2003 China sends Yang Liwei into orbit, the third country to have successfully sent a person into space
2003 Tony Awards, Hairspray, Take Me Out, Long Day's Journey Into Night revival and Nine revival won major awards
2003 Iranian Revolutionary Guard military flight crashes into the Sirach Mountains, killing 275
2002 Tony Awards, The Goat or Who Is Sylvia?, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Private Lives revival, and Into the Woods revival won major awards
2002 Air China flight 129 crashes into a mountain near Pusan, South Korea killing 128
2002 Iran Air Tours flight 956 crashes into a mountain in Iran killing 119
2001 Terrorists break into parliament building in New Delhi, murder at least 12
2001 Russian Mir space station is crashed into the Pacific during a controlled re-entry
2000 Air Philippines flight 541 crashes into a hill near Davao, killing 131
1999 Bethel Leslie, actress/writer, Long Day's Journey into Night, dies at 70
1998 Crane crashes into Roosevelt Is (New York City) Tram, injuring 10
1998 STS 89 (Endeavour 12) launches into orbit
1997 STS 87 (Columbia 24) launches into orbit
1997 2nd longest 9 inning World Series game (4:12) as Marlins and Indians were tied 7-7 going into the 9th, Mariners win 14-11
1997 STS 86 (Atlantis 20) launches into orbit
1997 STS 85, Discovery 23, launches into orbit
1997 STS 94 (Columbia 23) launches into orbit
1997 Michael Jackson and Bee Gees inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
1997 Ashes of Timothy Leary and Gene Roddenberry launched into orbit
1997 Ashes of Star Trek creator, Gene Roddenberry are launched into space
1997 Space Shuttle STS 81 (Atlantis 18), launches into space
1996 Space Shuttle STS 80 (Columbia 21), launches into space
1996 "Into the Whirlwind" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City for 2 performances
1996 "Into the Whirlwind" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City for 2 performances
1996 Space Shuttle STS 79 (Atlantis 17), launches into space
1996 Soyuz TM-24, launched into orbit
1996 Space Shuttle STS 78, Columbia 20, launches into space
1996 STS 77 (Endeavour 11), launches into orbit
1996 STS 76 (Atlantis 16), launches into orbit
1996 STS 75 (Columbia 19), launches into orbit
1996 Soyuz TM-23, launched into orbit
1996 Space Shuttle STS 72 (Endeavour 10), launches into space
1995 Suicide bomber blasts into Egyptian embassy in Islamabad, kills 16
1995 STS 74 (Atlantis 15), launches into orbit
1995 STS 73 (Columbia 18), launches into orbit
1995 STS 69 (Endeavour 9), launches into orbit
1995 Soyuz TM-22, launched into orbit
1995 New York Police Department and New York Transit Police merge into one organization
1995 STS 63 (Discovery 19), launches into orbit
1994 B737-400 flies into a mountain at Edremit East Turkey, 54 killed
1994 Space shuttle STS-68 (Endeavour 7), launches into orbit
1994 Space shuttle STS 64 (Discovery 20), launches into orbit
1994 Tu-22 crashes into Aeroflot Tu-134a at Zhukovsky, 7 killed
1994 Twin's Dave Winfield passes Rod Carew into 15th hit list (3,054)
1994 Poison singer Bret Michaels gets into a car crash
1994 Tennis star Jennifer Capriati (18), checks into a drug rehab center
1994 Bus crashes into a tree at Gdansk Poland, 30 killed
1994 Ferry boat smashes into Mombasa Harbor Kenya, kills over 300
1994 STS-59 (Endeavour) launches into orbit
1994 Chuck Jones found guilty of breaking into Marla Maples home
1994 Space shuttle STS-62 (Columbia 16), launches into orbit
1994 Brady Law, imposing a wait-period to buy a hand-gun, went into effect
1994 Peruvian Yak-40 crashes into mountain near Tingo Maria, kills 31
1994 STS-60 (Discovery) launches into orbit
1994 Helicopter crashes into office building in San Jose, California, 1 dead
1994 Russian manned space craft TM-18, launches into orbit
1994 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect
1993 C-130 flies into a Philippines hill and explodes, 16 killed
1993 Jakovlev-42 crashes into mountain at Ohrid Macedonia, 116 killed
1993 STS-58 (Columbia) launches into orbit
1993 STS-51 (Discovery) launches into orbit
1993 Dave Winfield hits 442nd HR to move into 19th place
1993 Russian manned space craft TM-17, launches into orbit
1993 STS-57 (Endeavour) launches into orbit
1993 Boeing 727 crashes into mountain at Medellin Colombia, kills 132
1993 STS-55 (Columbia) launches into orbit
1993 STS-56 (Discovery) launches into orbit
1993 New York Knicks and Phoenix Suns get into a major brawl
1993 Suchoi-24 crashes into Tupolev passenger flight, 134 die
1993 STS-54 (Endeavour) launches into orbit
1993 Czechoslovakia separates into Czech Republic (Bohemia) and Slovakia
1992 Boeing 734 crashes into mountain in China, kills 141
1992 Space Shuttle STS 52 (Columbia 13) launches into space
1992 Pioneer Venus Orbiter (1st Venus orbiter-1978), crashes into Venus
1992 El Al cargo jet crashes into apartment complex in Amsterdam (250 die)
1992 Pakistani Airbus A-300 crashes into mountain at Kathmandu, 167 dies
1992 Thai Airbus crashes into mountain at Kathmandu, 113 die
1992 William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy and DeForest Kelley inducted into National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame
1992 U.S. Supreme Court rules a Nebraska farmer was entrapped by postal agents into buying mail-order child pornography
1992 Space Shuttle STS-45 (Atlantis 11) launches into space
1992 1st Belgium in the space, Dirk Frimout on Atlantis Space Shuttle STS-45 (Atlantis 11) launches into space
1992 Russian manned space craft TM-14, launches into orbit
1992 Jose Canseco repeatedly rams his Porsche into wife Esther's BMW
1992 Americans with Disabilities Act went into effect
1992 Space Shuttle STS-42 (Discovery 15) launches into space
1991 Boeing 747-200F of China Airlines crash into mountain at Taipei
1991 New York Islanders Mike Bossy and Denis Potvin inducted into NHL Hall of Fame
1991 MTV announces it will split into 3 channels in 1993
1991 Ferguson Jenkins, Gaylord Perry, Rod Carew, Tony Lazzeri, and Bill Veeck are elected into the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York
1991 Islanders Denis Potvan and Michael Bossy inducted into NHL Hall of Fame
1991 Phillie Lenny Dykstra slams his sports car into 2 trees
1991 Former child actor Adam Rich arrested for breaking into a pharmacy
1991 Eddie Sutton is 1st NCAA coach to lead 4 schools into playoffs
1991 U.S. 70th manned space mission STS 39 (Discovery 12) launches into orbit
1991 Joni Mitchel inducted into the Canadian Hall of Fame
1991 5% sales tax on consumer goods and services goes into effect in U.S.S.R.
