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2009 The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter/LCROSS is launched by NASA to probe the Moon
2005 The Huygens probe lands on Saturn's moon Titan 2003 Lana Clarkson, actress, Amazon Women on the Moon, dies at 40 2000 Conjunction of Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Moon 1999 Pete Conrad, "astronaut, businessman", third man to walk on the moon, dies at 69 1996 "Moon Over Buffalo" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 308 performances 1995 "Fool Moon" opens at Ambassador Theater New York City 1995 "Moon Over Buffalo" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 308 performances 1994 Henry Mancini, composer (Pink Panther, Moon River), dies at 70 1993 "Fool Moon" closes at Richard Rodgers Theater New York City after 207 performances 1993 "Fool Moon" opens at Richard Rodgers Theater New York City for 207 performances 1992 Galileo spacecraft passes North Pole of Moon (Peary Crater) 1991 Bertice Reading, Dutch actress (Moon in the Gutter), dies 1990 Nina Bara, actress (Missile to the Moon), dies of cancer at 66 1990 "Normal Life" starring Moon Unit and Dweezil Zappa premieres on CBS-TV 1990 Japanese MUSES-A (Hiten) launched towards moon 1989 Conjunction of Venus, Mars, Uranus, Neptune, Saturn and Moon 1989 After 12-year, 4-billion-mile journey, Voyager 2 flies over cloudtops of Neptune and its moon Triton, sending back photographs of swamps 1988 Christopher Connelly, actor (Liar's Moon, Hawmps), dies at 47 1988 Soviet Union launches Phobos 1 to probe Martian moon (unsuccessful) 1985 Houston quarterback Warren Moon sacked NFL tying record 12 times (by Cowboys) 1985 Edmond O'Brien, actor (Moon Pilot, Wild Bunch), dies at 69 1984 Mabel Mercer, English/US singer (Fly me to the moon), dies at 84 1983 Light flashes seen on Jupiter moon Io 1982 Biggest mass wedding, Reverend Sun Myung Moon weds 2,200 couples in New York City 1982 Sun Myung Moon sentenced to 18 months for tax fraud 1982 Unification Church founder Reverend Sun Myung Moon convicted of tax evasion 1982 Dark Side of the Moon, is on charts for 402nd week 1981 April Moon sets women's handbow distance record of 1,039 yards and 13" 1981 Voyager 2 takes photo's of Saturn's moon Titan 1980 Voyager 1 space probe discovers 15th moon of Saturn 1979 Pioneer 11 makes 1st fly-by of Saturn, discovers new moon, rings 1978 Keith Moon, rock drummer (Who), dies of drug OD at 31 1978 James Christy's discovery of Pluto's moon Charon announced 1978 Charlotte Greenwood, actress (Oklahoma, Moon over Miami), dies at 84 1977 U.S. Voyager I takes 1st space photograph of Earth and Moon together 1976 Reverend Sun Myung Moon holds "God Bless America" convention 1976 U.S.S.R.'s Luna 24 soft-lands on Moon 1976 Keith Moon, drummer for Who, collapses and is hospitalized in Miami 1976 Soleil Moon Frye, born in Glendora, California, actress, Punky Brewster 1975 Moon tremor perceived, hit by Taurid meteors 1975 "Men on the Moon" closes at Little Theater New York City after 5 performances 1975 "Men on the Moon" opens at Little Theater New York City for 5 performances 1974 Luna 23 launched (landing on Moon) 1974 John Wengraf, actor (Pride and Passion, 12 to the Moon), dies at 77 1973 Stringer Davis, actress (Mouse on the Moon, Miranda), dies at about 77 1973 Willy Fritsch, German actor (Spies, Women in the Moon), dies at 72 1973 Ursula Jeans, actress (Cavalcade, Over the Moon), dies at 66 1973 U.S.S.R.'s Lunakhod 2 begins radio-controlled exploration of Moon 1973 Luna 21 launched, to Moon 1973 U.S.S.R. launches Luna 21 for Moon landing 1972 Apollo 17, last of Apollo Moon landing series, returns to Earth 1972 Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt leave the Moon 1972 Astronauts Cernan and Harrison become 11th and 12th on Moon 1972 Apollo 16 astronauts explores Moon surface 1972 Apollo astronauts John Young and Charles Duke ride on Moon 1972 John Young and Charles Duke explores Moon (Apollo 16) 1972 Apollo 16's Young and Duke land on Moon with Boeing Lunar Rover #2 1972 Luna 20 (Russia) launched to orbit and soft landing on Moon 1971 Dave Scott becomes 1st person to drive a car on Moon 1971 Apollo 15 astronauts take 6 hour electric car ride on Moon 1971 U.S. Apollo 15 (Scott and Irwin) lands on Mare Imbrium on the Moon 1971 Apollo 15 launched (Scott and Irwin) to 4th manned landing on Moon 1971 Apollo 14, 3rd U.S. manned Moon expedition, lands near Fra Mauro Alan Shepard and Edward Mitchell (Apollo 14) walk on Moon for 4 hours 1971 Apollo 14 lander Antares lands on Moon (Shepard and Mitchell) 1970 Russia lands self propelled rover on Moon 1970 Russia lands Lunokhod 1 unmanned remote-controlled vehicle on Moon 1970 Zond 8 Launch (Moon Orbit and Return) 1970 Soviet Luna 16 lands on earth after 1st unmanned round trip to moon 1970 Luna 16 leaves Moon 1970 Luna 16 lands on Moon's Mare Fecunditatis, drills core sample 1970 Luna 16 Launch (Moon Sample Return) 1970 Apollo 13 announces "Houston, we've got a problem!" as Beech-built oxygen tank explodes en route to Moon 1970 Apollo 13 launched to Moon; unable to land, returns in 6 days 1969 Apollo 12's Conrad and Bean become 3rd and 4th humans on Moon 1969 Apollo 12 (Conrad/Gordon/Bean) launched for 2nd manned Moon landing 1969 Neil Armstrong steps on Moon at 2:56:15 AM, GMT 1969 Russia's Luna 15 impacts moon after 52 lunar orbits 1969 1st men on Moon, Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, Apollo 11 1969 Apollo 11 goes into Moon orbit 1969 Apollo 11, carrying 1st men to land on Moon, launched 1969 Russia launches unmanned Luna 15 to Moon 1968 Frank Borman's Christmas reading while orbiting Moon 1968 Borman, Lovell and Anders become 1st men to orbit Moon 1968 Apollo 8 (Borman, Lovell and Anders) 1st manned Moon voyage 1968 Zond 5 completes circumnavigation of Moon 1968 Apollo 5 launched to Moon; unmanned lunar module tests made 1968 Surveyor 7 space probe soft lands on Moon 1968 Surveyor 7 (last of series) launched by U.S. for soft-landing on Moon 1967 Surveyor 6 becomes 1st man-made object to lift off Moon 1967 Surveyor 6 soft lands on Moon 1967 Surveyor 6 launched for soft landing on Moon 1967 U.S. launches Surveyor 6; makes soft landing on Moon Nov 9 1967 Moon Unit Zappa, rocker, Valley Girl, Frank's daughter 1967 Surveyor 5 launched; makes soft landing on Moon Sept 10 1967 Surveyor 4 launched to Moon; explodes just before landing 1967 Lunar Orbiter 4 launched by U.S.; begins orbiting Moon May 7 1967 U.S. Surveyor III lands on Moon 1967 Surveyor 3 launched; soft lands on Moon, April 20 1967 Moon Mullican, rocker, dies at 58 1966 Luna 13 lands on Moon 1966 Lunar Orbiter 2 reaches 196-1871 km around Moon 1966 Lunar Orbiter 1 crashes on moon: 6.7 degrees N 162 degrees E 1966 U.S.S.R. launches Luna 12 for orbit around Moon 1966 Surveyor 