2015 Event Migrants in Serbia trying to enter the E.U. via Hungary attempt to break through a border gate, causing conflict with Hungarian police; Hungary has closed its border, but Serbia will send travelers to Croatia so they can then go on to northern Europe 2013 Event Twenty people die on the island of Madagascar from bubonic plague, which is transmitted to humans via rat fleas; chronic overcrowding and unhygienic prison conditions are identified as the root cause of the outbreak 2011 Event The Bank of England pumps an additional 75 billion pounds into the British economy via quantitative easing 1992 Event 32 Cubans defect to the U.S. via helicopter 1989 Event East Germans begin their flight to west (via Hungary and Czechoslovakia) 1986 Event Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center via Davis-Monthan AFB 1985 Event Atlantis returns to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB 1985 Event Challenger flies back to Kennedy Space Center via Davis-Monthan AFB 1985 Event Atlantis returns to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB 1985 Event Discovery flies back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB 1985 Event Challenger flies to Kennedy Space Center via Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz 1985 Event Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center via Offutt AFB, Neb 1985 Event Discovery ferried back to Kennedy Space Center via Bergstrom AFB, Tx 1985 Event Challenger transports back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB 1985 Event Atlantis ferried to Kennedy Space Center via Ellington AFB, Texas 1984 Event Discovery returns to Kennedy Space Center via Altus AFB, Okla 1984 Event Challenger flies back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB 1983 Event Columbia flies to Kennedy Space Center via El Paso, Kelly AFB 1983 Event Challenger returns to Kennedy Space Center via Sheppard AFB, Texas 1983 Event Challenger flies back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB 1982 Event Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB, Texas 1982 Event Columbia flies to Kennedy Space Center via Dyess AFB, Texas 1982 Event Challenger flies to Kennedy Space Center via Ellington AFB, Texas 1980 Event 1st nonstop crossing of U.S. via balloon (Maxie Anderson and son Chris) 1979 Event House of Representatives begins live television broadcasts via C-SPAN 1976 Death Julian Rivero, actor (Via Pony Express), dies at 85 1972 Event "Via Galactica" closes at Uris Theater New York City after 7 performances 1972 Event "Via Galactica" opens at Uris Theater New York City for 7 performances 1969 Event General Hafez al-Assad becomes head of Syria via miltary coup 1965 Event 1st ground station-to-aircraft radio communication via satellite 1962 Event 1st Europe-U.S. live TV program (via Telstar) 1962 Event 1st transatlantic TV transmission via satellite (Telstar I) 1951 Event United Kingdom of Libya gains independence from Italy via United Nations 1942 Event 3 German battle cruisers escape via Channel to Brest N Germany 1933 Event Mount Davidson Cross lit by Franklin D. Roosevelt via telegraph 1923 Event 1st Congressional open session broadcast via radio (Washington D.C.) 1921 Event President Harding opens (via telephone) 1st Valencia Orange Show 1914 Event Arizonian is 1st vessel to arrive in San Francisco via Panama Canal 1908 Event New York to Paris auto race (via Alaska and Siberia) begins in New York City George Schuster wins after 88 days behind the wheel 1890 Birthday Julian Rivero, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Son of Oklahoma, Via Pony Express