1990 U.S. 69th manned space mission STS 35 (Columbia 11) launches into orbit
1990 U.S. 68th manned space mission STS 38 (Atlantis 7) launches into orbit
1990 U.S. 67th manned space mission STS 41 (Discovery 11) launches into orbit
1990 10,000 Uganda RPF rebels move into Rwanda
1990 New York Yankee Kevin Mass sets record with 12th HR in 1st 92 at bats and becomes 21st to hit a ball into 3rd deck of Seattle's Kingdome
1990 Jim Palmer and Joe Morgan inducted into hall of fame
1990 Rick Dee's "Into the Night," premieres on ABC-TV
1990 Orioles Cal Ripken plays in his 1,308th consecutive game to move past Everett Scott into 2nd place on the all-time list
1990 Hubble space telescope is placed into orbit by shuttle Discovery
1990 U.S. 66th manned space mission STS 31 (Discovery 10) launches into orbit
1990 Pistons and 76'ers get into a fight accruing $162,500 fines (NBA record)
1990 U.S. 65th manned space mission STS 36 (Atlantis 6) launches into orbit
1990 Kinks inducted into Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
1990 64th U.S. manned space mission STS 32 (Columbia 10) launches into orbit
1989 U.S. 63rd manned space mission STS 33 (Discovery 9) launches into orbit
1989 U.S. 62nd manned space mission STS 34 (Atlantis 5) launches into orbit
1989 Senegambia separates back into Gambia and Senegal
1989 "Into the Woods" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 764 performances
1989 Aak crashes into pleasure boat The Margin on the Thames, 51 killed
1989 Orioles shortstop Cal Ripken moves into 3rd place (1,208th cons game)
1989 Lawrence Delisle drives his 4 kids into river
1989 Margaret Ray pleads guilty to breaking into David Letterman's house
1989 Margaret Ray pleads guilty to breaking into David Letterman's house
1989 Mandatory seatbelt law goes into effect in Italy
1989 AT&T announces New Jersey's 201 area code will split into 908 and 201
1989 Thousands of Chinese crowd into Beijing's Tiananmen Square cheering students demanding greater political freedom
1989 Flyers, scores short-handed into an empty net beating Caps 8-5
1989 U.S. Boeing 707 crashes into Santa Maria mountain, 145 die
1988 Mike Tyson crashes a silver BMW into a tree near Catskills NY
1988 Mike Schmidt passes Mickey Mantle with his 537th HR into 7th place
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
1988 Mike Schmidt hits his 535th HR, moving into 8th place
1988 Carlos Lehder Rivas, of Colombia's Medellin drug cartel, is convicted in Florida for smuggling more than 3 tons of cocaine into US
1988 Iraq says it launched 16 missiles into Tehran
1987 South African Airways Boeing 747 crashes into Indian Ocean, 159 die
1987 "Into the Woods" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 764 performances
1987 Stephen Sondheim/James Lapine's musical "Into the Stars," premieres
1987 Lisa Steinberg, battered into coma by her adoptive father Joel
1987 10 die as Air Force jet crashed into a Ramada Inn near Indianapolis
1987 Jessica McClure rescued 58 hours after falling 22' into a well shaft
1987 Syrian army marches into Beirut
1987 Philippines constitution goes into effect
1986 Michael Sergio, who parachuted into Shea Stadium during game 6 of the World Series, sentenced to 100 hours of community service and fined $500
1986 "Into the Light" closes at Neil Simon Theater New York City after 6 performances
1986 Michael Sergio Parachutes into Shea Stadium during game 6 of WS
1986 "Into the Light" opens at Neil Simon Theater New York City for 6 performances
1986 Russian cargo ship crashes into cruise ship Admiral Nakhimov; 398 die
1986 Reggie Jackson hit his 537th HR passing Mickey Mantle into 6th place
1986 U.S.S.R. launches Mir space station into Earth orbit
1985 Shuttle Columbia carries Spacelab into orbit
1985 L Brock, Slaughter, A Vaughan, and H Wilhelm inducted into Hall of Fame
1985 Reggie Jackson hits his 513th HR to move into 10th place
1985 US's 1st manadatory seat belt law goes into effect (NY)
1984 Anna Fisher becomes 1st "mom" to go into orbit
1984 Baboon heart transplanted into a 15-day-old baby girl
1984 Red Sox Jim Rice grounds into record 33rd double play en route to 36
1984 Harmon Killebrew, Rick Ferrell, Don Drysdale, Pee Wee Reese, and Luis Aparicio inducted into Hall of Fame
1984 Islander Bryan Trottier ties NHL rec scores 5 seconds into game
1984 Soviet sub crashes into USS aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk off Japan
1984 Mobil oil tanker spills 200,000 gallons into Columbia River
1984 Landsat 5 and ham satellite Oscar 11 launched into polar orbit
1984 500,000 Iranian soldiers move into Iraq
1984 AT&T's 22 owned Bell system companies divests into 8 companies
1983 Korean Boeing 747 strays into Siberia and is shot down by a Soviet jet
1983 B Robinson, J Marichal, G Kell, and W Alston inducted into Hall of Fame
1983 Cards outfielder Lonnie Smith checks into a drug rehab
1983 Infrared telescope satellite launched into polar orbit
