
1979 S J Perelman, U.S. humorist (Around the World in 80 Days), dies at 75
1979 Vivekananda (Sri Lanka) completes nonstop cycle ride of 187 hrs, 28 min, around Vihara Maha Devi Park, Colombo, Sri Lanka [From May 2]
1978 Pioneer Venus 1 goes into orbit around Venus
1977 Panama 747SP lands after polar flight around Earth in record 54:07
1976 Viking 2 goes into orbit around Mars
1976 Panama 747SP lands after record flight around world (46:26)
1975 Veronica and Colin Scargill (England) complete tandem bicycle ride, a record 18,020 miles around the world
1975 Viking 1 launched to orbit around Mars, soft landing
1974 Veronica and Colin Scargill (England) begin tandem bicycle ride a record 18,020 miles around the world, completed on August 27, 1975
1972 "Immaculate Reception" Steelers turns around a 7-6 defeat with a last second touchdown reception against Raiders to win 13-7
1967 Beatles' Magical Mystery Bus driven around England
1967 Sling-shot goal post and 6' wide border around field are standard in NFL
1966 Lunar Orbiter 2 reaches 196-1871 km around Moon
1966 U.S.S.R. launches Luna 12 for orbit around Moon
1966 Francis Chichester begins 1st solo sail around world
1966 Sir Francis Chichester begins 1st solo ocean voyage around the world
1966 U.S.S.R. launches Luna 11 for orbit around Moon
1966 Graeme Clark, bassist, Wet Wet Wet-Angel Eyes, Love is All Around
1966 Lisa Stansfield, English pop singer, Around the World
1966 Stevie Rachelle, rock vocalist, Tuff-What Comes Around Goes Around
1965 JPL proposes modified Apollo flight to fly around Mars and return
1964 Beachboy's "I Get Around" reaches #1
1964 Jerrie Mock becomes 1st woman to fly solo around the world
1962 Nixon tells press he won't be available to kick around any more
1959 Pan Am begins regular flights around World
1959 Explorer VI reveals an intense radiation belt around Earth
1958 Michael Todd, producer (Around the World in 80 Days), dies at 56
1958 Holly Hunter, born in Conyers, Georgia, actress, Broadcast News, Once Around
1957 29th Academy Awards - "Around World in 80 Days," Bergman, Brynner win
1956 Dike around Dutch polder Eastern Flevoland closes
1955 Frank Gilligan, Queens, New York, singer, Mason Dixon-Karen Comes Around
1955 "Rock Around Clock" hits #1 on Top 100 chart
1955 Bill Haley and Comets' "Rock Around the Clock" tops billboards chart
1955 Bill Haley and Comets, "Rock Around the Clock" hits #1
1955 Jerry Dengler, Colorado Springs, singer, Mason Dixon-Karen Comes Around
1955 Paul Overstreet, born in Van Cleave, Mississippi, country singer, Daddy's Come Around
1954 Bill Haley's "Rock Around the Clock," is originally released
1954 Bill Haley and Comets records "Rock Around Clock"
1953 1st passenger to fly commercially around the world < 100 hours
1953 Rick Henderson, Beaumont, Texas, singer, Mason Dixon-Karen Comes Around
1952 1st aircraft carrier to sail around Cape Horn-Oriskany
1950 Harry Sacksioni, Dutch guitarist, Around the Corner
1949 West begins Berlin Airlift to get supplies around Soviet blockade
1946 Lasse Hallstrom, director, Once Around, My Life as a Dog, ABBA
1945 Violent battles around Sugar Loaf/Half Moon Okinawa
1942 Elvin Bishop, Tulsa, Oklahoma, rock guitarist, Fooled Around and Fell in Love
1942 1st around world flight (Pan Am "Pacific Clipper")
1940 O. B. McClinton, [Burnett], country singer, Keep your arms around me
1939 Lonnie White, vocalist, Smokey Robinson and Miracles-Shop Around
1938 Howard Hughes flies around the world in 91 hours
1936 HR Ekins of "NY World-Telegram" beats 2 other reporters in a race around the world on commercial flights, by 18 days
1933 Wiley Post began 1st solo flight around world
1931 Wiley Post and Harold Catty took off for flight around world
1929 1st airship flight around Earth flying eastward completed
1925 Bill Haley, Highland Park, Michigan, rock vocalist, Rock Around the Clock
1914 Massive German assault on forts around Luik
1911 Cantinflas, [Mario Moreno], Mexico, actor, Around World in 80 Days
1910 Joseph Alsop, political newspaper columnist, Men Around the President
1909 Honus Wagner steals his way around bases in 1st inning against Cubs
1908 Around the World Automobile Race ends in Paris
1908 John Krohn begins walk around perimeter of U.S., which took 357 days
1907 Christopher Fry, Bristol England, playwright, Ring Around the Moon
1905 Robert Newton, England, actor, Henry V, Around the World in 80 Days
1905 Jules Verne, sci-fi author (Around the World in 80 Days), dies at 77
1904 S J Perelman, Brooklyn, author/humorist, Around the World in 80 Days
1901 Michael Todd, producer, Around the World in 80 Days
1894 Beatrice Lillie, Toronto, comedian/actress, Around World in 80 Days
1892 Phileas Fogg completes around world trip, according to Verne
1890 Around 11M acres, ceded to U.S. by Sioux Indians opens for settlement
1890 Nellie Bly beats Phileas Fogg's time around world by 8 days (72 days)
1889 New York World reporter Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane) began her attempt to surpass fictitious journey of Jules Verne's Phileas Fogg by traveling around world in less than 80 days She succeeded, by finishing trip following January in 72 days, 6
1887 Thomas Stevens is 1st man to bicycle around the world (SF-SF)
1885 U.S. Congress condemns barbed wire around government grounds
1884 Thomas Stevens starts 1st bike trip around world (2 years 9 mos)
1862 JEB Stuart completes his "2nd ride around McClellan"
1862 Gen JEB Stuart completes his "ride around McClellan"
1859 Wilhelm Tempel discovers diffuse nebula around Pleid star Merope
1850 At least 626 ships lie at anchor around San Francisco Bay
1846 Ida Pfeiffer (48) begins trip around world
1790 Robert Gray's Columbia, completes 1st American around world voyage
1790 Columbia returns to Boston after 3 year journey, 1st ship to carry U.S. flag around the world
1787 1st U.S. voyage around the world - Columbia leaves Boston
1768 Samuel Adams letter, circulates around American colonies, opposing Townshend Act taxes
1766 John Byron back in England after trip around the world
1758 Battle at Emmerich: British army floats around France the Rhine
1682 William Penn accepts area around Delaware River from Duke of York
1633 Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei arrived in Rome for trial before Inquisition for professing belief that earth revolves around the Sun
1577 Sir Francis Drake sets sail from England to go around world
1524 Giovanni de Varrazano of France sights land around area of Carolinas
1214 English king John begins siege around Lille France
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