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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 building 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 hours, 28 minutes, around Vihara Maha Devi Park, Colombo, Sri Lanka 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 1962 Rachel Sweet, born in Akron, Ohio, singer, songwriter, actress, writer, recorded theme song for Nickelodeon series, Clarissa Explains It All, appeared as George Costanza's cousin, in Seinfeld, television episode, 'The Contest', released Fool Around: The Best of Rachel Sweet, 1992 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 1943 Burt Rutan, born in Estacada, Oregon, Elbert Leander Burt Rutan, inventor, aerospace engineer, created the Voyager, the first plane to fly around the world without stopping or refueling, and SpaceShipOne, which entered space two times in fourteen days 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 H. R. 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 1902 Lucie Rie, born in Vienna, Austria, born Luzie Gomperz, potter, works displayed in collections around the world including the Museum of Modern Art in New York 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 General 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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