1983 Russian radioactive satellite falls into Indian Ocean
1982 Israeli forces began pouring into west Beirut
1982 Pete Rose gets his 3,772nd hit, moves past Aaron into 2nd place
1982 Brazilian B-727 flight crashes into mountain; 135 die
1982 U.S.S.R. Salyut 7 space station put into orbit
1982 Jerry Pate celebrates golf win by jumping into the water hazard
1982 Honduras constitution goes into effect
1982 Air Florida 737 took off in a snowstorm, crashes into 14th St. Bridge in Washington, D.C., and falls into Potomac River, killing 78
1981 180 dies as Yugoslav DC-9 jetliner slams into a mountain
1981 Yugoslavic DC-9 crashes into mountain at Corsica, 174 killed
1981 Satellites China 10 and 11 launched into Earth orbit by B-1 rocket
1981 George Foster hits his 8th HR into red seats at Riverfront
1981 Coca-Cola Bottling Co agrees to pump $34 million into black business
1981 European Space Agency's Ariane carries 2 satellites into orbit
1980 New South Korean constitution comes into effect
1980 Kaline, Snider, Klein, and Tom Yawkey inducted into Hall of Fame
1980 Rohini 1, 1st Indian satellite, launches into orbit
1980 Italian plane crashes into Tyrrheense Sea, kills 81
1979 Air New Zealand DC-10 crashes into Mt Erebus on Antarctica kills 257
1979 Mali's constitution goes into effect
1979 Gary Roenicke hits into Orioles 13th triple play (Oakland)
1979 Peace treaty between Israel and Egypt goes into effect
1979 Henri La Mothe dives 28' into 12 3/8" of water
1978 Spain constitution goes into effect
1978 Pioneer Venus 2 drops 5 probes into atmosphere of Venus
1978 Pioneer Venus 1 goes into orbit around Venus
1978 NASL realligns its 24 teams into 6 divisions
1978 Gunman shoots his way into Iraqi Embassy in Paris
1978 U.S. Seasat 1, 1st oceanographic satellite, launched into polar orbit
1978 Dutch Investment bill (WIR) law goes into effect
1978 South Africa military goes into Angola
1978 Israel turns 3 milt outposts in West Bank into civilian settlements
1977 International Sun-Earth Explorers 1 and 2 launched into Earth orbit
1977 Psychic Romark attempts to drive blindfolded, smashed into cop van
1977 Soviet space station Salyut 6 launched into Earth orbit
1977 High Energy Astronomy Observatory 1 launched into Earth orbit
1977 Billy Martin and Reggie Jackson get into a dug out altercation
1977 Belgium reapportions 2,359 communities into 596
1976 Albania constitution goes into effect
1976 Piper Cherokee crashes into Balt Memorial Stadium upper stands, 10 minutes after Colts lose 40-14 to Steelers. No one seriously hurt
1976 Algeria Constitution goes into effect
1976 Soyuz 22 carries 2 cosmonauts into Earth orbit for 8 days
1976 U.S. Viking 2 goes into Martian orbit after 11-month flight from Earth
1976 Viking 2 goes into orbit around Mars
1976 U.S. Viking 1 goes into Martian orbit after 10-month flight from Earth
1976 ABA (Nets, Pacers, Nuggets and Spurs) merges into NBA
1976 International Bill of Rights goes into effect (35 nations ratifying)
1976 US-German Helios B solar probe launched into solar orbit
1975 Constitution of Democratic Republic of Madagascar comes into force
1974 Soyuz 16 launched into Earth orbit for 6 days
1974 Express train runs full speed into Zagreb, Yugo rail yard killing 153
1974 1st extraterrestrial message sent from Earth into space
1974 Malta's constitution goes into effect
1974 Pan Am 707 crashes into mountains of Bali, killing 107
1974 Taiwan police shoots into crowd
1973 Soyuz 13 launched into Earth orbit for 8 days
1973 Bahrain's constitution goes into effect
1973 Skylab 4 launched into Earth orbit
1973 New Jersey becomes 1st state to allow girls into little league
1973 Egyptian tanks move further into Israel
1973 Insurance industry announces auto racers get into more highway accidents
1973 Soyuz 12 carries 2 cosmonauts into Earth orbit (2 days)
1973 New York Mets go into 1st place (at .500) after trailing 12 games
1973 President Nixon signed into law a measure lifting pro football's blackout
1973 Roberto Clemente and Warren Spahn inducted into Hall of Fame
1973 Stevie Wonder involved in car crash, goes into a 4 day coma
1973 Munson and Fisk get into a brawl at Fenway Park
1973 78 drown as flash flood sweeps a bus into a river, India
1973 NASA launches Radio Astronomy Explorer 49 into lunar orbit
1973 President Nixon signs Endangered Species Act into law
1973 Henry Boucha, Detroit Red Wings, scores 6 sec into a game vs Mont
1972 New North Korean constitution comes into effect
1972 Bangladesh Constitution goes into effect
1972 Chicago's Dick Allen is 4th (Jimmie Foxx, Hank Greenberg, and Alex Johnson) to homer into Comiskey Park's center field bleachers
1972 Bloody Sunday: British soldiers fire into crowd, kill 13
1972 U.S.S.R. launches Prognoz 2 into earth orbit (549/200,000 km)
1972 White House "plumbers" break into Democratic National HQ at Watergate
1972 Bus plunges into Nile River killing 50 pilgrims. (Minia Egypt)
