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2006 Pluto is demoted to a 'dwarf planet'
2002 Jack Haldeman, science fiction writer, Perry's Planet, dies at 60 1999 Pluto again becomes outermost planet 1998 Roddy McDowall, actor/photographer, Planet of the Apes, dies at 70 1991 University of Manchester scientist announce finding a planet outside of solar system 1991 Daily Planet fires cub reporter Jimmy Olson (Superman character) 1989 Voyager 2 begins a flyby of planet Neptune 1986 Manly Wade Wellman, sci-fi author (Devil's Planet), dies at 82 1985 Japan launches Planet A, a probe to Halley's comet 1984 1st planet outside our solar system discovered 1984 Walter Pidgeon, actor (Forbidden Planet), dies of strokes at 87 1984 Walter Pidgeon, actor (Forbidden Planet, Mrs. Miniver), dies at 87 1983 D Mack Reynolds, U.S. writer (Amazon Planet, Once Departed), dies 1979 Neptune becomes outermost planet (Pluto moves closer) 1977 Edmond [Moore] Hamilton, U.S., sci-fi author (Danger Planet), dies at 72 1975 Venera 9, 1st craft to orbit planet Venus launched 1973 Pioneer 10 passes Jupiter (1st fly-by of an outer planet) 1973 U.S.S.R. launches Mars 4 for fly-by (2600 km) of red planet 1972 "Hot Rod Lincoln," by Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen hits #9 1971 Walter Sande, actor (Red Planet Mars), dies of heart attack at 65 1971 Mariner 9, 1st to orbit another planet, Mars 1970 Soviet Venera 7 is 1st spacecraft to land on another planet (Venus) 1969 U.S.S.R. Venera 5 launched for 1st successful planet landing (Venus) 1968 C Montague Shaw, actor (Buck Rogers, Planet Outlaws), dies at 85 1966 Venera 3 becomes 1st man-made object to impact on a planet (Venus) 1965 Venera 3 launched, 1st to land on another planet (crashes into Venus) 1964 H[enry] Beam Piper, U.S., sci-fi author (4 Day Planet), dies at 60 1962 Mariner 2 makes 1st U.S. fly-by of another planet (Venus) 1962 Patrica Morrison, rocker, Sisters of Mercy-Walk Away, Black Planet 1960 Chuck D, born in Roosevelt, New York, rapper, author, leader, Public Enemy, created politically, socially conscious rap music, focused on hip hop genre, albums include, 'Yo! Bum Rush the Show', 'Fear of a Black Planet' 1959 Andrew Eldritch, rocker, Sisters of Mercy-Walk Away, Black Planet 1959 U.S. Pioneer IV misses Moon and becomes 2nd (U.S. 1st) artificial planet 1950 John Sayles, born in Schenetady, New York, actor, Brother from Another Planet 1948 Bill Kirchen, singer/guitarist, Commander Cody and His Lost Planet 1948 Bill Kirchen, singer/guitarist, Commander Cody and Lost Planet Airmen 1945 Linda Harrison, born in Berlin, Maryland, actress, Bracken's World, Planet of Apes 1944 Commander Cody, singer/pianist, Commander Cody and Lost Planet Airmen 1940 Paul Williams, born in Omaha, Nebraska, singer/composer/actor, Planet of the Apes 1935 Alex Harvey, rocker, Just Visiting This Planet 1935 Robert Silverberg, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Regan's Planet 1935 Ron Harper, Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania, actor, Wendy and Me, Planet of the Apes 1930 Anne Francis, born in Ossining, New York, actress, Honey West, Forbidden Planet 1930 Planet Pluto named 1930 Clyde Tombaugh photographs planet Pluto 1928 Roddy McDowall, London England, actor, Planet of Apes, Lord Love a Duck 1922 Kim Hunter, Janet Cole, Det, Michigan, actress, Planet of the Apes, Lilith 1922 Leslie Nielsen, Regina Sask, actor, Forbidden Planet, Naked Gun 1918 Ted Post, Director, Peacemaker, Beneath the Planet of the Apes 1916 Robert [Augustine] W[ard] Lowndes, U.S., sci-fi author, Puzzle Planet 1916 David Brown, born in New York City, director, Jaws, Planet of the Apes 1916 Mort Abrahams, producer, Dr. Doolittle, Planet Of Apes 1915 Saul Bellow, born in Lachine, Quebec, author, Mr Sammler's Planet, Nobel 1976 1914 Saul Bellow, born in Quebec, novelist, Nobel 1976-Mr Samler's Planet 1913 Les Tremayne, London, actor, Angry Red Planet, War of the Worlds 1907 Robert A[nson] Heinlein, U.S., sci-fi author, 4 Hugos, Red Planet 1904 Edmond [Moore] Hamilton, U.S., sci-fi author, Danger Planet 1903 Manly Wade Wellman, Angola, sci-fi author, After Dark, Devil's Planet 1880 1st commercial hydroelectric power planet begins, Grand Rapids, Michigan 1859 1st sighting of Vulcan, a planet thought to orbit inside Mercury 1841 John Couch Adams decides to determine position of an unknown planet by irregularities it causes in the motion of Uranus 1613 Galileo may have unknowingly viewed undiscovered planet Neptune |
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