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
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 Is) 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
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 NZ
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
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 US 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 Capt Cook begins 3rd and last trip to Pacific (South Sea)
1776 Capt Cook departs with Resolution for 3rd trip to Pacific Ocean
1768 Capt 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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