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2001 Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) spacecraft becomes first vehicle to land on an asteroid (433 Eros)
1996 Granville James Leveson Gower, land owner, dies at 77 1996 George Houston, land economist, dies at 74 1995 David Land, impressario, dies at 77 1995 Eleanore M "May" Sarton, Belg/US writer (Land of Silence), dies at 83 1994 Jimmy Buddy Lee Land Ace, singer, dies at 57 1994 "No Man's Land" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 61 performances 1994 "No Man's Land" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 61 performances 1992 Operation Restore Hope - U.S. Marines land in Somalia 1991 Irwin Allen, dir (Land of the Giants, Poseidon Adventure), dies at 75 1991 Edwin H Land, inventor (Polaroid Camera), dies at 81 1990 Egypt and Morocco troops land in Saudi Arabia to prevent Iraqi invasion 1987 Bob Land wins his 6th straight Kenduskeag Stream Canoe Race 1986 Kurt Browning (Canada) becomes 1st skater to land a quadruple jump 1986 Protesters try to stop Land Rover motor company being sold to U.S. 1985 U.S. fighter jets force Egyptian plane carrying hijackers of Italian ship Achille Lauro to land in Italy, gunmen are placed in custody 1982 U.S. Marines land in Beirut, Lebanon 1980 Iris Meredith, actress (Lawless Land, Gambling Terror), dies at 64 1979 Stanley Barrett 1st to exceed land sonic speed (739.666 MPH) 1976 4th Space Shuttle Enterprise, approach and land test (ALT) flight 1976 Israel kills 6 Palestinians protesting land confiscation 1976 Chris Kenner, rhythm and blues singer, songwriter, recording artist, 1961 hit I Like It Like That was on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart, song Land of a Thousand Dances was recorded by Patti Smith, and others, dies 1975 William F Jenkins, author (Time Tunnel, Land of Giants), dies at 78 1975 Harold Pinter's "No Man's Land," premieres in London 1975 Ice thickness measured at 4776 m, Wilkes Land, Antarctica 1974 June Harrison, actress (Land of the Lawless), dies at 48 1974 Skylab 4's astronauts land 1973 Skylab 2's astronauts land 1972 Apollo 16's Young and Duke land on Moon with Boeing Lunar Rover #2 1971 Soviet Mars 3 is 1st to soft land on Mars 1971 Soviet Mars 2 becomes 1st spacecraft to crash land on Mars 1971 U.S.S.R. Mars 3 launched, 1st spacecraft to soft land on Mars 1971 U.S.S.R. launches Mars 2, 1st spacecraft to crash land on Mars 1970 Soviet Venera 7 is 1st spacecraft to land on another planet (Venus) 1970 1st Boeing 747 to land in Amsterdam and Brussels 1970 Edwin Land patents Polaroid camera 1970 Apollo 13 launched to Moon; unable to land, returns in 6 days 1969 Apollo 11, carrying 1st men to land on Moon, launched 1969 Thor Heyerdahl and reed raft Ra II land in Barbados 57 days from Morocco 1967 U.N. Sec council passes resolution 242 - Israel must give back occupied land 1966 Beatles land in Tokyo for a concert tour 1965 Venera 3 launched, 1st to land on another planet (crashes into Venus) 1965 Craig Breedlove sets land speed record (600.601 mph-966.57 kph) 1965 Lee Breedlove sets female land speed record (308.56 MPH) in Utah 1965 Dan Land, NFL cornerback and safety for the Oakland Raiders 1965 Luna 5 launched (U.S.S.R.) 1st attempt to soft land on Moon (fails) 1964 Paula Murphy sets female land speed record 226.37 MPH 1964 Beatles land at New York's JFK airport, for 1st U.S. tour 1962 Andy Green, UK, 1st to break sound barrier on land 1962 500 Indonesian parachutist land on New-Guinea 1962 Indonesian paratroopers land in New Guinea 1962 Donald Jackson of Canada, is 1st to land a triple lutz ice skate jump 1961 1,400 Cuban exiles land in Bay of Pigs attempt to overthrow Castro 1959 Soviet Union's Luna-2 is 1st spacecraft to land on the Moon 1959 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Land of the Sky Golf Tournament 1958 Government troops land on North-Celebes Indonesia 1958 Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Land of Sky Golf Open 1958 Government troops land in Sumatra Indonesia 1957 Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Land of Sky Golf Open 1957 Ryan X-13 Vertijet becomes 1st jet to take-off and land vertically 1956 Britain and France land forces in Egypt 1956 1st American to land an airplane at South Pole - Rear Admiral G. J. Dufek 1956 French commandos land in Algeria 1954 Indonesian troops land in New-Guinea 1954 1st VTOL, Vertical Take-off and Land, flown 1952 Beverly Johnson, model/actress, Ashanti