2013 Event In one of the largest jewelry heists in recent years, nearly 103 million euros in diamonds and other jewels were stolen from the Carlton Intercontinental Hotel diamond show in Cannes, France 2012 Event A solar plane, called The Solar Impulse, lands in Morocco after completing the world's first intercontinental flight powered by the Sun 1992 Event Rowdy Roddy Piper beats Mountie to become WWF Intercontinental Champ 1991 Event Mountie Jacques Rougeau beats Hart for WWF intercontinental title 1983 Event Don Muraco beats Pedro Morales to become WWF Intercontinental Champ 1980 Event China launch 1st intercontinental rocket 1957 Event U.S. successfully test-fires Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile 1957 Event U.S.S.R. announces successful test of intercontinental ballistic missile 1957 Event U.S.S.R. launches 1st intercontinental multistage ballistic missile
