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2012 Event - Residents near Columbia's Nevado del Ruiz volcano are evacuated due to a possible eruption

2011 Event - In Bogota, Columbia, 200,000 people protest government cuts in education

2011 Event - After winning a Liberal Party of British Columbia ballot, Canadian politician Christy Clark becomes the second woman to be Premier of British Columbia

2010 Event - Venezuela severs diplomatic relations with Columbia after Columbia states that Venezuela is a 'haven for guerillas'

2009 Event - President of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, urges his armed forces to prepare for a possible war with Columbia

2009 Event - Two mass graves relating to Columbia's long fight with the Farc, were found in northwest and south Columbia

2005 Event - Shuttle Discovery STS-114 launches, first flight since Columbia disaster

2003 Death - David Brown, astronaut, mission specialist on the Columbia, STS-107,

2003 Death - Ilan Ramon, astronaut, first Israeli in space, mission specialist on Columbia, STS-107, dies at 48

2003 Death - Kalpana Chawla, astronaut, first Asian Indian woman in space, payload specialist on the Columbia, STS-107, dies at 41

2003 Death - Laurel Clark, astronaut, physician on the Columbia mission, STS-107, dies at 41

2003 Death - Michael Anderson, astronaut, payload specialist on the Columbia, STS-107, dies at 42

2003 Death - Rick Husband, astronaut, commander of Columbia, STS-107

2003 Death - William McCool, astronaut, pilot of Columbia, STS-107, dies at 41

2003 Event - Space Shuttle Columbia destroyed over Texas when returning to Earth, 7 crew members are killed

1997 Event - STS-87 (Columbia 24) lands

1997 Event - STS-87 (Columbia 24) launches into orbit

1997 Event - STS-94 (Columbia 23), lands

1997 Event - STS-94 (Columbia 23) launches into orbit

1997 Event - STS-83, Columbia 22, lands

1997 Event - STS-83, Columbia 22, launches

1996 Event - Space Shuttle STS-80 (Columbia 21), lands

1996 Event - Space Shuttle STS-80 (Columbia 21), launches into space

1996 Event - Space Shuttle STS-78, Columbia 20, lands

1996 Event - Space Shuttle STS-78, Columbia 20, launches into space

1996 Event - STS-75 (Columbia 19), lands

1996 Event - STS-75 (Columbia 19), launches into orbit

1995 Event - American Flight 965 crashes in Columbia, 159 die, 5 survive

1995 Event - STS-73 (Columbia 18), lands

1995 Death - Alvaro Gomez Hurtado, Vice President of Columbia (1982-84), assassinated

1995 Event - STS-73 (Columbia 18), launches into orbit

1995 Event - Columbia U beats Hartferd College to be 1st U.S. to win Henley Regatta

1994 Event - 82nd CFL Grey Cup: British Columbia Lions defeat Baltimore Stallions, 26-23

1994 Event - Space shuttle STS-65: Columbia 17, lands after record 14 days 55 minutes

1994 Event - Space shuttle STS-65 (Columbia 17), launches

1994 Event - Space shuttle STS-62 (Columbia 16), lands

1994 Event - Space shuttle STS-62 (Columbia 16), launches into orbit

1993 Death - Kenneth Burke, philosopher, literary theorist, Agnostic, awarded Guggenheim Fellowship 1935, music critic for 'The Nation', editor, 'The Dial' literary magazine, attended Columbia University, dies of heart failure at his home in Andover, New Jersey

