2004 William H. Pickering, rocket scientist, manager of the Mariner missions to Venus and Mars in the '60s, dies at 93
2003 Wimbledon Women's Finals, Serena Williams beat her sister Venus Williams
2002 Wimbledon Women's Doubles Finals, Venus Williams and her sister Serena Williams Paola Suarez and Virginia Ruano
2002 Wimbledon Women's Finals, Serena Williams beat her sister Venus Williams
2001 Wimbledon Women's Finals, Venus Williams beat Justine Henin
2000 Wimbledon Women's Doubles Finals, Julie Halard-Decugis and Ai Sugiyama beat Venus Williams and Serena Williams
2000 Wimbledon Women's Finals, Venus Williams beat Lindsay Davenport
2000 Conjunction of Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Moon
1997 111th U.S. Womens Tennis: Martina Hingis beats Venus Williams (60 64)
1997 "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus" closes at Gershwin New York City
1997 "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus," opens at Gershwin New York City
1996 Joyce Giraud, crowned 8th Ms Venus Swimwear
1995 Keelin Curnuck, 23, Ms Venus Swimwear 1994, crowned Miss New York USA
1995 Addison Vance, 18, of Hickory NC, crowned 7th Ms Venus Swimwear
1994 Space probe Magellan burns up in atmosphere of Venus
1994 Contact with Venus orbitter Magellan broken
1992 Pioneer Venus Orbiter (1st Venus orbiter-1978), crashes into Venus
1990 U.S.'s Magellan spacecraft lands on Venus
1990 Galileo flies by Venus
1989 Conjunction of Venus, Mars, Uranus, Neptune, Saturn and Moon
1989 U.S. Venus probe Magellan launched from Space shuttle
1989 U.S. launches Magellan to Venus
1985 En route to Halley's Comet, U.S.S.R.'s Vega 2 drops lander on Venus
1985 Russian space probe Vega 2 lands on Venus
1985 Russian space probe Vega 1 lands on Venus
1985 U.S.S.R.'s Vega 1 deposits lander on surface of Venus
1982 Russian spacecraft Venera 14 lands and sends back data from Venus
1982 Russian spacecraft Venera 14 lands on Venus, sends back data
1980 Venus Williams, born in Lynwood, California, tennis star
1978 Pioneer Venus 2 drops 5 probes into atmosphere of Venus
1978 Pioneer Venus 1 begins orbiting Venus
1978 Pioneer Venus 1 goes into orbit around Venus
1978 Pioneer-Venus 2 with 5 atmospheric probes launched toward Venus
1978 Pioneer-Venus 2 Multi-probe launched to Venus
1978 U.S. launches Pioneer Venus 1; produces 1st global radar map of Venus
1977 Anais Nin, Cuban/American writer (Delta of Venus), dies at 73
1975 Wings release "Venus and Mars/Rock Show" medley
1975 U.S.S.R.'s Venera 10 makes day-side Venus landing
1975 Soviet spacecraft Venera 9 soft-lands on Venus
1975 Venera 9, 1st craft to orbit planet Venus launched
1975 U.S.S.R. launches Venera 10 for Venus landing
1975 U.S.S.R. launches Venera 9 for Venus landing
1975 Wings release "Venus and Mars" album
1975 Paul McCartney releases "Venus and Mars"
1974 U.S. Mariner 10 returns 1st close-up photos of Venus' cloud structure
1973 Mariner 10 launched-1st Venus pics, 1st mission to Mercury
1972 Venera 8 makes soft landing on Venus
1972 Keelin Curnuck, Miss New York USA 1996 /Ms Venus Swimwear, 1994
1972 Venera 8 launched to Venus
1970 1st successful landing on Venus (U.S.S.R.)
