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2009 En route from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Paris, Air France Flight 447 crashes into the Atlantic ocean, killing all 228 on board
2009 Iran launches first domestically made satellite, Omid, into orbit 2008 President George W. Bush signs the 700 billion dollar TARP program into law 2005 Wolfgang Bauer, writer, playwright, works translated into 24 languages, include, 'Magic Afternoon', 'Change', dies of heart failure in Graz, Styria 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 Brian Statham, cricketer, 20th century's leading fast bowler, inducted into ICC Cricket Hall of Fame, 2009, dies in Stockport, England, of leukemia, at age 69 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 Anatoli Boukreev, born in Russia, Anatolij Nikolaevich Bukreev, climber, mountaineer, made seven, 8,000-metre peaks without supplemental oxygen, died in avalanche on Annapurna, chronicled in books 'Into Thin Air', 'The Climb', dies at 39 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 Ivan V. Lalic, poet, awarded most prestigious literary prizes in Yugoslavia, poems are translated into more than twenty languages, dies at 65 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 home run 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 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 home run 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, New York 1988 Mike Schmidt passes Mickey Mantle with his 537th home run 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 home run, 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 home run 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 home run 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 home run 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 Mount 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 military 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 Baltimore 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 headquarters at the Watergate Hotel 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 Vice President 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-hour 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 home run 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 (Netherlands) 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 Military 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 Yankees 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) 1958 Anatoli Boukreev, born in Russia, Anatolij Nikolaevich Bukreev, climber, mountaineer, made seven, 8,000-metre peaks without supplemental oxygen, died in avalanche on Annapurna, chronicled in books 'Into Thin Air', 'The Climb' 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 Patrick McCabe, born in Clones, Ireland, novelist, wrote 'Butcher Boy', 'Breakfast on Pluto', both adapted into films by Neil Jordan 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, Senator-R-Wisconsin, 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, New Zealand 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, Yankees 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 1950 Cathy Sherk, born in Bancroft, Ontario, professional golfer, achieved No. 1 World ranking by Golf Digest, 1978, earned silver medal with Canadian team at 1978 World Amateur Golf Team Championships, joined LPGA tour, inducted into Canadian Golf Hall of Fame, 1995 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 U.S. 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 Building, 14 die 1945 Canadian troops move into Amsterdam 1945 British troops pull into Utrecht, Netherlands 1945 Princess Irene Brigade moves into the Hague Netherlands 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 Field Marshal 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 Doris Coley, born in Goldsboro, North Carolina, lead singer of The Shirelles, married names are Doris Coley Kenner and Doris Kenner Jackson, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 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 Wolfgang Bauer, born in Graz, Styria, writer, playwright, works translated into 24 languages, include, 'Magic Afternoon', 'Change' 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 Edward de Bono, physician, inventor, consultant, author, invented term lateral thinking, promoted deliberate teaching of thinking as a subject in public schools, advanced applied psychology, making theories about creativity, perception into usable tools 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 Ivan V. Lalic, born in Belgrade, Serbia, poet, awarded most prestigious literary prizes in Yugoslavia, poems are translated into more than twenty languages 1931 Piccard and Knipfer make 1st flight into stratosphere, by balloon 1930 Baseball changes rule, ball bounces into stands not a home run, now a double 1930 Brian Statham, born in Gorton, England, cricketer, 20th century's leading fast bowler, inducted into ICC Cricket Hall of Fame, 2009 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 1927 Oskar Pastior, born in Sibiu, Romania, poet, writer, translator, studied German at University of Bucharest, translated Romanian literature into German, among other works by Tudor Arghezi, Tristan Tzara, Gellu Naum, Urmuz 1926 Louise L. Hay, born in Los Angeles, California, motivational author, professional speaker, self-help and motivational writer, 'You Can Heal Your Life', 1984, on the New York Times Bestseller list, sold 35 million copies in 30 languages, made into movie of the same title, founder, Hay House Publishing 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 Yankees 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 Vaino Linna, born in Urjala, Finland, author, wrote Finnish books, Under the North Star translated into English by Richard Impola 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 David Wright, born in Johannesburg, South Africa, given name David John Murray Wright, editor of 'X', autobiography 'Deafness. A Personal Account' gives insight into deafness 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 General Pershing march into Mexico 1916 Germany troop march into Fort Faux, Verdun 1916 Belgian troop march into Kigali, German East-Africa 1916 General 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 1914 Sammy Baugh, born in Texas, American football player, coach, inducted into Pro Football Hall of Fame 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 Cleveland, 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 1901 George Keyt, born in Sri Lanka, artist, modern painter, cubist style, influenced by Henri Matisse, celebrated for line drawing translation of Gita Govinda into English and Sinhalese 1900 Leon Kruczkowski, Polish author, Kordian into Cham 1900 Bruno Apitz, born in Leipzip, Germany, writer, published poems in Communist newspapers, novel 'Nackt unter Wolfen', Naked Among the Wolves, translated into more than thirty languages 1900 Brigadier 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 Captain 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, General 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, Switzerland, 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 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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