2015 Event Airplane debris is found off the coast of France's Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean; officials believe the debris is from a Boeing 777 and may be part of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which disappeared over a year ago without a trace 2015 Event Oil spill cleanup continues at Refugio State Beach in California after a pipeline burst two days ago; about 21,000 gallons of oil have been released into the ocean and 105,000 gallons on land 2015 Event Scientists have concluded that a large ocean exists beneath the icy surface of Ganymede, the largest moon of Jupiter; the discovery was made by using the Hubble Space Telescope to observe aurora movements at the moon's poles 2014 Event Investigators will conduct a deep-sea sonar scan in the Indian Ocean for the remains of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370; satellite communication attempts have provided clues to the plane's likely trajectory before it disappeared eight months ago 2014 Event U.S. President Barack Obama proposes vast expansion of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine Reserve, increasing the protected ocean area to over 780,000 square miles within nautical boundaries of U.S. Pacific territories 2014 Event The Malaysian government has released the last transmission from Malaysian Air Flight 370; the data confirm that the plane was last located over the eastern Indian Ocean; over a year of mapping and search may be needed before remnants might be found 2014 Event An Australian geophysical company has identified a large aluminum deposit that appeared around the time of the Malaysian Air Flight 370 disappearance on March 8th, suggesting that the plane may have crashed in the Bay of Bengal and not the Indian Ocean 2013 Event Yaya is a new island discovered in the Arctic Ocean's Laptev Sea 2012 Event Scientists reveal new research identifying a mechanism by which Earth-warming carbon is pulled deep into the Southern Ocean, and locked away; scientists claim this process may be threatened by global warming 2012 Event According to the U.S. Hurricane Center, Hurricane Bud has formed off of the Pacific Ocean's coast of Mexico, and has reached category two strength 2012 Event Following an engine room fire, the cruise ship costa Allegra is left adrift in the Indian Ocean near the Seychelles 2011 Event Tropical storm warnings are issued as Tropical Storm Emily forms in the Atlantic Ocean 2011 Event Sendai, a major 9.0 earthquake strikes offshore of Japan's Miyagi Prefecture; 10-meter high tsunami's are produced near its epicenter, reaching land through the Pacific ocean 2010 Event Experts believe three Russian satellites that failed to reach orbit after launching from Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome have crashed into the Pacific Ocean 2010 Event The fourth named cyclone of the 2010 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Cyclonic Storm Giri, lands in western Burma with winds of 144mph 2010 Event In the Atlantic Ocean, tropical storm Lisa forms off the Cape Verde Islands 2009 Event A solar eclipse, the longest in history, lasts up to 6 minutes and 38.8 seconds, over parts of Asia and the Pacific Ocean 2009 Event En route from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Paris, Air France Flight 447 crashes into the Atlantic ocean, killing all 228 on board 2004 Event Earthquake, greatest in over 40 years, strikes the Pacific Ocean near Sumatra, triggering a massive Indian Ocean tsunami, killing as many as 266,000 in coastal regions of Asia and Africa 2002 Event China Northern Airlines flight 6163 crashes in the ocean near Dalian, China after a fire is reported onboard, killing 112 2001 Event Total solar eclipse in Madagascar-Atl Ocean (4m56s) 1998 Event Total solar eclipse