1972 Overloaded South Korean bus plunges into reservoir, killing 77
1972 Kiteman attempting to throw out 1st ball in Phillie Vet crashes into centerfield seats
1972 Iberian Airlines crashes into 800' peak on island of Ibiza, 104 die
1971 Eisenhower dollar put into circulation
1971 Alaskan 727 crashes into Chilkoot Mountain, kills 109 (Alaska)
1971 Watergate team breaks into Daniel Ellsberg's doctor's office
1971 Le Roy (Satchel) Paige inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame
1971 U.S. launches 1st satellite into lunar orbit from manned spacecraft
1971 Chips Rafferty, actor (Kona Coast, Walk into Hell), dies at 62
1971 A commuter bus plunges into Panama Canal, killing 38 of 43 aboard
1971 Bulgarian constitution goes into effect
1971 200 die in landslide into Lake Yanahuani, Chungar Peru
1971 12,000 South Vietnamese troops cross into Laos
1971 Golfing VP Spiro Agnew hits 2 tee shots into crowd, injuring 2
1970 Iraq's constitution goes into effect
1970 Chartered Dan-Air Comet crashes into mountains north of Barcelona, Spain killing 112 vacationing Britons
1970 U.S. ends 2 month military offensive into Cambodia
1970 Soyuz 9 launched into Earth orbit for 18 days
1970 Nuclear non-proliferation treaty goes into effect
1970 Dominican DC-9 crashes into sea at Santo Domingo, kills 102
1970 Dry powder avalanche moving at 120 mph smashes into youth hostel killing 40 Belgian, French, and German youths (Val d'Isere, France)
1970 NFL realigns into 3 divisions (down from 4)
1970 Revised calendar for Western (RC) Church goes into effect
1969 Apollo 11 goes into Moon orbit
1969 22-year-old man sneaks into wheel pod of a jet parked in Havana and survives 9-hr flight to Spain despite thin oxygen levels at 29,000 ft
1969 Nuclear reactor Dodewaard Netherlands goes into use
1969 Stan Coveleski and Waite Hoyt are voted into baseball Hall of Fame
1969 Orbiting Solar Observatory 5 launched into earth orbit
1968 Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 2 launched into Earth orbit
1968 U.S. pro soccer 14 teams merged into 1 all star team
1968 France refuses U.K. entry into common market
1968 NL announces break into 2 divisions for 1969
1968 Executive Council decides both AL and NL to divide into 2 divisions
1968 Truth in Lending Act signed into law
1968 AL announces it is splitting into 2 divisions
1968 Vatican City's Apostolic Constitution of 1967 goes into effect
1968 Country's 1st 911 phone system went into service in Haleyville, Ala
1968 Pennsylvania Railroad/New York City Central merge into Penn Central
1968 Bill Masterson, (Minn Northstars), checked into the boards and killed
1968 Explorer 36 (GEOS-B) launched into earth orbit (1080/1570 km)
1968 ABC radio splits into 4 networks (Info, Entertainment, Contemp and FM)
1967 United Soccer Association and National Pro Soccer League merge into NASL
1967 U.S. launches Pioneer 8 into solar orbit
1967 Oriole Brooks Robinson hits into a record 4th triple play
1967 Muhammad Ali refuses induction into army and stripped of boxing title
1967 Martial Law goes into effect in Greece
1967 Kosmos 140 (Soyuz Test) launches into Earth orbit
1966 Pioneer 7 launched into solar orbit
1966 Medicare goes into effect
1966 Bombay-New York Air India flight crashes into Mont Blanc (Switzerland), 117 die
1966 Rocker Jan Berry crashes his corvette into a parked truck
1966 75 MPH air currents causes BOAC 707 crash into Mount Fuji, 124 die
1966 French satellite Diapason D-1A launch into Earth orbit
1965 Pioneer 6 launched into solar orbit
1965 2 trucks crashed into a crowd of dancers (Sotouboua Togo) kills 125
1965 Venera 3 launched, 1st to land on another planet (crashes into Venus)
1965 Trackless trolley plunged into Nile River drowning 74 (Cairo Egypt)
1965 India and Pakistan ceases-fire goes into effect
1965 Gemini 5 launched into Earth orbit (2 astronauts)
1965 Orioles' Brooks Robinson hits into his record tying (George Sisler)
1965 Cook Islands enters into free association with New Zealand
1965 Lyndon Baines Johnson signs Medicare bill, which goes into effect in 1966
1965 Corey Parker, born in New York City, actor, How I Got into College, Roger-Eddie Dodd
1965 Phillies Dick Allen and Frank Thomas get into a fight during practice
1965 Early Bird satellite goes into commercial service
1965 U.S.S.R. launches Kosmos 57 into earth orbit (Voskhod Test)
1965 Eastern DC-7B crashes into Atlantic off Jones Beach NJ, kills 84
1965 Orbiting Solar Observatory 2 launches into Earth orbit (552/636 km)
1964 Phillies 7th straight loses sends them into 2nd place
1964 Wilderness Act signed into law by President Lyndon B Johnson
1964 President Johnson signs Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act into law
1964 Unmanned Apollo 2 Saturn test launched into Earth orbit
1964 24th Amendment to U.S. Constitution goes into effect and states voting rights could not be denied due to failure to pay taxes