2 crashes on Moon 1966 U.S. Surveyor B launched toward Moon; crashed Sept 23 1966 U.S.S.R. launches Luna 11 for orbit around Moon 1966 Lunar Orbiter 1 takes 1st photograph of Earth from Moon 1966 1st U.S. lunar orbiter begins orbiting Moon 1966 U.S. launches Orbiter 1 to the Moon 1966 U.S. launches Surveyor 1 to Moon 1966 Luna 10 orbits Moon 1966 Soviet Union's Luna 10 becomes 1st spacecraft to orbit Moon 1966 1st soft landing on Moon (Soviet Luna 9) 1966 U.S.S.R. launches Luna 9 towards Moon 1965 U.S.S.R. launches Luna 8; crashes on Moon 1965 U.S.S.R. launches Luna 7; crash lands on Moon 1965 Zond 3 launched to fly by Moon, enters solar orbit 1965 Mary Boland, actress (Boy Trouble, New Moon), dies at 83 1965 U.S.S.R. launches Luna 6; missed Moon 1965 Luna 5 launched (U.S.S.R.) 1st attempt to soft land on Moon (fails) 1965 U.S.S.R. launches Luna 5; later impacts on Moon 1965 U.S. Ranger 9 strikes Moon, 10 miles (16 km) NE of crater Alphonsus 1965 Ranger 8 makes hard landing on the Moon, returns photos, other data 1965 Sherilyn Fenn, born in Detroit, Michigan, actress, 2 Moon Junction, Twin Peaks 1964 Sam Cooke, U.S., singer (Sad Moon), slain at a motel at 33 1964 U.S. Ranger 7 takes 4,316 pictures before crashing on Moon 1964 Ranger 7 launched toward the Moon; sent back 4308 TV pictures 1964 Dana Hill [Goetz], Van Nuys California, actress, 2 of Us, Shoot the Moon 1964 Ranger 6 launched; makes perfect flight to Moon, but cameras fail 1964 Nicolas Cage, actor, Moonstruck, Racing with the Moon 1963 Tatum O'Neal, LA Cal, Mrs. John McEnroe, Paper Moon, Little Darlings 1963 U.S.S.R. launches Luna 4; missed Moon by 8,500 km 1963 Soviet Luna (4) reaches Earth orbit but fails to reach Moon 1962 U.S. launches Ranger 5 for lunar impact; misses Moon 1962 Laser beam successfully bounced off Moon for 1st time 1962 Ranger 4 crash lands on (backside of) Moon 1962 U.S. Ranger spacecraft crash lands on Moon 1962 1st U.S. satellite to reach the moon launched 1962 Ranger 4, 1st U.S. satellite to reach Moon launched from Cape Canaveral 1962 Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn within 16 degrees 1962 U.S. launches Ranger 3, misses Moon by 22,000-mi (37,000-km) 1961 U.S. Ranger 2 launched to Moon; failed 1961 John F. Kennedy sets goal of putting a man on Moon before the end of decade 1959 Far side of Moon seen for 1st time, compliments of U.S.S.R.'s Luna 3 1959 Soviet Luna 3, 1st successful photographic spacecraft, impacts Moon 1959 U.S.S.R. Luna 3 sent back 1st photos of Moon's far side 1959 Soviet Union's Luna-2 is 1st spacecraft to land on the Moon 1959 Luna 2 launched by U.S.S.R.; 1st spacecraft to impact on Moon 1959 Eisenhower routes Canadian premier Diefenbaker message off the Moon 1959 Cathryn Harrison, born in London, England, actress, Old Woman in Black Moon 1959 U.S. Pioneer IV misses Moon and becomes 2nd (U.S. 1st) artificial planet 1958 H[arry] B[yron] Warner, actor (10 Commandments, New Moon), dies at 83 1958 2nd U.S. Moon probe, Pioneer 1, reaches 113,810 km, falls back 1958 World's 1st Moon probe, US's Thor-Able, explodes at T +77 sec 1958 Will Sergeant, rock guitarist, Echo and Bunnymen-Killing Moon 1956 Warren Moon, NFL quarterback, Houston Oilers, Seahawks, Vikings 1956 Yoshiko Sakakibara, Chiba Japan, actress, Sailor Moon, Vampire Hunter 1955 Cassandra Wilson, born in Jackson, Mississippi, jazz singer, guitar player, jazz and blues genres, album 