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 QB 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, Rev 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 Rev 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 yds 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 Rev 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 hrs
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 John F. Kennedy proposes a joint U.S. - Soviet voyage to the moon
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 Tom Powers, actor (Station West, Destination Moon), dies at 65
1955 Rev 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 Rev 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 Jonathan King, London, singer, Everyone's Gone to 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
1943 A[braham] [P] Merritt, author (Moon Pool, Creep Shadow!), dies at 58
1941 Tony Moon, rocker
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
1932 Louis Malle, France, director, Atlantic City, Black Moon, Viva Maria
1932 Mary Moon, Headmistress, Manchester High School for Girls
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, Belg 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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