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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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