'New Moon Daughter' won Grammy Award 1955 Tom Powers, actor (Station West, Destination Moon), dies at 65 1955 Reverend Sun Young Moon leaves prison in Seoul 1954 8th Tony Awards: Teahouse of the August Moon and Kismet win 1953 John Patrick's "Teahouse of the Red Moon," premieres in New York City 1950 Reverend Sun Young Moon liberated from Hung Nam prison 1950 Because of forest fire in Br Columbia, blue moon appears in England 1949 Gill Scott-Heron, U.S., writer, poet and singer, Whities on the Moon 1948 Ozzy Osbourne, England, rock vocalist, Black Sabbath-Bark at the Moon 1948 A flash of light is observed in crater Plato on Moon 1948 Miranda, famous moon of Uranus, photographed for 1st time 1948 Cyril Neville, U.S. singer/percussionist, Neville Bros-Yellow Moon 1947 Graham Faulkner, London, actor, Brother Sun Sister Moon 1947 Keith Moon, English rock drummer, Who-I'm A Boy 1947 Eugene O'Neill's "Moon for the Misbegotten," premieres in New York City 1946 U.S. Army establishes 1st radar contact with Moon, Belmar, NJ 1945 Violent battles around Sugar Loaf/Half Moon Okinawa 1945 Ella Fitzgerald and Delta Rhythm Boys record "It's Only a Paper Moon" 1945 Elizabeth Moon, American Author 1944 Jonathan King, born in London, England, Kenneth George King, singer, songwriter, pop music producer, wrote song 'Everyone's Gone to the Moon', successful writer, producer for other musical artists 1943 A[braham] [P] Merritt, author (Moon Pool, Creep Shadow!), dies at 58 1941 Curtis Lee, born in Yuma, Arizona, singer, doo-wop and pop recording artist with Phil Spector, partnered with Tommy Boyce, sang 'Under the Moon of Love', 'Pretty Little Angel Eyes' 1941 Patricio Guzman, director/actor, Cruz del Sur, Moon over Parador 1941 Ryan O'Neal, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Peyton Place, Paper Moon, Love Story 1941 Ryan O'Neal, actor, Love Story, Paper Moon 1940 Dany Saval, born in Oakland California, actress, Boeing Boeing, Moon Pilot 1938 Clifford Odets' "Rocket to the Moon," premieres in New York City 1933 Penelope Lively, born in Cairo, Egypt, writer, novelist, won Booker Prize for 'Moon Tiger', influenced by social changes in 20th century Britain 1932 Louis Malle, France, director, Atlantic City, Black Moon, Viva Maria 1932 Mary Moon, Headmistress, Manchester High School for Girls 1932 David Scott, born in San Antonio, Texas, astronaut, commander of Apollo 15 mission, seventh person to walk on the Moon, first person to drive on the Moon 1930 Andy Williams, Wall Lake Iowa, singer, Moon River, Andy Williams Show 1930 Tommy Cook, Duluth, Minnesota, actor, Missile to the Moon 1929 G Kaufman and R Lardner's musical "June Moon," premieres in New York City 1929 "New Moon" musical opens in London 1928 Leo P[atrick] Kelley, U.S., sci-fi author, Dead Moon, Vacation in Space 1927 Carl Toms, stage designer, 1 Million BC, Moon Zero Two 1923 Ernst Debes, German cartographer (Moon Atlas), dies at 83 1923 "Moon Mullins," Comic Strip, debuts 1923 Edward E Barnard, U.S. astronomer (5th moon Jupiter), dies at 65 1920 Sun Myung Moon, evangelist, Unification Church-Moonies 1918 Eugene O'Neill's "Moon of the Caribees," premieres in New York City 1915 Lester del Rey, U.S., sci-fi author, Moon Trilogy, Marooned on Mars 1915 John Archer, Osceola Nebraska, actor, Destination: Moon 1914 George W. Hill, U.S. astronomer (moon orbit), dies at 76 1913 Harry Mills, singer, Mills Brothers-Paper