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2012 Event - The planet Venus makes its last transit of the 21st century beginning at 22:09 UTC June 5, and ending 4:49 UTC June 6

2005 Event - London's transit system is bombed by terrorists, 56 deaths, 700 injured

1999 Event - Next transit of Mercury visible in North America

1995 Event - New York Police Department and New York Transit Police merge into one organization

1992 Event - New York City transit fare increases from $1.15 to $1.25

1989 Event - New York City transit fare rises from $1.00 to $1.15

1986 Event - New York City transit system issues a new brass with steel bullseye token

1986 Event - New York City transit fare rises from 90 cents to $1.00

1984 Event - Transit of Earth as seen on Mars

1984 Event - New York City transit fare rises from 75 cents to 90 cents

1981 Event - New York City transit fare rises from 60 cents to 75 cents, new brass Y-cut-out token

1980 Event - New York City transit fare rises from 50 cents to 60 cents

1975 Event - New York City transit fare rises from 35 cents to 50 cents

1972 Event - New York City transit fare rises from 30 cents to 35 cents

1970 Event - New York City transit fare rises from 20 cents to 30 cents, new larger tokens used

1966 Event - New York City transit fare rises from 15 cents to 20 cents

1966 Event - 12 day New York City transit strike ends

1966 Event - 12 day transit worker strike shuts down New York City subway

1962 Event - Transit 5A1, 1st operational navigational satellite, launched

1961 Event - Launch of Transit 4a, with 1st nuclear power supply (SNAP-3)

1960 Event - Transit 1B, 1st navigational satellite, placed in Earth orbit

1959 Event - Transit 1A, 1st navigational satellite launched; failed to orbit

1953 Event - New York City transit fare rises from 10 cents to 15 cents, 1st use of subway tokens

1953 Event - New York City Transit Authority forms

1946 Event - New York City transit begins using Pennsylvania system - Car # 744 on 8th Ave IND line

1943 Event - Load of "ammunition in transit" explodes at Norfolk Naval Air Station

1942 Event - 999 Jews are taken from Mechelen transit camp in Belgium

1932 Event - Independent City Owned Rapid Transit Railroad (IND) opens in New York City

1931 Birthday - Shirley Hazzard, Australian author, Transit of Venus

1915 Event - BMT, then Brooklyn Rapid Transit, begins subway service

1904 Event - IRT (Interborough Rapid Transit) subway (New York City) opens

1882 Event - Atmosphere of Venus detected during transit

1753 Event - French King Louis XV observes transit of Mercury at Mendon Castle

1661 Event - Johannes Hevelius observes 3rd transit of Mercury ever to be seen

1639 Event - 1st observation of transit of Venus occured (only 2, record event)

1631 Event - 1st predicted transit of Venus (Kepler) is observed

1631 Event - Pierre Gassendi observes transit of Mercury predicted by Kepler













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