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Rescue
2000 Two onboard torpedoes explode on the Russian submarine Kursk in the Barents Sea, which eventually killed all onboard, despite a rescue operation

1990 "Cartoon All Stars to Rescue" shown on all 4 TV networks

1983 President Reagan signs $165 billion Social Security rescue

1982 Kosmos 1383, 1st search and rescue satellite, launched

1980 Announcement of Jimmy Carter hostage rescue bungle in Iran

1978 1st TV movie from a TV series - "Rescue from Gilligan's Island"

1976 Uganda asks United Nations to condemn Israeli hostage rescue raid on Entebbe

1976 Israel launches rescue of 103 Air France crew and passengers being held at Entebbe Airport in Uganda by pro-Palestinian hijackers

1972 Uruguay to Chile plane crashes in Andes Mountain, (12 of 23 rescue)

1968 Jo Kittsee, Germany, rocker, Fuzzbox-Into Rescue

1967 Otis Rescue records "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay"

1964 Mags, rocker, Fuzzbox-Into Rescue

1950 1st helicopter rescue of American pilot behind enemy lines

1945 USS Cod saves 51 sailors from Dutch sub in only sub-to-sub rescue

1940 Fontella Bass, born in St. Louis, Missouri, vocalist, Rescue Me

1914 David Ignatow, U.S. poet, Tread the Dark, Rescue the Dead

1911 1st rescue of an air passenger by a ship, near Havana, Cuba

1909 1st radio rescue at sea

1892 Mine explosion kills 100, Krebs, Okla-blacks trying to help rescue white survivors, driven away with guns



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