2006 Stardust space mission returns dust from a comet to earth
2001 Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) spacecraft becomes first vehicle to land on an asteroid (433 Eros)
1997 Comet Hale-Bopp Closest Approach to Earth (1.315 AU)
1997 Soyuz TM-24 returns to Earth (Russia)
1997 Comet Shoemaker-Holt 2 Closest Approach to Earth (1.9245 AU)
1997 Space Shuttle Atlantis Returns to Earth, Successful
1996 Comet C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake) approaches within 0.1018 AUs of Earth
1994 5m meteor 1994 XM1 passes within 100,000 km of Earth
1994 Japanese space probe Sakigake passes Earth for 3rd time
1994 "Where On Earth Is Carmen San Diego," debuts on Fox TV
1993 Japanese space probe Sakigake passes Earth
1993 10m meteor comes within 150,000 km of Earth (1993KA)
1992 Hari Rhodes, actor (Earth II, Detroit 9000), dies at 59
1991 Dudley McConnell, headed NASA's Earth Science Division, dies
1991 Compton Gamma Ray Observatory orbits Earth
1989 27th space shuttle mission, STS-29 (Discovery 8), returns to Earth
1988 Vladimir Titov and Musa Manarov return to earth (a year) with Chretien
1988 Pioneer 6's closest approach to Earth since 1965 launch (1.87 M km)
1988 26th Space Shuttle Mission, Discovery 7 returns to Earth after 4-days
1987 Alfred Bester, sci-fi author (Dark Side of Earth), dies at 73
1986 Halley's Comet makes closest approach to Earth this trip, 63 M km
1986 U.S.S.R. launches Mir space station into Earth orbit
1986 24th Space Shuttle (61-C) Mission-Columbia 7-returns to Earth
1985 20th Space Shuttle Mission (51-I)-Discovery 6-returns to Earth
1985 18th Space Shuttle Mission (51-G)-Discovery 5 returns to Earth
1985 16th Space Shuttle Mission (51-D)-Discovery 4 returns to Earth
1985 15th Space Shuttle (51-C) Mission-Discovery 3 returns to Earth
1984 Intelsat 5 re-enters Earth's atmosphere 5 months after it failed
1984 Transit of Earth as seen on Mars
1984 11th Space Shuttle Mission (41C)-Challenger 5-returns to Earth
1984 Soyuz T-11 returns to Earth
1984 10th space shuttle mission (41-B)-Challenger 4-returns to Earth
1983 Soyuz T-9 returns to Earth, 149 days after take-off
1983 Comet C/1983 (Sugano-Saigusa-Fujikawa) approaches 0.0628 AUs of Earth
1983 Comet C/1983 H1 (IRAS-Araki-Alcock) approaches 0.0312 AUs of Earth
1983 Soyuz T-8 returns to Earth
1983 6th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 1 returns to Earth
1983 [Dallas] Mack/McCord Reynolds, sci-fi author (Earth War), dies at 65
1982 Soyuz T-5 returns to Earth, 211 days after take-off
1982 Soyuz T-7 returns to Earth
1982 NASA launches Landsat 4 to thematic map the Earth
1982 Soyuz T-6 returns to Earth
1982 Larry J Blake, actor (Earth vs the Flying Saucers), dies at 68
1981 2nd Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 2-returns to Earth
1981 Satellites China 10 and 11 launched into Earth orbit by B-1 rocket
1981 Soyuz 40 returns to Earth
1981 1st Space Shuttle-Columbia 1-returns to Earth
1981 Soyuz 39 returns to Earth
1981 [Adele] Marie Astaire, actress (Last Man on Earth, Millie), dies at 82
1980 Soyuz T-3 returns to Earth
1980 Crew of Soyuz 35 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 37
1980 Soyuz 38 returns to Earth
1980 Soyuz 37 crew returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 36
1980 Soyuz T-2 returns to Earth
1980 Crew of Soyuz 36 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 35
1980 Earth satellites record gamma rays from remnants of supernova N-49
1979 Crew of Soyuz 32 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 34 aft 175 d flight
