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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1997 STS-87 (Columbia 24) lands

1997 STS-87 (Columbia 24) launches into orbit

1997 STS-94 (Columbia 23), lands

1997 STS-94 (Columbia 23) launches into orbit

1997 STS-83, Columbia 22, lands

1997 STS-83, Columbia 22, launches

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

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

1996 Space Shuttle STS-78, Columbia 20, lands

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

1996 STS-75 (Columbia 19), lands

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

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

1995 STS-73 (Columbia 18), lands

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1993 STS-58 (Columbia) lands

1993 STS-58 (Columbia) launches into orbit

1993 STS-55 (Columbia) lands

1993 STS-55 (Columbia) launches into orbit

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

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

1992 Space Shuttle STS-50 (Columbia 13) lands

1992 STS-50 launches (Columbia)

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

1991 Space Shuttle STS-40 (Columbia 12) lands

1991 Space Shuttle STS-40 (Columbia 12) launched

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

1990 Space Shuttle STS-35 (Columbia 11) lands

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

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

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

1989 Sony purchases Columbia Pictures for $3.4 billion cash

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

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

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

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

1985 Shuttle Columbia carries Spacelab into orbit

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

1985 Refurbished Columbia moves overland from Palmdale to Dryden

1984 Betsy King wins LPGA Columbia Savings Golf Classic

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

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

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

1983 9th Space Shuttle Mission Columbia 6 is launched

1983 Columbia moves to Orbiter Processing Facility

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

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

1983 Pat Bradley wins Columbia Savings Golf Classic

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

1982 Space Shuttle Columbia completes its 1st operational flight

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

1982 Beth Daniel wins LPGA Columbia Savings Golf Classic

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

1982 STS-4 Launch (Columbia)

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

1982 Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center from White Sands

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

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

1981 Columbia shuttle launch scrubbed with 31 seconds remaining

1981 Joanne Carner wins Columbia Savings LPGA Golf Classic

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

1981 Columbia space shuttle returns

1981 Maiden voyage of space shuttle Columbia

1981 Computer glitch keeps Space Shuttle Columbia grounded

1981 2 workers killed in space shuttle Columbia accident

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

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

1980 Beth Daniel wins Columbia Savings LPGA Golf Classic

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

1979 Sally Little wins LPGA Columbia Savings Golf Classic

1979 Columbia flown on carrier aircraft lands at Kennedy Space Center

1979 Columbia flies on Shuttle carrier aircraft to Kennedy Space Center

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

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

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

1977 Shannan McCray, Miss District of Columbia Teen USA 1996

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

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

1976 La Chanda Jenkins, Miss District of Columbia USA 1996

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

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

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

1972 Bruce Springsteen signs a record deal with Columbia

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

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

1971 Columbia University operations virtually end, by student strike

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

1969 Student Afro-American Society seized at Columbia College

1968 Leftist students take over Columbia University, New York City

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1958 Carl Perkins leaves Sun Records for Columbia Records

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

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

1954 1st newspaper vending machine used (Columbia Pennsylvania)

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

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

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

1952 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 Because of forest fire in Br Columbia, blue moon appears in England

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

1948 Columbia U reports discovery of uranium in Belgian Congo

1948 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 Charles F Bolden, Jr., Columbia, South Carolina, astronaut, STS-61C, 31, 45, 60

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

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

1942 Japanese submarine in mouth of Columbia River, Oregon

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

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

1939 Uranium atom 1st split, Columbia University

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

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

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

1937 Bonneville Dam on Columbia River begins producing power

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

1936 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 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 Walter E. Fauntroy, born in Washington, D.C., Representative-D-District of Columbia 1971 - 1991

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

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

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

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

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

1926 British Columbia Rugby Football Union forms

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1904 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 Joe Pulitzer donated $1 million to Columbia U and begins Pulitzer Prizes

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

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

1897 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 1st U.S. school of librarianship opens at Columbia University

1877 Federal troops withdrawn from Columbia, South Carolina

1876 Columbia, Harvard and Princeton form Intercollegiate Football Association

1873 Columbia Princeton Rutgers and Yale set rules for collegiate football

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

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

1871 British Columbia becomes 6th Canadian province

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

1865 Columbia South Carolina burns down during Civil War

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

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

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

1862 Slavery abolished in District of Columbia

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

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

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

1839 Congress prohibits dueling in District of Columbia

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

1803 James Douglas, father of British Columbia

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

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

1790 Congress establishes District of Columbia

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

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

1770 David Thompson, English/Canadian explorer, Columbia River

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

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

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


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