1963 Landslide into Vaiont Dam emptys lake, kills 3-4,000 (Italy)
1963 Language laws in Belgium goes into effect causing a riot
1962 Wally Schirra in Sigma 7 launched into Earth orbit
1962 Stan Musial's 3,516th hit moves over Tris Speaker into 2nd place
1962 E German border guards shot and kill Peter Fechter, 18, attempting to cross Berlin Wall into western sector
1962 Mariner I launched to Mars falls into Atlantic Ocean
1962 Lou Brock is 2nd to HR into Polo Grounds right-center field bleachers
1962 Oscar 2 (ham radio satellite) launched into Earth orbit
1962 M. Scott Carpenter aboard Aurora 7 launched into Earth orbit
1962 H Trendley Dean, doctor (introduced fluoridation into water)
1962 Express train crashed into wreckage of a commuter train and a freight, killing 163, injuring 400 (Tokyo, Japan)
1962 American Airlines 707 plunges nose 1st into Jamaica Bay New York killing 95
1962 Dutch express train crashes into slow commuter train, 93 die (Neth)
1961 Unmanned Mercury-Atlas 4 launched into Earth orbit
1961 Antarctic Treaty goes into effect
1961 NASA launches Explorer 11 into Earth orbit to study gamma rays
1961 Explorer 10 launched into elongated Earth orbit (177/181,000 km)
1961 Sputnik 10 carries a dog into Earth orbit; later recovered
1961 Sputnik 9 carries Chernushka, a dog, into orbit
1961 Sputnik 7 launches into Earth orbit; probable Venus probe failure
1961 U.N. genocide pact goes into effect
1960 Benelux treaty goes into effect
1960 South Korean troops cross 38th parallel into North Korea
1960 International Development Association (U.N. agency) comes into existence
1960 60 people die when bus plunges off bridge into Turvo River, Brazil
1960 Sputnik 5 carries 2 dogs, 3 mice into orbit (later recovered alive)
1960 CFL's Calgary Stampeders move into McMahon Stadium
1960 Discoverer 13 launched into orbit; returned 1st object from space
1960 Sputnik 4 launched into Earth orbit; later recovery failed
1960 House investigating committee, looking into payola questions
1960 India's Bombay state split into Gujarat and Maharashtra states
1960 Pioneer 5 launched into solar orbit between Earth and Venus
1959 Chinese troops move into India, 17 die
1959 Vanguard 3 launched into Earth orbit
1959 Satellite Discoverer 6 launched into polar orbit
1959 Milt satellite Discoverer 5 launched (into polar orbit)
1959 2,000 ft long by 1,300 foot wide section of ridge falls into Madis
1959 Monkeys Able and Baker zoom 300 mi (500 km) into space on Jupiter missile, became 1st animals retrieved from a space mission
1959 USAF launches Discoverer II into polar orbit
1958 Giant splash caused by fall of 90 million tons of rock and ice into Lituya Bay, Alaska washes 1,800 feet up the mountain
1958 Brooks Robinson, hits into 1st of record 4 triple plays
1958 UP and International News Service merge into United Press International
1958 Yanks threaten to broadcast games nationwide if NL goes ahead with plans to broadcast, games into New York City
1958 Navy launches Vanguard 1 into orbit (2nd U.S.), measures Earth shape
1958 Royals basketball star Maurice Stokes collapsed during a playoff game with encephalitis; He goes into a coma and is permanently disabled
1958 Vanguard TV-3 back-up launches into Earth orbit; reaches 6 km
1958 Egypt and Syria announce plans to merge into United Arab Republic
1958 Phillies agree to televise 78 games into New York City (doesn't happen)
1957 USAF sends 2 aluminium bullets into space
1957 Excursion train crashed into a ravine killing 175, injuring 400
1957 11th Tony Awards: Long Days Journey into the Night and My Fair Lady win
1956 U.S.S.R. sends tanks into Hungary and threatens to bomb Budapest
1956 Israeli paratroopers drop into Sinai to open Straits of Tiran
1956 1st transatlantic telephone cable goes into operation (Scot-Canada)
1956 Joe Cronin and Hank Greenberg inducted into Hall of Fame
1956 At Detroit's Briggs Stadium, Mickey Mantle hits 2 Billy Hoeft pitches into right center field bleachers (no else hits 1 there)
1955 1st separation of virus into component parts reported
1955 South East Asia Collective Defense Treaty goes into effect
1955 U.S. federations of trade unions merge into AFL/CIO
1954 Kingdom of Netherlands, with Netherlands and Netherlands Antilles as autonomous parts, comes into being
1954 U.S. Senate censures Joe McCarthy (Sen-R-Wisc) for "conduct that tends to bring Senate into dishonor and disrepute"
1954 Armistice divides Vietnam into two countries
1954 Armistice for Indo-China signed, Vietnam separates into North and South
1954 Jeremy Coney, cricketer, NZ captain turned them into world-beaters
1954 European Convention on Human Rights goes into effect
1954 2 ton locomotive swept into ravine by avalanche 10 die (Austria)
1953 1st 3 Dutch female police officers go into service
1953 Black families move into Trumbull Park housing project in Chicago