1979 Soviet Cosmonauts Vladimir Lyakov and Valery Ryumin returned to Earth aboard Soyuz 34 after a record 175 days in space
1979 Bhaskara 1, Indian Earth resources/meteorology satellite, launched
1979 Soyuz 33 returns to Earth
1978 Crew of Soyuz 29 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 31
1978 Crew of Soyuz 31 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 29
1978 Aram Katchaturian, Russian composer (The Earth), dies at 74
1978 Soyuz 26 returns to Earth
1978 Soyuz 28 returns to Earth
1978 International Ultraviolet Explorer placed in Earth orbit
1978 Soyuz 27 returns to Earth
1977 Panama 747SP lands after polar flight around Earth in record 54:07
1977 International Sun-Earth Explorers 1 and 2 launched into Earth orbit
1977 Soyuz 25 returns to Earth
1977 Soviet space station Salyut 6 launched into Earth orbit
1977 U.S. Voyager I takes 1st space photograph of Earth and Moon together
1977 High Energy Astronomy Observatory 1 launched into Earth orbit
1977 Soyuz 24 returns to Earth
1976 Soyuz 23 returns to Earth
1976 Soyuz 22 returns to Earth
1976 Soyuz 22 carries 2 cosmonauts into Earth orbit for 8 days
1976 Soyuz 21 returns to Earth
1976 U.S.S.R. launches Luna 24, last Lunar flight to date from Earth
1976 U.S. Viking 2 goes into Martian orbit after 11-month flight from Earth
1976 U.S. Viking 1 goes into Martian orbit after 10-month flight from Earth
1975 Soyuz 18B returns to Earth
1975 Apollo 18 returns to Earth
1975 Soyuz 19 returns to Earth
1975 Ethiopia nationalizes all ground/earth
1975 Soyuz 17 returns to Earth
1975 Landsat 2, an Earth Resources Technology Satellite, launched
1974 Tilly Losch, actress (Duel in the Sun, Good Earth), dies at 70
1974 Soyuz 16 returns to Earth
1974 Soyuz 16 launched into Earth orbit for 6 days
1974 Soyuz 15 returns to Earth
1974 Fall of earth and rocks kill 200 (Quebrada Blanca Canyon, Colombia)
1974 1st extraterrestrial message sent from Earth into space
1974 Soyuz 14 returns to Earth
1973 Soyuz 13 returns to Earth
1973 Soyuz 13 launched into Earth orbit for 8 days
1973 Skylab 4 launched into Earth orbit
1973 Soyuz 12 returns to Earth
1973 Soyuz 12 carries 2 cosmonauts into Earth orbit (2 days)
1973 Ben van Eysselsteijn, Dutch playwright (Arid Earth), dies at 75
1972 Apollo 17, last of Apollo Moon landing series, returns to Earth
1972 "Mother Earth" closes at Belasco Theater New York City after 12 performances
1972 "Mother Earth" opens at Belasco Theater New York City for 12 performances
1972 1st Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS) is launched
1972 U.S.S.R. launches Prognoz 2 into earth orbit (549/200,000 km)
1972 Apollo 16 returns to Earth
1972 Georg Rendl, Austriam miner/beekeeper (Satan on Earth), dies at 68
1971 Apollo 15 returns to Earth
1971 Michael Rennie, actor (Day the Earth Stood Still), dies at 61
1971 Friends of Earth return 1500 non-returnable bottles to Schweppes
1971 Soyuz 10 returns to Earth
1971 Apollo 14 returns to Earth
1970 Soviet Luna 16 lands on earth after 1st unmanned round trip to moon
1970 Soyuz 9 launched into Earth orbit for 18 days
1970 1st Earth Day held internationally to conserve natural resources
1970 Flat Earth celebrated
1970 Apollo 13 returns back safely to Earth
1969 Apollo 12 returns to Earth
1969 Soyuz 8 returns to Earth
1969 Soyuz 7 returns to Earth
1969 Soyuz 6 returns to Earth
1969 Apollo 11 returns to Earth
1969 Apollo 10 astronauts returned to Earth
1969 Apollo 10 transmit 1st color pictures of Earth from space
1969 Apollo 9 returns to Earth
1969 Apollo 9 launched for 151 Earth orbits (10 days)
