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2009 Iran launches first domestically made satellite, Omid, into orbit
2008 Bhutan holds it's first public election 2008 Oil reaches $100 per barrel for the first time 2006 Dow closes above 12,000 for the first time 2006 North Korea conducts first atomic weapons test 2006 Dow closes above 11,800 for the first time 2006 Stephen Harper, wins the election in Canada and is the first conservative Prime Minister in 12 years 2005 First human face transplant is performed in France 2005 Shuttle Discovery STS-114 launches, first flight since Columbia disaster 2005 Airbus A380 makes its first flight from Toulouse, France 2005 Steve Fossett flys the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer to a world record by completing the first non-stop, non-refueled, solo flight around the world 2005 Parliamentary elections in Iraq, the first since 1958 2004 Vaughn Meader, comic/musician, The First Family, dies at 62 2004 Joseph James Zimmerman, inventor, invented the first electronic telephone answering machine in 1948, dies at 91 2004 J. J. Jackson, DJ/VJ, first VJ on MTV, dies at 62 2004 Olivia Goldsmith, writer, The First Wives Club, dies at 54 2003 Gertrude Ederle, swimming celebrity/teacher, first woman, and fifth person, to swim the English Channel, dies at 97 2003 Althea Gibson, tennis/golf great, first black woman to win Wimbledon, dies at 76 2003 Maynard Jackson, lawyer/mayor, first black mayor of Atlanta, dies at 65 2003 Ilan Ramon, astronaut, first Israeli in space, mission specialist on Columbia, STS-107, dies at 48 2003 Kalpana Chawla, astronaut, first Asian Indian woman in space, payload specialist on the Columbia, STS-107, dies at 41 2002 Joseph Nathan Kane, trivia expert, Famous First Facts, dies at 103 2002 "General Benjamin O. Davis, Jr", Air Force General, first black general in the Air Force, dies at 89 2001 Dr. Christiaan Barnard, surgeon, ", performed the first heart transplant, South Africa 1967, ", dies at 78 2001 Dennis Tito becomes the first space tourist by paying $20 million to fly on a Soyuz mission to the International Space Station. 2001 Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) spacecraft becomes first vehicle to land on an asteroid (433 Eros) 2000 Gwendolyn Brooks, poet, first black American to win a Pulitzer Prize, dies at 83 2000 Hilary Clinton is the first former First Lady elected to the Senate 1999 Joe Adcock, first baseman, outfielder, played for Cincinnati Reds dies 1998 Tom Bradley, mayor, first black mayor of LA, dies at 80 1998 President Bill Clinton testifies before a grand jury investigating his conduct (first president to do so), and admits an 'inappropriate relationship' with Monica Lewinsky 1998 Alan Shepard, astronaut, first American in space, dies at 74 1998 First Lady Hilary Clinton blames charges that President Clinton had affairs part of a vast right-wing conspiracy 1997 Mary Louise Smith, first woman to chair the Republican National Committee, dies at 82 1997 First of America Senior Golf Classic 1996 Liselotte Neumann wins First Bank Edina Realty LPGA Golf Classic 1994 Jackie Kennedy, First Lady 1994 Agatha Uwilingiyimana, Prime Minister of Rwanda (first female prime minister in Africa), assassinated, the day after President Habyarimana's plane was shot down, killing him and the president of Burundi 1991 Monica Seles ends Steffi Graf's streak of 186 weeks ranked first 1986 6th Golden Raspberry Awards: Rambo: First Blood Part II wins 1986 Ned Calmer, TV host (In the First Person), dies at 78 1981 Jessie Matthews, actress (Gangway, First a Girl), dies at 74 1979 On a flight to Austin, TX, Daniel Okrent sketches out the first 1979 Matt Nagle, born in Massachusetts, quadriplegic, first to use brain-computer interface to control movement 1978 First dedicated oceanographic satellite, SEASAT 1, launched 1973 Mark Larsen, born in Denmark, jockey, rode "Vetrotex" to victory in his first Danish Derby, son of Ole Larsen 1972 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Quality First Golf Classic 1968 "Her First Roman" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City after 17 performances 1967 Edward Brooke, born in Washington, D.C, Senator-R-Massachusetts 1967 - 1979, first African American to be elected to the Senate 1961 Joan Delk, born in Tampa, Florida, LPGA golfer, 1995 First Bank Edina Realty-66th 1959 "First Impressions" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 84 performances 1958 First 2 F-27 Fokker's Friendships delivered on Aer Lingus 1955 Bill Koch, born in Brattleboro, Vermont, skier, first U.S. world-class cross-country skier, won 1982 Cross-country skiing World Cup 1954 Annette Guest, U.S. singer, First Choice 1953 Benazir Bhutto, born in Pakistan, first woman elected prime minister, chair of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) 1951 Al