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1987 Event - Lynne Cox became 1st to swim from U.S. to Russia across Bering Strait

1987 Event - Lynne Cox swims 4.3 km from U.S. to U.S.S.R. in 39 degrees F (4 degrees C) Bering Sea

1955 Event - U.S. air patrol plane shot down above Bering sea

1893 Event - U.S. no longer allowed exclusive rights in Bering Sea

1892 Event - Britian and U.S. sign treaty on seal hunting in Bering Sea

1791 Event - Danish navigator Vitus Jonas Bering discovers Alaska

1778 Event - Captain Cook reaches Cape Prince of Wales, Bering straits

1741 Death - Vitus J Bering, Dutch navigator/explorer, dies

1741 Event - Alaska discovered by Danish explorer Vitus Bering

1741 Event - Captain Bering discovers Mount St. Elias, Alaska

1741 Event - Captain Bering leaves Petropavlovsk, sailing to America









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