1969 Orbiting Solar Observatory 5 launched into earth orbit
1968 Apollo 8 returns to Earth
1968 Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 2 launched into Earth orbit
1968 Robert Ayres, actor (Battle Beneath the Earth), dies at 54
1968 Apollo 7 returns to Earth
1968 Launch of Zond 5, 1st lunar fly-around with Earth reentry
1968 Yuri Gagarin, 1st man to orbit Earth, and Seryogin, in plane crash at 34
1968 U.S.S.R. launches space probe Zond 4; fails to leave Earth orbit
1968 Explorer 36 (GEOS-B) launched into earth orbit (1080/1570 km)
1967 ATS-3 launched by U.S. to take 1st pictures of full Earth disk
1967 Lyle Latell, actor (Not of the Earth, Sky Dragon), dies at 63
1967 Paul Muni [Muni Weisenfreund] actor (Good Earth), dies at 71
1967 Paul Muni, actor (Good Earth), dies after lengthy illness at 71
1967 U.S.S.R. launches Kosmos 166 for observation of Sun from Earth orbit
1967 Kosmos 140 (Soyuz Test) launches into Earth orbit
1966 Gemini XII (Lovell/Aldrin) returns to Earth
1966 Gemini XI (Conrad/Gordon) returns to Earth
1966 Lunar Orbiter 1 takes 1st photograph of Earth from Moon
1966 Daylight meteor seen from Utah to Canada. Only known case of a meteor entering Earth's atmosphere and leaving it again
1966 Gemini X returns to Earth
1966 French satellite Diapason D-1A launch into Earth orbit
1965 Jessica Steen, Toronto, actress, Earth II, Homefront, Trial and Error
1965 Gemini 6 returns to Earth
1965 Astronauts Cooper and Conrad complete 120 Earth orbits in Gemini 5
1965 Gemini 5 launched into Earth orbit (2 astronauts)
1965 U.S.S.R. launches Kosmos 57 into earth orbit (Voskhod Test)
1965 Orbiting Solar Observatory 2 launches into Earth orbit (552/636 km)
1964 Morris Ankrum, actor (Kronos, Earth vs Flying Saucers), dies at 67
1964 Centaur 3 launch vehicle fails to make Earth orbit
1964 Unmanned Apollo 2 Saturn test launched into Earth orbit
1964 Unmanned Apollo 1 Saturn launcher test attains Earth orbit
1963 2 Russian space missions return to Earth
1963 Valentina Tereshkova 1st woman in space returns to Earth
1963 Valery Bykovsky in Vostok 5 orbits earth 81 times in 5 days
1963 Explorer 17 attains Earth orbit (254/914 km)
1963 Soviet Luna (4) reaches Earth orbit but fails to reach Moon
1962 Wally Schirra in Sigma 7 launched into Earth orbit
1962 U.N. announces Earth population has hit 3 billion
1962 Oscar 2 (ham radio satellite) launched into Earth orbit
1962 M. Scott Carpenter aboard Aurora 7 launched into Earth orbit
1962 Scott Carpenter orbits Earth 3 times in U.S. Aurora 7
1962 John Glenn is 1st American to orbit Earth in Friendship 7
1961 Comet C/1961 T1 (Seki) approaches within 0.1019 AUs of Earth
1961 Unmanned Mercury-Atlas 4 launched into Earth orbit
1961 U.S. lunar probe Ranger 1 reaches 190 km from Earth, falls back
1961 Cosmonaut Gherman Titov circles Earth for a full day in Vostok 2
1961 Explorer (12) fails to reach Earth orbit
1961 Explorer (12) fails to reach Earth orbit
1961 NASA launches Explorer 11 into Earth orbit to study gamma rays
1961 Joan Chen, born in Shanghai, China, actress, Heaven and Earth
1961 Yuri Gagarin becomes 1st person to orbit Earth in Vostok 1
1961 Explorer 10 launched into elongated Earth orbit (177/181,000 km)
1961 Sputnik 10 carries a dog into Earth orbit; later recovered
1961 Explorer 10 fails to reach Earth orbit
1961 Sputnik 7 launches into Earth orbit; probable Venus probe failure
1960 Sputnik 4 launched into Earth orbit; later recovery failed
1960 1st submerged circumnavigation of Earth completed by Triton
1960 Transit 1B, 1st navigational satellite, placed in Earth orbit
