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 (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 Neth
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 Fed 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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