2004 U.S. troops launch offensive on Falluja
1997 Progress M-35 Soyuz Launch (Russia)
1997 Intelsat 802 Ariane 4 Launch, Successful
1997 Feng Yun-2B Long March 3 Launch (China), Successful
1997 Cosmos 2344 Proton-K Launch (Russia), Failed
1997 Telstar-5 Proton Launch, Successful
1997 Cosmos Zenit-2 Launch (Russia), Failed
1997 Thor-2A Delta 2 Launch (Norway/USA), Successful
1997 ABC News and Starwave Corp launch ABCNEWS.com
1997 Iridium-1 Delta 2 Launch, Successful
1997 Progress M-34 Launch (Russia)
1994 IRA launch 1st of 3 mortar attacks on London's Heathrow Airport
1993 Vladimir Pavlovich Barmin, Chief designer of Soviet launch pads, dies
1992 Fox is to launch Tuesday night network TV, rescheduled to Decemeber
1988 Alexander Volkov, Sergei Krikalev and Jean-Loup Chretien launch
1988 Pioneer 6's closest approach to Earth since 1965 launch (1.87 M km)
1988 Soviets 1st scheduled shuttle launch (postponed)
1987 Discovery moves to Launch Pad 39B for STS-26 mission
1987 1st Energiya Launch (U.S.S.R.)
1985 STS 51-L vehicle moves to Launch Pad 39B
1985 STS 61-C vehicle moves to launch pad
1985 STS 61-B vehicle moves to launch pad
1985 Challenger vehicle moves to launch pad for STS 61A mission
1985 Atlantis moves to launch pad for 51-J mission
1985 Suisei Launch (Halley's Comet Flyby)
1985 STS 51-I vehicle moves to launch pad
1985 STS 51-F launch scrubbed at T -3s because of main engine shutdown
1985 STS 51-F vehicle moves to launch pad
1985 STS 51-G vehicle moves to launch pad
1985 Challenger moves to launch pad for 51-B mission
1985 STS 51-D vehicle moves to launch pad
1985 STS 51-E vehicle moves to launch pad
1985 Discovery moves to launch pad for STS 51-C mission
1984 STS 51-A mission; launch
1984 STS 51-A launch scrubbed because of high shear winds
1984 STS 51-A launch vehicle moves to launch pad
1984 STS 41-G launch vehicle moves to launch pad
1984 STS 41-D vehicle again moves out to launch pad
1984 STS 41-D launch attempt scrubbed because of computer problem
1984 STS 41-D vehicle moves to launch pad
1984 STS 41-C vehicle moves to launch pad
1984 STS 41-B vehicle moves to launch pad
1983 STS-9 vehicle again moves to launch pad
1983 STS-9 vehicle moves to launch pad
1983 STS-8 vehicle moves to launch pad
1983 Challenger moves to launch pad for STS-7
1982 STS-6 vehicle moves to launch pad
1982 STS-5 vehicle moves to launch pad
1982 STS-4 Launch (Columbia)
1982 Soyuz T-6 Launch (U.S.S.R.)
1982 STS-4 vehicle moves to launch pad
1982 Launch of STS-3-Lousma and Fullerton [03/23]
1982 Assembled STS-3 vehicle moves from Vandenberg AFB to launch pad
1981 Columbia shuttle launch scrubbed with 31 secs remaining
1981 Space Shuttle vehicle moves to Launch Complex 39A for STS-2 mission
1980 Shuttle STS-1 moves from Vandenberg AFB to Launch Complex 39A
1980 China PR launch 1st intercontinental rocket
1980 Vostok rocket exploded on launch pad while being refueled, killing 50
1975 Viking 2 Mars probe launch
1975 Soyuz 18A launch aborted short of orbit; cosmonauts return safely
1974 Titan-Centaur Test launch fails
1970 Zond 8 Launch (Moon Orbit and Return)
1970 Luna 16 Launch (Moon Sample Return)
1969 Launch of Mariner 7, flies 2,190-mi above southern Mars
1968 Launch of Zond 6, 2nd unmanned circumlunar and return flight
1968 Launch of Zond 5, 1st lunar fly-around with Earth reentry
1968 Beatles launch "Apple Records" label
1968 Vietcong launch Tet-offensive on U.S. embassy in Saigon
1967 U.S.S.R. Kosmos 186 and 188 make 1st automatic docking and Venmera 13 launch
1967 Mariner 5 Launch, Venus Flyby
1967 San Marco 2 Launch (1st Equatorial Launch)
1966 Soviets launch Kosmos 110 with Veterok and Ugolek, 1st 2-dog crew
1966 French satellite Diapason D-1A launch into Earth orbit
1965 Launch of 1st Soviet communications satellite
1964 Launch of Voskhod 1, 1st 3 man crew (Komarov, Feokistov, Yegorov)
1964 U.S.S.R. launch 3 Kosmos satellites
1964 Centaur 3 launch vehicle fails to make Earth orbit
1964 Iranian motor launch catches fire and sinks killing 113 (Persian Gulf)
1962 Launch of Alouette 1, 1st Canadian satellite (on U.S. Delta rocket)
1962 U.S. U-2 flight sees SAM launch pads in Cuba
1962 1st Atlas Centaur Launch
1962 U.S. and U.K. launch Ariel; 1st international payload
1962 Launch of OSO 1, 1st astronomy satellite (solar flare data)
1961 1st Saturn launch vehicle makes an unmanned flight test
1961 1st Saturn launch vehicle made a flight test
1961 Launch of Mercury 4 (Liberty Bell) with Grissom
1961 Launch of Transit 4a, with 1st nuclear power supply (SNAP-3)
1961 Unmanned Mercury test explodes on launch pad
1960 Disaster on U.S.S.R. (Baikonoer) launch pad, kills missile expert Nedelin and team (165 die-unconfirmed); U.S.S.R. claims killed in plane crash
1960 U.S.S.R. launch 1st (unmanned) space capsule
1960 1st launch of Delta satellite launching vehicle; it failed
1959 Launch of Discoverer 1 (WTR)-1st polar orbit
1957 1st U.S. attempt to launch a satellite fails - Vanguard rocket blows up
1957 1st test firing of Vanguard satellite launch vehicle, TV-3
1955 Construction begins on Soviet cosmodrome launch facilities
1950 V-2/WAC Corporal rocket launch; 1st launch from Cape Canaveral
1948 US announced a study to launch an Earth satellite
1946 1st U.S. launch of captured V-2 rocket, White Sands, NM; 8 km alt
1945 JPL WAC Corporal Launch (1st Man-Made Object to escape Atmosphere)
1944 Germans launch counteroffensive at Anzio Italy
1942 Launch of 1st A-4/V-2 rocket to altitude of 53 miles (85 km)
1942 1st V-2 rocket launch, Peenemunde, Germany; reached 1.3 km
1941 Germans launch attack on Moscow
1918 During WW I, U.S. forces launch an attack on German-occupied St. Mihiel
1918 U.S. and French forces launch Aisne-Marne offensive in WW I
1916 Giants beat Brooklyn 4-1, to launch New York's record 26-game winning streak
1783 Montgolfier brothers launch 1st hot-air balloon, unmanned
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