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1992 U.S. space shuttle STS-49 lands (maiden voyage of Endeavour)
1992 U.S. space shuttle STS-49 launched (maiden voyage of Endeavour) 1991 Etienne Decroux, French mime (Voyage, Surprise), dies at 92 1982 Tom Bakker, actor (Golden Voyage of Sinbad), dies of a drug OD at 42 1981 Maiden voyage of space shuttle Columbia 1977 Stephen Boyd, actor (Fantastic Voyage, Ben-Hur, Lisa), dies at 48 1977 Yvonne Printemps, actress (Paris Waltz, Voyage to America), dies at 81 1970 Boeing 747 makes its maiden voyage 1969 British liner Queen Elizabeth II leaves on maiden voyage to New York 1968 Apollo 8 (Borman, Lovell and Anders) 1st manned Moon voyage 1966 Sir Francis Chichester begins 1st solo ocean voyage around the world 1962 Savannah, world's 1st nuclear-powered ship, completes maiden voyage from Yorktown, Va, to Savannah, Ga 1961 Vasa, which sunk on her maiden voyage in 1628, is raised 1959 Shunryu Suzuki completes his historical Japan to San Francisco voyage 1955 Submarine Nautilus begins 1st nuclear-powered test voyage 1950 Goutam Ghose, director, Patang, Voyage Beyond, Paar 1944 Jared Martin, New York City, actor, Varian-Fantastic Voyage, Dusty-Dallas 1936 Queen Mary completes its maiden voyage, arriving in New York 1936 RMS Queen Mary leaves Southampton for New York on maiden voyage 1935 French liner Normandie begins its maiden voyage 1933 Easley Blackwood, born in Indianapolis, Indiana, composer, Un Voyage a Cythere 1929 Graf Zeppelin passes over San Francisco for LA after trans-Pacific voyage 1928 Stephen Boyd, William Millar, Ire, actor, Fantastic Voyage, Ben-Hur 1928 David Hedison, actor, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea 1926 David Hedison, born in Providence, Rhode Island, actor, Colbys, Voyage to Bottom of Sea 1922 White Star Line Majestic completes 5 day maiden voyage 1919 Donald Pleasence, Worksop England, actor, Fantastic Voyage, Halloween 1914 Richard Basehart, Zanesville, Ohio, actor, Voyage to Bottom of Sea 1914 Richard Basehart, actor, Voyage to Bottom of the Sea 1914 Arthur Kennedy, Worcester Massachusetts, actor, Fantastic Voyage, Peyton Place 1912 RMS Titanic sets sail for its 1st and last voyage 1900 Marc Allegret, French director, Voyage ouch Congo 1895 Joshua Slocum completes around-the-world voyage in 11-m boat 1894 Jean Rhys, Ella Williams, Dominica, writer, Voyage in the Dark 1869 1st voyage down Colorado River 1860 Maiden voyage of 1st steamship owned by 1 man (C Vanderbilt) 1838 Steamship "Great Western" maiden voyage (Bristol England to New York City) 1835 Charles Darwin's voyage published in Cambridge Philosophical Society 1831 Darwin begins his voyage on board HMS Beagle 1828 Hippolyte Taine, French philosopher/historian, Voyage in Italy 1817 1st Mississippi "Showboat," leaves Nashville on maiden voyage 1809 1st U.S. steamboat to a make an ocean voyage leaves New York for Philadelphia 1798 George Vancouver, British explorer, (Voyage of Discovery), dies at 40 1790 Robert Gray's Columbia, completes 1st American around world voyage 1787 1st U.S. voyage around the world - Columbia leaves Boston 1619 Cyrano de Bergerac, famous nose, playwright, Voyage to the Moon 1601 John Lancaster leads 1st East India Company voyage from London 1502 Christopher Columbus lands at Costa Rica on his 4th and last voyage 1497 Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci leaves for 1st voyage to New World 1494 On 2nd voyage to New World, Christopher Columbus sights Jamaica 1493 Christopher Columbus discovers Puerto Rico, on his 2nd voyage 1493 Columbus sails with 17 ships on 2nd voyage to America 1493 Christopher Columbus returns to Spain after 1st new world voyage 1493 Columbus left new world on return from 1st voyage |
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