1960 Explorer (8) fails to reach Earth orbit
1960 Pioneer 5 launched into solar orbit between Earth and Venus
1959 1st color photograph of Earth from outer space
1959 The 1st color photograph of Earth received from outer space
1959 Explorer VI reveals an intense radiation belt around Earth
1959 Vanguard 3 launched into Earth orbit
1959 Explorer 6 transmits 1st TV photo of Earth from space
1959 Vanguard SLV-5 launched for Earth orbit (failed)
1959 Luna 1 (Mechta) becomes 1st craft to leave Earth's gravity
1958 1st radio broadcast from space (President Eisenhower voice "To all mankind, America's wish for Peace on Earth and Good Will to Men Everywhere")
1958 Belinda Carlisle, born in Hollywood, California, GoGos lead singer, Heaven on Earth
1958 Vanguard SLV-2 launched for Earth orbit (failed)
1958 Vanguard SLV-1 launched for Earth orbit (failed)
1958 Vanguard TV-5 launched for Earth orbit (failed)
1958 Navy launches Vanguard 1 into orbit (2nd U.S.), measures Earth shape
1958 Explorer 2 fails to reach Earth orbit
1958 Vanguard TV-3 back-up launches into Earth orbit; reaches 6 km
1957 U.S.S.R. launches Sputnik I, 1st artificial Earth satellite
1955 Fred White, rocker, Earth Wind and Fire-Shining Star, Easy Lover
1953 Larry Dunn, [Dunhill], U.S. keyboardist, Earth Wind and Fire
1953 25th Academy Awards - "Greatest Show on Earth," Gary Cooper and Shirley Booth win (1st time televised)
1952 1st hydrogen device exploded at Eniwetok Atoll in Pacific
1952 Barrel Scherpenzeel, rocker, Earth and Fire
1952 Ton Scherpenzeel, Dutch rock keyboardist, Earth and Fire
1951 Jon Graham, rock guitarist and vocalist, Earth Wind and Fire-Celebrate
1951 Verdine White, U.S. bassist, Earth, Wind and Fire
1951 Ralph Johnson, rock drummer, Earth Wind and Fire-Shining Star
1951 Philip Bailey, rocker, Earth Wind and Fire-Shining Star, Easy Lover
1950 Andrew Woolfolk, U.S. pop musician, Earth, Wind and Fire-Shining Star
1950 Ronnie Laws, U.S. saxophonist/guitarist, Earth, Wind and Fire
1948 US State Department announces work on placing objects into Earth orbit
1948 US announced a study to launch an Earth satellite
1948 "Heaven on Earth" closes at Century Theater New York City after 12 performances
1948 "Heaven on Earth" opens at Century Theater New York City for 12 performances
1948 Alan McKay, rocker, Earth Wind and Fire-Boogie Wonderland
1947 Taiwan passes Human Rights laws (Day of Earth Law)
1947 Jerney Kaagman, Dutch singer, Earth and Fire
1947 Candy Clark, born in Oklahoma, actress, Man Who Fell to Earth, Q, American Graffiti
1947 David Gee, director, Friends of the Earth
1946 Bert Bouquet, bassist, Earth and Fire, Focus
1946 1st U.S. rocket to leave the Earth's atmosphere (50 miles up)
1944 Jessie Ralph, actress (Good Earth, San Francisco), dies at 79
1941 Maurice White, born in Memphis, Tennessee, rock vocalist, Earth, Wind and Fire-Spirit
1940 Walter Connolly, actor (It Happened One Night, Good Earth), dies at 53
1938 Nobel for literature awarded to Pearl Buck (Good Earth)
1937 Joris Ivens' "Spanish Earth" premieres in Hollywood
1936 Keith Barron, born in Mexborough, England, actor, At Earth's Core, Baby Love
1935 Jacques Urlus, tenor (Opera of Leipzig, Song of the Earth), dies at 68
1932 Ben[jamin William] Bova, U.S., sci-fi author, Exiled from Earth
1932 Pulitzer prize awarded to Pearl S. Buck (Good Earth)
1931 Algi[rda]s [Jonas] Budrys, Prussia, sci-fi author, Man of Earth
1930 Comet 73P/1930 (Schwassmann-Wachmann 3) approaches 0.0617 AUs of Earth
1930 Alois Walgrave, Flemish writer/pastor (Peace on Earth), dies at 54
