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2009 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 En route from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Paris, Air France Flight 447 crashes into the Atlantic ocean, killing all 228 on board 2004 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 China Northern Airlines flight 6163 crashes in the ocean near Dalian, China after a fire is reported onboard, killing 112 2001 Total solar eclipse in Madagascar-Atl Ocean (4m56s) 1998 Total solar eclipse in Venezuela-Pacific Ocean (4m09) 1997 Jacques-Yves Cousteau, oceanographer, made many documentaries about the ocean, dies of heart attack at 87 1996 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 Steve Fossett completes 1st air balloon over Pacific Ocean (9600 km) 1994 Large meteorite falls near Kusaie, Pacific Ocean 1993 Richard C Diebenkorn, Jr., U.S. painter (Ocean Park Paintings), dies at 70 1991 29th Ryder Cup: U.S. beats Europe, 14 -13 at Ocean Course (SC) 1990 Meteorite explodes above Pacific Ocean 1989 Tina Barrett wins LPGA Mitsubishi Motors Ocean State Golf Open 1988 Patty Jordan wins LPGA Ocean State Golf Open 1987 South African Airways Boeing 747 crashes into Indian Ocean, 159 die 1986 Russian nuclear sub sinks in Atlantic Ocean 1984 Michail A Sholochov, Russian writer (Ocean Don, Nobel 1965), dies 1983 Russian radioactive satellite falls into Indian Ocean 1982 Ocean Ranger oil-drilling platform lost off Newfoundland, 84 die 1979 Israel performs nuclear test at Indian Ocean 1978 Marzena Godecki, actress, Ocean Girl 1977 Robert Lowell, U.S. poet/pacifist (Near the Ocean), dies at 60) 1976 Samuel Eliot Morison, U.S. historian (Admiral of Ocean Sea), dies at 88 1969 Nuclear test at Pacific Ocean 1968 Maldives (in Indian Ocean) become a republic 1968 Nuclear-powered sub Scorpion, with 99 men, reported missing and is later found at the bottom of the ocean off Azores 1968 Husband Edward Kimmel, commandant U.S. Ocean fleet WW II, dies at 86 1966 Sir Francis Chichester begins 1st solo ocean voyage around the world 1966 Tina Barrett, Balt, LPGA golfer, 1989 Mitsubishi Motors Ocean State 1965 British Indian Ocean Territory formed 1965 Nuclear test at Pacific Ocean 1964 U.S. performs nuclear test at Pacific Ocean 1962 Mariner I launched to Mars falls into Atlantic Ocean 1962 U.S. performs nuclear test at Pacific Ocean 1962 U.S. Super-Constellation disappears above Pacific Ocean, kills 167 1960 Sammy White, actor (711 Ocean Drive, Sound Off), dies at 65 1959 Patty Jordan, Buffalo, New York, LPGA golfer, 1988 Mitsubishi Motors Ocean 1958 U.S. performs nuclear test at S Atlantic Ocean 1958 U.S. performs nuclear test at S Atlantic Ocean 1958 U.S. performs nuclear test at S Atlantic Ocean 1958 USS Nautilus begins 1st crossing of Arctic Ocean under icecap 1957 German sailing school ship Pamir sails Atlantic Ocean 1955 British transfer Cocos (Keeling) Is in Indian Ocean to Australia 1955 U.S. performs nuclear test at Pacific Ocean 1954 Bruce Sterling, U.S., sci-fi author, Involution Ocean, Schismatrix 1952 Deborah Shelton, Washington D.C., actress, Dallas, Ocean Kill, Body Double 1952 Greatest 24-hour rainfall begins: 187 cm at La Reunion, Indian Ocean 1950 Billy Ocean, Leslie S Charles, Trinidad, singer, Caribbean Queen 1947 British transfer Heard and McDonald Is (Indian Ocean) to Australia 1947 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 John S Mccain, U.S. admiral, (WW II-Pacific Ocean), dies 1944 Pipeline