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2000 Conjunction of Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Moon
1999 Next transit of Mercury visible in North America 1998 WNBA Championships, Houston Comets beat Phoenix Mercury 2 games to 1 1997 Mercury Mail announces its 1 millionth internet subscriber 1992 All star concert in memory of Freddie Mercury held at Wembley Stadium 1991 Freddie Mercury, British singer (Queen), dies of AIDS at 45 1991 A day before he dies, Freddie Mercury, 45, confirms he has AIDS 1981 Former Dolphin, Mercury Morris, is sentenced to 20 years for drug trafficing, conspiracy, and possession of cocaine 1975 Molly Tuter, WNBA guard, Phoenix Mercury 1975 Umeki Webb, WNBA guard and forward, Phoenix Mercury 1975 U.S. Mariner 10 makes 3rd and final fly-by of Mercury 1974 U.S. Mariner 10 makes 2nd fly-by of Mercury 1974 Tara Williams, WNBA guard, Phoenix Mercury 1974 Mariner 10's, 1st fly-by of Mercury, returns photos 1973 Mariner 10 launched-1st Venus pics, 1st mission to Mercury 1973 Mercury Hayes, wide receiver for the Atlanta Falcons 1972 Tia Jackson, WNBA forward, Phoenix Mercury 1971 Toni Foster, WNBA forward and center, Phoenix Mercury 1971 Boeing receives contract for Mariner 10, Mercury exploration 1971 Bridget Pettis, WNBA guard, Phoenix Mercury 1970 Monique Ambers, WNBA forward, Phoenix Mercury 1970 Marlies Askamp, WNBA forward, Phoenix Mercury 1969 Firestone World Bowling Tournament (Mercury Open) won by Jim Godman 1965 Michele Timms, WNBA guard, Phoenix Mercury, Olympics-1988, 96 1964 Jennifer Gillom, WNBA center and forward, Phoenix Mercury, Gold Medal 1988 Olympics 1963 Gordon Cooper completes 22 orbits in Faith 7, ends U.S. Proj Mercury 1963 Last Project Mercury flight, L Gordon Cooper in Faith 7, launched 1962 Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn within 16 degrees 1961 Launch of Mercury 4 (Liberty Bell) with Grissom 1961 Mercury/Atlas rocket lifted off with an electronic mannequin 1961 Unmanned Mercury test explodes on launch pad 1961 Ham is 1st primate in space (158 miles) aboard Mercury/Redstone 2 1960 Little Joe 4 suborbital Mercury test reaches 16 km 1959 NASA names 1st 7 astronauts for Project Mercury 1958 U.S. manned space-flight project renamed Project Mercury 1958 Nancy Lieberman Cline, Brooklyn, WNBA guard, Phoenix Mercury, Silver Medal 1976 Olympics 1950 Graham Parker, musician, Live Sparks, Mercury Poisoning 1946 Freddie Mercury, Bulsara, British vocalist, Queen-We are Champions 1940 Bruce Channel, born in Jacksonville, Bruce McMeans, Texas, singer, rocker, known for hit song, 'Hey! Baby', rock and roll, pop music, recorded with Smash Records, Mercury Records 1932 Peter Stormonth Darling, CEO, Mercury Asset Management Group 1925 Malcolm Scott Carpenter, born in Boulder, Colorado, astronaut, Mercury 7-Aurora 7 1923 Alan B. Shepard, Jr., East Derry, New Hampshire, Rear Admiral USN astronaut, Mercury 3, Apollo 14 1923 Wally Schirra, born in New Jersey, astronaut, flew in Mercury, Gemini and Apollo, America's first three space programs 1921 John Glenn, born in Cambridge, Ohio, astronaut, Mercury 7, STS-95, Senator-D-Ohio 1882 George Jean Nathan, U.S., editor/author/critic, American Mercury 1880 Henry Louis Mencken, U.S. essayist/critic, American Mercury 1859 1st sighting of Vulcan, a planet thought to orbit inside Mercury 1762 1st female (Ann Franklin) U.S. newspaper editor, Newport RI, Mercury 1753 French King Louis XV observes transit of Mercury at Mendon Castle 1693 1st woman's magazine "Ladies' Mercury" published (London) 1661 Johannes Hevelius observes 3rd transit of Mercury ever to be seen 1631 Pierre Gassendi observes transit of Mercury predicted by Kepler |
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