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1997 Comet Hale-Bopp crosses Mars' orbit

1981 1st solar-powered aircraft, Solar Challenger, crosses English Channel

1980 1st solar-powered aircraft crosses English Channel

1970 Thor Heyerdahl crosses Atlantic on reed raft

1952 SS United States crosses Atlantic in 84:12 (record westward)

1952 31 storms crosses 6 states killing 340 in South-Central U.S.

1948 Israeli Defence Forces crosses Egyptian border

1945 3rd Algerian division crosses the Rhine

1945 U.S. 7th Army crosses Rhine at Worms

1945 British 7th Black Watch crosses the Rhine

1945 U.S. 3rd Army crosses Rhine at Nierstein

1945 U.S. 9th Armoured Division attacks Remagen Germany, crosses Rhine

1945 Russian Red Army crosses the river Oder

1944 U.S. 12nd Army Corps crosses river Seine East of Paris

1928 Chiang Kai-shek's army crosses Yang-tse

1918 U.S. Army of occupation crosses Rhine, enters Germany

1908 Lusitania crosses Atlantic in record 4 days 15 hours, New York City

1900 President Kruger crosses border with Mozambique

1867 Alaska adopts Gregorian calendar, crosses International date line

1864 Ulysses S. Grant crosses Rapidan and begins his duel with Robert E. Lee

1863 Planning an invasion of Pennsylvania, Lee's army crosses Potomac

1862 Lee crosses Potomac and enters Maryland

1855 1st train crosses Mississippi River's 1st bridge, Rock Island, Illinois to Davenport Iowa

1855 1st train crosses 1st U.S. railway suspension bridge, Niagara Falls

1812 Napoleon's Grand Army crosses Berezina River in retreat from Russia

1776 Washington crosses Delaware and surprises and defeats 1,400 Hessians

1776 George Washington's retreating army crosses Delaware River from NJ

1672 French army under Gen Turenne crosses Rhine at Lobith

1540 Hernando de Soto crosses Appalachian Mountain, 1st European to do so



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