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1997 Peter Blos, psychoanalyst/writer, The Adolescent Passage, dies at 93
1995 U.S. space probe Ulyssus completes 2nd passage behind Sun 1995 Space probe Ulysses begins 2nd passage behind the Sun 1994 Space probe Ulyssus completes 1st passage behind the Sun 1991 Peggy Ashcroft, British actress (A passage to India), dies at 83 1983 Rod Cameron, actor (Santa Fe Passage, Stampede), dies at 73 1970 Edward M Forster, British writer (Maurice, passage to India), dies at 91 1959 Julian Clary, born in Teddington, England, comedian, novelist, employs campy delivery style, emphasizing use of double entendre, innuendo, videos of stage acts include 'My Glittering Passage', 'The Mincing Machine Tour' 1957 Frederick Burton, actor (One Way Passage), dies at 86 1954 1st passage of McClure Strait, fabled Northwest Passage completed 1949 British warship HMS Amethyst escape down Yangtze River, having been refused a safe passage by Chinese Communists after 3-month standoff 1946 Victor Banerjee, Calcutta India, actor, A Passage to India 1944 Rotterdam Passage fight frees 46 prisoners 1944 John Post, Dutch farmer/resistance fighter (passage fight), executed 1941 Krzysztof Kieslowski, born in Poland, director/actor, Underground Passage 1937 Robert Moran, born in Denver, Colorado, composer, operas include 'The Juniper Tree' co-composed with Philip Glass 'Night Passage' 1936 Clive Swift, Liverpool, actor, Frenzy, Passage to India 1932 Vidiadhar S Naipaul, Trinidad, novelist, Middle Passage 1924 Lauren Bacall, born in New York City, actress, Dark Passage, Key Largo 1910 Passage of Earth through tail of Halley's Comet causes near-panic 1908 Maria E Vieira da Silva, Portuguese painter, Infinite Passage 1906 Johannes Post, Dutch farmer/resistance fighter, passage fight 1900 Perihelion Passage 1892 Jack Hylton, English orchestra leader/impresario, Crazy Passage Show 1879 Edward M Forster, England, novelist, Howards End, Passage to India 1871 Frederick Burton, Indiana, actor, One Way Passage 1866 Butch Cassidy, U.S. desperado, Wild Bunch Passage 1850 Investigator, 1st ship to effect northwest passage, leaves England 1807 British squadron under Admiral Duckworth forces passage of Dardanelle 1759 27th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 1499 Neithart Fox, Jonker Fox, German passage leader, slain in battle 1456 23rd recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 1145 19th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 1066 18th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 837 15th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 760 14th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 607 12th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 451 10th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 374 9th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 295 8th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 218 7th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 141 6th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 66 5th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet |
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