2013 Event The ambassador from the People's Republic of China is summoned by Japan's government after a flotilla of Chinese ships sail near the disputed Senkaku Islands 1987 Event "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 Event 1st Cubans of the Mariel boatlift sail to Florida 1969 Event Sharon Sites Adams, 39, becomes 1st lady to solo sail the Pacific 1966 Event Francis Chichester begins 1st solo sail around world 1962 Event "Sail Away" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 167 performances 1961 Event "Sail Away" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 167 performances 1955 Event British aircraft carrier Ark Royal sets sail 1953 Event Ann Davidson, 1st woman to sail solo across Atlantic, arrives Miami 1952 Event 1st aircraft carrier to sail around Cape Horn-Oriskany 1947 Event Thor Heyerdahl and Kon-Tiki sail from Peru to Polynesia 1912 Event RMS Titanic sets sail for its 1st and last voyage 1906 Event Belgian naval education ship Comte The Stain de Naeyer sets sail 1905 Birthday Charles P Snow, England, novelist/scientist, Death Under Sail 1903 Birthday Gaston Duribreux, Flemish writer, Golden Sail 1898 Event 1st Philippine Expeditionary Troops sail from San Francisco 1872 Event HMS Challenger sets sail on 3 -year world oceanographic cruise 1872 Event 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 Event HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin sail from New Zealand to Sydney 1818 Event 1st steam-vessel to sail Great Lakes launched 1815 Event Napoleon Bonaparte set sail for exile on St. Helena 1804 Event 31 English ship sail Suriname river demand transition colony 1803 Event Monroe and Livingston sail for Paris to buy New Orleans; they buy La 1682 Event William Penn left England to sail to New World 1637 Event Peter Minuit and 1st Swedish immigrants to Delaware sail from Sweden 1621 Event Jan Pieterszoon Coen's fleet sets sail to Moluccas (from Jacarta) 1620 Event Mayflower sets sail from Southampton with 102 Pilgrims 1615 Event Jacques Le Maire sail to Zuidland/Terra Australis 1588 Event Spanish Armada sets sail for Lisbon, bound to England 1577 Event Sir Francis Drake sets sail from England to go around world 1519 Event Magellan's 5 ship set sail to circumnavigate Earth 1492 Event Columbus' fleet sets sail west 1492 Event Columbus sets sail from Palos, Spain for "Indies" 1066 Event William the Conqueror troops sail to England
