1996 Event 22nd People's Choice Awards: Apollo 13, Tom Hanks wins 1994 Death Stuart Allen Roosa, astronaut (Apollo 14), dies of pancreatitis at 46 1993 Death Donald "Deke" K Slayton, U.S. major/astronaut (Apollo 18), dies at 69 1992 Death Ralph Cooper, creator (Amateur Night at the Apollo), dies of cancer 1991 Death James B Irwin, Col USAF/astronaut (Apollo 15), dies at 61 1990 Death Ronald E Evans, astronaut (Apollo 17), dies of a heart attack at 57 1982 Death John Leonard Swigert, Jr., astronaut (Apollo 13), dies of cancer at 51 1982 Event Apollo Computer announces DN400, DN420, and landscape display 1981 Birthday Austin O'Brien, actor, Apollo 13, My Girl 2, Lawnmower Man 1980 Event Apollo Computer Inc. incorporated 1975 Event Apollo 18 returns to Earth 1975 Event Apollo and Soyuz linked in orbit for 2 days, separate 1975 Event Apollo 18 and Soyuz 19 make 1st US/U.S.S.R. linkup in space 1975 Event Apollo 18 launched (will rendezvous with Soyuz) 1975 Event Soyuz 19 and Apollo 18 launched; rendezvous 2 days later 1972 Event Apollo 17, last of Apollo Moon landing series, returns to Earth 1972 Event Apollo 17 (U.S.), final manned lunar landing mission, launched 1972 Event Apollo 16 returns to Earth 1972 Event Apollo 16 astronauts explores Moon surface 1972 Event Apollo astronauts John Young and Charles Duke ride on Moon 1972 Event John Young and Charles Duke explores Moon (Apollo 16) 1972 Event Apollo 16's Young and Duke land on Moon with Boeing Lunar Rover #2 1972 Event Apollo 16 launched; 5th manned lunar landing (Decartes Highlands) 1971 Event Apollo 15 returns to Earth 1971 Event Apollo 15 astronauts take 6 hour electric car ride on Moon 1971 Event U.S. Apollo 15 (Scott and Irwin) lands on Mare Imbrium on the Moon 1971 Event Apollo 15 launched (Scott and Irwin) to 4th manned landing on Moon 1971 Event Apollo 14 returns to Earth 1971 Event Apollo 14, 3rd U.S. manned Moon expedition, lands near Fra Mauro Alan Shepard and Edward Mitchell (Apollo 14) walk on Moon for 4 hours 1971 Event Apollo 14 lander Antares lands on Moon (Shepard and Mitchell) 1971 Event Apollo 14 launched, 1st landing in lunar highlands 1970 Event Apollo 13 returns back safely to Earth 1970 Event Apollo 13 announces "Houston, we've got a problem!" as Beech-built oxygen tank explodes en route to Moon 1970 Event Apollo 13 launched to Moon; unable to land, returns in 6 days 1969 Event Apollo 12 returns to Earth 1969 Event Apollo 12's Conrad and Bean become 3rd and 4th humans on Moon 1969 Event Apollo 12 (Conrad/Gordon/Bean) launched for 2nd manned Moon landing 1969 Event Apollo 11 returns to Earth 1969 Event 1st men on Moon, Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, Apollo 11 1969 Event Apollo 11 goes into Moon orbit 1969 Event Apollo 11, carrying 1st men to land on Moon, launched 1969 Event Apollo 10 astronauts returned to Earth 1969 Event Stafford and Cernan pilot Apollo 10 LEM 9.4 mi(15km) above lunar surface 1969 Event Apollo 10 (Stafford/Cernan/Young) launched toward lunar orbit 1969 Event Apollo 9 returns to Earth 1969 Event Apollo 9 launched for 151 Earth orbits (10 days) 1968 Event Apollo 8 returns to Earth 1968 Event Apollo 8 astronauts read passages from Book of Genesis 1968 Event Apollo 8 (Borman, Lovell and Anders) 1st manned Moon voyage 1968 Event Apollo 7 returns to Earth 1968 Event 1st live telecast from a manned U.S. spacecraft (Apollo 7) 1968 Event Apollo 7 (Schirra, Eisele and Cunningham) made 163 orbits in 260 hours 1968 Event Probable Test flight for a manned fly-around (scooped by Apollo 8) 1968 Event Apollo 6 launched atop Saturn V; unmanned 1968 Event Apollo 5 launched to Moon; unmanned lunar module tests made 1967 Event 1st unmanned Saturn V flight to test Apollo 4 reentry module 1967 Event Apollo 1 fire kills astronauts Grissom, White and Chaffee 1967 Death Roger B Chaffee, astronaut, dies at 31 in Apollo I fire 1967 Death Virgil I (Gus) Grissom, astronaut, dies at 40 in