Land of No Mercy 1952 Wendy Phillips, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Executive Suite, Promised Land 1950 During Korean conflict, United Nations forces land at Inchon in South Korea 1950 U.S. troop land on Wolmi-Do island off of Seoul 1950 Indonesian troops land on Buru, South-Molukka 1949 Bhutan, land of Dragon, becomes an independent monarchy 1948 Brian Eno, Woodbridge England, rock keyboardist/singer, On Land 1947 Ry[land] Cooder, born in Louisiana, blues guitarist, Crossroads 1947 1st instant developing camera demonstrated in New York City, by E H Land 1946 Dutch troops land at Batavia/Semarang 1946 Dutch troops land on East Bali 1945 U.S. troops land in Japan after Japanese surrender 1945 Allies troop land on Balikpapan 1945 U.S. troops land on He Shima Okinawa 1945 U.S. troops land on Tsugen Shima Okinawa 1945 30,000 U.S. Marines land on Iwo Jima 1945 U.S. forces land on Corregidor, complete conquest on March 3 1945 British troops land on Ramree, near coast of Burma 1945 Scottish 52nd land division/1st Commando brigade-assault at Heinsberg 1945 Allies land on west coast of Burma, conquer Akyab 1944 U.S. forces land in Philippines 1944 Allied troops land in Corfu 1944 British troops land on Greek continent 1944 Operation Market Garden: Polish paratroopers land at Driel 1944 U.S. troops land on Ulithi 1944 1st V-2 rockets land in London and Antwerp 1944 Operation Anvil: Allies land on French Mediterranean sea coast 1944 Operation Dragoon: Allied troops land in Provence 1944 U.S. troops land on Tinian 1944 U.S. forces land on Guam to get rid of Japanese invaders 1944 Allies land on Vogelkop, New Guinea 1944 Allies land on Biak, Indonesia (operation Horlicks) 1944 Operation Straightline: Allies land in Netherlands New-Guinea 1944 Allies land near Hollandia, New-Guinea 1944 U.S. troop land on Los Negros, Admirality Islands 1943 U.S. troops land on Abemada, Gilbert Island 1943 U.S. forces land on Tarawa and Makin Atoll in Gilbert Island 1943 Russian troops land on Kertsj peninsula 1943 U.S. troops land on Bougainville Island on Solomon Island 1943 U.S., British and French troops land in Salerno (operation Avalanche) 1943 Allies land on Kiska Aleutians 1943 U.S. amphibians land at Brolo on north coast of Sicily 1943 U.S. amphibians land at St. Agata on North coast of Sicily 1942 Allies under Eisenhower land in N-Africa (Casablanca) 1942 Operation "Torch" began as U.S. and British forces land in French N Afr 1942 German troops land on Taman peninsula 1942 1st U.S. flights to land on Guadalcanal 1942 Carlson's Raiders land on Makin, Gilbert islands, kill 350 Japanese 1942 Miguel Littin, actor, Promised Land, Alsino and Condor 1942 Japanese troop land on Kiska, Aleutians 1942 Japanese troop land on North-Sumatra 1942 Japanese land in Java, last Allied bastion in Dutch East Indies 1942 Japanese troops land on Timor 1942 Japanese troop land on Bali 1942 Japanese parachutists land near oil center Palembang Sumatra 1942 Japanese troops land near Makassar, South Celebes 1942 Japanese troops land on Ambon 1942 Japanese troops land at oil center Balikpapan in Borneo 1941 Japanse troops land on Hong Kong 1941 Australian bombers land on Timor/Ambon 1941 U.S. troops land on Suriname to protect bauxite mine 1941 Japanese forces land in Indo-China 1941 U.S. forces land in Iceland to forestall Nazi invasion 1941 British troop land in Iraq/Yugoslavia; surrender to nazis 1940 British troops land at Narvik, Norway 1940 Allied troops land in Norway 1939 Norway claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica 1938 Hitler issues ultimatum to Czechoslovakian government, demanding Sudenten Land 1937 Buddy Jimmy Lee Land Ace, singer 1937 Larry Boxx, founder, Land B Computer Serv 1936 1st KLM airplane to land on Bonaire 1936 Gary Conway, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Burke's Law, Land of the Giants 1934 Bob Martinez, born in America, served as Mayor of Tampa, Florida and 40th Governor of Florida, initiated Preservation 2000, America's largest environmental land acquisition program, appointed Drug Czar by President George H.W. Bush 1933 Gerrit J M Braks, Dutch minister of agriculture and land and fishing, CDA 1933 DRG Andrews, CEO, Land Rover-Leyland 1931 Jan Torell, Limhamm Sweden, director, New Land, Emigrants 1931 Operette "Land of Smiles," premieres in London 1930 British White Paper restricts Jews from buying Arab land 1929 Chris Kenner, born in Kenner, near New Orleans, Louisiana, rhythm