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1987 "Bobro 400," a barge carrying 3,200 tons of garbage, set sail from NY, beginning an unsuccesful 8-week search for a dumping site
1980 1st Cubans of the Mariel boatlift sail to Florida 1969 Sharon Sites Adams, 39, becomes 1st lady to solo sail the Pacific 1966 Francis Chichester begins 1st solo sail around world 1962 "Sail Away" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 167 performances 1961 "Sail Away" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 167 performances 1955 British aircraft carrier Ark Royal sets sail 1953 Ann Davidson, 1st woman to sail solo across Atlantic, arrives Miami 1952 1st aircraft carrier to sail around Cape Horn-Oriskany 1947 Thor Heyerdahl and Kon-Tiki sail from Peru to Polynesia 1912 RMS Titanic sets sail for its 1st and last voyage 1906 Belgian naval education ship Comte The Stain de Naeyer sets sail 1905 Charles P Snow, England, novelist/scientist, Death Under Sail 1903 Gaston Duribreux, Flemish writer, Golden Sail 1898 1st Philippine Expeditionary Troops sail from San Francisco 1872 HMS Challenger sets sail on 3 -year world oceanographic cruise 1872 U.S. cargo ship Mary Celeste set sail from New York on a journey which ended when it is found mysteriously abandoned the following month 1835 HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin sail from New Zealand to Sydney 1818 1st steam-vessel to sail Great Lakes launched 1815 Napoleon Bonaparte set sail for exile on St. Helena 1804 31 English ship sail Suriname river demand transition colony 1803 Monroe and Livingston sail for Paris to buy New Orleans; they buy La 1682 William Penn left England to sail to New World 1637 Peter Minuit and 1st Swedish immigrants to Delaware sail from Sweden 1621 Jan Pieterszoon Coen's fleet sets sail to Moluccas (from Jacarta) 1620 Mayflower sets sail from Southampton with 102 Pilgrims 1615 Jacques Le Maire sail to Zuidland/Terra Australis 1588 Spanish Armada sets sail for Lisbon, bound to England 1577 Sir Francis Drake sets sail from England to go around world 1519 Magellan's 5 ship set sail to circumnavigate Earth 1492 Columbus' fleet sets sail west 1492 Columbus sets sail from Palos, Spain for "Indies" 1066 William the Conqueror troops sail to England |
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