2015 Event Delta Airlines states it will no longer transport wildlife trophies after the recent killing of a lion, Cecil, by an American who was reportedly unaware that the hunt was illegal; Delta formerly shipped such trophies if they were obtained legally 2013 Event An error on the Delta Air Lines website allows thousands of customers to buy tickets for super-low fares, some 90% below regular ticket prices; Delta takes responsibility for the error, and will honor ticket purchases as well as frequent flier miles earned on the reduced-fare flights 2008 Event Northwest Airlines and Delta Air Lines merge 1997 Event Thor-2A Delta 2 Launch (Norway/USA), Successful 1997 Event Iridium-1 Delta 2 Launch, Successful 1995 Death Sunnyland Smart, jazz/blues singer/pianist (Delta Blues), dies at 87 1992 Death Johnny Shines, Delta blues singer and guitarist, dies at 76 1991 Event 1st NBA game in Delta City, Utah Jazz beats Seattle 103-95 1989 Event Delta Burke (Designing Women) weds Gerald McRaney (Major Dad) 1985 Event Delta Lockheed L-1011 crashes at Dallas-Ft. Worth Airport, 137 die 1984 Birthday Delta Goodrem, Australian Actress 1982 Event Canada's Anik D1 Comsat launched by U.S. Delta rocket 1977 Event Netherlands State Delta Kappa Gamma Society forms 1977 Death Anais Nin, Cuban/American writer (Delta of Venus), dies at 73 1976 Event Delta States beat Immaculata, 69-64, for AIWA basketball title 1975 Event Delta State beats Immaculata for the women's AIAW championship 1973 Event Delta Airlines DC-9 crashes in fog at Logan Airport, Boston, killing all but one of 89 aboard. Lone survivor dies 6 months later 1972 Birthday Ed Patterson, Delta, NHL right wing for the Pittsburgh Penguins 1970 Event Flooding ravages Ganges delta, 200,000-1 million killed 1962 Event Launch of Alouette 1, 1st Canadian satellite (on U.S. Delta rocket) 1960 Event 1st launch of Delta satellite launching vehicle; it failed 1960 Event 1st great Delta dam closes, North-South Beveland 1957 Birthday Joshua Mostel, New York City, actor, Delta House, At Ease 1956 Birthday Delta Burke, born in Orlando, Florida, actress, Suzanne-Designing Women 1951 Birthday Lee Wilkof, born in Canton, Ohio, actor, WEB, Delta House, Elliot-Newhart 1945 Event Ella Fitzgerald and Delta Rhythm Boys record "It's Only a Paper Moon" 1941 Event 5,000 drown in a storm at Ganges Delta region in India 1940 Birthday Joanna Miles, born in Nice, France, actress, Cross Creek, Delta County USA 1929 Event Dr. Annie Webb Blanton forms Delta Kappa Gamma Society in Austin Tx 1924 Birthday Lola Albright, born in Akron, Ohio, actress, Delta Country, Kid Galahad 1915 Event Hurricane claims 275 in Mississippi Delta 1911 Birthday Robert Johnson, blues singer, King of Delta Blues Singer 1902 Birthday Eddie James "Son" House, folk blues musician, Delta Blues