1953 Dizzy Dean, Al Simmons Chief Bender, Bobby Wallace, Harry Wright, Ed Barrow, and Bill Klem and Tom Connolly are inducted into Hall of Fame
1953 Yankee Irv Noren hits into a triple-play, Yanks beat Washington 12-4
1953 Joe Adcock is 1st to homer into Polo Grounds' center field bleachers
1953 Billy Sheehan, rocker, Mr Big-Lean Into It
1952 Arab League security pact goes into effect
1952 Diane E[lizabeth] Duane, U.S., sci-fi author, Door into Fire
1951 Peabo Bryson, born in Greenville, South Carolina, R&B vocalist, I'm So into You
1950 Chinese troops cross 38th Parallel, into South Korea
1950 Indies Constitution goes into effect
1950 North Koreans troop reach Seoul, United Nations asks members to aid South Korea, Truman orders Air Force and Navy into Korean conflict
1950 Indians' Luke Easter hits longest ball in Cleveland Stadium history, 477 feet, into upper deck, Section 4
1949 Despite 71 injuries, Yankees have been in 1st place all season until Red Sox move into a tie for 1st place
1949 NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, goes into effect
1949 NBL and NBAA merge into National Basketball Association
1948 US State Department announces work on placing objects into Earth orbit
1948 6 female reservists become 1st women sworn into regular U.S. Navy
1948 20 Jews killed when a bomb is thrown into Jewish quarter of Cairo
1947 HUAC opens hearings into alleged Communist influence in Hollywood
1947 Balsa raft Kon Tiki crashes into a Polynesian archipelago reef
1947 200 die when train derails and fell into a river in Canton, China
1947 "Truman Doctrine" goes into effect, aiding Turkey and Greece
1947 Convention on International Civil Aviation goes into effect
1946 Part of East Prussia incorporated into Russian SFSR
1945 U.N. charter comes into effect
1945 UN's Food and Agriculture Organization comes into existence
1945 1st "bug" in a computer program discovered by Grace Hopper, a moth was removed with tweasers from a relay and taped into the log
1945 Airplane crashes into the Empire State Building
1945 U.S. Army B-25 crashes into 79th floor of Empire State Bldg, 14 die
1945 Canadian troops move into Amsterdam
1945 British troops pull into Utrecht, Netherlands
1945 Princess Irene Brigade moves into the Hague Neth
1944 Japanese kamikaze crashes into U.S. cruiser Nashville, kills 138
1944 1st allied ship sails into Schelde Antwerp
1944 British troops march into Athens
1944 Soviets march into Hungary and Czechoslovakia
1944 Russians march into Bulgaria; Bulgaria declares war on Germany
1944 Russian-Romanian troops march into Bucharest
1944 U.S. B-24 crashes into school in Freckelton England, 76 killed
1944 U.S. troop march into Guam
1944 Soviet Army marches into Lublin Poland
1944 Russian troops cross river Bug/march into Poland
1944 British troops march into Caen
1944 U.S. troop march into Carentan/Caumont, Normandy
1944 Allies march into Rome
1944 Billy Vera, musician, & Beaters-At This Moment, Into the Night
1944 Soviet Army marches into pro-German Romania
1944 Bus falls off bridge into Passaic River New Jersey, killing 16
1943 Bomb fleeing crowd falls into London shelter; 173 die
1943 New York Yankee Joe DiMaggio, enlists into the U.S. army
1943 British 8th army marches into Tripoli
1942 1st Japanese women camp (Ambarawa) goes into use
1942 Train crashes into bus, killing 16 and injuring 20 (Detroit Michigan)
1942 Anne Frank, 13, goes into hiding with her family and 4 other Jews
1942 Germany troop march into Woronezj
1942 Anne Frank's family goes into hiding in After House, Amsterdam
1942 Germany troop march into Sebastopol
1942 Hitler visits fieldmarshal Von Bocks headquarter/d into/d Ukraine
1942 Germany Armys march into Sebastopol
1942 Japanese troop march into Lashio, cuts off Burma Road
1942 U.S. move native-born of Japanese ancestry into detention centers
1942 Japanese troop march into Batavia
1942 Japanese troops march into Palembang, South Sumatra
1942 Daylight Savings War Time goes into effect in U.S.
1942 General Timoshenko's troops move into Ukraine
1941 State of siege goes into effect in Bohemia/Moravia
1941 Charles Lindbergh, charges "British, Jewish and Roosevelt administration" are trying to get U.S. into WW II
1941 Kovono Lithuanian Jews are herded into Slobodka ghetto
1941 Germans advanced into Russia and took Vilna, Brest-Litovsk and Kaunas
1941 Estonia loses 11,000 inhabitants as a consequence of mass deportations into Siberia
1941 Great British convoy marches into Alexandria
1941 Adolph Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland
1941 Russian-Japan no-attack treaty goes into effect
1941 Grand Coulee Dam in Washington goes into operation
1941 1st baseball player drafted into WW II (Hugh Mulcahy, Phillies)
1941 British troops march into Abyssinia
1940 Deadline for Warsaw Jews to move into Warsaw Ghetto
1940 40 hour work week goes into effect (Fair Labor Standards of 1938)
1940 Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia incorporated into Soviet Union
