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2009 Event - A gun battle between U.S. agents and suspected people smugglers shuts down San Ysidro U.S. Mexico border crossing

1997 Event - Brickyard Crossing Senior Golf Championhsip

1993 Death - Reizl Bozyk, Polish/U.S. actress (Crossing Delancey), dies at 79

1987 Event - 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 Event - Fastest English Channel crossing by a relay team set (15h 30m)

1984 Event - Joe Kittinger completes 1st solo balloon crossing of Atlantic

1981 Event - 1st balloon crossing of Pacific is completed, Double Eagle V

1981 Event - British team led by Ranulph Fiennes completes longest and fastest crossing of Antarctica, reaching Scott base after 75 days (2,500 miles)

1980 Event - 1st trans-U.S. balloon crossing

1980 Event - 1st nonstop crossing of U.S. via balloon (Maxie Anderson and son Chris)

1980 Death - Floyd Taliaferro Alderson, actor (Crossing Trails), dies

1979 Birthday - Evan Ferrante, actor, Owen-Swan's Crossing

1978 Event - 1st successful crossing of the Atlantic by balloon (3 Americans)

1978 Birthday - Eddie Robinson, actor, Neil Atwater-Swan's Crossing

1978 Birthday - Devin Doherty, actor, Jimmy Clayton-Swan's Crossing

1976 Birthday - Shane McDermott, actor, Garrett Booth-Swan's Crossing

1975 Birthday - Tom Carroll, actor, J T Adams-Swan's Crossing

1974 Birthday - Alex Tanaka, actor, Saja-Swan's Crossing

1971 Birthday - Josh Charles, actor, Crossing the Bridge, Cooperstown

1969 Event - Britain's Trans-Arctic expedition makes 1st crossing of Arctic Sea ice

1966 Birthday - Teresa Zarzeczny Bell, born inWashington Crossing, New Jersey, rower, Silver Medal 1996 Olympics

1965 Event - 1st nonstop helicopter crossing of North America, JR Willford

1961 Event - Antonio Albertondo (Argentina) at 42, completes 1st "double" crossing swim of English Channel in 43 hours 10 min

1960 Event - Francis Chichester arrive in New York aboard Gypsy Moth II, setting record of 40 days for a solo Atlantic crossing

1958 Event - USS Nautilus begins 1st crossing of Arctic Ocean under icecap

1958 Event - 1st surface crossing of Antarctic continent is completed in 99 days

1957 Birthday - Ethan Coen, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, producer, Miller's Crossing, Barton Fink

1953 Birthday - Amy Irving, Palo Alto, California, actress, Yentl, Carrie, Crossing Delancy

1953 Birthday - Marilyn Jones, born in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, actress, Carey-King's Crossing

1951 Event - 1st North Pole jet crossing

1950 Event - U.S. forces invade Korea by crossing 38th parallel

1947 Birthday - Peter Riegert, born in New York City, actor, Animal House, Crossing Delancey

1945 Event - U.S. 76th/5th Infantry divisions begin crossing Sauer

1940 Event - Nazi blitz conquest of France began by crossing Muese River

1936 Birthday - Betty Rollin, actress, Crossing Delancey, author, Last Wish

1935 Event - 1st commercial crossing of Pacific by plane (China Clipper)

1935 Event - French Normandie sets Atlantic crossing record of 1,077 hours

1927 Event - Lindburgh lands in Paris, after 1st solo air crossing of Atlantic

1926 Event - Airship Norge leaves Spitsbergen for 1st air crossing of Arctic Ocean

1923 Birthday - Larry Rivers, Grossberg, New York City, painter, Washington crossing Delaware-1953

1919 Event - 1st nonstop air crossing of Atlantic (Alcock and Brown)

1919 Event - NC-4 aircraft commanded by AC Read completes 1st crossing of Atlantic

1918 Birthday - Bert [Lambertus H] Voeten, Dutch journalist/poet, Crossing

1914 Event - Belgium rejects demand to allow free crossing for German army

1911 Event - Calbraith Rogers completes 1st crossing of U.S. by airplane (84 days)

1907 Event - Lusitania arrives in New York City after 5 day crossing of Atlantic (record)

1863 Event - Battle of Franklin's Crossing, Virginia, Deep Run

1838 Event - English steamship "Great Western" crossing Atlantic docks in New York City

1838 Event - English steamship "Sirius" docks in New York City after Atlantic crossing

1835 Event - Charles Darwin departs Valparaiso for Andes crossing

1816 Birthday - Emanuel Leutze, U.S., painter, Washington Crossing the Delaware

1520 Event - Ferdinand Magellan begins crossing Pacific Ocean

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