and blues singer, songwriter, recording artist, 1961 hit I Like It Like That was on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart, song Land of a Thousand Dances was recorded by Patti Smith, and others 1928 David Somerset, born in England, David Robert Somerset, 11th Duke of Beaufort, British peer, criticized for accepting public funds on riverbed land granted to his dukedom 400 years ago 1927 Matilde Serao, Tuffolina, Italian writer (Land of Cockayne), dies 1927 1,000 U.S. Marines land in China to protect American property 1926 U.S. Marines land in Nicaragua (9-mo after leaving), stay until 1933 1926 Land at Broadway and Wall Street sold at a record $7 per sq inch 1925 David Bache, born in Worcestershire, England, David Ernest Bache, son of footballer Joe Bache, car designer, worked with Rover, established design company David Bache Associates, created the Land Rover, Series II Land Rover 1925 Peter Lane, born in England, Baron Lane of Horsell, Lord Land of Horsell, politician, businessman, Conservative Party, served in Royal Navy, life peer, House of Lords 1921 George Houston, land economist 1921 Countess of Sutherland, English great land owner/multi-millionaire 1919 Ross and Smith land in Australia from a flight from London 1919 Duke of Rutland, British land owner/multimillionaire 1919 1st parcel of land is purchased for Cleveland Metroparks 1918 Granville James Leveson Gower, land owner 1918 U.S. troops land in Archangel, Russia, stay 10 months 1918 U.S. troops land in Vladivostok, Siberia, stay until 1920 1918 David Land, impressario 1917 Pravda (Lenin names Russia "Free land of world") 1917 1st federal land bank chartered 1916 Irwin Allen, born in New York City, director, Land of the Giants, Poseidon Adventure 1915 78,000 ANZAC troops land at Gallipoli 1914 George "Tiger" Haynes, guitarist/actor, Land Without Music, Guv'nor 1914 South African troops land in German South West Africa 1914 British field marshal John French and General Wilson land in France 1914 1st air flight out of sight of land, Scotland to Norway 1913 Webb Alien Land-Holding Bill passes, forbidding Japanese from owning land 1912 Woodie Guthrie, folk singer, This Land Is Your Land 1912 U.S. Marines land on Cuba 1910 Barney Oldfield sets land speed record of 131.7 mph at Daytona 1909 Edwin H Land, inventor, instant photography, Polaroid, 1909 Edwin H. Land, American Inventor 1908 Alain Cuny, actor, Detective, Weite Land, Emmanuelle 1900 2,000 marines land to capture Beijing, ending Boxer rebellion 1898 1st U.S. troops land and occupy Puerto Rice, at Guanica Bay 1898 1st U.S. Marines land in Cuba during Spanish-American War 1898 600 U.S. Marines land at Guantanamo Cuba 1898 U.S. Marines land in Cuba, during Spanish-American War 1896 William Fitzgerald Jenkins, author, Time Tunnel, Land of Giants 1896 Marines land in Nicaragua to protect U.S. citizens 1892 Vita Sackville-West, born in England, novelist/poet, The Land 1889 Oklahoma land rush officially started; some were "sooner" 1882 British under General Wolseley land in Alexandria 1880 John Sutter, U.S. colonist (gold discovered on his land), dies at 77 1874 U.S. troops land in Honolulu to protect the king 1868 Mary Austin, Illinois, feminist/nature writer, Land of Little Rain 1866 Steamship London sinks in storm off Land's End England, kills 220 1865 Army commander in South Carolina orders Freedmen's Bureau to stop seizing land 1865 Last land action of Civil war at Palmito Ranch, Texas 1865 General Wm Sherman issues Field Order #15 (land for blacks) 1864 Land and naval action new Brazos Santiago, Texas 1862 Land Grant Act endows state colleges with federal land 1862 Lincoln signs act granting land for state agricultural colleges 1862 Homestead Act becomes law provides cheap land for settlement of West 1861 1st Civil War land battle-Union defeats Confederacy at Philippi, WV 1860 Congress accepts Pre-emption Bill: free land in West for colonists 1856 Matilde Serao, Tuffolina, Italian writer, Land of Cockayne 1854 Allied armies, including those of Britain and France, land in Crimea 1854 1st park land purchased by a U.S. city, Worcester, Massachusetts 1853 Austrian law forbids Jews from owning land 1842 Indians land in Ohio, a 12 mile area in Upper Sandusky 1840 Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, England, writer, Irish Land League 1840 Dumont D'Urville discovers Adelie Land, Antarctica 1839 Henry George, land reformer/writer, Progress and Poverty 1838 Alice Cunningham