1940 Estonia is annexed into Soviet empire
1940 Lithuanian SSR is accepted into U.S.S.R.
1940 German armour division moves into Northern France
1939 Polish Jewish forced into obligatory work service
1939 German troops move into Danzig
1939 Hitler proclaims he wants to move into Poland
1938 Concentration camp at Flossenburg goes into use
1937 2nd Irish constitution goes into effect; Irish Free State renamed Erie
1936 1st giant panda imported into US
1936 Harry Froboess dives 110 m from airship into Bodensee and survives
1935 Saar incorporated into Germany
1935 Great airship, USS Macon, crashes into Pacific Ocean
1935 Oil pipeline Iraq-Mediterranean goes into use
1934 Black-McKeller Bill passes causes Bill Boeing empire to break up into Boeing United Aircraft [Technologies] and United Air Lines
1934 Tigers' Goose Goslin grounds into 4 straight double plays
1934 Babe Didrikson pitches an inning in an A's-Dodgers exhibition game Walks 1, hits the next guy, 3rd guy hits into triple-play
1934 Yuri Gagarin, born in Russia, cosmonaut, 1st man into space, aboard Vostok 1
1933 NFL divides into (2) 5 team divisions
1933 Congress is called into special session by FDR, and began its "100 days"
1933 20th Amendment goes into effect: President term begins in Jan not March
1932 Dnjepr Dam in U.S.S.R. put into operation (world's biggest)
1932 World Series moves to Chicago, In 5th inning, Babe Ruth waits until he has 2 strikes, points and hits next pitch into center field bleachers
1932 Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd merge into Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
1932 George Washington quarter goes into circulation
1931 His Master's Voice and Columbia Records merge into EMI
1931 Piccard and Knipfer make 1st flight into stratosphere, by balloon
1930 Baseball changes rule, ball bounces into stands not a HR, now a double
1930 Telephone connection England-Australia goes into service
1929 Jan Mayen island, 500 km NNE of Iceland, incorporated into Norway
1929 Democratic constitution goes into effect in Ecuador
1925 Harvey Haddix, baseball pitcher, pitched perfect game into 12th
1925 Philadelphia A's go into bottom of 8th inning trailing 15-4, then score 13 times to defeat Cleveland 17-15
1925 1st waterless gas storage tank put into service, Michigan City, Ind
1923 Yanks hit into a triple-play but beat A's 9-2
1923 Firestone puts their inflatable tires into production
1923 Flying Scotsman goes into service
1922 1st constitution of Irish Free State comes into operation
1921 Belgium's public library law goes into force
1921 Present constitution of Liechtenstein comes into effect
1920 Ireland divided into 2 parts, each with its own parliament
1920 USPD-KPD parties merge into Vereinigte Communist Party of Germany
1920 Bulgarian and allied Peace of Neuilly-sur-Seine goes into effect
1920 British Mandate over Palestine goes into effect, lasts 28 years
1920 18th Amendment, prohibition, goes into effect; repealed in 1933
1919 Yankee Muddy Ruel hits into a triple-play
1919 Austrian National Meeting affirms Anschluss (incorporate into Germany)
1918 1st daylight savings time in U.S. goes into effect
1918 Alick Wickham dives 200' into Australia's Yarra River
1917 Lawrence F O'Brien, Watergate conspirators broke into his office
1916 U.S. troops under Gen Pershing march into Mexico
1916 Germany troop march into Fort Faux, Verdun
1916 Belgian troop march into Kigali, German East-Africa
1916 Gen Pershing, 15,000 troops chasing Villa into Mexico, stays 10-mos
1915 Rationing laws go into effect in Netherlands
1915 British/South African troops march into German SW-Africa
1914 German forces move into Antwerp Belgium (WW I)
1914 German troops march into France pushes French army to the Sedan
1914 Von Ludendorff and von Hindenburg move into E Prussia enroute to Russia
1914 U.S. Army air service 1st comes into being, in Signal Corps
1913 President Woodrow Wilson signs Federal Reserve Act into law
1913 Federal Income Tax signed into law (at 1%)
1913 Serbian troops march into Albania
1913 Phillies and Braves tie record of only 1 run in a double header, Phillies win 1st game 1-0, then a scoreless tie into 10th
1913 Dutch Disability laws go into effect
1913 Montenegro troops march into Skoetari, North-Albania
1913 Department of Commerce and Labor split into separate departments
1913 1st prize inserted into a Cracker Jack box
1912 Plant Quarantine Act goes into effect
1912 British National Health Insurance Act goes into effect
1912 New York Giants lead Bost Braves 14-2 into 9th, Giants win 21-12
1910 1st Movie stunt: man jumps into Hudson river from a burning balloon
1909 1st subway car with side doors goes into service in New York City
1903 French Equatorial Africa separates into Gabon, Chad and Ubangi-Shari
1903 British forces under MacDonald and Young march into Tibet
1903 In 11th an old black ball is put into play against Cleve, Tigers' Nap Lajoie protests ignored, he hurls ball out of park and forfeits game
1901 Florence Elridge, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Long Days Journey into the Night
1900 Leon Kruczkowski, Polish author, Kordian into Cham
1900 Brig-General Broadwoods troops fall into guerrilla hands
1900 Compulsory education in Netherlands goes into effect
1898 Guomundur G Hagalin, Iceland author, Kristun/d into Hamravik
1898 Ottawa Football Club re-organizes into the Rough Riders
1898 Championship wrestling match at Met turns into a brawl
1897 Brooklyn's last day as a city, it incorporates into New York City (1/1/1898)
1893 Heavy rain wash "quick clay" into a deep valley, kills 111 (Norway)
