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2009 En route from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Paris, Air France Flight 447 crashes into the Atlantic ocean, killing all 228 on board

1997 Brook Lee, Hawaii, crowned 46th Miss USA (en route to Miss Universe)

1996 New York Yankee Bernie Williams hits record tying 7th post season home run, as Yankees tie record of 6th straight post season road win (en route to 8)

1996 Yankee John Weteland sets record of 20th cons saves en route to 24

1996 En route to NHL record 62 victories Detroit Red Wings win #61

1995 New Jersey officially dedicates the Howard Stern Rest Area along Route 295

1991 Fresno State ties NCAA record with 49 points in a quarter, as they route New Mexico 94-17

1990 White Sox reliever Bobby Thigpen sets save record at 47 en route to 57

1989 American Airlines purchases Eastern Airline's Latin American route

1988 Dennis Eckersley sets A's record with his 37th save en route to 45

1988 In just Oakland's 39th of the season, pitcher Dave Stewart breaks record with his 12th balk en route to 16

1987 Oakland's Mark McGwire sets rookie home run record at 39, en route to 49

1987 Don Mattingly is 2nd to hit home runs in 7 straight AL games (en route to 8)

1985 Route 66, Chicago to Santa Monica, is decertified

1985 En route to Halley's Comet, U.S.S.R.'s Vega 2 drops lander on Venus

1984 Red Sox Jim Rice grounds into record 33rd double play en route to 36

1983 In Warsaw, police route 1,000 Solidarity supporters

1982 KC's John Wathan steals 31st en route to 36 base for catcher's record

1982 Twins Terry Felton loses and runs career to 0-14 (en route to 0-16)

1982 Wayne Gretzky scores NHL-record 78th goal of season en route to 92

1981 Phillies minor leaguer Jeff Stone steals pro baseball record 121st base en route to 122 (Spartanburg (South Atlantic League))

1980 A's Rickey Henderson sets AL stolen base record at 98 en route to 100

1980 USA beats U.S.S.R. in Olympic hockey 4-3 en route to a gold medal

1976 Flash flood in Big Thompson Canyon Colorado on Route 34, kills 139

1970 Apollo 13 announces "Houston, we've got a problem!" as Beech-built oxygen tank explodes en route to Moon

1968 Don Drysdale pitches his 6th straight shutout, en route to 58 innings

1962 Los Angeles Dodger Maury Wills becomes 1st to steal 100 bases (en route to 104)

1962 Mantle hits 2 homers en route to 4 consecutive homers

1962 Phillies score 10 runs in an inning against Reds en route to 13-8 win

1961 Maris hits 29th and 30th en route to 61 homers

1960 "Route 66" premieres

1960 U.S. Olympic Ice Hockey Team beats U.S.S.R. 3-2 en route to gold medal

1955 Herb Score sets rookie record of 235 strikeouts (en route 245)

1954 Ted Kluszewski is 1st Cincinnati Red to hit 40 home runs en route to 49

1953 Roy Campanella sets catcher record of 125 (en route to 142) RBIs

1952 BOAC begins 1st passenger service with jets (London-Rome route)

1949 Luke Appling record of 2,154 (en route to 2,218) games at shortstop

1947 New York Giants set season record for home runs by a club 183 (en route to 221)

1939 Pan Am opens southern route transatlantic air service, Dixie Clipper

1936 Giants Carl Hubbell notches his 16th en route to 24 consecutive wins

1935 Boston Braves lose NL record 110th game of year en route to 115

1931 Lou Gehrig's 4 RBIs break his old RBI mark of 175 en route to 184

1931 Red Sox Earl Webb sets record with 65 en route to 67 doubles

1928 George Maharis, actor, Rich Man, Poor Man, Route 66

1927 Japan dedicates 1st subway in Orient (route under 2 miles long)

1927 Martin Milner, born in Detroit, Michigan, actor, Route 66, Adam 12, Life of Riley

1927 Yankees clinch pennant, Ruth hits 2 home runs (52 en route to 60)

1923 Walter Johnson becomes 1st to strikeout 3,000 (en route to 3,508)

1921 Prince Henry opens Rotterdam-Amsterdam-Bremen-Hamburg air route

1920 Ruth sets season home run record with 30 en route to 54

1914 German forces route Belgians in Antwerp Belgium (WW I)

1913 3 of 1st 4 Yankees hit-by-pitch en route to a record 6 hit batsman

1912 Yankees lose game #100 en route to a 50-102 season

1886 Victoria Street Cable Tram route begins in Melbourne, Australia

1879 Sydney Australia inaugurates steam motor tram route

1864 General Early and Confederate forces reach Winchester en route to Washington D.C.

1860 1st Japanese ambassador arrives in San Francisco en route to Washington

1849 1st gold seekers arrive in Nicaragua en route to California

1848 1st gold seekers arrive in Panama en route to SF


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