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1997 Brickyard Crossing Senior Golf Championhsip
1993 Reizl Bozyk, Polish/U.S. actress (Crossing Delancey), dies at 79 1987 Philip Rush of New Zealand, set record for triple crossing English Channel his time 28:21, 10 hours faster than 1st man to do it 1985 Fastest English Channel crossing by a relay team set (15h 30m) 1984 Joe Kittinger completes 1st solo balloon crossing of Atlantic 1981 1st balloon crossing of Pacific is completed, Double Eagle V 1981 British team led by Ranulph Fiennes completes longest and fastest crossing of Antarctica, reaching Scott base after 75 days (2,500 miles) 1980 1st trans-U.S. balloon crossing 1980 1st nonstop crossing of U.S. via balloon (Maxie Anderson and son Chris) 1980 Floyd Taliaferro Alderson, actor (Crossing Trails), dies 1979 Evan Ferrante, actor, Owen-Swan's Crossing 1978 1st successful crossing of the Atlantic by balloon (3 Americans) 1978 Eddie Robinson, actor, Neil Atwater-Swan's Crossing 1978 Devin Doherty, actor, Jimmy Clayton-Swan's Crossing 1976 Shane McDermott, actor, Garrett Booth-Swan's Crossing 1975 Tom Carroll, actor, J T Adams-Swan's Crossing 1974 Alex Tanaka, actor, Saja-Swan's Crossing 1971 Josh Charles, actor, Crossing the Bridge, Cooperstown 1969 Britain's Trans-Arctic expedition makes 1st crossing of Arctic Sea ice 1966 Teresa Zarzeczny Bell, born inWashington Crossing, New Jersey, rower, Silver Medal 1996 Olympics 1965 1st nonstop helicopter crossing of North America, JR Willford 1961 Antonio Albertondo (Argentina) at 42, completes 1st "double" crossing swim of English Channel in 43 hours 10 min 1960 Francis Chichester arrive in New York aboard Gypsy Moth II, setting record of 40 days for a solo Atlantic crossing 1958 USS Nautilus begins 1st crossing of Arctic Ocean under icecap 1958 1st surface crossing of Antarctic continent is completed in 99 days 1957 Ethan Coen, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, producer, Miller's Crossing, Barton Fink 1956 Marilyn Jones, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actress, Carey-King's Crossing 1953 Amy Irving, Palo Alto, California, actress, Yentl, Carrie, Crossing Delancy 1951 1st North Pole jet crossing 1950 U.S. forces invade Korea by crossing 38th parallel 1947 Peter Riegert, born in New York City, actor, Animal House, Crossing Delancey 1945 U.S. 76th/5th Infantry divisions begin crossing Sauer 1940 Nazi blitz conquest of France began by crossing Muese River 1936 Betty Rollin, actress, Crossing Delancey, author, Last Wish 1935 1st commercial crossing of Pacific by plane (China Clipper) 1935 French Normandie sets Atlantic crossing record of 1,077 hours 1927 Lindburgh lands in Paris, after 1st solo air crossing of Atlantic 1926 Airship Norge leaves Spitsbergen for 1st air crossing of Arctic Ocean 1923 Larry Rivers, Grossberg, New York City, painter, Washington crossing Delaware-1953 1919 1st nonstop air crossing of Atlantic (Alcock and Brown) 1919 NC-4 aircraft commanded by AC Read completes 1st crossing of Atlantic 1918 Bert [Lambertus H] Voeten, Dutch journalist/poet, Crossing 1914 Belgium rejects demand to allow free crossing for German army 1911 Calbraith Rogers completes 1st crossing of U.S. by airplane (84 days) 1907 Lusitania arrives in New York City after 5 day crossing of Atlantic (record) 1863 Battle of Franklin's Crossing, Virginia, Deep Run 1838 English steamship "Great Western" crossing Atlantic docks in New York City 1838 English steamship "Sirius" docks in New York City after Atlantic crossing 1835 Charles Darwin departs Valparaiso for Andes crossing 1816 Emanuel Leutze, U.S., painter, Washington Crossing the Delaware 1520 Ferdinand Magellan begins crossing Pacific Ocean |
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