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2008 Northwest Airlines and Delta Air Lines merge
1997 Thor-2A Delta 2 Launch (Norway/USA), Successful 1997 Iridium-1 Delta 2 Launch, Successful 1995 Sunnyland Smart, jazz/blues singer/pianist (Delta Blues), dies at 87 1992 Johnny Shines, Delta blues singer and guitarist, dies at 76 1991 1st NBA game in Delta City, Utah Jazz beats Seattle 103-95 1989 Delta Burke (Designing Women) weds Gerald McRaney (Major Dad) 1985 Delta Lockheed L-1011 crashes at Dallas-Ft. Worth Airport, 137 die 1984 Delta Goodrem, Australian Actress 1982 Canada's Anik D1 Comsat launched by U.S. Delta rocket 1977 Netherlands State Delta Kappa Gamma Society forms 1977 Anais Nin, Cuban/American writer (Delta of Venus), dies at 73 1976 Delta States beat Immaculata, 69-64, for AIWA basketball title 1975 Delta State beats Immaculata for the women's AIAW championship 1973 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 Ed Patterson, Delta, NHL right wing for the Pittsburgh Penguins 1970 Flooding ravages Ganges delta, 200,000-1 million killed 1962 Launch of Alouette 1, 1st Canadian satellite (on U.S. Delta rocket) 1960 1st launch of Delta satellite launching vehicle; it failed 1960 1st great Delta dam closes, North-South Beveland 1957 Joshua Mostel, New York City, actor, Delta House, At Ease 1956 Delta Burke, born in Orlando, Florida, actress, Suzanne-Designing Women 1951 Lee Wilkof, born in Canton, Ohio, actor, WEB, Delta House, Elliot-Newhart 1945 Ella Fitzgerald and Delta Rhythm Boys record "It's Only a Paper Moon" 1941 5,000 drown in a storm at Ganges Delta region in India 1940 Joanna Miles, born in Nice, France, actress, Cross Creek, Delta County USA 1929 Dr. Annie Webb Blanton forms Delta Kappa Gamma Society in Austin Tx 1924 Lola Albright, born in Akron, Ohio, actress, Delta Country, Kid Galahad 1915 Hurricane claims 275 in Mississippi Delta 1911 Robert Johnson, blues singer, King of Delta Blues Singer 1902 Eddie James "Son" House, folk blues musician, Delta Blues |
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