Apollo I fire 1965 Event JPL proposes modified Apollo flight to fly around Mars and return 1964 Birthday Ned Vaughn, born in Huntsville, Alabama, actor, television and films include 'Apollo 13', 'Frost Nixon', '24' and 'Criminal Minds' 1964 Event Unmanned Apollo 2 Saturn test launched into Earth orbit 1964 Event Unmanned Apollo 1 Saturn launcher test attains Earth orbit 1956 Birthday Sinbad, comedian/actor, Different World, At the Apollo 1955 Birthday Gary Sinise, actor, Apollo 13, Forrest Gump 1953 Birthday James Horner, actor, Titanic, Apollo 13, Balto, Jade, Casper 1948 Birthday Carl Weathers, New Orlean, Louisiana, actor, Apollo Creed-Rocky 1939 Birthday Barry [Norman] Malzberg, sci-fi author, Revelations, Beyond Apollo 1936 Birthday Thomas K. Mattingly II, Chic, Captain USN/astronaut, Apollo 16, STS-4, 51C 1935 Birthday Ronald Ellwin Evans, St. Francis, Kansas, Captain USN/astronaut, Apollo 17 1935 Birthday Russell Luis Schweickart, Neptune, New Jersey, astronaut, Apollo 9 1935 Birthday Charles M. Duke, Jr., born in Charlotte, North Carolina, Brigadier General USAF and astronaut, Apollo 16 1935 Birthday Harrison H "Jack" Schmitt, Santa Rita, New Mexico, astronaut, Apollo 17 1935 Birthday Philip K. Chapman, born in Melbourne, Australia, astronaut, Apollo 14 support 1934 Birthday Eugene A. Cernan, born in Chicago, Captain USN/astronaut, Gemini 9, Apollo 10 17 1933 Birthday Fred W. Haise, Jr., Biloxi Mississippi, astronaut, Apollo 13 STS-T-1, T-3, T-5 1933 Birthday William A Anders, Hong Kong, Major Gen, USAF/astronaut, Apollo 8 1933 Birthday Stuart A "Smokey" Roosa, born in Durango, Colorado, Col USAF/astronaut, Apollo 14 1932 Birthday David R. Scott, born in San Antonio, Texas, Col USAF/astronaut, Gemini 8, Apollo 9, 15 1932 Birthday David Scott, born in San Antonio, Texas, astronaut, commander of Apollo 15 mission, seventh person to walk on the Moon, first person to drive on the Moon 1932 Birthday Ronnie Walter Cunningham, born in Creston, Iowa, Col USMC/astronaut, Apollo 7 1932 Birthday Alfred M Worden, Jackson Michigan, Colonel USAF/astronaut, Apollo 15 1931 Birthday John Leonard Swigert, Jr., Denver Colorado, astronaut, Apollo 13 1931 Birthday Vance DeVoe Brand, Longmont Co, astronaut, Apollo 18, STS-5, 41B, 35 1930 Birthday Michael Collins, Rome, Major General USAF/astronaut, Gemini 10, Apollo 11 1930 Birthday John Watts Young, born in San Francisco, California, astronaut, Gem 3 10, Apollo 10 16, STS-1 9 1930 Birthday Edgar Dean Mitchell, Hereford Texas, Captain USN/astronaut, Apollo 14 1930 Birthday Neil Armstrong, born in Ohio, X-15 pilot, 1st Moonwalker, Gemini 8, Apollo 11 1930 Birthday Donn Fulton Eisele, born in Columbus, Ohio, Col USAF/astronaut, Apollo 7 1930 Birthday James Benson Irwin, Pittsburgh, Pennslyvania, Col USAF/astronaut, Apollo 15 1929 Birthday Richard F. Gordon, Jr., born in in Seattle, Washington, Captain USN and astronaut, Gemini 11, Apollo 12 1929 Birthday James McDivitt, born in Chicago, Brigadier General USAF/astronaut, Gemini 4, Apollo 9 1928 Birthday James A. Lovell, born in Cleveland, Ohio, USN/astr, Gemini 7, 12, Apollo 8, 13 1928 Birthday Frank Borman, born in Gary, Indiana, astronaut, Gemini 7, Apollo 8, CEO, Eastern Airline 1924 Birthday Donald "Deke" Kent Slayton, born in Sparta, Wisconsin, Major USAF/astronaut, Apollo 18 1923 Birthday Alan B. Shepard, Jr., East Derry, New Hampshire, Rear Admiral USN astronaut, Mercury 3, Apollo 14 1923 Birthday Wally Schirra, born in New Jersey, astronaut, flew in Mercury, Gemini and Apollo, America's first three space programs 1920 Event Apollo Theater (Academy, Bryant) opens at 221 W 42nd St. New York City 1882 Event 8th Kentucky Derby: Babe Hurd aboard Apollo wins in 2:40 1777 Death Guillaume Coustou, Jr., French sculptor (Apollo/Mars/Venus), dies at 61 1776 Birthday Gottlieb Schick, German painter, Apollo under the Hirten 1767 Event Mozart's opera "Apollo et Hyacinthus," premieres in Salzburg
