2000 Two onboard torpedoes explode on the Russian submarine Kursk in the Barents Sea, which eventually killed all onboard, despite a rescue operation
1995 Nancy Kelly, U.S. actress (Bad Seed, Submarine Patrol), dies at 73
1988 Deep Rover 1-man research submarine unveiled at Crater Lake, Oregon
1986 U.S. submarine Nathaniel Green runs aground in Irish Sea
1984 Martin Niemoller, German submarine capt/anti-nazi minister, dies at 92
1983 Dick Emery, actor (Yellow Submarine, Loot, Baby Love), dies at 65
1982 U.S. submarine Thomas Edison collides with U.S. Navy destroyer in So China Sea
1982 Falklands War: Argentine cruiser General Belgrano sunk by British submarine Conqueror, killing more than 350 men
1982 U.S. submarine Jacksonville collides with a Turkish freighter near Virginia
1981 U.S. submarine George Washington rams Japanese freighter Nisso Maru
1981 China PR throws out Netherlands ambassador due to submarine sale to Taiwan
1970 French submarine "Eurydice" explodes
1969 Beatles release Yellow Submarine album in UK
1969 Beatles release "Yellow Submarine" album
1968 Beatle's animated film "Yellow Submarine" premieres in London
1968 Nuclear submarine Scorpion is lost
1968 Israeli submarine Dakar crashes in Mediterranean Sea, 69 die
1966 Beatles release "Yellow Submarine" and "Eleanor Rigby" in UK
1966 U.S. submarine locates missing H-bomb in Mediterranean
1963 Thresher, U.S. atomic-powered submarine, sinks 220 miles east of Boston
1962 1st nuclear warhead fired from Polaris submarine (Ethan Allen)
1961 U.S. nuclear submarine Patrick Henry arrives at Scottish naval base of Holy Loch from South Carolina in a record underseas journey of 66 days 22 hrs
1960 1st submerged submarine to fire Polaris missile (George Washington)
1960 1st atomic powered electric-drive submarine launched, the Tullibee
1960 U.S. nuclear submarine USS Triton set off on underwater round-world trip
1958 Israeli Navy inaugrates it's 1st submarine
1957 1st submarine designed to fire guided missiles launched, Grayback
1957 U.S. launches its 3rd atomic submarine, USS Skate, at Groton, Connecticut
1955 Submarine Nautilus begins 1st nuclear-powered test voyage
1954 1st nuclear submarine, USS Nautilus, commissioned
1951 British submarine Affray sank in English Channel, killing 75
1950 Swedish tanker rams British submarine Truculent in Thames, 64 die
1945 After delivering the Atomic Bomb across the Pacific, the cruiser USS Indianapolis is torpedoed and sunk by a Japanese submarine
1944 1st Japanse suicide submarine attack (Ulithi Atol, Carolines)
1944 Sekio Nishina, Japanese inventor (kaiten-suicide submarine), dies
1944 British submarine Tradewind torpedoes Junyo Maru: 5,600 killed
1944 1st submarine captured and boarded on high seas-U 505
1943 Dutch submarine attacks Island Hertenbeest in NW Bali
1942 Japanese submarine in mouth of Columbia River, Oregon
1942 1st submarine built on Great Lakes launched, (Peto), Manitowoc, Wi
1942 German submarine U-585 sinks
1942 Allies raid German submarine base in St. Nazaire
1941 German submarine U-567 sinks
1941 German submarine U-574 sinks
1941 German submarine U-434 sinks
1941 German submarine U-31 sunk
1941 German submarine U-127 sinks
1941 USS Swordfish becomes 1st U.S. submarine to sink a Japanese ship
1941 1st Japanese submarine sunk by a U.S. ship (USS Ward)
1941 U.S. destroyer Greer fires on German submarine U-652
1940 Dutch submarine departs Dundee
1939 British submarine Triton torpedoes British submarine Oxley
1939 German submarine U-30 sinks British passenger ship Athenia
1939 Submarine Squalis sank off Portsmouth NH, 26 die
1937 Plow for laying submarine cable patented
1932 British submarine M-2 sinks in Channel (60 dead)
1930 1st streamlined submarine of U.S. navy, USS Nautilus, launched
1927 U.S. submarine 'S-4' sinks after collision kills all 34 aboard
1921 British submarine K5 leaves with man and mouse
1918 British Q-ship Cymric sinks British submarine J6
1917 Dick Emery, born in London, England, actor, Yellow Submarine, Loot, Baby Love
1917 Admiral Tirpitz announces unlimited submarine war
1917 English submarine K13 leaves Gaire Loch
1916 1st cargo submarine to cross Atlantic arrives in U.S. from Germany
1916 At request of U.S., Germany curtails its submarine warfare
1916 German parliament OKs unrestricted submarine warfare
1916 French airship sinks British submarine D3
1915 Austrian submarine torpedoes Italian passenger ship (272 killed)
1915 Lusitania sunk by German submarine; 1198 lives lost
1915 German submarine sinks U.S. ship Gulflight
1915 1st submarine disaster; a U.S. F-4 sank off Hawaii, killing 21
1915 Germany begins "unrestricted" submarine war
1915 German submarine attack on Le Havre
1914 1 German submarine sinks 3 British ironclads, 1,459 die
1914 John Philip Holland, submarine designer, dies
1914 German submarine U-15 sinks British cruiser
1901 1st Royal Naval submarine launched at Barrow
1900 U.S. Navy's 1st submarine made its debut
1898 1st practical submarine 1st submerges, New York City (for 1 hour 40 minutes)
1898 1st telephone message from a submerged submarine, by Simon Lake
1897 1st submarine with an internal combustion engine demonstrated
1863 Submarine "HL Hunley" arrives in Charleston on railroad cars
1840 John Philip Holland, Liscannor Ireland, pioneer in submarine building
1777 Leonard Norcross patents a submarine diving suit
1776 1st (failed) submarine attack (David Bushnell's "Turtle" attacks British sailboat "Eagle" in Bay of New York)
1633 Cornelis Drebbel, physicist/chemist/inventor (submarine), dies
1624 1st submarine tested (London)
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