1929 1st airship flight around Earth flying eastward completed
1927 Comet 7P/Pons-Winnecke approaches within 0.0394 AUs of Earth
1924 Mars' closest approach to Earth since 10th century
1921 Betty Hutton, born in Battle Creek, Michigan, actress, Greatest Show on Earth
1919 Edwin C Tubb, Brits sci-fi writer, Earth is Heaven, Earthfall
1917 [Dallas] Mack/McCord Reynolds, U.S., sci-fi author, Earth War
1914 Robert Wise, director, Day the Earth Stood Still, West Side Story
1914 Barbara Ward, economist/writer, Only One Earth
1911 Will Rogers, Jr., New York, actor, Down to Earth
1910 Passage of Earth through tail of Halley's Comet causes near-panic
1910 Comet Halley's closest approach to Earth in 1910 pass
1910 Douglas Spencer, actor, Thing, This Island Earth, River of No Return
1910 Luise Rainer, Austria, actress, Escapade, Good Earth, Big City
1909 Michael Rennie, England, actor, Robe, Klatuu-Day the Earth Stood Still
1907 Ringling Brothers Greatest Show on Earth buys Barnum and Bailey circus
1904 Lyle Latell, born in Iowa, actor, Not of the Earth, Sky Dragon
1903 Aram Katchaturian, Armenian composer, Earth
1898 Ben van Eysselsteijn, Dutch writer, Arid Earth
1897 Morris Ankrum, Illinois, actor, Kronos, Half Human, Earth vs Flying Saucers
1887 Walter Connolly, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, actor, Good Earth, 5th Avenue Girl
1886 Marianne [Goudeket-]Philips, Dutch author, Between Heaven and Earth
1881 Greatest Show On Earth was formed by PT Barnum and James A Bailey
1881 Barnum and Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth opens (MSG)
1876 O E Rolvaag, Norwegian-American novelist, Giants in the Earth
1873 P. T. Barnum's circus, "Greatest Show on Earth," debuts (New York City)
1873 P. T. Barnum Hippodrome featuring "Greatest Show on Earth," opens (New York City)
1869 Emma Goldman, anarchist/publisher, Mother Earth
1868 Leon Foucault, discovers 1st physical proof of Earth's rotation, dies
1867 Jacques Urlus, Dutch tenor, Opera of Leipzig, Song of the Earth
1864 Comet C/1864 N1 (Tempel) approaches within 0.0964 AUs of Earth
1853 Comet C/1853 G1 (Schweizer) approaches within 0.0839 AUs of Earth
1828 Jules Verne, born in France, pioneered sci-fi, From the Earth to the Moon
1819 Jean-Bernard-Leon Foucault, physicist, pendulum proved Earth rotates
1805 Comet 3D/1805 V1 (Biela) approaches within 0.0366 AUs of Earth
1797 Comet C/1797 P1 (Bouvard-Herschel) approaches 0.0879 AUs of Earth
1790 Robert Gray is 1st American to circumnavigate the Earth
1760 Comet C/1760 A1 (Great comet) approaches within 0.0682 AUs of Earth
1744 James Bradley announces discovery of Earth's nutation motion (wobble)
1743 Comet C/1743 C1 approaches within 0.0390 AUs of Earth
1702 Comet C/1702 H1 approaches within 0.0437 AUs of Earth
1633 Galileo Galilei forced to recant Earth orbits Sun by Pope (but on Oct 31, 1992, Vatican admits it was wrong)
1633 Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei arrived in Rome for trial before Inquisition for professing belief that earth revolves around the Sun
1581 James Ussher, Archbishop of Armagh, gave age to Earth based on bible
1519 Magellan's 5 ship set sail to circumnavigate Earth
1366 Comet 55P/1366 U1 (Tempel-Tuttle) approaches 0.0229 AUs of Earth
837 Comet 1P/837 F1 (Halley) approaches within 0.0334 AUs of Earth
610 Lailat-ul Qadar, night koran descended to Earth
607 Comet 1P/607 H1 (Halley) approaches within 0.0898 AUs of Earth
374 Comet 1P/374 E1 (Halley) approaches within 0.0884 AUs of Earth
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