Moon 1913 Richard Travis, born in Carlsbad, New Mexico, actor, Missile to the Moon 1912 George Darwin, theorized Moon was pulled out of Pacific Ocean, dies 1911 [William] Broderick Crawford, Philadelphia, actor, Hunter, Liar's Moon 1911 Bill Monroe, Rosine, Kentucky, country singer, Blue Moon of Kentucky 1910 John W. Campbell, U.S., sci-fi writer, Moon is Hell 1909 Johnny Mercer, Savannah, Georgia, lyricist, Moon River, Old Black Magic 1909 "Shine On, Harvest Moon" by Ada Jones and Billy Murray hits #1 1909 Moon Mullican, hillbilly pianist, 7 Nights of Rock 1909 Elisabeth Welch, singer, Song of Freedom, Over the Moon 1907 Christopher Fry, Bristol England, playwright, Ring Around the Moon 1907 Anton D Hildebrand, children's book writer, Man in the Moon 1907 Lady Gregory's "Rising of the Moon," premieres in Dublin 1906 Louis Borell, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, actor, Over the Moon, Queer Cargo 1906 Ursula Jeans, Simla India. actress, I Lived With You, Over the Moon 1902 1st science fiction film released, A Trip To The Moon 1901 Willy Fritsch, German actor, Spies, Women in the Moon 1900 Mabel Mercer, English cabaret vocalist, Fly Me to the Moon 1899 Phoebe, a moon of Saturn is discovered by Pickering 1897 John Wengraf, born in Vienna, Austria, actor, 12 to Moon, Pride and Passion 1893 Charlotte Greenwood, born in Philadelphia, actress, Oklahoma, Moon over Miami 1893 Juan Miro, Spain, painter/sculptor, Dog Barking at the Moon 1892 E E Barnard at Lick discovers Amalthea, 5th Jupiter moon 1891 Stanley Andrews, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Shine on Harvest Moon 1890 Ernst Deutsch, Dorian, Prague Czechoslovakia, actor, Moon is Down, 3rd Man 1890 Tom Powers, born in Owensboro, Kentucky, actor, Station West, Destination Moon 1888 Florence Bates, Texas, actress, Moon and Sixpence, Love Crazy, San Antonio 1884 A[braham P] Merritt, U.S., sci-fi author, Moon Pool, Creep Shadow! 1883 Joseph AF Plateau, Belgian physicist (Blue Moon), dies 1880 William Lassell, English astronomer (1st moon of Neptune), dies 1877 Asaph Hall discovers Mars' moon Phobos 1877 Asaph Hall discovers Mars's moon Deimos 1850 Wilhelm Bear, German banker/astronomer (Moon Map), dies at 53 1849 William Bond obtains 1st photograph of Moon through a telescope 1848 Hyperion, moon of Saturn, discovered by Bond (U.S.) and Lassell (England) 1846 Neptune's moon Triton discovered by William Lassell 1840 Draper takes 1st successful photo of the Moon (daguerrotype) 1839 1st celestial photograph (of Moon) made in U.S., John Draper, New York City 1839 1st photo of the Moon (French photographer Louis Daguerre) 1838 George W. Hill, U.S. astronomer, Moon orbit 1837 Henry Draper, born in Virginia, astro-spectro-photographer, Moon, Jupiter 1835 N.Y. Sun publishes Moon hoax story about John Herschel 1828 Jules Verne, born in France, pioneered sci-fi, From the Earth to the Moon 1797 Wilhelm Beer, Germany, amateur astronomer, constructed 1st Moon map 1789 Sir William Herschel discovers Saturn's moon Enceladus 1787 W Herschel discovers Enceladus, a moon of Saturn 1747 Johann Abraham Peter Schulz, German composer, Moon has Risen 1619 Cyrano de Bergerac, famous nose, playwright, Voyage to the Moon 1178 5 Canterbury monks report something exploding on Moon 1178 5 Canterbury monks report explosion on moon (only known observation) |
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