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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
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 2001 Russian Mir space station is crashed into the Pacific during a controlled re-entry 1998 19th U.S. Senior Golf Open ends at Riviera CC, Pacific Palisades, California 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 1991 John Brodie wins Security Pacific Senior Golf Classic 1991 386 yards and scored 7 touchdowns as the Aztecs beat Pacific 55-34 1991 A new cancer drug is announced, which can only be found in bark of a rare tree in the Pacific Northwest 1990 Meteorite explodes above Pacific Ocean 1989 U.S. Boeing 747 loses parts of roof over Pacific, 9 die 1987 43 die in Pacific Southwest Airline crash in California (man shot pilots) 1987 Pacific Southwest crashes near Los Angeles, kills 43 1981 1st balloon crossing of Pacific is completed, Double Eagle V 1981 Palau, Trust Territory of Pacific Islands, becomes self-governing 1979 Marshall Islands (in Pacific) become self-governing 1977 Iva Majoli, Zagreb Croatia, tennis star, 1996 Pan Pacific 1976 "Pacific Overtures" closes at Winter Garden New York City after 193 performances 1976 "Pacific Overtures" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 193 performances 1976 Stephen Sondheim's musical "Pacific Overtures," premieres in New York City 1973 John Baldwin, Jr., born in Dallas, Texas, figure skater, 1996 SW Pacific Sr champ 1973 3-man crew of Skylab 3 make safe splashdown in Pacific after 59 days 1973 France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Atoll un the Pacific 1972 "Pacific Paradise" closes at Palace Theater New York City after 5 performances 1972 "Pacific Paradise" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 5 performances 1971 Thomas C Hart, U.S. admiral/commander (Pacific Fleet), dies at 94 1971 Chuck Adams, born in Pacific Palisades, California, tennis star, 1989 USTA Boys 1969 Sharon Sites Adams, 39, becomes 1st lady to solo sail the Pacific 1969 Nuclear test at Pacific Ocean 1968 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Pacific Ladies Golf Classic 1968 Douglas Evans, actor (South Pacific Trail), dies in Hollywood 1967 Pacific Northwest Sports awarded AL expansion franchise (Seattle) 1967 Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Pacific Golf Classic 1966 1st Pacific communications satellite launched, Intelsat 2 1966 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Pacific Ladies' Golf Classic 1966 Canadian Pacific airliner explodes on landing at Tokyo, 64 die 1965 Nuclear test at Pacific Ocean 1964 U.S. performs nuclear test at Pacific Ocean 1964 Douglas MacArthur, U.S. general (Pacific theater-WW II), dies at 84 1962 Pacific Science Center opens at Seattle Center 1962 U.S. performs nuclear test at Pacific Ocean 1962 U.S. Super-Constellation disappears above Pacific Ocean, kills 167 1962 LeRoy B Shield, U.S. pianist/composer (Union Pacific Suite), dies at 68 1960 Randy Stoklos, Pacific Palisades California, beach volleyballer 1996 Olympics 1960 Paul Humphreys, rock synthesizer, OMD-Crush, Pacific Age 1960 Bathosphere "Trieste" reach bottom of Pacific (10,900 m) 1959 Rare Pacific hurricane kills 2,000 in Western Mexico 1959 William "Bull" F Halsey, U.S. Vice-Admiral (WW II Pacific), dies 1958 Southern Pacific Bay ferries stop running 1958 South Pacific soundtrack album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 31 weeks 1957 SF Seals (Pacific Coast League) play their last game 1956 James H Newman, Trust Territory of Pacific, PhD/Astronaut, STS-51, 69 1955 U.S. performs nuclear test at Pacific Ocean 1954 "South Pacific" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 1928 performances 1952 1st hydrogen device exploded at Eniwetok Atoll in Pacific 1952 WW II Pacific peace treaty takes effect 1951 Lefty O'Doul's all-stars, including Joe DiMaggio and Billy Martin, lose 3-1 to Pacific League all-star team (Japan) 1950 Pulitzer prize awarded to Rodgers and Hammerstein (South Pacific) 1950 4th Tony Awards: Cocktail Party and South Pacific win 1949 "South Pacific" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 1928 performances 1947 Pacific Coast League application for major league status rejected 1947 U.S. begins administering Trust Territory of Pacific Islands 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 1946 Noel Cowards musical "Pacific 1860," premieres in London 1945 After delivering the Atomic Bomb across the Pacific, the cruiser USS Indianapolis is torpedoed and sunk by a Japanese submarine 1945 Largest operation in Pacific war, 1,500 U.S. Navy ships bomb Okinawa 1944 U.S. forces begin invasion of Saipan in Pacific 1943 Battle of Komandorski Islands, Pacific Ocean 1943 USS Chicago sinks in Pacific Ocean 1942 1st American offensive in Pacific in WW2, Guadalcanal, Solomon Is 1942 1st American offensive in Pacific in WW2, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands 1942 1st around world flight, Pan Am "Pacific Clipper" 1939 U.S. and U.K. agree