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2003 Fire at the Station rock club in Rhode Island kills nearly 100
2003 Arsonist set a fire in a trian station in Daegu, South Korea kills nearly 200 2001 Dennis Tito becomes the first space tourist by paying $20 million to fly on a Soyuz mission to the International Space Station. 2001 Russian Mir space station is crashed into the Pacific during a controlled re-entry 2000 International Space Station becomes permanently staffed 1997 Howard Stern is fired from radio station, KEGL Dallas, Texas 1997 Dallas TV Station KXAS settle with Dallas Cowboys Michael Irvin and Erik Williams for reporting false sex assault allegations against them 1997 Progress M-34 Collides with and damages Mir Space Station 1997 Space Shuttle Atlantis docks with Mir Space Station 1996 WPAT FM New York City radio station switches to English-Spanish format 1995 Space shuttle Atlantis docks with orbiting Russian space station Mir 1995 Spanish Broadcasting System buys New York radio station WPAT-FM for $83.5M 1995 Dean St. Station in Brooklyn, is 6th Metropolitan Transportation Authority station to close since 1904 1994 Progress M-25 launched to space station Mir 1994 Man shoots another man on IRT #4 train at Grand Central Station 1994 WMMS-FM's Jeff and Flash, and entire station staff, are fired 1993 Battle at TV station Ostankino/Moscow townhall, about 25 killed 1993 Cleveland radio station WMMS-FM/101.7 is bought by Disney 1991 U.S.S.R. launches 2 cosmonauts to MIR space station 1988 Mexican radio station erronously reports Mike Tyson dies in car crash 1988 Man armed with explosives blows self up in 125 St. subway station (New York City) 1988 Union Station reopens in Washington D.C. 1988 U.S.S.R. launches 3 cosmonauts (Valery Polyakav, 1 Afghan) to station Mir 1988 LIRR says Penn station will get air conditioning in 1991 1988 New York City WABC-AM becomes flagship radio station of New Jersey Devils 1988 Clifford D[onald] Simak, sci-fi author (Hugo, Way Station), dies at 83 1987 Soyuz TM-4 launches 3 cosmonauts to space station Mir 1987 31 die in a fire at King's Cross, London's busiest subway station 1987 New York City radio station WFAN-AM becomes 1st 24 hour all sports radio 1986 Soyuz T-15 carries 2 cosmonauts to Soviet space station Mir 1986 U.S.S.R. launches Mir space station into Earth orbit 1985 Shite Moslems claim to have killed hostage William Buckley - CIA station chief in Beirut 1985 Soyuz T-14 carries 3 cosmonauts to Salyut 7 space station 1985 Soyuz T-13 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 7 space station 1985 -30 degrees F (-34 degrees C), Mountain Lake Bio Station, Virginia (state record) 1984 Soyuz T-12 carries 3 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 7 1984 Gunmen kidnap William Buckley, CIA station chief in Beirut 1983 Soyuz T-9 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 7 space station 1982 Suriname army under Desi Bouterse fires on radio station building 1982 U.S.S.R. Salyut 7 space station put into orbit 1981 Soyuz T-4 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station 1980 Soyuz T-3 carries 3 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station, launched 1980 Soyuz 38 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Cuban) to Salyut 6 space station 1980 Fascist bomb attack on Bologna Italy train station, 86 killed 1980 Soyuz T-2 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station 1979 Soyuz 32 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station is launched 1978 Supreme Court rules 5-4, FCC had a right to reprimand New York radio station WBAI for broadcasting George Carlin's "Filthy Words" 1978 Soyuz 30 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Polish) to Salyut 6 space station 1978 Soyuz 27 carring 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station, launched 1977 Soyuz 26 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station 1977 Soviet space station Salyut 6 launched into Earth orbit 1977 Burn up of Salyut 4 Space Station (U.S.S.R.) 1976 Soyuz 21 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 5 space station 1975 Richard S Welch, CIA station chief in Athens, shot dead 1975 WGPR-TV Detroit, 1st Black-owned station in U.S., began broadcasting 1975 Bomb explodes at annex of Amsterdam metro station 1975 Soyuz 17 carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 4 1974 Soyuz 15 carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 3 1974 Soyuz 14 carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 3 1973 The