2015 Event NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter detects liquid water on Mars in the form of hydrated salts; the minerals are found along flow lines on steep slopes and tend to appear during 'warm' weather (above 10 degrees F , -23 degrees C) 2014 Event The Dow Jones Industrial Average suffers its second largest dip since September 2011, dropping 458 points before regaining much of the loss to close down 173 points at just above 16,141 2014 Event The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 17,000 for the first time 2014 Event Stock shares of automaker Tesla rise above $200 after reports that Apple, Inc. executives met with Tesla CEO Elon Musk in 2013 to potentially discuss an acquisition 2010 Event The Mount Bulusan volcano in the Philippines erupts again, spreading an ash plume up to 700 meters above the volcano's crater 2010 Event Heavy winds knock down the Anne Frank tree in Amsterdam, breaking off approximately one meter above the ground 2006 Event Dow closes above 12,000 for the first time 2006 Event Dow closes above 11,800 for the first time 1997 Event Comet Hale-Bopp directly above the Sun (1.04 AU) 1995 Event Dow Jones closes above 5,000 for 1st time 1995 Event Dow Jones closes above 4,000 for 1st time (4,003.33) 1994 Event Great comet-iceball seen above North sea 1994 Event F-16 collides with C-130 Hercules above AFB in North Carolina, 120 die 1994 Event Dow Jones closes above 3,900 for 1st time (3,914.48) 1993 Event Sydney Australia Stock Market index above 2000, for 1st time 1993 Event Dow Jones closes above 3,500 for 1st time (3,500.03) 1991 Event Dow Jones closes above 3,000 for 1st time (3,004.46) 1990 Event Meteorite explodes above Pacific Ocean 1988 Event China confirms earthquake death toll will rise above current 938 1988 Event Meteorite exploded above Indonesia 1987 Event Dow Jones Industrial Avg closes above 2,700 for 1st time (2,700.57) 1987 Event Dow Jones closes above 2,500 (2,510.04) for 1st time 1987 Event Dow Jones avg closes above 2,200 for 1st time 1987 Event Dow Jones closes above 2,000 for 1st time (2,002.25) 1985 Event Dow Jones closes above 1,500 for 1st time (1,511.70) 1985 Event Dow Jones Industrial Average rose above 1,500 level for 1st time 1985 Event Dow Jones industrial avg closes above 1300 for 1st time 1984 Event Cale Yarborough, becomes 1st Daytona 500 qualifier, above 200 MPH 1983 Event Dow Jones closes above 1100 mark for 1st time 1979 Event 2 Russian passenger planes collide above Ukraine, 173 killed 1977 Event Space Shuttle above a Boeing 747 goes on it's maiden flight 1973 Event 3 Palestinians hijack KLM B747 above Iraq, to Dubai 1972 Event Dow Jones closes above 1,000 for 1st time (1003.16) 1972 Event Dow Jones Index moves above 1,000 for 1st time 1972 Death Reginald Owen, actor (Above Suspicion, Love on the Run), dies at 85 1972 Event 1 million kg heavy meteorite grazes atmosphere above Canada 1972 Event Slag heap dam collapses above Buffalo Creek, West Virginia, kills 125 1969 Event Allegheny 853 collides with Piper Cherokee above Indiana, kills 82 1969 Event Stafford and Cernan pilot Apollo 10 LEM 9.4 mi(15km) above lunar surface 1969 Event North Korea shoots at U.S. airplane above Japanese sea 1969 Event Launch of Mariner 7, flies 2,190-mi above southern Mars 1967 Death Richard Ainley, actor (I Dood It, Above Suspicion), dies at 56 1966 Event 6 French fighters crash above Spain 1965 Event 2 passenger planes collide above Danbury, Conn, 4 die 1964 Event U.S. begin intelligence flights above Laos 1962 Event U.S. resumes above ground nuclear testing, at Christmas Island 1962 Event U.S. national debt above $300,000,000,000 1962 Event U.S. Super-Constellation disappears above Pacific Ocean, kills 167 1962 Event John F. Kennedy announces U.S. will resume above ground nuclear testing 1961 Death J H F Gronloh, Nescio, author (Above the Vale), dies at 80 1960 Event White Sox unveil new road uniforms with players' names above number 1956 Event Dow Jones closes above 500 for 1st time (500.24) 1955 Event Time bomb aboard United DC-6 kills 44 above Longmont Colorado 1955 Event Israeli passenger plane shot down above Bulgaria, 58 die 1955 Event U.S. air patrol plane shot down above Bering sea 1954 Event U.S. plane shot down above Siberia 1951 Birthday Steven Seagal, born in Detroit, Michigan, actor, Above the Law, Hard to Kill 1950 Event U.S. B-29 bomber shot down above Latvia 1945 Event 1st food drop by RAF above nazi-occupied Holland (operation Manna) 1943 Event P-47D Thunderbolt shot down above North-Holland 1943 Event 1st Spitfire in action above Darwin, Australia, Mu Ki-46 shot down 1942 Event West Indies chocolate/coffee drop above Netherland 1941 Event 1st Messerschmidt 109F shot down above England 1941 Event British-Italian dogfight above Albania 1940 Event 12 German aircraft shot down above England 1940 Event 17 German aircrafts shot down above England 1940 Event 47 German aircrafts shot down above England 1940 Event 55 German aircraft shot down above England 1940 Event 19 German aircrafts shot down above England 1940 Event 28 German aircraft shot down above England 1940 Event Luftwaffe loses 41 bombers above England 1940 Event 71 German aircrafts shot down above England 1940 Event Heavy dogfights above England: 75 German aircrafts damaged 1940 Event 38 German aircrafts shot down above England 1940 Event British and German dogfight above Lyme Bay 1939 Event Spitfire shoots German Heinkel-111 down above Scotland 1938 Event Austrian Jews required to register property above 5,000 Reichsmarks 1923 Event Harry Houdini frees himself from a straight jacket while suspended upside down, 40 feet (12 m) above ground in New York City 1919 Event Hurricane tides 16 feet above normal drown 280 along Gulf Coast 1914 Event 1st German plane bombs above Paris, 2 killed 1910 Birthday Richard Ainley, Middlesex England, actor, I Dood It, Above Suspicion 1910 Event JWEL Hilgers is 1st Dutchman to fly above Dutch territory 1906 Event 1st time Dow Jones closes above 100 1905 Birthday James Robertson Justice, born in Scotland, actor, Above Us the Waves 1891 Birthday Isabel Jeans, born in London, England, actress, Easy Virtue, Heavens Above 1883 Death Matthew Webb, English Channel swimmer, drowns above Niagara Falls 1797 Event 1st sky diver (Andre-Jacques Trim, above Paris) 1345 Event Holy spirit glides above fire: "the miracle of Amsterdam" (legend)
