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2012 Event - Hurricane Sandy makes landfall in Cuba and Jamaica and heads towards The Bahamas 2012 Event - Mexico's state, Veracruz, experiences a natural disaster when Hurricane Ernesto makes landfall, killing at least three people 2012 Event - The planet Venus makes its last transit of the 21st century beginning at 22:09 UTC June 5, and ending 4:49 UTC June 6 2012 Event - The newly-elected President of France, Francois Hollande, makes a surprise visit to see the French troops in Afghanistan 2011 Event - The European Space Agency makes contact with the Fobos-Grunt probe 48 hours after the spacecraft's window for launch to Mars closes 2011 Event - China makes its first orbital docking as its unmanned Shenzhou 8 spacecraft successfully docks with the orbiting Tiangong 1 space station module 2011 Event - Queen Elizabeth II makes her 16th visit to Australia, commencing in the capital city of Canberra 2011 Event - Former Cuban President Fidel Castro makes his first appearance outside of Havana since leaving office in 2006, visiting a mausoleum in Artemisa 2011 Event - Cyclist Alberto Contador wins the 2010 Tour de France while seven-time winner of the event, Lance Armstrong, makes his final appearance 2011 Event - Major League Baseball history is made when Derek Jeeter of the New York Yankees makes a home run off of the Tampa Bay Rays, becoming the 28th member of the 3,000 hit club 2010 Event - The brightest object in the night sky next to the Moon is the planet Jupiter, as it makes its closest approach to Earth since 1963 2010 Event - The Queen Mary 2 makes her first port call in China at the Port of Shanghai, since her maiden voyage in 2004 2005 Event - Sony's PlayStation 3 makes it's debut at the E3 trade show 2005 Event - The Huffington Post weblog makes it's debut 2005 Event - Airbus A380 makes its first flight from Toulouse, France 1997 Event - Hideki Irabu makes his debut as a New York Yankee, he beats Tigers 10-3 1997 Event - FCC makes available 311 for non-emergency calls and 711 for hearing or speech-impaired emergency calls 1996 Event - Hasan Raza makes Test Cricket debut for Pakistan age 14 years 238 days 1996 Event - David Sales makes 210 on 1st class cricket debut for Northants vs. Worcs 1996 Event - 1st full ODI for the Netherlands, vs. New Zealand, cricket World Cup Nolan Clarke makes ODI debut for Netherlands at age 47 1995 Event - Ricky Ponting makes 96 on Test Cricket debut (Australia vs. Sri Lanka, WACA) 1993 Event - Chinese MD82 makes crash landing at Urumqi, 12 killed 1993 Event - Cosmonaut Aleksandr Serebrov makes record 9th space walk 1992 Event - Don Keller makes his 18,000th sky dive 1992 Event - Phils' Mickey Moradini makes an unassisted triple play 1991 Event - Nevada makes biggest comeback in NCAA football history, overcoming a 35-pt deficit in the 3rd quarter and rallying to beat Weber State 55-49 1991 Event - California University makes Dead Sea Scrolls public 1989 Event - Smith Dairy at Orrville Ohio, makes largest milk shake (1,575.2 gal) 1989 Event - Michael Changs French Open win makes him youngest male to go to finals 1989 Event - 1st U.S. private commercial rocket makes suborbital test flight (NM) 1989 Event - Boeing B-22 Osprey VTOL aircraft makes maiden flight 1988 Event - Soviet space shuttle makes unmanned maiden flight (2 orbits) 1988 Event - Yankees' Tommy John makes 3 errors on 1 play yet beats Brewers 16-3 1988 Event - Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder makes racist remarks about black athletes 1987 Event - Mathias Rust, 19, W. German pilot, makes unauthorized landing in U.S.S.R. 1987 Event - Richard Hadlee makes highest Test Cricket score of 151* (v Sri Lanka) 1986 Event - Halley's Comet makes closest approach to Earth this trip, 63 M km 1986 Event - Voyager 2 makes 1st fly-by of Uranus (81,593 km), finds new moons 1985 Event - Shelley Taylor of Australia makes fastest swim ever around Manhattan Island, doing it in 6 hours 12 minutes 29 seconds 1985 Event - Norman Gifford makes cricket ODI debuts at age 44 (v Australia, Sharjah) 1985 Event - Bruce Morris, Marshall University, makes a 92' 5" basketball shot 1984 Event - New Jersey Devils 1st shutout, Glenn Resch makes 42 saves beat Minn, 2-0 1984 Event - Imran Khan makes his 1st appearance for NSW Cricket 1984 Death - Esther Phillips, U.S. singer (What a Difference a Day Makes), dies at 48 1984 Event - Bruce McCandless, U.S., makes 1st untethered space walk 1983 Event - Gavaskar makes the highest Test Cricket score by an Indian, 236* vs. WI 1983 Event - Dick Smith makes 1st solo helicopter flight around the world 1982 Event - Cindy Nicholas of Canada makes her 19th swim of English Channel 1982 Event - Conestoga 1, 1st private commercial rocket, makes suborbital flight 1982 Event - Miguel Vasquez makes 1st public quadruple somersault on trapeze 1982 Event - Susan Birmingham makes loudest recorded human shout (120 dB) 1980 Event - Steve Ptacek in Solar Challenger makes 1st solar-powered flight 1980 Event - Les Henson, Virginia Tech, makes 89' 3" basketball field goal 1979 Event - Federal government makes a $1.5 billion loan to Chrysler 1979 Event - Pioneer 11 makes 1st fly-by of Saturn, discovers new moon, rings 1979 Event - Ian Botham makes 1000 runs/100 wkts in Tests in his 21st match 1979 Event - Pat Underwood makes his pitching debut for Detroit beats brother Tom 1979 Event - 1st brother Billy Carter makes allegedly anti-Semitic remarks 1979 Event - High-school player Daryl Moreau makes 126th consecutive free throws 1978 Event - Graig Nettles at 3rd makes many spectactular plays in WS game 3 as Guidry beats Dodgers, after trailing 2 games to 0 Yankees win next 4 1978 Event - Former President Nixon makes 1st public speech since resigning in 1974 1978 Event - Phillie Phanatic makes 1st appearance 1978 Event - Fred Newman makes 88 consecutive basketball free throws blindfolded 1977 Event - Space shuttle Enterprise makes 1st atmospheric flight 1977 Birthday - Brandy Gold, born in Northridge, California, actress, Annie-Baby Makes 5 1977 Event - Pope Paul VI makes 19th-cen bishop John Neumann 1st U.S. male saint 1977 Event - Shuttle Enterprise makes 1st Test flight atop a 747 jetliner 1975 Event - Peter Seitz makes Andy Messersmith and Dave McNally free agents 1975 Event - U.S.S.R.'s Venera 10 makes day-side Venus landing 1975 Event - Fred Newman makes 12,874 baskets in a one-day exhibition 1975 Birthday - Andre Gower, actor, Baby Makes 5, Fathers and Sons, Mr. President 1975 Event - U.S. Mariner 10 makes 3rd and final fly-by of Mercury 1974 Event - Helios 1 launched by U.S., Germany; later makes closest flyby of Sun 1974 Event - Oakland A's beat Los Angeles Dodgers, 4 games to 1 in 71st World Series makes A's only team other than Yankees to win 3 straight series 1974 Event - U.S. Mariner 10 makes 2nd fly-by of Mercury 1974 Event - Giants John Montefusco makes his major league debut 1974 Event - A's pitcher Paul Lindblad makes an errant throw in 1st inning of 6-3 loss to Baltimore ends his record streak of 385 consecutive errorless games 1974 Event - Greg Chappell makes 247* vs. New Zealand, 410 minutes, 29 fours 1 six 1973 Event - Willie Mays last hit, as Mets beat A's in World Series game 2 A's Mike Andrews makes 2 errors, prompting owner Finley to remove him 1973 Event - NCAA makes urine testing mandatory for participants 1972 Event - Venera 8 makes soft landing on Venus 1972 Event - John Sebastian makes 63 consecutive free throws while blindfolded 1971 Event - Soviet Union's Concorde, TU-144, makes its 1st appearance 1971 Event - Gavaskar makes 220 in 2nd inning vs. WI after 124 in 1st 1971 Event - Tigers ace reliever John Hiller, 27, sufferes a heart attack, but later makes a remarkable comeback to record 38 saves 1970 Event - Herbert Schmidtz makes highest parachute jump from a tower by leaping from a 1,984 ft TV mast in Tulsa, Oklahoma 1970 Event - Venera 7 launched, makes 1st softlanding on Venus 1970 Event - Concorde makes its 1st supersonic flight (700 MPH/1,127 KPH) 1970 Event - World's largest airplane, Boeing 747, makes 1st commercial flight 1970 Event - AAU player Steve Myers makes a basketball field goal of 92'3 " from out of bounds, Tacoma-it shouldn't have counted, but was allowed 1970 Event - Boeing 747 makes its maiden voyage 1969 Event - T Agee and Ed Kranepool home run, Agee