Family Station Inc buys shortwave Radio Station WNYW, changes calls to WYFR and moves station from New York City to Scituate Mass 1973 1st BART train travels thru transbay tube to Montgomery St. Station 1973 Skylab launched, 1st Space Station 1972 Edmund Wilson, U.S. writer (To the Finland station), dies at 79 1971 Soyuz 11 takes 3 cosmonauts to Salyut 1 space station 1971 Soyuz 10 launched; cosmonauts become 1st in Salyut 1 space station 1971 Montgomery St. Station, last link in BART, 'holed thru' 1970 KAMU TV channel 15 in College Station, Texas (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 Haiti closes down shortwave station 4VEH for 40 days 1967 1st local British radio station begins broadcasting (Radio Leicester) 1967 BBC starts their own popular music radio station 1967 Amsterdam Marines chase out "nozems" of Central Station 1967 Marines chase "Nozems" out of Amsterdam Central Station 1967 PBS (the National Educational TV) begins as a 70 station network 1966 1st TV station in Congo, Kinshasa (Zaire) 1966 Fred Coury, Johnston, New York, rocker, Cinderella-Heartbreak Station 1966 Shortwave station Radio New York Worldwide changes calls from WRUL to WNYW 1966 BBC opens a relay radio station on Ascension Island 1966 Sergei Korolev, Russian space station constructor, dies 1965 1st all news radio station (WINS 1010 AM in New York City) begins operating 1965 Jeff Labarr, rocker, Cinderella-Heartbreak Station 1964 Eric Brittingham, rocker, Cinderella-Heartbreak Station 1963 Dave Koz, born in Encino, California, saxophonist, compared to David Sanborn, musician, radio host, played on CBS' The Pat Sajak Show, host of Dave Koz Morning Show with Pat Prescott, on a smooth jazz station in Los Angeles 1962 Tom Keifer, rock guitarist and vocalist, Cinderella-Heartbreak Station 1961 Freedom Riders attacked by white mob at bus station in Miss 1960 Europe's 1st "moving pavement," (travelator), opens at Bank station 1956 58 degrees F (15 degrees C), Esperanza Station, Antarctica (Antarctic record high) 1956 England's 1st large scale nuclear power station opens 1955 Tom Powers, actor (Station West, Destination Moon), dies at 65 1955 1st microwave TV station operated (Lufkin, Texas) 1954 Ellis Island, immigration station in New York Harbor, closed 1954 1st atomic power station opens (Obninsk, near Moscow, Russia) 1954 -87 degrees F (-66 degrees C), Northice Station, Greenland (Greenland record) 1953 KTVA TV channel 11 in Anchorage (CBS) becomes Alaska's 1st TV station 1953 1st non-commercial educational television station, Houston, Texas 1953 Judi Spiers, born in Britain, Judith Marilyn Spiers, British radio and television presenter, hosted Mr TSW and Miss TSW local beauty contests for new south-west station TSW, appeared in six editions of daytime chat show, presented on Open Air, a BBC1 access television program, in 1986, and Pebble Mill program 1992- 1995, presenter, BBC Radio Devon since 2005 1953 16 car Federal Express train loses brakes and crashes in Washington D.C. station 1952 1st ultra high frequency (UHF) television station, Portland Or 1952 1st black executive of a major TV station (Jackie Robinson-WNBC New York) 1951 NBC extends to become a 61 station coast-to-coast network 1949 1st UHF television station operating regular basis (Bridgeport Ct) 1949 WERD, 1st black-owned radio station, opens in Atlanta 1949 Michael Lutz, bassist, Brownsville Station 1948 Cub Koda, rocker, Brownsville Station 1948 Arabs blow up Latrun pumping station in Jerusalem 1948 Israeli Radio Station Kol Yisrael's 1st broadcast 1947 252,288 people (record) pass through Grand Central Station, New York City 1947 1st commercial TV station west of Mississippi opens, Hollywood CA 1943 Load of "ammunition in transit" explodes at Norfolk Naval Air Station 1942 German troops occupy train station Stalingrad-1 1941 1st U.S. commercial FM radio station goes on the air, Nashville, Tennessee 1940 London's Waterloo Station bombed by Germans 1940 Helmut Jahn, born in Nuremburg, Germany, architect, designed O'Hare 'L' Station, Chicago, Illinois, AIA's, Ten Most Influential Living Architects, 1991 1939 WGY-TV (Schenectady, New York), 1st coml TV station, begins service 1939 Staged "Polish" assault on radio station in Gleiwitz 1938 Utrecht Central Station destroyed by fire 1938 Soviet arctic ice research station North Pole 1 evacuated, Denmark 1937 Governer Wouters inaugurates the radio station on the Dutch Antilles 1936 1st 50 KW U.S. radio station, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1933 Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Zima Russia, poet, Bratsk Station 1933 Marc F A Andries, Flemish actor, Central Station 1929 AM radio station WOWO, Indiana's transmitter burns down 1927 18 station CBS radio network begins, (WOR is New York City affiliate) 1926 1st formal radio network, RCA takes over AT&T 25 station Network (NBC) 1926 Alfred Slote, author, Love and Tennis, Omega Station 1926 Libera Carlier, Flemish author, Action Station Go! 1922 Radio Moscow begins transmitting (12 KWs-most powerful station) 1922 AT&T radio station WBAY becomes WEAF (New York City) 1922 James E. Gunn, U.S., sci-fi author, Station in Space, Immortal 1922 WOI (Ames, Iowa) country's 1st licensed educational radio station 1922 WAAB (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) becomes 1st U.S. radio station with "W" calls 1922 1st southern radio station begins (WSB, Atlanta Georgia) 1921 Oldest radio station west of Mississippi River licensed in Greeley Co 1920 WTAW of College Station, Tx, broadcast 1st football play-by-play 1920 KDKA (Pittsburgh) goes on air as 1st commercial radio station 1920 Westinghouse radio station in East Pittsburgh, KDKA begins 1920 Detroit radio station is 1st to broadcast a news program on the air 1920 1st U.S. coast guard air station established (Morehead City NC) 1917 Ernest Borgnine, Hamden, Connecticut, actor, Ice Station Zebra, McHale, Marty 1915 1st wireless message sent from a moving train to a station received 1913 1st drive-up gasoline station opens (Pitts) 1911 1st public elevator (London's Earl's Court Metro Station) 1910 New Yorks's Penn Station opens as world's largest train station 1905 King Leopold II opens Central Station Antwerp 1904 New York City begins building Grand Central Station 1904 Clifford D[onald] Simak, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Empire, Way Station 1903 U.S. signs agreement acquiring a naval station at Guantanamo Bay Cuba 1903 Harry Houdini escapes police station Halvemaansteeg in Amsterdam 1902 Richard Rodgers, born in Hammels Station, New York, composer, Rodgers and Hammerstein 1900 New Ellis Island Immigration station completed costing $1.5 million 1892 U.S. Quarantine Station opens on Angel Island, San Francisco Bay 1890 Prince of Wales opens 1st underground (Station Stockwell, London) 1890 Tom Powers, born in Owensboro, Kentucky, actor, Station West, Destination Moon 1890 Ellis Island designated as an immigration station 1889 Amsterdam Central Station officially opens 1888 Spencer F Baird, U.S. biologist (Wood's Hole Station), dies at 65 1882 1st district lit by electricity (NY's Pearl Street Station) 1881 U.S. Quarantine Station authorized for Angel Island, San Francisco Bay 1865 Battle of Durham Station, North Carolina (Greensboro) 1865 Battle of Petersburg, Virginia (Ft. Gregg, Sutherland's Station) 1864 Battle of Egypt Station, MS 1864 Skirmish at Thomas' Station, Georgia 1864 Battle of Spring Hill, Tennessee (Thomason's Station) 1864 Petersburg Campaign-Battle of Ream's Station 1864 Riot at McCook's to Lovejoy Station GA, US600 CS--- 1864 Battle of Ream's Station, Virginia, Wilson's Raid 1864 Battle of Trevillian Station, Virginia, Central Railroad 1864 Battle of Trevillian Station, Virginia, Central Railroad 1864 Charing Cross Station opens in London 1863 Skirmish at Bean's Station, Tennessee (Knoxville Campaign) 1863 Battle of Campbell's Station TN, 492 casualities 1863 Battle of Rappahannock Station and Kelly's Ford, VA 1863 Battle at Bristoe Station Virginia (about 2000 casualties) 1863 Skirmish at Catlett's Station, Virginia (Bristoe Campaign) 1863 Battle of Brady Station, Virginia (Culpeper Court House, Bristoe Station) 1863 Jo Shelby's cavalry in action at Moffat's Station, Arkansas 1863 Battle of Brandy Station, Virginia, Fleetwood, Beverly Ford 1863 Battle of Thompson's Station, Tennessee 1862 Battle of Bull Run, Virginia (Manassas, Gainesville, Bristoe Station) 1862 Battle of Catlett's Station VA 1862 Day 5 of 7 Days-Battle of Savage's Station, Virginia 1862 Day 4 of 7 Days-Battle of Savage's Station/Garnett's Farm, Virginia 1862 Battle of Hanover Court House, Virginia (Slash Church, Peake's Station) 1862 Skirmish at Bealeton Station, Virginia 1855 Castle Clinton in New York City opens as 1st U.S. receiving station for immigrants 1848 London's Waterloo Station opens 1830 1st U.S. Railroad Station opens (Baltimore) 1827 Petrus J H Cuypers, architect, Amsterdam Museum, Central station 1823 Spencer F Baird, U.S. biologist, Wood's Hole Station |
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