in Venezuela-Pacific Ocean (4m09) 1997 Death Jacques-Yves Cousteau, oceanographer, made many documentaries about the ocean, dies of heart attack at 87 1996 Death Peter Bird, ocean rower, first person to cross the Pacific ocean solo, trip from San Francisco to Great Barrier Reef, lasted 294 days, dies at age 49 at sea during an attempt to row across the Pacific 1995 Event Steve Fossett completes 1st air balloon over Pacific Ocean (9600 km) 1994 Event Large meteorite falls near Kusaie, Pacific Ocean 1993 Death Richard C Diebenkorn, Jr., U.S. painter (Ocean Park Paintings), dies at 70 1991 Event 29th Ryder Cup: U.S. beats Europe, 14 -13 at Ocean Course (SC) 1990 Event Meteorite explodes above Pacific Ocean 1989 Event Tina Barrett wins LPGA Mitsubishi Motors Ocean State Golf Open 1988 Event Patty Jordan wins LPGA Ocean State Golf Open 1987 Event South African Airways Boeing 747 crashes into Indian Ocean, 159 die 1986 Event Russian nuclear sub sinks in Atlantic Ocean 1984 Death Michail A Sholochov, Russian writer (Ocean Don, Nobel 1965), dies 1983 Event Russian radioactive satellite falls into Indian Ocean 1982 Event Ocean Ranger oil-drilling platform lost off Newfoundland, 84 die 1979 Event Israel performs nuclear test at Indian Ocean 1978 Birthday Marzena Godecki, actress, Ocean Girl 1977 Death Robert Lowell, U.S. poet/pacifist (Near the Ocean), dies at 60) 1976 Death Samuel Eliot Morison, U.S. historian (Admiral of Ocean Sea), dies at 88 1969 Event Nuclear test at Pacific Ocean 1968 Event Maldives (in Indian Ocean) become a republic 1968 Event Nuclear-powered sub Scorpion, with 99 men, reported missing and is later found at the bottom of the ocean off Azores 1968 Death Husband Edward Kimmel, commandant U.S. Ocean fleet WW II, dies at 86 1966 Event Sir Francis Chichester begins 1st solo ocean voyage around the world 1966 Birthday Tina Barrett, Balt, LPGA golfer, 1989 Mitsubishi Motors Ocean State 1965 Event British Indian Ocean Territory formed 1965 Event Nuclear test at Pacific Ocean 1964 Event U.S. performs nuclear test at Pacific Ocean 1962 Event Mariner I launched to Mars falls into Atlantic Ocean 1962 Event U.S. performs nuclear test at Pacific Ocean 1962 Event U.S. Super-Constellation disappears above Pacific Ocean, kills 167 1962 Birthday Eddie Izzard, born in Colony of Aden, Yemen, actor, comedian, standup sets include, 'Stripped', 'Dress to Kill', 'Glorious', appeared in films, 'Ocean's Twelve', 'Mystery Men' 1960 Death Sammy White, actor (711 Ocean Drive, Sound Off), dies at 65 1959 Birthday Patty Jordan, Buffalo, New York, LPGA golfer, 1988 Mitsubishi Motors Ocean 1958 Event U.S. performs nuclear test at S Atlantic Ocean 1958 Event U.S. performs nuclear test at S Atlantic Ocean 1958 Event U.S. performs nuclear test at S Atlantic Ocean 1958 Event USS Nautilus begins 1st crossing of Arctic Ocean under icecap 1957 Event German sailing school ship Pamir sails Atlantic Ocean 1955 Event British transfer Cocos (Keeling) Is in Indian Ocean to Australia 1955 Event U.S. performs nuclear test at Pacific Ocean 1954 Birthday Bruce Sterling, U.S., sci-fi author, Involution Ocean, Schismatrix 1952 Birthday Deborah Shelton, Washington D.C., actress, Dallas, Ocean Kill, Body Double 1952 Event Greatest 24-hour rainfall begins: 187 cm at La Reunion, Indian Ocean 1950 Birthday Billy Ocean, Leslie S Charles, Trinidad, singer, Caribbean Queen 1947 Event British transfer Heard and McDonald Is (Indian Ocean) to Australia 1947 Birthday Peter Bird, born in Britain, ocean rower, first person to cross the Pacific ocean solo, trip from San Francisco to Great Barrier Reef, lasted 294 days 1945 Death John S Mccain, U.S. admiral, (WW II-Pacific Ocean), dies 1944 Event Pipeline under ocean (Pluto) begins operating 1944 Event Korvet Violet sinks U-641 in Atlantic