1993 Death - Evelyn Venable, model (Columbia Pictures logo), dies of cancer at 80

1993 Event - STS-58 (Columbia) lands

1993 Event - STS-58 (Columbia) launches into orbit

1993 Event - STS-55 (Columbia) lands

1993 Event - STS-55 (Columbia) launches into orbit

1992 Event - Space Shuttle STS-52 (Columbia 13) lands (scheduled)

1992 Event - Space Shuttle STS-52 (Columbia 13) launches into space

1992 Event - Space Shuttle STS-50 (Columbia 13) lands

1992 Event - STS-50 launches (Columbia)

1992 Birthday - Libby [Elizabeth] Callahan, Columbia, South Carolina, sport pistol 1996 Olympics

1991 Event - Space Shuttle STS-40 (Columbia 12) lands

1991 Event - Space Shuttle STS-40 (Columbia 12) launched

1990 Event - U.S. 69th manned space mission STS-35 (Columbia 11) returns from space

1990 Event - Space Shuttle STS-35 (Columbia 11) lands

1990 Event - U.S. 69th manned space mission STS-35 (Columbia 11) launches into orbit

1990 Event - U.S. 64th manned space mission STS-32 (Columbia 10) returns from space

1990 Event - 64th U.S. manned space mission STS-32 (Columbia 10) launches into orbit

1989 Event - Sony purchases Columbia Pictures for $3.4 billion cash

1987 Event - Chris Johnson wins Columbia Savings LPGA National Golf Pro-Am

1986 Event - WIS-AM in Columbia South Carolina changes call letters to WVOC (now WOMG)

1986 Event - Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center via Davis-Monthan AFB

1985 Event - Columbia moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS-61-C

1985 Event - Shuttle Columbia carries Spacelab into orbit

1985 Event - Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center via Offutt AFB, Neb

1985 Event - Refurbished Columbia moves overland from Palmdale to Dryden

1984 Event - Betsy King wins LPGA Columbia Savings Golf Classic

1984 Event - Mobil oil tanker spills 200,000 gallons into Columbia River

1983 Event - Columbia flies to Kennedy Space Center via El Paso, Kelly AFB

1983 Event - 9th Space Shuttle Mission - Columbia 6 - lands at Edwards AFB

1983 Event - 9th Space Shuttle Mission Columbia 6 is launched

1983 Event - Columbia moves to Orbiter Processing Facility

1983 Event - Columbia beats Yale 21-18 in football, will lose next 44 games

1983 Event - Columbia moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating in preparation of STS-9

1983 Event - Pat Bradley wins Columbia Savings Golf Classic

1982 Event - Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB, Texas

1982 Event - Space Shuttle Columbia completes its 1st operational flight

1982 Event - Columbia mated with SRBs and external tank in preparation for STS-5

1982 Event - Beth Daniel wins LPGA Columbia Savings Golf Classic

1982 Event - Columbia flies to Kennedy Space Center via Dyess AFB, Texas

1982 Event - STS-4 Launch (Columbia)

1982 Event - Columbia moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating in preparation for STS-4

1982 Event - Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center from White Sands

1982 Event - Columbia Shuttle moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating for STS-3 mission

1981 Event - 2nd shuttle mission-1st time spacecraft launched twice (Columbia 2)

1981 Event - Columbia shuttle launch scrubbed with 31 seconds remaining

1981 Event - Joanne Carner wins Columbia Savings LPGA Golf Classic

1981 Event - Columbia mated with SRBs and external tank for STS-2 mission

1981 Event - Columbia space shuttle returns

1981 Event - Maiden voyage of space shuttle Columbia

1981 Event - Computer glitch keeps Space Shuttle Columbia grounded

1981 Event - 2 workers killed in space shuttle Columbia accident

1981 Event - Flight readiness firing of Columbia's main engines; 20 seconds

1980 Event - Columbia mated to SRBs and external tank at Vehicle Assembly Building

1980 Event - Beth Daniel wins Columbia Savings LPGA Golf Classic

1979 Birthday - Cheri Vivette Alexander, Miss District of Columbia Teen USA 1997

1979 Event - Sally Little wins LPGA Columbia Savings Golf Classic

1979 Event - Columbia flown on carrier aircraft lands at Kennedy Space Center

1979 Event - Columbia flies on Shuttle carrier aircraft to Kennedy Space Center

1979 Event - Shuttle Columbia (OV-102) transported 38 miles overland from Palmdale

1978 Event - Columbia Pictures pays $9.5 million for movie rights to "Annie"

1977 Event - Ken Hinton of CFL British Columbia Lions returns a punt 130 yards

1977 Birthday - Shannan McCray, Miss District of Columbia Teen USA 1996

1977 Event - 42 die in fire inmate causes at Maury County Jail in Columbia, Tennessee

1977 Birthday - Shakira, born in Barranquilla, Columbia, singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer, Latin American musical prodigy

1976 Birthday - La Chanda Jenkins, Miss District of Columbia USA 1996

1975 Birthday - Greg Moore, born in New Westminster, British Columbia, promising Canadian racecar driver, competed in Indy Lights, CART World Series

1973 Birthday - Clint Peay, Columbia, Maryland, soccer defender, 1996 Olympics gold

1973 Event - Columbia Records fires president Clive Davis for misappropriating $100,000 in funds, Davis will start Arista records