1970 Soviet Venera 7 is 1st spacecraft to land on another planet (Venus)
1970 Venera 7 launched, makes 1st softlanding on Venus
1969 Mariner 6 passes Venus on 3410 km (74 photos)
1969 Russian probe Venera 6 landed on Venus
1969 Venera 5 lands on Venus, returns data on atmosphere
1969 U.S.S.R.'s Venera 6 launched for parachute landing on Venus
1969 U.S.S.R. Venera 5 launched for 1st successful planet landing (Venus)
1968 Gertrude Short, actress (Stella Dallas, Blonde Venus), dies at 66
1967 Mariner 5 makes fly-by of Venus
1967 Soviet Venera 4 becomes 1st probe to send data back from Venus
1967 Mariner 5 Launch, Venus Flyby
1967 U.S.S.R. launches Venera 4 for parachute landing on Venus
1966 Venera 3 becomes 1st man-made object to impact on a planet (Venus)
1965 Venera 3 launched, 1st to land on another planet (crashes into Venus)
1965 Venera 2 launched by Soviet Union toward Venus
1964 U.S.S.R. launches Zond 1 to Venus; no data returned
1962 Mariner 2 makes 1st U.S. fly-by of another planet (Venus)
1962 Mariner 2 launched; 1st probe to fly by Venus
1962 Mariner 2 launched to Venus; flyby mission
1962 1st U.S. Venus probe, Mariner 1, fails at lift-off
1962 Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn within 16 degrees
1961 Soviet Union fires a rocket from Sputnik V to Venus
1961 U.S.S.R. launches Venera 1 toward Venus
1961 Sputnik 7 launches into Earth orbit; probable Venus probe failure
1960 Pioneer 5 launched into solar orbit between Earth and Venus
1959 1st known radar contact is made with Venus
1956 U.S. Lab detects high-temperature microwave radiation from Venus
1953 Jay O Sanders, born in Austin, Texas, actor, Meeting Venus, V I Warshawski
1951 John Erskine, U.S. writer/poet/pianist (Venus Love Goddess), dies at 71
1950 Christopher Fry's "Venus Observed," premieres in London
1948 Pamela Sargent, U.S., sci-fi author, Venus of Dreams, Cloned Lives
1944 Tim Reid, born in Norfolk, Virginia, comedian, Venus Flytrap-WKRP, Frank's Place
1944 Nico, U.S. model/pop singer, Velvet Underground, Venus in Furs
1944 Hans Plomp, Dutch writer/poet, Venus in Holland
1943 Weill/Perelman/Nash' musical "One Touch of Venus," premieres in New York City
1940 Frankie Avalon, Philadelphia, actor, Beach movies, /singer, Venus
1940 Frankie Avalon, rocker, Venus, Beach Blanket Bingo
1937 Grace Bumbry, St. Louis, mezzo-soprano, Venus in Tannhauser
1936 James Darren, born in Philadelphia, actor, TJ Hooker, Diamond Head, Venus in Furs
1935 Philippine J Aeckerlin, Dutch actress, Oh Venus, Daddy Longlegs
1931 Shirley Hazzard, Australian author, Transit of Venus
1930 Jef Geeraerts, Flemish writer, Black Venus
1927 Olga San Juan, born in New York City, actress, Variety Girl, 1 Touch of Venus
1914 Suffragettes in London damages painter Rokeby's Venus of Velasquez
1906 Louise Brooks, silent screen star, American Venus, Pandora's Box
1906 Hans Aeschbacher, Swiss sculptor, Venus de Six-Tours
1902 Cheryl Crawford, producer, Touch of Venus, Brigadoon
1902 Esther Ralston, Bar Harbor ME, American Venus/actress, Old Ironsides
1902 Gertrude Short, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, actress, Stella Dallas, Blonde Venus
1894 Venus is both a morning star and evening star
1882 Atmosphere of Venus detected during transit
1860 Rachilde, [Marguerite Vallette-Eymery], French author, Monsieur Venus
1838 Meyer E van Beem, actor, Black Venus
1815 Saartjie Baartman, Hottentot Venus, dies in Paris
1777 Guillaume Coustou Jr, French sculptor (Apollo/Mars/Venus), dies at 61
1708 John Blow, composer (Venus and Adonis), dies at 59
1686 Cassini reports seeing a satellite orbiting Venus
1649 John Blow, composer of 1st English opera, Venus and Adonis, baptized
1639 1st observation of transit of Venus occured (only 2, record event)
1631 1st predicted transit of Venus (Kepler) is observed
1599 Diego Velazquez, Spain, painter, Rokeby Venus, baptized
1510 Alessandro di Botticelli, painter (Birth of Venus), dies at about 65
1444 Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter, Birth of Venus
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