Greenwood, keyboardist, Foreigner-Feels Like the First Time 1950 Clarence Ellis, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, football player, safety, played with National Football League's Atlanta Falcons, drafted in first round of 1972 NFL Draft 1950 Rochelle Fleming, U.S. soul vocalist, First Choice, Smarty Pants 1947 Terry Williams, rocker, First Edition 1947 Dominique Sanda, born in Paris, France, actress, 1900, First Love 1946 Laura Bush, American First Lady 1944 Ted Templeman, born in Santa Cruz, musician, record producer, guitarist, vocalist, drummer, produced 'The Doobie Brothers' for Warner Brothers, 'Montrose', Carly Simon's 'Another Passenger', Van Halen's first album 1941 Juanita Spellini, first women executed in California 1941 Marina Ripa, Rome, Italy, countess/writer, My First 40 Years 1941 Micki Grant, born in Chicago, Illinois, composer, singer, soprano, actress, writer, composer, appeared on NBC's Another World, became first African-American cast member of a daytime soap opera 1939 O. V. Wright, born in Leno, Tennessee, singer, sang gospel, considered southern soul artist, first pop recording, 'That's How Strong My Love Is' 1934 Dionne Quintuplets, secluded quintuplets, born Annette, Alive Cecile, Alive Emelie, Dead 1954 Marie, Dead 1970 Yvonne, Alive, First known set of surviving quintuplets, these girls were treated as a side show and lived in a virtual muse 1932 David Scott, born in San Antonio, Texas, astronaut, commander of Apollo 15 mission, seventh person to walk on the Moon, first person to drive on the Moon 1932 Paul Erlich, born in Bad Homburg, Germany, scientist, immunologist, won Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, developed first antibacterial drug in modern medicine 1931 Boris Yeltsin, born in Russia, first President of the Russian Federation, endorsed free market economies 1929 Jackie Kennedy, First Lady 1927 Joe Adcock, born in Coushatta, Louisiana, first baseman, outfielder, played for Cincinnati Reds, homered four times in a single game against Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field 1927 Rosalynn Carter, American First Lady 1924 Florence Harding, American First Lady 1923 Wally Schirra, born in New Jersey, astronaut, flew in Mercury, Gemini and Apollo, America's first three space programs 1921 Dobrica Cosic, born in Velika Drenova, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, now Serbia, writer, political, national theorist, first president of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1992 - 1993, called 'Father of the Nation' 1919 Edmund Hillary, born in Auckland, New Zealand, mountaineer, explorer, first climber to summit Mount Everest 1919 Ella Grasso, born in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, Ella Giovanna Oliva Tambussi, politician, Democratic Party, first woman elected Governor of Connecticut, served 1975 - 1980 1919 Ian Smith, born in Zimbabwe, founder, first Prime Minister of Rhodesia 1917 Jane Wyman, born in Missouri, actress, film, television, Academy Award-winner, first wife of U.S. President Ronald Reagan 1913 Tillie Olsen, born in Nebraska, writer, considered the first generation of American feminists 1912 Lady Bird Johnson, born in Texas, First Lady of the United States, called "Lady Bird", beautified Washington, D.C. 1912 Mascha Kaleko, born in Chrzanow, Austria, now Poland, writer, German language poet, first book 'Lyrisches Stenogrammheft' was burned in Nazi book burnings, wrote advertising copy while living in New York 1912 Claudia Johnson, American First Lady 1911 George Bernard Shaw's "Fanny's First Play," premieres in London 1909 Bukka White, born in Houston, Mississippi, Booker T. Washington White, gave cousin B.B. King his first guitar, celebrated as National steel guitarist, wrote "Parchman Farm Blues" 1909 Construction begins on first 100 houses in Ahuzat Bayit (Tel Aviv) 1907 Renzo Cesana, Rome, Italy, TV host, First Date, Continental 1907 Jessie Matthews, born in London, England, actress, Gangway, First a Girl 1906 Albert Hofmann, born in Baden, Switzerland, scientist, first to synthesize, examine, study, the psychedelic effects of LSD 1901 SDAP demands general voting right/abolishing First Chamber 1876 Eliza Johnson, American First Lady 1864 Franz Miller, becomes first Train Murderer 1863 Very 1st First National Bank opens in Davenport, Iowa 1860 Florence Harding, American First Lady 1852 Louisa Catherine Adams, American First Lady 1818 Abigail Adams, 2nd first lady (1797-1801), dies at 73 1810 Eliza Johnson, American First Lady 1805 Female Charitable Society, first woman's club in America 1789 French States-General for It first since 1614 together 1775 Louisa Catherine Adams, American First Lady 1744 Abigail Adams, born in Weymouth, Massachusetts, 2nd first lady, 1797-1801 1731 Martha Washington, American First Lady |
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