1972 Event - Bruce Springsteen signs a record deal with Columbia

1971 Event - KCBJ (now KMIZ) TV channel 17 in Columbia, MO (ABC) 1st broadcast

1971 Birthday - Mark Parrish, born in Columbia, Maryland, canoe alternate for 1996 Olympics

1971 Event - Columbia University operations virtually end, by student strike

1970 Birthday - William Van Landingham, born in Columbia, Tennessee, pitcher for the San Francisco Giants

1969 Event - Student Afro-American Society seized at Columbia College

1968 Event - Leftist students take over Columbia University, New York City

1966 Event - WRLK TV channel 35 in Columbia, South Carolina (PBS) begins broadcasting

1966 Birthday - Alecia Stephenson, born in North Vancouver, British Columbia, softball ss 1996 Olympics

1965 Event - WUND TV channel 2 in Columbia, North Carolina (PBS) begins broadcasting

1965 Event - 27 copper miners die in avalanche, Granduc Mountain, British Columbia

1964 Birthday - John Leguizamo, born in Columbia, actor, Mambo Mouth, Whispers in the Dark

1964 Birthday - Jeffrey Allan Maggert, Columbia, Missouri, PGA golfer, 1993 Walt Disney

1963 Birthday - Patty Dodd, born in Bogota, Columbia, WPVA volleyballer, U.S. Open-2nd-1988

1962 Event - Barbra Streisand signs her 1st recording contract (with Columbia)

1961 Event - WOLO TV channel 25 in Columbia, South Carolina (ABC) begins broadcasting

1958 Event - Columbia (U.S.) beats Sceptre (England) in 18th America's Cup

1958 Death - Harry Cohn, CEO (Columbia Pictures), dies of a heart attack

1958 Event - Carl Perkins leaves Sun Records for Columbia Records

1956 Event - 7 Army trucks loaded with dynamite explode in middle of Cali, Columbia killing 1,100-1,200, destroying 2,000 buildings

1955 Event - Columbia U scientists develope an atomic clock accurate to within one second in 300 years

1954 Event - 1st newspaper vending machine used (Columbia Pennsylvania)

1953 Event - KOMU TV channel 8 in Columbia, MO (NBC/PBS) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - WIS TV channel 10 in Columbia, South Carolina (NBC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - WNOK (now WLTX) TV channel 19 in Columbia, South Carolina (CBS) 1st broadcast

1952 Birthday - Orhan Pamuk, born in Istanbul, Turkey, novelist, professor in the Humanities, teaching comparative literature, writing, at Columbia University, received 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature

1950 Event - Because of forest fire in Br Columbia, blue moon appears in England

1950 Birthday - David Jensen, born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, David 'Kid' Jensen, popular British radio DJ, played progressive music, hosted BBC pop network, Radio 1, Top of the Pops presenter, interviewed Duran Duran, promoted The Police before they were commercially successful

1950 Birthday - Stephen Chatman, born in Faribault, Minnesota, Canadian composer, received Fulbright grant for study at Hochschule fur Misik in Cologne, since 1976 has served as professor and Head of the Composition Division at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver

1950 Birthday - Claudia de Colombia, born in Bogato, Columbia, spanish singer, Yo Creo En Ti

1948 Event - Columbia U reports discovery of uranium in Belgian Congo

1948 Event - Columbia commits to 33 1/3 rpm records, plans to phase out 78's as Dr. Peter Goldmark of CBS demonstrates "long playing record"

1946 Birthday - Charles F Bolden, Jr., Columbia, South Carolina, astronaut, STS-61C, 31, 45, 60

1946 Event - 2 killed and 10 wounded in race riot in Columbia, Tennessee

1943 Birthday - Judith Frost, British Columbia, artist, To Red, Dust Drawings

1942 Event - Japanese submarine in mouth of Columbia River, Oregon

1941 Birthday - David Puttnam, London, film producer/CEO, Columbia Pictures

1940 Birthday - Chris Farlowe, born in North London, England, John Henry Deighton, rocker, singer, soul, rhythm and blues, jazz rock, signed with Columbia and Immediate, once used pseudonym 'Little Joe Cook'

1940 Birthday - Jack Kiefer, Columbia, Pennsylvania, PGA golfer, 1994 Ralphs Senior Classic

1939 Event - Uranium atom 1st split, Columbia University

1938 Event - 1st archival course is offered at Columbia University in New York City

1937 Event - Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates Bonneville Dam on Columbia River (Oregon)

1937 Birthday - David Behrman, born in Salzburg, Austria, composer, producer, Music of Our Time series, Columbia Records, founding member, Sonic Arts Union

1937 Event - Bonneville Dam on Columbia River begins producing power

1937 Birthday - Eleanor Holmes Norton, born in Washington D.C., lawyer, Representative-D-District of Columbia

1936 Birthday - Ian Hacking, born in Vancouver, British Columbia, analytic philosopher, wrote, 'The Emergence of Probability', brings historical approach to the philosophy of science, won Canda's Killam Prize for the Humanities in 2002

