2013 Event A near-Earth asteroid, 2012 DA14, comes within 17,200 miles of the Earth's surface, a record-close approach for an object estimated at 50 meters, or 160 ft in in diameter 2010 Event The brightest object in the night sky next to the Moon is the planet Jupiter, as it makes its closest approach to Earth since 1963 1997 Event Comet Hale-Bopp Closest Approach to Earth (1.315 AU) 1997 Event Comet Shoemaker-Holt 2 Closest Approach to Earth (1.9245 AU) 1994 Event "Angels in America-Millennium Approach" closes at Kerr after 367 performances 1992 Event Galileo's nearest approach to Jupiter (303 km) 1988 Event Pioneer 6's closest approach to Earth since 1965 launch (1.87 M km) 1986 Event Halley's Comet makes closest approach to Earth this trip, 63 M km 1986 Event Halley's Comet reaches 30th perihelion (closest approach to Sun) 1981 Event Voyager 2's closest approach to Saturn (63,000 miles/100,000 km) 1979 Event Voyager I's closest approach to Jupiter (172,000 miles) 1976 Event 5th Enterprise, approach and lands test (ALT) flight 1976 Event 4th Space Shuttle Enterprise, approach and land test (ALT) flight 1976 Event 2nd Enterprise, approach and lands Test Cricket (ALT) flight (5m28s) 1936 Birthday Ian Hacking, born in Vancouver, British Columbia, analytic philosopher, wrote, 'The Emergence of Probability', brings historical approach to the philosophy of science, won Canda's Killam Prize for the Humanities in 2002 1924 Event Mars' closest approach to Earth since 10th century 1920 Birthday Alex Comfort, born in England, physician, poet, novelist, anarchist, pacifist, wrote "The Joy of Sex", a scholarly approach to sexual behavior 1910 Event Comet Halley's closest approach to Earth in 1910 pass 1679 Event Great panic occurs in Europe over close approach of a comet