on joint control of Canton and Enderbury Island in the Pacific 1937 Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan disappear over Pacific Ocean 1937 Fred L Noonan, U.S. navigator, disappeared over Pacific Ocean 1937 1st commercial flight across Pacific, Pan Am 1935 1st commercial crossing of Pacific by plane (China Clipper) 1935 Pacific Assoc of AAU votes not to participate in Berlin Olympics 1935 Great airship, USS Macon, crashes into Pacific Ocean 1934 New York Yankees buy Joe DiMaggio from San Francisco Seals (Pacific Coast League) 1934 Union Pacific tests light-weight high-speed passenger train, Omaha 1933 Joe Dimaggio ends 61 game hitting streak in Pacific Coast League 1933 Highest recorded sea wave (not tsunami), 34 m, in Pacific hurricane 1932 Adrian Swire, British aircraft magnate, Cathay Pacific 1931 John Kerr, New York City, actor, South Pacific, Peyton Place, Pit and Pendulum 1931 Mitzi Gaynor, born in Chicago, Illinois, actress/vocalist, Les Girls, South Pacific 1928 Charles Kingsford-Smith and Charles Ulm are 1st to fly across the Pacific when they end their flight from California to Brisbane 1928 1st aerial cross of Pacific takes off from Oakland 1927 John Swire, British aircraft magnate, Cathay Pacific 1926 Geoffrey Caston, vice chancellor, University of South Pacific 1926 Tokelau (Union) Islands in South Pacific transfers to New Zealand 1921 U.S., France, Japan and British Empire sign a Pacific Treaty 1920 Japan receives League of Nations mandate over Pacific islands 1916 Boeing Co (Pacific Aero) formed by William Boeing in Seattle Wash 1916 Britain proclaims Gilbert and Ellice Is colony in Pacific 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition opens 1915 U.S. government mints 1st $50 gold pieces, for Panama Pacific Expo 1913 Gamboa Dam in Panama blown up; Atlantic and Pacific waters mix 1913 Jeff Morrow, New York City, actor, Bart-Union Pacific, Temperatures Rising 1912 George Darwin, theorized Moon was pulled out of Pacific Ocean, dies 1912 South Pacific RR offers to bring Liberty Bell to Exposition, free 1908 Joshua Logan, Broadway producer, South Pacific 1907 James A. Michener, New York City, writer, South Pacific, Hawaii, Space 1906 Kam Tong, actor, Across the Pacific, Flower Drum Song 1904 Keye Luke, born in Canton, China, actor, Across the Pacific, Yangtse Incident 1904 Douglas Evans, actor, South Pacific Trail 1903 Pacific Cable (SF, Hawaii, Guam, Phil) opens, President TR sends message 1903 James S. Russell, U.S. pilot/admiral, WW II Pacific Ocean 1899 U.S. takes possession of Wake Island in Pacific 1892 Ezio Pinza, Rome, Italy, bass singer, South Pacific, RCA Victor Show 1891 1st great train robbery by Dalton Gang (Southern Pacific #17) 1889 Union Pacific begins daily through service, Chicago-Portland and SF 1889 Astronomical Society of Pacific holds 1st meeting in San Francisco 1885 Canadian Pacific Railway completed at Craigellachie 1885 Chester Nimitz, U.S. Admiral, commanded Pacific fleet in WW II 1883 Northern Pacific RR's last spike driven at Independence Creek, Mont 1882 William "Bull" F Halsey, U.S. Vice-Admiral, WW II Pacific 1882 Pacific Stock Exchange opens (as Local Security Board) 1876 Southern Pacific line from LA to San Francisco completed 1875 "Pacific" collides with "Orpheus" off Cape Flattery Wash, 236 dies 1875 Pacific Stock Exchange formally opens 1875 Pacific Stock Exchange opens 1870 Ground broken for Northern Pacific Railway near Duluth, Minn 1867 U.S. occupies Midway Islands in Pacific 1863 Congress authorizes track width of 4'8" for Union Pacific Railroad 1862 U.S. begins construction of Central Pacific Railroad 1858 Regular mail to Pacific coast begins 1857 U.S. Army, Pacific Div HQ permanently forms at Presidio 1856 Steamer Pacific lost 1834 HMS Beagle with Charles Darwin sails Pacific Ocean 1832 H H Bancroft, historian, publisher, History of Pacific States 1822 Charles S Crocker, President of Central and South Pacific Railroad 1813 1st U.S. flag flown in battle on the Pacific, frigate Essex 1811 1st U.S. colonists on Pacific coast arrive at Cape Disappointment, WA 1810 John Jacob Astor organizes Pacific Fur Co (Astoria, Oregon) 1806 Lewis and Clark return to St. Louis from Pacific Northwest 1806 Lewis and Clark reach Pacific coast 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 1804 Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis for Pacific Coast 1788 1st British ship built on Pacific coast begun at Nootka Sound 1776 Captain Cook begins 3rd and last trip to Pacific (South Sea) 1776 Captain Cook departs with Resolution for 3rd trip to Pacific Ocean 1768 Captain James Cook departs from Plymouth with Endeavour to Pacific Ocean 1757 George Vancouver, surveyed Pacific coast from San Francisco to Vancouver I 1700 Pacific Island of New Britain discovered 1579 Francis Drake leaves San Francisco to cross Pacific Ocean 1573 1st European, Francis Drake sees the Pacific (from Panama) 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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