makes 2 great catches, Mets win 5-0 1969 Event - Bob Dylan makes surprise appearance at Hibbing HS Minnesota 10th reunion 1969 Event - Britain's Trans-Arctic expedition makes 1st crossing of Arctic Sea ice 1968 Event - Washington Senator Ron Hansen makes 1st unassisted triple-play in 41 years 1968 Event - Washington D.C. Ron Hansen makes unassisted triple play vs. Cleveland 1968 Event - "What Makes Sammy Run?" closes at 84th St. Theater New York City after 540 performances 1967 Event - U.S. launches Surveyor 6; makes soft landing on Moon Nov 9 1967 Event - Mariner 5 makes fly-by of Venus 1967 Event - U.S. Surveyor 5 makes 1st chemical analysis of lunar material 1967 Event - Surveyor 5 launched; makes soft landing on Moon Sept 10 1967 Event - U.N. Secretary General U Thant makes public proposals for peace in Vietnam 1966 Event - Jimi Hendrix Experience makes its London debut at Bag O' Nails Club 1966 Event - Nigerians chief of staff Jakubu Gowon makes coup 1966 Event - Bob Cowper makes 307 vs. England at the MCG, 727 minutes, 20 fours 1965 Event - Gemini 6 launched; makes 1st rendezvous in space (with Gemini 7) 1965 Event - Doug Walters makes maiden Test ton in 1st Test, goes on to 155 1965 Event - "What Makes Sammy Run?" closes at 84th St. Theater New York City after 540 performances 1965 Event - Bevan Congdon makes a stumping as 12th man New Zealand vs. Pakistan 1965 Event - U.S.S.R. launches Voshkod 2; Alexei Leonov makes 1st spacewalk (20 minutes) 1965 Event - Ranger 8 makes hard landing on the Moon, returns photos, other data 1964 Event - "What Makes Sammy Run?" opens at 84th St. Theater New York City for 540 performances 1964 Event - Ranger 6 launched; makes perfect flight to Moon, but cameras fail 1962 Event - Doug Walters makes 1st-class debut for NSW 17 years 8 days 1962 Event - Mariner 2 makes 1st U.S. fly-by of another planet (Venus) 1962 Event - Bekkers of Bosch makes TV speech in Netherlands for birth control 1961 Event - 1st Saturn launch vehicle makes an unmanned flight test 1961 Event - American Harold Graham makes 1st rocket belt flight 1961 Event - British minister Enoch Powell makes medical insurance more expensive 1960 Event - Charlie Finley, makes a bid to purchase expansion LA Angels 1960 Event - John F. Kennedy makes missile gap the presidential campaign issue 1959 Event - Cleveland Browns' Jim Brown makes club record 37 rushing attempts 1959 Event - X-15 makes 1st unpowered flight, from a B-52 at 11,500 m 1958 Event - Indians' right fielder Rocky Colavito makes his pitching debut, hurling 3 hitless innings, Detroit 3, Cleveland 2 1957 Event - Jerry Lee Lewis makes his 1st TV appearance, Steve Allen Show 1957 Event - Elvis Presley makes his 7th and final appearance on Ed Sullivan Show 1956 Event - Charles Dumas, makes 1st high jump over 7' (2.13 m)-LA, California 1956 Event - Manhattan Borough President Hulan Jack makes plans for a new 110,000-seat stadium to entice Giants to stay in NY 1955 Event - Steve McQueen makes his network TV debut (Goodyear Playhouse) 1953 Event - Ian Craig makes Test Cricket debut at 17 years 239 days, youngest Aussie 1953 Event - Bobby Simpson makes 1st-class debut for NSW 16 years 357 days 1952 Event - Stan Musial makes his only major league pitching appearance 1952 Event - Richard Nixon makes his "Checker's" speech 1952 Event - Ian Craig makes NSW cricket debut aged 16 years 249 days (NSW record) 1951 Event - Ty Cobb testifies before the Emanuel Celler committee, denying that the reserve clause makes peons of baseball players 1950 Event - Phils pitcher Jim Konstanty makes record 71st appearance of year 1950 Event - Tommy Glaviano makes 3 consecutive errors on grounders 1949 Event - 1st British-produced jet bomber, Canberra, makes its 1st test flight 1947 Event - "Meet the Press" makes network TV debut on NBC 1947 Event - Chuck Yeager in Bell XS-1 makes 1st supersonic flight (Mach 1.015) 1947 Event - Al Gionfriddo makes a great catch off Joe Dimaggio in World Series 1947 Event - XB-45, 1st U.S. 4-engine jet bomber, makes 1st test flight, Muroc, California 1946 Event - Army rocket plane XS-1 makes 1st powered flight 1946 Event - Cubs Claude Passeau makes his 1st error since