1933 Birthday - Ian Tyson, born in British Columbia, Canada, singer, songwriter, guitarist, song 'Four Strong Winds' chosen as greatest Canadian song of all time, in Canada's Country Music Hall of Fame

1933 Birthday - Walter E. Fauntroy, born in Washington, D.C., Representative-D-District of Columbia 1971 - 1991

1932 Birthday - William Smith, born in Columbia, Missouri, actor, Rich Man Poor Man, Hawaii 5-0

1932 Event - U.S. airship Columbia crashes during storm in Flushing, New York

1931 Event - His Master's Voice and Columbia Records merge into EMI

1930 Event - WIS-AM (now WOMG) in Columbia South Carolina begins radio transmissions

1928 Birthday - Floyd Spence, born in Columbia, South Carolina, Representative-R-South Carolina 1971 - 2001

1926 Event - British Columbia Rugby Football Union forms

1921 Birthday - William Preston, Columbia Penn, actor, Fisher King, Waterworld

1921 Event - 25th U.S. Golf Open: Jim Barnes shoots a 289 at Columbia CC in MD

1920 Birthday - James Doohan, born in Vancouver, British Columbia, actor played Montgomery Scott on Star Trek

1919 Event - 1st international air mail service from U.S., Seattle-Victoria, British Columbia

1914 Birthday - James William Rouse, U.S. builder, shopping malls/Columbia, Maryland

1912 Event - Mr. Carter-Cotton chosen 1st chancellor of University of British Columbia

1912 Event - Columbia University approves plans for awarding the Pulitzer Prize in several categories The award is established by Joseph Pulitzer

1906 Event - Playing as "Sullivan," Columbia U jr Eddie Collins debuts with A's

1904 Birthday - John J. Sirica, born in Waterbury, Connecticut, John Joseph Sirica, judge, Chief Judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, presided over Watergate scandal, Time magazine Person of the Year, 1973

1903 Event - Joe Pulitzer donated $1 million to Columbia U and begins Pulitzer Prizes

1900 Birthday - Barton Maclane, Columbia, South Carolina, actor, General Peterson-I Dream of Jeannie

1899 Event - Columbia (U.S.) beats Shamrock (England) in 11th America's Cup

1897 Birthday - Kenneth Burke, born in America, philosopher, literary theorist, Agnostic, awarded Guggenheim Fellowship 1935, music critic for 'The Nation', editor, 'The Dial' literary magazine, attended Columbia University

1887 Event - 1st U.S. school of librarianship opens at Columbia University

1877 Event - Federal troops withdrawn from Columbia, South Carolina

1876 Event - Columbia, Harvard and Princeton form Intercollegiate Football Association

1873 Event - Columbia Princeton Rutgers and Yale set rules for collegiate football

1872 Event - Jesse James gang robs bank in Columbia, Kentucky (1 dead/$1,500)

1871 Event - Columbia and Sappho (U.S.) beat Livonia (UK) in 3rd America's Cup

1871 Event - British Columbia becomes 6th Canadian province

1868 Event - Major General E R S Canby removes mayor of Columbia SC

1865 Event - Columbia South Carolina burns down during Civil War

1864 Event - 1st U.S. mines school opens in basement of Columbia University, New York

1863 Event - Battle of Chattanooga, Columbia and Lookout Mountain begins in Tennessee

1862 Event - R John Hunt Morgan:Cynthiana, Kentucky CS24 US17 Skirmish at Columbia, Tennessee

1862 Event - Slavery abolished in District of Columbia

1862 Birthday - Nicholas Murray Butler, U.S., Columbia University president and pacifist, Nobel 1931

1852 Event - Olympia Columbian is 1st newspaper published north of Columbia R

1850 Birthday - Isaac L. Rice, Germany, namesake of Columbia University's Rice stadium

1839 Event - Congress prohibits dueling in District of Columbia

1828 Event - Philadelphia and Columbia Railway (1st state owned) authorized

1803 Birthday - James Douglas, father of British Columbia

1792 Event - Columbia River discovered and named by U.S. Captain Robert Gray

1790 Event - Robert Gray's Columbia, completes 1st American around world voyage

1790 Event - Columbia returns to Boston after 3 year journey, 1st ship to carry U.S. flag around the world

1790 Event - Congress establishes District of Columbia

1788 Event - Maryland votes to cede a 10 mile area for District of Columbia

1787 Event - 1st U.S. voyage around the world - Columbia leaves Boston

1770 Birthday - David Thompson, English/Canadian explorer, Columbia River

1763 Death - James Kent, Fredericksburgh NY, legal scholar (Columbia), dies

1754 Event - Kings College in New York City opens (renamed Columbia College)

1754 Event - Columbia University founded, as Kings College (New York City)













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