under ocean (Pluto) begins operating 1944 Korvet Violet sinks U-641 in Atlantic Ocean 1943 U-86 sinks in Atlantic Ocean 1943 U-600 sinks in Atlantic Ocean 1943 U-538 sinks in Atlantic Ocean 1943 U-536 sinks in Atlantic Ocean 1943 U-211 sinks in Atlantic Ocean 1943 Admiral Donitz stops U-boat in Atlantic Ocean 1943 Battle of Komandorski Islands, Pacific Ocean 1943 USS Chicago sinks in Pacific Ocean 1942 Japanese forces occupy Andaman Islands in Indian Ocean 1941 U.S. president Roosevelt signs Two Ocean Navy Expansion Act 1941 German Q-ship Pinguin sinks in Indian Ocean 1938 British ocean liner "Queen Elizabeth," launches at Clydebank Scotland 1938 Ocean liner Queen Elizabeth launched at Glasgow 1937 Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan disappear over Pacific Ocean 1937 Fred L Noonan, U.S. navigator, disappeared over Pacific Ocean 1935 Great airship, USS Macon, crashes into Pacific Ocean 1933 112 foot ocean wave observed near Manila 1931 Ashmore and Cartier Is in Indian Ocean transferred to Australia 1926 Airship Norge leaves Spitsbergen for 1st air crossing of Arctic Ocean 1925 Sammy Davis, Jr., New York City, singer/dancer/actor, Ocean's 11, Candy Man 1922 Richard C Diebenkorn, Jr., U.S., painter, Ocean Park Paintings 1920 Keith Andes, born in Ocean City, New Jersey, actor, Farmer's Daughter, Away All Boats 1917 Robert Lowell, poet and pacifist, Lord Weary's Castle, Near the Ocean 1912 George Darwin, theorized Moon was pulled out of Pacific Ocean, dies 1907 Cesar Romero, born in New York City, actor, Joker-Batman, Ocean's 11, Thin Man 1906 Roy L Johnson, U.S. Admiral, WW II-Pacific Ocean 1903 James S. Russell, U.S. pilot/admiral, WW II Pacific Ocean 1901 3 autos race on Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, fastest speed achieved by Henry Fournier who drives a mile in 51 4/5 seconds 1900 Preston Foster, Ocean City, New Jersey, actor, Waterfront, Gunslinger 1894 Gerald F Bogan, U.S. Vice-Admiral, WW II-Pacific Ocean 1894 Sammy White, Rhode Island, actor, 711 Ocean Drive, Sound Off 1892 John Alcock, English pilot, 1st non-stop flight across Atlantic Ocean 1889 Stanley's expedition reaches Bagamoyo in Indian Ocean 1887 Samuel Eliot Morison, historian, Admiral of the Ocean Sea 1882 1st ocean pier in U.S. completed, Washington, D.C. 1866 1st yacht race across Atlantic Ocean 1845 Congress authorizes ocean mail contracts for foreign mail delivery 1841 John Murray, Canada oceanographer, Depths of the Ocean 1834 HMS Beagle with Charles Darwin sails Pacific Ocean 1834 Charles Darwin's expedition reaches 200 km from Atlantic Ocean 1832 Charles Darwin visits Fernando Noronha in Atlantic Ocean 1825 Erie Canal opens, linking Great Lakes and Atlantic Ocean 1819 320 ton Savannah becomes 1st steamship to cross any ocean (Atlantic) 1809 1st U.S. steamboat to a make an ocean voyage leaves New York for Philadelphia 1805 Lewis and Clark reach Pacific Ocean, 1st Americans to cross continent 1805 Lewis and Clark reach Pacific Ocean 1805 Lewis and Clark 1st sights Pacific Ocean 1776 Captain Cook departs with Resolution for 3rd trip to Pacific Ocean 1768 Captain James Cook departs from Plymouth with Endeavour to Pacific Ocean 1579 Francis Drake leaves San Francisco to cross Pacific Ocean 1520 Ferdinand Magellan begins crossing Pacific Ocean 1520 Ferdinand Magellen arrives at Tierra Del Fuego (Pacific Ocean) 1513 Vasco Nunez de Balboa is 1st European to see Pacific Ocean |
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