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/Oly-gold-1988
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, Oly-S-76
1950 Graham Parker, musician, Live Sparks, Mercury Poisoning
1946 Freddie Mercury, [Bulsara], British vocalist, Queen-We are Champions
1932 Peter Stormonth Darling, CEO, Mercury Asset Management Group
1925 Malcolm Scott Carpenter, Boulder Colo, astronaut, Mercury 7-Aurora 7
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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