1892 Jack Hulbert, born in Ely, England, actor, Into the Blue, Bulldog Jack
1892 David Garnett, England, novelist and editor, Lady into Fox
1890 1st signal box for San Francisco Police Department goes into operation
1890 Capt Guillaume of Kerckhoven marches into Boma Congo
1881 World's 1st elec tram goes into service in Lichterfelder (near Berlin)
1877 Nikolai A Nekrasov, Russian poet (Metshty into Zvuki), dies at 56
1877 Chase National Bank opens in New York City (later merges into Chase Manhattan)
1877 Nez Perce-indians flee into to Yellowstone National Park
1877 U.S. troops authorized to pursue bandits into Mexico
1875 William Bonwill, patents dental mallet to impact gold into cavities
1870 Joseph Rainey (SC) became 1st black sworn into House of Reps
1870 Rome is incorporated into Italy by royal decree
1868 Constitution of Grand Duchy of Luxembourg comes into effect
1867 U.S. Congress commission looks into "impeachment" of President Andrew Johnson
1866 Chicago water supply tunnel 3,227 m into Lake Michigan completed
1866 1st ambulance goes into service
1865 Fire alarm and police telegraph system put into operation in San Francisco
1864 Lee sends Early into Shenandoah Valley
1864 Confederate warship CSS Alabama runs into harbor of Cherbourg
1863 Harriet Tubman leads Union guerrillas into Maryland, freeing slaves
1863 1st wartime conscription law in U.S. goes into effect
1863 1st black Civil War regiment, South Carolina Volunteers, mustered into U.S. army
1862 Confederate armies officially divide into corps
1862 100,000 federal troops prepare to march into Corinth, Mississippi
1862 Felix Zollicoffer, Gen killed after mistakenly riding into Union lines
1861 Ft. Pikens, Florida falls into state hands
1854 Antwerp-Roosendaal railway goes into use
1854 Composer R Schumann is saved from suicide attempt into the Rhine
1853 Commodore Matthew Perry sails his frigate Susquehanna into Tokyo Bay
1845 Henry David Thoreau moves into his shack on Walden Pond
1835 HMS Beagle sails into Bay of Islands (New Zealand)
1835 HMS Beagle moves into Bay of Concepcion
1834 German Tolunie goes into effect
1829 Sam Patch, loses his live in a 125' dive into Genesse Falls
1829 "Stourbridge Lion" locomotive goes into service
1822 In San Salvador, a congress proposes incorporation into US
1822 1st eruption of Galunggung (Java) sends boiling sludge into valley
1822 Congress combined East and West Florida into Florida Territory
1817 Mississippi Territory is divided into Alabama Territory and Mississippi
1814 Britain and allies march into Paris after defeating Napoleon
1812 Waltz introduced into English ballrooms. Most observers consider it disgusting and immoral. No wonder it caught on!
1806 A side of Rossberg Peak collapses into Goldau Valley Switz, kills 500
1805 Napoleons army draws into the Rhine
1803 1,800 sovereign German states unite into 60 states
1800 John Adams is 1st President to move into the White House
1798 New conscription law goes into effect in France
1792 Prussia army moves into French territory
1791 President Washington calls the U.S. Senate into its 1st special session
1790 Chrysanthemums are introduced into England from China
1789 U.S. constitution goes into effect
1789 President-elect George Washington moves into Franklin House, New York
1788 U.S. Constitution goes into effect as New Hampshire is 9th to ratify
1787 Prussian army moves into Netherlands
1774 Chestertown tea party occurs (tea dumped into Chester River)
1765 Stamp Act goes into effect in British colonies
1759 Pope Clement XIII allows Bible to be translated into various languages
1746 Absalom Jones, Delaware, born into slavery
1745 Bonnie Prince Charlies army draws into Manchester
1745 Bonnie Prince Charlies army moves into Manchester and occupy Carlisle
1734 Spanish army under Don Carlos (III) draws into Naples
1688 Prince Willem III's troops pull into London
1667 French troops attack into Southern Netherlands
1662 Uniformity Act of England goes into effect
1655 Lord Protector Cromwell divides England into 11 districts
1653 British Barebones Parliament goes into session
1628 Meiboom in Quincy Mass) degenerates into orgy with indian women
1621 Sir Francis Bacon thrown into Tower of London for 1 night
1618 Prince Maurits' troops pull into Utrecht
1601 Earl Robert Devereux of Essex armies draws into London
1587 Sir Frances Drake sails into Cadiz Spain and sinks Spanish fleet
1569 Latvia Parliament accept Union of Lublin, incorporate into Poland
1556 Charles V and Maria of Hungary march into Spain
1553 Flemish woman introduces practice of starching linen into England
1544 William Gilbert, Essex England, physicist, researcher into magnetism
1534 Jacques Cartier 1st sails into mouth of St. Lawrence River
1534 Lubeck accept free Dutch ships into East Sea
1522 Treaty of Brussels: Habsburgers split into Spanish/Austrian Branches
1391 Mob led by Ferrand Martinez surounds and sets fire to Jewish quarter of Seville Spain, surviving Jews sold into slavery
1265 1st English Parliament called into session by Earl of Leicester
1199 Rambam (Maimonides) authorizes Samuel Ibn Tibbon to translate Guide of Perplexed from Arabic into Hebrew
1187 Saladins army marches into Jerusalem
1138 English defeated Scots at Cowton Moor Banners of various saints were carried into battle which led to being called Battle of the Standard
1110 Crusaders march into Beirut causing a bloodbath
1099 Crusaders herd Jews of Jerusalem into a synagogue and set it afire
609 Pope Boniface I turns Pantheon into Catholic church
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