Fletcher, ethnologist, Stranger in Her Native Land 1836 HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin reach Diemen's Land, also known as Tasmania, Australia 1825 Creek Indian treaty signed. Tribal chiefs agree to turn over all their land in Georgia to the government and migrate west by Sept 1, 1826 1811 Albertus C. van Raalte, Dutch / U.S. vicar, owned land in Michigan 1809 Juliusz Slowacki, Polish poet, Trip to H Land 1799 1st federal forestry legislation authorizes purchase of timber land 1798 1st direct federal tax on states-on dwellings, land and slaves 1787 French government proclaims end to stamp/land tax 1785 Frederick Philipse 3, land owner (Bronx, Westch and Putnam), dies at 65 1755 Transylvania Land Co. buys Kentucky for $50,000 from a Cherokee chief 1724 Emperor Charles VI names Maria Elisabeth land guardian of Austria / Netherlands 1720 Frederick Philipse III, New York City, land owner, Bronx, Westchester and Putnam 1716 Eugenius of Savoye named land guardian of Austrian Netherlands 1697 Willem de Vlamingh returns to Batavia after exploring "South Land" 1692 King Maximilian installed as land guardian of South Netherlands 1685 Don Francisco de Agurto installed as land guardian of S Netherlands 1676 Battle at land: Danish and Dutch fleet under CM Tromp beats Sweden 1676 Creutz, Swedish Admiral (land), dies in battle 1676 Uggla, Swedish Admiral (land), dies in battle 1675 Francisco de Moura y Cortereal, Span land guardian of Netherlands (1664-68) 1675 Don Carlos de Gurrea/Aragon becomes Spanish land guardian of S Netherlands 1663 Frans Eugenius, duke/prince of Savoye/land guardian of Austria-Netherlands 1642 Abel Janzoon Tasman discovers Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) 1641 Don Francisco de Mello appointed land guardian of South Netherlands 1639 Massachusetts grants 500 acres of land to erect a gunpowder mill 1631 Ferdinand of Austria installed as land guardian of S Netherlands 1630 Swedish troops under Gustaf II Adolf land at Peenemunde 1628 Puritans land at Salem, from Mass Bay Colony, witches soon to settle 1621 John Pieterszoon Coen's troops land on Lontor, East Indies 1620 Mayflower pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock 1620 103 Mayflower pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock 1620 41 pilgrims land in Massachusetts, sign Mayflower Compact (just and equal laws) 1619 1st black Americans (20) land at Jamestown, Virginia 1607 1st British to establish an American colony land at Cape Henry, Va 1600 Andreas of Austrian, Land Guardian of Netherlands (1598-1600), dies at 42 1597 Land guardian Albrecht occupies Amiens on France 1595 King Philip II names Albrecht of Austria land guardian of Netherlands 1592 Alexander Farnese, land guardian of Netherlands (1579-92), dies at 46 1590 Floris Thin, politician/land advocate of Utrecht, dies 1579 Artois/Henegouwen/French-Flanders sign Treaty/Peace of Parma recognizing Spanish duke van Parma as land guardian 1578 Don Juan d'Austria, Spanish land guardian of Netherlands, dies at 31 1578 Juan de Escobedo, secretary of Spanish land guardian Don Juan, murdered 1577 Spanish land guardian Don Juan of Habsburg signs "Eternal Edict" 1573 Don Luis de Requesensy Zuniga succeeds duke of Alva as land guardian of Netherlands 1567 Duke of Alva becomes land guardian of Netherlands 1566 Land guardian Margaretha van Parma grants Calvinists rights 1558 Charles, earl of Lalaing/land guardian of the Netherlands, dies at 52 1552 Land guardians of Netherlands attacks Verdun 1549 Barthout van Assendelft, 1st land advocate of Holland, dies 1547 Jan of Austria, Spanish military man/land guardian of the Netherland 1544 Adrian van Goes becomes land advocate of Holland 1524 Giovanni de Varrazano of France sights land around area of Carolinas 1509 Emperor Maximilian I names Margaretha land guardians of Netherlands 1492 Christopher Columbus and ship Santa Maria land in Dominican Republic 1492 Columbus' ships sites land on the horizon (Bahamas) 1492 Crewman on Pinta sights "land"-a few weeks early 1487 Lord Lovell and John de la Poles army land at Furness Lancashire 1474 Peter van Hagenbach, Elzasser knight/land guardian, beheaded 1474 Breisach land guardian Peter von Hagenbach throws out Walloon/Italians 1472 Pieter Bladelin, Belgium, land owner (Middelburg castle), dies 1262 Shinran, founder of Japan's True Pure Land Buddhist sect, dies 1167 John "without a land", king of England, 1199-1216 |
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