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, dies at 49
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-hr 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, ocean rower
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
1928 Amelia Earhart becomes 1st female to fly across Atlantic Ocean
1928 Amelia Earhart (as a passenger) is 1st woman to fly Atlantic Ocean
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 Phila
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 Capt Cook departs with Resolution for 3rd trip to Pacific Ocean
1768 Capt 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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