September 21, 1941, ending pitcher's fielding record of 273 consecutive errorless chances 1945 Event - Patton's 3rd Army makes contact with Hodge's 1st Army 1944 Event - Messerschmitt Me 262 Sturmvogel, 1st jet bomber, makes 1st flight 1943 Birthday - Barbara Acklin, Allen, Chicago, R&B singer, Love Makes a Woman 1942 Event - Bell P-59 Airacomet fighter, 1st U.S. jet, makes maiden flight 1942 Event - Cubs shortstop Leonard Merullo makes 4 errors in 1 inning 1942 Event - Lieutenant-general Montgomery makes landing on Gibraltar 1942 Event - Helicopter makes its 1st cross-country flight 1941 Event - Chicago Bears Ray McLean makes last NFL drop kick for an extra point 1941 Event - 101 year old Nyack-Tarrytown (NY) ferry makes it's last run 1941 Event - Cards' Stan Musial makes his major league debut, going 2-for-4 1941 Event - Vichy-France makes religious education in school mandatory 1941 Event - 1st highway post office makes 1st trip, Wash, DC-Harrisonburg, VA 1940 Event - Seaplane Clare makes 1st British passagiersvlucht to the U.S. 1939 Event - Erich Warsitz makes 1st jet-propelled flight (in a Heinkel He-178) 1939 Event - Heinkel He-178 makes 1st manned flight with rocket/jet propulsion 1939 Event - Lou Gehrig day; Gehrig makes "luckiest man" speech 1938 Event - Graf Zeppelin II, world's largest airship, makes maiden flight 1938 Event - Charlie Barnett makes 98 by lunch vs. Australia at Trent Bridge 1938 Event - New York makes syphilis test mandatory in order to get a marriage license 1937 Event - U.S. Social Security system makes its 1st benefit payment 1936 Event - Indians' Bob Feller makes his major league debut in relief 1936 Event - New York Yankee Joe DiMaggio makes his major-league debut, gets 3 hits 1936 Event - Spitfire makes it's 1st flight (Eastleigh Aerodrome in Southampton) 1935 Event - Nuremberg Laws deprives German Jews of citizenship and makes swastika official symbol of Nazi Germany 1934 Event - Congress approves "Lindbergh Act," makes kidnapping a capital offense 1933 Event - Franklin D. Roosevelt makes wine and beer with up to 3.2% alcohol legal 1932 Event - Philips makes 1 millionth radio 1932 Event - Franklin D. Roosevelt makes 1st presidential nominating conventional acceptance speech 1932 Event - Bradman makes 299* vs South Africa, runs out partner going for 300th 1931 Event - Congress makes "Star-Spangled Banner" our 2nd national anthem 1930 Event - Andrew Sandham makes Test Cricket 1st triple century 1930 Event - Les Ames makes the 1st Test Cricket century by a wicketkeeper (149) 1929 Event - Admiral Richard E Byrd makes 1st South Pole flight 1929 Event - Popeye makes 1st appearance, in comic strip "Thimble Theater" 1928 Event - Louis Armstrong makes 78 recording of "West End blues" 1928 Event - Juan de la Cierva makes 1st autogiro flight over English Channel 1927 Event - Grand Ole Opry makes its 1st radio broadcast, in Nashville, TN 1927 Event - Tiger 1st baseman Johnny Neun makes an unassisted triple play 1925 Event - New York's Jake Forbes makes 67 saves, Pitt's Ray Waters makes 70 1925 Event - Goodyear airship "Pilgrim" makes 1st flight (1st with enclosed cabin) 1925 Event - Pirate shortstop Glenn Wright makes an unassisted triple play 1925 Event - Tennessee makes it unlawful to teach evolution 1925 Event - U.S. Congress makes Surpreme Court appeal more difficult 1924 Birthday - Dinah Washington, Chicago, singer, What a Difference a Day Makes 1923 Event - Babe Ruth makes a postseason exhibition appearance in a Giants uniform 1922 Event - Pete Henry makes longest known NFL drop-kicked field goal, 45 yards 1921 Event - 1st U.S. helium-filled dirigible makes 1st flight 1921 Event - Turkey makes peace with Armenia 1920 Event - Roy Park makes 1st-ball duck in only Test Cricket India, vs. England at MCG 1920 Event - Indian Bill Wambsganns makes 1st unassisted World Series triple play 1920 Event - U.S. President Wilson makes Communist Labor Party illegal 1920 Event - Balfour Declaration recognized, makes Palestine a British Mandate 1919 Event - Leslie Irvin of U.S. makes 1st parachute jump and free fall 1915 Event - An LZ-38 Zeppelin makes an air raid on London 1914 Event - Babe Ruth makes his baseball debut, pitches