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2005 Deep Impact spacecraft is launched from Cape Canaveral
1997 Athens, Buenos Aires, Cape Town, Rome and Stockholm are finalists for 2004 Olympics site 1996 NASA's 1st Mars rover launched from Cape Canaveral 1996 Dutch/Italian Beppo-SAX launches from Cape Canaveral 1993 Charles Scorsese, actor (Cape Fear, Goodfellas, Wise Guys), dies at 80 1992 Stephen Albert, composer, Pulitzer Prize winner 1985, for symphony 'RiverRun', won Grammy Award 1995 for 'Cello Concerto', killed in an automobile accident in Cape Cod, Massachusetts 1991 Thomas Newman, actor/composer (Cape Fear), dies of heart attack at 60 1989 1st sea test of Trident 2 missile self-destructs, Cape Canaveral 1981 Cape Verde amends its constitution 1980 Cape Verde adopts its constitution 1977 European weather satellite Meteosat 1 launched from Cape Canaveral 1976 Race riot in Cape Town, South Africa; 17 die 1975 Cape Verde Is gain independence after 500 years of Portuguese rule 1974 "Monitor" (U.S. Civil War Ship) restored at Cape Hatteras North Carolina 1974 ? Rosenkowitz, Cape Town South Africa, 1st sextuplets to survive born to Sue 1973 Juliette Lewis, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Natural Born Killers, Cape Fear 1973 Safford Cape, US/Belgian conductor/composer/musicologist, dies at 67 1970 Test debut of Barry Richards, South Africa vs. Australia, Cape Town 1968 1st European satellite launched, Esro 1, at Cape Kennedy 1966 Saturn I rocket launched at Cape Kennedy 1963 2 secret U.S. military satellites launched from Cape Canaveral 1963 Andrew Browne, Irish/British Admiral (Cape Matapan, WW II), dies at 80 1963 Ashley Chinner, Cape Town South Africa, golfer, 1992 CGIA Canadian Tour 1962 Ranger 4, 1st U.S. satellite to reach Moon launched from Cape Canaveral 1959 Barrie Chase, actress, Mardi Gras, Cape Fear 1959 David Laurence Frost, Cape Town South Africa, PGA golfer, 1988 Southern Open 1958 Lindsay Kline takes a hat-trick vs. South Africa at Cape Town 1957 Joan Benoit Samuelson, born in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, marathoner, Gold Medal 1994 Olympics 1956 African Party for Liberation of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde forms 1956 51 die in collision of "Andrea Doria" and "Stockholm" (Cape Cod) 1954 KFVS TV channel 12 in Cape Girardeau, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting 1954 Allan Lamb, cricketer, Langebaanweg, Cape Prov, 79 Tests for England 1952 Linda M. Godwin, born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, PhD/astronaut, STS-37, 59, 76 1952 1st aircraft carrier to sail around Cape Horn-Oriskany 1951 Sally Little, Cape Town South Africa, LPGA golfer, 1982 Dinah Shore 1950 V-2/WAC Corporal rocket launch; 1st launch from Cape Canaveral 1949 Truman signs bill establishing a rocket test range at Cape Canaveral 1944 Battle at Cape Engano: 4 Japanese ships sink 1943 Billy Swan, Cape Giradeau, Louisiana, rocker, I Can Help 1942 U.S. Navy defeats Japanese in WW II Battle of Cape Esperance 1941 Sea battle at Cape Matapan: British fleet under Cunningham defeats Italy 1940 Thelma Schoonmaker, actress/editor, Casino, Cape Fear, Good Fellas 1936 Daniel Goode, born in America, composer, clarinetist, studied with Henry Cowell, influenced by Indonesian gamelan music, bird song, Cape Breton fiddling, minimal music, member, Gamelan Son of Lion, Director, Electronic Music Studio, Rutgers University 1934 Pedro Pires, premier, Cape Verde, 1975-91 1929 Mel Hancock, born in Cape Fair, Missouri, Representative-R-Missouri 1989 - 1997 1928 Chic Hecht, born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Senator-R-Nevada 1983 - 1989 1925 Alfred Milner, British governor (Cape Colony)/minister, dies at 71 1925 Alex La Guma, Cape Town South Africa, novelist, A Walk in the Night 1919 Hugh FitzRoy, born in Cape Town, South Africa, 11th Duke of Grafton, Deputy Lieutenant, KG, patrilineal descendant of King Charles II's third eldest illegitimate son 1915 Allies attack Cape Helles, Hellespont 1914 Wensley Pithey, Cape Town South Africa, actor, Winston Churchill-Ike 1911 Robert Scott's expedition leaves Cape Evans for South Pole 1911 Pandora becomes 1st 2-man sailboat to round Cape Horn west to east 1910 Cape of Good Hope becomes part of Union of South Africa 1909 SOS 1st used by an American ship, Arapahoe, off Cape Hatteras, NC 1906 Safford Cape, US/Belgian conductor/composer/music historian 1904 Jess Stacy, born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, pianist, jazz musician, played with Tommy Dorsey, recorded with Lee Wiley, Nelson Riddle in The Great Gatsby soundtrack 1902 Cecil Rhodes, Prime Minister