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1997 Discovery buys Travel Channel for $20 million

1996 Robert Louis Tewdwr Moss, journalist/travel writer, dies at 42

1995 Adrienne Keith Cohen, travel editor, dies at 69

1995 Carlson Wagonlit Travel Agency begins charging $15 service fee

1995 American Express Travel begins charging for domestic air tickets

1992 Jacob "Bob" de Uyl, journalist/author (Restless Travel), dies at 61

1992 Bob den Uyl, Dutch journalist and writer (Restless Travel), dies at 61

1992 Josef Neckermann, German founder mail-order firm/travel bureau, dies

1991 Leonardus S van Egerat, travel expert, dies at 68

1991 Soviet parliament approves law allowing citizens to travel abroad

1990 Graig Russel, Canadian travel expert/transvestite, dies

1981 2 Habash terrorists attack a travel agency in Greece killing 2

1981 Richard Boone, actor (Paladin-Have Gun Will Travel), dies at 63

1972 U.S. ends 22 year travel ban to China

1969 Kam Tong, actor (Have Gun Will Travel, Mr. Garlund), dies at 62

1968 Commercial air travel begins between U.S. and U.S.S.R.

1964 Beatles travel canals of Amsterdam

1963 West and East Berlin sign accord about travel rules

1961 Robert Louis Tewdwr Moss, journalist/travel writer

1961 East Germany imposed new curbs on travel between West and East Berlin

1960 CBS radio cancels "Have Gun Will Travel"

1956 3rd class travel on British Railways ends

1955 Building of space travel center at Baikonur Kazachstan begins

1954 Hans Lodeizen, Johan Frederik, poet (Travel to Congo), dies at 26

1946 Harry Truman becomes 1st U.S. president to travel in a submerged sub

1946 U.S. Supreme Court bans discrimination in interstate travel

1944 Rommel and von Rundstedt travel to Berchtesgaden

1941 Paul Theroux, American travel book writer, Mosquito Coast

1940 Green Bay Packers become 1st NFL team to travel by plane

1940 Nazi's forbid Polish Jews to travel on trains

1934 Franklin D. Roosevelt became 1st President to travel through Panama Canal

1931 Dervla Murphy, travel author, Full Tilt, In Ethiopia with a Mule

1928 Monty Sunshine, jazz bandleader, Gotta Travel On

1926 Jan Morris, travel writer, Among the Cities, Hong Kong, Journeys

1926 Adrienne Keith Cohen, travel editor

1923 Leonardus S van Egeraat, Dutch travel expert

1923 James Kirkup, travel writer/poet/novelist, African in Greenland

1918 President Wilson sails for Versailles Peace Conference in France, 1st chief executive to travel outside U.S. while in office

1917 Richard Boone, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Paladin-Have Gun Will Travel

1908 Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Murdock become 1st to travel across U.S. by car, they leave Los Angeles in a Packard and arrive in New York City in 32d-5h-25m

1894 Stanley Cup: Montreal AAA's awarded cup by trustees as Ottawa refuses to travel to Toronto to play

1892 Thomas Cook, CEO (Cook Travel Bureau), dies at 83

1885 Malcolm Campbell, 1st auto racer to travel 5 miles/min, 8 km/min

1841 Thomas Cook opens 1st travel agency

1831 Charles Darwin refuses to travel with HMS Beagle

1831 John Henslow asks Charles Darwin to travel with him on HMS Beagle

1812 Ivan Goncharov, Russia, novelist/travel writer, Oblomov

1808 Thomas Cook, founder, Cook travel bureau

1801 Karl Baedeker, Germany, published travel books

1304 Muhammad ibn Battutah, Arab travel writer, Travels in Asia and Africa


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