for Red Sox 1913 Event - Frenchman Pegoud makes 1st parachute jump in Europe 1912 Event - Red Sox Tris Speaker's makes only world series unassisted double play, from the outfield 1912 Event - Captain Robert Scott, storm-bound in a tent near South Pole, makes last entry in his diary "the end cannot be far" 1912 Event - Albert Berry makes 1st parachute jump from an airplane 1912 Event - J. Vedrines makes 1st airplane flight over 100 mph - 161.29 kph 1910 Event - Fred Clarke makes a record 4 outfield assists for Pittsburgh 1910 Event - Pilot Charles Hamilton makes 1st 1-day round-trip from New York to Philadelphia 1909 Event - France's Louis Bleriot, makes 1st airplane flight across English Channel 1909 Event - Jim Thorpe makes his pro baseball pitching debut for Rocky Mount (ECL) with 4-2 win, this will cause him to forfeit his Olympic medals 1909 Event - Einar Dessau of Denmark makes 1st ham broadcast 1908 Event - Orville Wright makes 1st 1-hour airplane flight, Fort Myer, Va 1908 Event - H Kamerlingh Onnes makes helium liquid (-269 degrees C) 1908 Event - Fire makes 17,000 homeless in Chelsea Massachusetts 1908 Event - New York City regulation makes it illegal for a woman to smoke in public 1908 Event - Jack Hobbs makes his Test debut at the MCG (83 and 28) 1906 Event - Dutch law makes driver's license mandatory 1905 Event - Cleveland makes AL record 7 errors in an inning 1905 Event - Tiger Ty Cobb makes his debut, doubling off Yank Jack Chesbro 1904 Event - Wilbur Wright makes his 1st airplane flight 1904 Event - Ice cream cone makes its debut 1904 Event - Ty Cobb makes his pro debut for Augusta (South Atlantic League) 1903 Event - George Wyman makes 1st motorcycle trip across the US 1902 Event - Nathan Stubblefield makes 1st public demonstration of radio, Penn 1895 Event - Josephine Blatt (U.S.) makes hip-and-harness lift of 3564 lb (record) 1895 Event - Victor Trumper makes first-class debut for NSW 17 years 64 days 1888 Event - Bertha, wife of inventor Karl Benz, makes 1st motor tour 1884 Event - John Joseph Montgomery makes 1st glider flight, Otay, California 1878 Event - Edison makes electricity available for household usage 1875 Event - Emma Abbott, a floating hospital for sick kids, makes trial trip, New York City 1875 Event - Alexander Graham Bell makes 1st voice transmission 1869 Event - Hiram R. Revels makes 1st official speech by a black in the Senate 1858 Event - Lincoln makes a speech about when you can fool people 1854 Event - Pope Pius IX proclaims Immaculate Conception, makes Mary, free of Original Sin 1852 Event - Henri Giffard, a French engineer, makes 1st dirigible flight 1852 Event - Ohio makes it illegal for children under 18 and women to work more than 10 hours a day 1833 Event - John Deere makes 1st steel plow 1831 Event - 1st practical U.S. coal-burning locomotive makes 1st trial run, Pennsylvania 1831 Event - 1st US-built locomotive to pull a passenger train makes 1st run 1829 Event - President Jackson makes an offer to buy Texas, but Mexican government refuses 1819 Event - William Herschel makes last telescopic observation of 1819 comet 1812 Event - Lord Byron makes his maiden speech in House of Lords 1798 Event - U.S. law makes aliens "liable to be apprehended, restrained, ... and removed as alien enemies" 1797 Event - Andre-Jacques Garnerin makes 1st parachute jump from balloon (Paris) 1793 Event - Jean Pierre Blanchard makes 1st balloon flight in North America 1783 Event - Jean Pilatre de Rozier makes captive-balloon ascent 1660 Event - Denmark king Frederik III makes coup 1641 Event - Emperor Ferdinand III makes appointments with Sweden and France 1555 Event - Emperor Charles V makes Erard of Pallandt earl of Culemborg 1518 Event - English cardinal Thomas Wolsey makes European plan 1514 Event - Copernicus makes his 1st observations of Saturn 1322 Event - Emperor Godaigo, makes Sojiji monastery. chief monastery of Soto Sect 1310 Event - German king Heinrich VII makes his son Johan king of Bohemia 1307 Event - German king Albrecht I makes his son Rudolf king of Bohemia 754 Event - Pope Stephen II, III, makes Pippin de Korte, King of France |
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