of Cape Colony 1890 - 1896 dies at 48 1901 Boer General Smuts enters Kiba Drift in Cape Colony 1901 Fawcett committee visits Mafeking concentration camp in Cape Colony 1901 Boer general Kritzinger driven out of Cape colony 1901 Charles Farrell, Cape Cod Massachusetts, actor, Vern-My Little Margie 1900 Boer army under General Kritzinger take Cape colony 1900 8.3 earthquake shakes Cape Yakataga, Alaska 1900 British troops relieve Mafeking (Cape Colony) 1899 Battle at Graspan, Cape colony: general Methuen beats Farmers 1899 Battle at Belmont, Cape colony: general Methuen beats Farmers 1898 Side-wheeler "Portland" sinks off Cape Cod, 190 die 1898 SS Portland leaves for Cape Cod, 157 killed 1896 Cecil Rhodes resigns as premier of Cape colony 1895 Bechuanaland becomes part of Cape Colony 1892 3 brothers Hearne play in same Test Cricket England vs. South Africa (Cape Town) 1890 Cecil Rhodes becomes premier of Cape colony 1889 1st Test Cricket match played at Newlands, Cape Town vs. England 1879 Africaner Union forms by Reverend SJ du Toit at Cape colony 1877 Great Britain annexes Walvis Bay at Cape colony 1875 "Pacific" collides with "Orpheus" off Cape Flattery Wash, 236 dies 1865 SS General Lyon at Cape Hatteras catches fire and sinks, killing 400 1862 Union ironclad ship "Monitor" sank off Cape Hatteras, NC 1861 Grant assumes command of Federal forces at Cape Girardeau MI 1861 Battle of Cape Hatteras SC-Union troops take Ft. Clark 1857 423 die when "Central America" sinks off Cape Romain SC 1856 Natal forms as a British colony separate from Cape Colony 1854 Alfred Milner, born in Giessen, Germany, British governor, Cape colony 1853 Cecil Rhodes, born in Hertfordshire, England, British Statesman, Prime Minister of Cape Colony 1890 - 1896 1853 Leander Starr Jameson, Prime Minister of South African Cape colony 1838 John W. Janssens, Governor-General (Cape Colony), dies at 75 1836 HMS Beagle anchors in Postage Praia, Cape Verde Islands 1836 HMS Beagle anchors in Simons Bay, Cape of Good Hope 1834 HMS Beagle sails from Port Famine to Cape Turn 1832 Charles Darwin celebrates Christmas in St. Martin at Cape Receiver 1832 HMS Beagle anchors in Wigwam Bay at Cape Receiver 1832 Charles Darwin lands at San Tiago, Cape Verde 1814 Cape of Good Hope formally ceded to British by the Dutch 1811 1st U.S. colonists on Pacific coast arrive at Cape Disappointment, WA 1806 Britain occupies Cape of Good Hope 1806 Cape colony becomes English colony 1797 Battle of Cape St. Vincent 1795 Cape Colony surrenders to England 1792 [Andries] Hendrik Potgieter, Cape Colony, settled Transvaal 1781 French fleet stopped Britain from seizing the Cape of Good Hope 1780 Battle at Cape St. Vincent: Admiral Rodney beats Spanish fleet 1778 Captain Cook reaches Cape Prince of Wales, Bering straits 1778 Captain Cook sights Cape Flattery, in Washington state 1767 Gentlemen 17 forbid private slave transport India to Cape of Good Hope 1762 John W. Janssens, Governor-General of Cape colony/Dutch-Indies 1811 1745 American colonials capture Louisburg, Cape Breton I from French 1723 Willem van de Pose, Governor of Cape Colony (1699-1797), dies at about 59 1718 Battle at Cape Passaro: English fleet destroys Spanish 1718 Battle at Cape Passaro: English fleet destroys Spanish 1712 Simon van der Stel, Dutch Governor of Cape Colony (1679-99), dies at 72 1687 1st Huguenots depart France to Cape of Good Hope 1677 John A van Riebeeck, Dutch founder Cape Colony, dies at 57 1652 Dutch establish settlement at Cape Town, South Africa 1652 Cape Colony, the 1st European settlement in South Africa, established 1651 John van Riebeeck departs to Cape of Good Hope 1647 Cape of Good Hope: tour ship Haerlem stranded in Tafel Bay 1646 John C Lichthart, Admiral (Cape Augustine), dies at about 45 1639 Simon van der Stel, Dutch governor of Cape colony, 1679-99 1629 Sea battle at Dungeness: Piet Heyn vs Dunkerk Cape 1620 Mayflower Compact signed by Pilgrims in Cape Cod 1620 Mayflower reaches Cape Cod and explores the coast 1619 John A van Riebeeck, colonial director/founder, Cape Colony 1616 Jacques Le Maire discovers Street Lemaire/Cape Receiver 1607 1st British to establish an American colony land at Cape Henry, Va 1602 Cape Cod discovered by English navigator Bartholomew Gosnold 1595 Cornelis de Houtman's ships depart to Asia through Cape of Good Hope 1497 Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama rounds Cape of Good Hope 1497 Vasco da Gama reached the Cape of Good Hope 1488 Bartholomeus Diaz returns to Portugal after sailing round Cape of Good Hope 1434 Navigator Gil Eanes leaves Cape Bojador for Lisbon |
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