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1988 Kay Cottee sails into Sydney as 1st woman to circle globe alone
1988 Kay Cottee sails into Sydney as 1st woman to circle the globe alone 1985 Nicholas Mark Sanders (England) begins circumnavigation of globe, covering 13,035 road miles in 78 days, 3 hours, 30 minutes 1960 USS Nautilus completes 1st circumnavigation of globe under water 1951 Dean Pitchford, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, prolific songwriter, screenwriter, director, actor, novelist, Oscar, Golden Globe award-winner, wrote with composers Alan Menken, Rupert Holmes, collaborated on songs for movie, Fame, wrote screenplay for movie, 'Footloose' 1937 1st airmail letter to circle globe returns to New York 1921 Ernest Gold, born in Vienna, Austria, Ernst Gold, composer, wrote nearly 100 film and television scores, including It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World, On the Beach, four Academy-Award nominations, three Golden Globe nominations 1918 Robert Ripley began his "Believe It or Not" column (New York Globe) 1910 Lunt-Fontanne Theater (Globe) opens at 205 W 46th St. New York City 1909 Great White Fleet, 1st U.S. fleet to circle the globe, returns to Virginia 1898 Joshua Slocum completes 1st solo circumnavigation of the globe 1876 Francis Preston Blair, newspaper editor (Washington Globe), dies at 85 1864 Battle at Globe Tavern, Virginia, ends after 2500 casualties 1864 2nd day of battle at Globe Tavern, Virginia 1826 USS Vincennes leaves New York to become 1st warship to circumnavigate globe 1818 George Brown, Canada, publisher, Toronto Globe, PM, L, 1858 1791 Francis Preston Blair, newspaper editor, Washington Globe 1613 Shakespeare's Globe Theater burns down 1522 Spanish navigator Juan de Elcano returns to Spain, completes 1st circumnavigation of globe, expedition begins under Ferdinand Magellan |
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