2003 The Concorde made its last commercial flight, landing at Heathrow Airport, London
1993 Chinese MD82 makes crash landing at Urumqi, 12 killed
1993 Actress Michele Phillips (Knots Landing) is robbed at gunpoint
1993 CBS' Knots Landing ends 14 year run with 334th show in Netherlands
1993 Last broadcast of "Knots landing" on CBS
1992 Dutch DC-10 in fire at landing on Faro Portugal, 56 die
1992 Larry Riley, actor (Soldier Story, Knots Landing), dies of AIDS at 39
1991 Actor Ted Shackelford (Knots Landing) weds Annett Wolf
1990 Howard Duff, actor (Heist, Knots Landing), dies of heart attack at 72
1990 6th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Knots Landing wins
1987 Mathias Rust, 19, W. German pilot, makes unauthorized landing in U.S.S.R.
1980 Saudi Arabian Lockhead Tristar crashes on landing at Riyadh, 301 die
1979 "Knots Landing," premieres on CBS-TV
1977 Supersonic Concorde jet's 1st landing in New York City
1976 U.S. Viking 1 lands on Mars at Chryse Planitia, 1st Martian landing
1975 U.S.S.R.'s Venera 10 makes day-side Venus landing
1975 Viking 1 launched to orbit around Mars, soft landing
1975 U.S.S.R. launches Venera 10 for Venus landing
1975 U.S.S.R. launches Venera 9 for Venus landing
1974 Luna 23 launched (landing on Moon)
1973 BEA flight to Basel Switz, crashes on landing, killing 104 of 143
1973 U.S.S.R. launches Luna 21 for Moon landing
1972 Thomas Wilson Brown, actor, Jason-Knots Landing
1972 Apollo 17, last of Apollo Moon landing series, returns to Earth
1972 Apollo 17 (U.S.), final manned lunar landing mission, launched
1972 Venera 8 makes soft landing on Venus
1972 Apollo 16 launched; 5th manned lunar landing (Decartes Highlands)
1972 Luna 20 (Russia) launched to orbit and soft landing on Moon
1971 Apollo 15 launched (Scott and Irwin) to 4th manned landing on Moon
1971 Apollo 14 launched, 1st landing in lunar highlands
1971 Tonya Crowe, born in Long Beach, California, actress, Olivia-Knots Landing
1970 1st successful landing on Venus (U.S.S.R.)
1969 Kristy Swanson, actress, Knots Landing, Buffy Vampire Slayer
1969 Apollo 12 (Conrad/Gordon/Bean) launched for 2nd manned Moon landing
1969 U.S.S.R.'s Venera 6 launched for parachute landing on Venus
1969 U.S.S.R. Venera 5 launched for 1st successful planet landing (Venus)
1967 Surveyor 6 launched for soft landing on Moon
1967 U.S. launches Surveyor 6; makes soft landing on Moon Nov 9
1967 Surveyor 5 launched; makes soft landing on Moon Sept 10
1967 Surveyor 4 launched to Moon; explodes just before landing
1967 U.S.S.R. launches Venera 4 for parachute landing on Venus
1966 Pat Petersen, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Michael-Knots Landing
1966 Canadian Pacific airliner explodes on landing at Tokyo, 64 die
1966 1st soft landing on Moon (Soviet Luna 9)
1965 Ranger 8 makes hard landing on the Moon, returns photos, other data
1963 Nicollette Sheridan, Worthing England, actress, Paige-Knots Landing
1959 Teri Austin, born in Toronto, Canada, actress, Terminal Choice, Knots Landing
1959 Cessna lands in Las Vegas after 65 d without landing (refuels in air)
1958 Alec Baldwin, born in Amityville, New York, actor, Joshua-Knots Landing, Beetlejuice
1956 Lisa Hartman Black, Houston, singer and actress, Tabitha, Knots Landing
1955 Kim Lankford, born in Montebello, California, actress, Gingers-Knots Landing
1952 Larry Riley, born in Memphis, Tennessee, actor, Harry-Stir Crazy, Knots Landing
1952 1st landing by an airplane at geographic North Pole
1951 Penny Peyser, Irvington, New York, actress, Rich Man Poor Man, Knots Landing
1949 Joe Regalbuto, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Knots Landing, Frank-Murphy Brown
1949 Douglas Sheehan, born in Santa Monica, California, actor, Ben-Knots Landing
1947 Jane Elliot, New York City, actress, Baby Boom, Gen Hospital, Knots Landing
1947 British stop ships Independence and In-Gathering from landing in Israel
1946 Ted Shackelford, born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, actor, Gary-Dallas, Knots Landing
1946 Kathleen Noone, actress, All My Children, Party of 5, Knots Landing
1945 Allied landing at Ternate Molukkas
1944 Joanna Pettit, London, actress, Knots Landing, Cry of the Innocent
1944 During World War II, Allied forces begin landing at Anzio Italy
1943 Donna Mills, born in Chicago, Illinois, actress, Knots Landing, Incident
1943 Joint Chiefs of Staff question adm Nimitz (landing Gilbert Island)
1943 Joan Van, born in Arkansas, New York City, actress, Valene-Dallas, Knots Landing
1943 Kevin Dobson, born in Jackson Heights, New York, actor, Kojak, Knots Landing, Shannon
1942 Lt-gen Montgomery makes landing on Gibraltar
1942 John Pleshette, New York City, actor, Richard-Knots Landing, 7th Avenue
1942 Michele Lee, born in Los Angeles, California, actress and singer, Karen-Knots Landing, Love Bug
1942 Stephen Macht, Philadelphia. Pennsylvania, actor, Joe-Knots Landing, Cagney and Lacey
1940 2 German officers make emergency landing in Belgium
1923 Ruth Roman, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Sylvia-Knots Landing, Dallas
1917 Howard Duff, Bremerton Wash, actor, Flamingo Road, Knots Landing
1916 1st landing on Schiphol (Farman F-22 of Soesterberg)
1915 Old Fordham Road in Bronx renamed Landing Road
1911 1st shipboard landing of a plane (Tanforan Park to USS Pennsylvania)
1864 Battle of Blair's Landing Louisiana
1862 Battle of Malvern Hill, Virginia (Harrison's Landing, Crew's Farm)
1862 Battle of West Point, Virginia (Eltham's Landing, Barnhamsville)
1861 Battle of Mathias Point, Virginia - Rebel forces repel a Federal landing
1822 Denmark Vesey, and 5 aides hanged at Blake's Landing, Charleston, SC
1694 English troop landing at Brest attack, 300 killed
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