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2004 Former President Bill Clinton undergoes a quadruple bypass operation
2001 Poul Anderson, writer, Operation Chaos, dies at 74 2000 Two onboard torpedoes explode on the Russian submarine Kursk in the Barents Sea, which eventually killed all onboard, despite a rescue operation 1996 Russian troops arrived in Bosnia (joint operation with U.S.) 1995 Gary Crosby, singer and actor (Operation Bikini, Mardi Gras), dies at 61 1993 John Frost, English lt-kol (operation Market Garden 1944), dies at 80 1992 Operation Restore Hope - U.S. Marines land in Somalia 1992 Robert F Simon, U.S. actor (Operation Petticoat, M*A*S*H), dies at 83 1992 U.N. officially embarks on its largest peacekeeping operation 1991 Eastern Airlines shuts down operation 1991 Operation Desert Storm begins - U.S. led allies vs Iraq 1991 Operation Desert Storm: 1st U.S. pilot shot down (Jeffrey Zahn) 1990 Fernando Sancho, dies after operation for malignant tumor at 72 1990 Actor Joseph Cotton undergoes vocal cancer operation at 84 1990 Sports News Network begins operation on cable TV 1989 Anthony Quayle, actor (Moses, Operation Crossbow), dies at 76 1980 Department of Health and Human Services begins operation 1980 U.S. military operation to save 52 hostages in Iran, fails, 8 die 1980 FBI releases details of Abscam, a sting operation that targeted 31 elected and public officials for bribes for political favors 1979 RKO radio network begins operation 1979 CompuServe began operation as 1st computer information service 1978 Operation Litani: Israeli offensive in South Lebanon 1976 World's largest telescope (600 cm) begins operation (U.S.S.R.) 1973 Nation Black Network begins operation on radio 1971 Operation PUSH (People United to Save Humanity) form Jesse Jackson 1971 Junior Parker, rocker, dies during brain operation at 44 1971 Amtrak Railroad begins operation 1971 Cecil Parker, actor (Court Jester, Operation Snafu), dies at 73 1969 Doug E Doug, rapper/comedian, Operation Dumbo Drop, Jungle Fever 1968 Dr. N E Shumway performs 1st U.S. adult cardiac transplant operation 1967 25,000 U.S. and South Vietnamese troops launched Operation Junction City, offensive to smash Viet Cong stronghold near Cambodian border 1966 Toboggan Chutes begin operation in Cleveland Metroparks 1964 ALM (Antillian Airlines) begins operation 1962 American Basketball League announces suspension of operation 1962 1st Belgian nuclear reactor begins operation 1962 AEC announces 1st atomic power plant in Antarctica in operation 1958 European Economic Community, known as the Common Market, starts operation 1957 1st commercial coal pipeline placed in operation 1956 1st transatlantic telephone cable goes into operation (Scot-Canada) 1953 Operation "Big Switch" Korean War prisoner exchanged at Panmunjom 1952 Christine Jorgenson is 1st person to undergo a sex-change operation 1950 "Operation Magic Carpet"-All Jews from Yemen move to Israel 1950 Operation Magic Carpet concludes transporting 45,000 Yemenite Jews 1948 Operation Magic Carpet - 1st plane from Yemen carrying Jews to Israel 1948 Operation Hiram: Israelis take control of Galilee 1948 Operation 10 Plagues - Israeli offensive against Egyptian army 1947 Danny Glover, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Lethal Weapon, Operation Dumbo Drop 1947 International Monetary Fund begins operation 1945 Assaf Dayan, Israel, actor, Operation Thunderbolt 1945 1st food drop by RAF above nazi-occupied Holland (operation Manna) 1945 Operation Varsity: British, U.S. and Canadian airborne landings East of Rhine 1945 Largest operation in Pacific war, 1,500 U.S. Navy ships bomb Okinawa 1944 Operation Market Garden: Polish paratroopers land at Driel 1944 Operation Market Garden: British airborne division lands Arnhem, Netherlands 1944 Operation Anvil: Allies land on French Mediterranean sea coast 1944 Operation Dragoon: Allied troops land in Provence 1944 Operation Tractable: new Canadian offensive 1944 Allies land on Biak, Indonesia (operation Horlicks) 1944 Operation Straightline: Allies land in Netherlands New-Guinea 1943 FDR, Churchill and Stalin agree to Operation Overlord (D-Day) 1943 British Forces Broadcasting Service begins operation 1943 U.S., British and French troops land in Salerno (operation Avalanche) 1943 U.S. and Britain invade Sicily in WW II, Operation Husky 1943 General MacArthur begins Operation Cartwheel, island-hopping 1943 Trident conference in Washington D.C. (operation plan '43 against Japan) 1942 Operation "Torch" began as U.S. and British forces land in French N Afr 1942 U.S. Mint in New Orleans ceases operation 1942 Hitler's Operation Seelowe (invasion of England) cancelled 1941 Operation Merkur: Hitler orders conquest of Kreta 1941 Grand Coulee Dam in Washington goes into operation 1940 Hitler begins invasion of England (operation Seelowe) 1940 1st betatron placed in operation, Urbana, Ilinois 1940 British and French begin evacuation of Dunkirk (Operation Dynamo) 1940 Operation Dynamo begins evacuating defeated Allied troops from Dunkirk 1936 Robert Hogan, New York City, actor, Peyton Place, Operation Petticoat 1936 Boulder Dam, now Hoover Dam, begins operation 1936 Ruta Lee, actress, Operation Eichmann, Marjorie Morningstar 1935 1st coml hydroponics operation established (Montebello California) 1935 Germany begin Luftwaffe operation, under Reichsmarshall H Goering 1935 1st U.S. surgical operation for relief of angina pectoris, Cleveland 1934 1st U.S. ski tow (rope) begins operation (Woodstock Vermont) 1932 Dnjepr Dam in U.S.S.R. put into operation (world's biggest) 1931 Ottawa branch of Royal Mint begins operation as Royal Canadian Mint 1925 Dina Merrill, New York City, actress, Operation Petticoat, Butterfield 8 1923 1st brain tumor operation under local anesthetic performed (Beth Israel Hospital in New York City) by Dr. K Winfield Ney 1922 1st constitution of Irish Free State comes into operation 1919 Henry Clay Frick, built largest coke and steel operation, dies at 69 1917 Federal government took over operation of American RR for duration of WW I 1912 SF Municipal Railway starts operation at Geary St. (MUNI) 1912 Aswan Dam in Nile begins operation 1905 1st forest fire lookout tower placed in operation, Greenville, Maine 1902 Dr. Harvey Cushing, 1st U.S. brain surgeon, does his 1st brain operation 1900 Jed Harris, producer/director, Billy Rose Show, Operation Mad Ball 1897 Oldsmobile begins operation as a General Motors Corp division 1896 Power plant at Niagara Falls begins operation 1890 1st signal box for San Francisco Police Department goes into operation 1886 1st AC power plant in U.S. begins commercial operation, Massachusetts 1883 1st commercial electric railway line begins operation in Chicago 1881 Lighthouse on Ameland begins operation 1876 1st crematorium in U.S. begins operation, Washington, Penn 1865 Fire alarm and police telegraph system put into operation in San Francisco 1862 U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing begins operation 1856 Daniel Nathan Hale Williams, surgeon, 1st open heart operation 1849 Henry Clay Frick, Penn, built world's largest coke and steel operation 1838 U.S. Mint in New Orleans begins operation (producing dimes) 1813 James Marion Sims, South Carolina, surgeon/gynecologist, vesicovaginal operation 1811 The Juliana, 1st steam-powered ferryboat, begins operation 1794 Dr. Jessee Bennet of Edom Va, performs 1st successful Cesarean section operation on his wife 1752 Georg Friedrich Handel undergoes (failed) eye operation 1662 1st American lime kiln begins operation (Providence RI) |
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