Ocean 1943 Event U-86 sinks in Atlantic Ocean 1943 Event U-600 sinks in Atlantic Ocean 1943 Event U-538 sinks in Atlantic Ocean 1943 Event U-536 sinks in Atlantic Ocean 1943 Event U-211 sinks in Atlantic Ocean 1943 Event Admiral Donitz stops U-boat in Atlantic Ocean 1943 Event Battle of Komandorski Islands, Pacific Ocean 1943 Event USS Chicago sinks in Pacific Ocean 1942 Event Japanese forces occupy Andaman Islands in Indian Ocean 1941 Event U.S. president Roosevelt signs Two Ocean Navy Expansion Act 1941 Event German Q-ship Pinguin sinks in Indian Ocean 1938 Event British ocean liner "Queen Elizabeth," launches at Clydebank Scotland 1938 Event Ocean liner Queen Elizabeth launched at Glasgow 1937 Event Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan disappear over Pacific Ocean 1937 Death Fred L Noonan, U.S. navigator, disappeared over Pacific Ocean 1935 Event Great airship, USS Macon, crashes into Pacific Ocean 1933 Event 112 foot ocean wave observed near Manila 1931 Event Ashmore and Cartier Is in Indian Ocean transferred to Australia 1926 Event Airship Norge leaves Spitsbergen for 1st air crossing of Arctic Ocean 1925 Birthday Sammy Davis, Jr., New York City, singer/dancer/actor, Ocean's 11, Candy Man 1922 Birthday Richard C Diebenkorn, Jr., U.S., painter, Ocean Park Paintings 1920 Birthday Keith Andes, born in Ocean City, New Jersey, actor, Farmer's Daughter, Away All Boats 1917 Birthday Robert Lowell, poet and pacifist, Lord Weary's Castle, Near the Ocean 1912 Death George Darwin, theorized Moon was pulled out of Pacific Ocean, dies 1912 Event Over 1,500 people die when the British passenger ship, RMS Titanic, sinks in the North Atlantic Ocean after colliding with an iceberg 1907 Birthday Cesar Romero, born in New York City, actor, Joker-Batman, Ocean's 11, Thin Man 1906 Birthday Roy L Johnson, U.S. Admiral, WW II-Pacific Ocean 1903 Birthday James S. Russell, U.S. pilot/admiral, WW II Pacific Ocean 1901 Event 3 autos race on Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, fastest speed achieved by Henry Fournier who drives a mile in 51 4/5 seconds 1900 Birthday Preston Foster, Ocean City, New Jersey, actor, Waterfront, Gunslinger 1894 Birthday Gerald F Bogan, U.S. Vice-Admiral, WW II-Pacific Ocean 1894 Birthday Sammy White, Rhode Island, actor, 711 Ocean Drive, Sound Off 1892 Birthday John Alcock, English pilot, 1st non-stop flight across Atlantic Ocean 1889 Event Stanley's expedition reaches Bagamoyo in Indian Ocean 1887 Birthday Samuel Eliot Morison, historian, Admiral of the Ocean Sea 1882 Event 1st ocean pier in U.S. completed, Washington, D.C. 1866 Event 1st yacht race across Atlantic Ocean 1845 Event Congress authorizes ocean mail contracts for foreign mail delivery 1841 Birthday John Murray, Canada oceanographer, Depths of the Ocean 1834 Event HMS Beagle with Charles Darwin sails Pacific Ocean 1834 Event Charles Darwin's expedition reaches 200 km from Atlantic Ocean 1832 Event Charles Darwin visits Fernando Noronha in Atlantic Ocean 1825 Event Erie Canal opens, linking Great Lakes and Atlantic Ocean 1819 Event 320 ton Savannah becomes 1st steamship to cross any ocean (Atlantic) 1809 Event 1st U.S. steamboat to a make an ocean voyage leaves New York for Philadelphia 1805 Event Lewis and Clark reach Pacific Ocean, 1st Americans to cross continent 1805 Event Lewis and Clark 1st sights Pacific Ocean 1776 Event Captain Cook departs with Resolution for 3rd trip to Pacific Ocean 1768 Event Captain James Cook departs from Plymouth with Endeavour to Pacific Ocean 1579 Event Francis Drake leaves San Francisco to cross Pacific Ocean 1520 Event Ferdinand Magellan begins crossing Pacific Ocean 1520 Event Ferdinand Magellen arrives at Tierra Del Fuego (Pacific Ocean) 1513 Event Vasco Nunez de Balboa is 1st European to see Pacific Ocean
