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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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