2013 Event Columbia's Chiribiquete National Park expands to 3 million hectares from 1.2 million hectares, becoming one of the Amazon's largest protected zones 2013 Event Columbia University researchers believe the new material, graphene, even if stitched together, is the strongest material in the world 2012 Event Residents near Columbia's Nevado del Ruiz volcano are evacuated due to a possible eruption 2011 Event In Bogota, Columbia, 200,000 people protest government cuts in education 2011 Event After winning a Liberal Party of British Columbia ballot, Canadian politician Christy Clark becomes the second woman to be Premier of British Columbia 2010 Event Venezuela severs diplomatic relations with Columbia after Columbia states that Venezuela is a 'haven for guerillas' 2009 Event President of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, urges his armed forces to prepare for a possible war with Columbia 2009 Event Two mass graves relating to Columbia's long fight with the Farc, were found in northwest and south Columbia 2005 Event Shuttle Discovery STS-114 launches, first flight since Columbia disaster 2003 Death David Brown, astronaut, mission specialist on the Columbia, STS-107, 2003 Death Ilan Ramon, astronaut, first Israeli in space, mission specialist on Columbia, STS-107, dies at 48 2003 Death Kalpana Chawla, astronaut, first Asian Indian woman in space, payload specialist on the Columbia, STS-107, dies at 41 2003 Death Laurel Clark, astronaut, physician on the Columbia mission, STS-107, dies at 41 2003 Death Michael Anderson, astronaut, payload specialist on the Columbia, STS-107, dies at 42 2003 Death Rick Husband, astronaut, commander of Columbia, STS-107 2003 Death William McCool, astronaut, pilot of Columbia, STS-107, dies at 41 2003 Event Space Shuttle Columbia destroyed over Texas when returning to Earth, 7 crew members are killed 1997 Event STS-87 (Columbia 24) lands 1997 Event STS-87 (Columbia 24) launches into orbit 1997 Event STS-94 (Columbia 23), lands 1997 Event STS-94 (Columbia 23) launches into orbit 1997 Event STS-83, Columbia 22, lands 1997 Event STS-83, Columbia 22, launches 1996 Event Space Shuttle STS-80 (Columbia 21), lands 1996 Event Space Shuttle STS-80 (Columbia 21), launches into space 1996 Event Space Shuttle STS-78, Columbia 20, lands 1996 Event Space Shuttle STS-78, Columbia 20, launches into space 1996 Event STS-75 (Columbia 19), lands 1996 Event STS-75 (Columbia 19), launches into orbit 1995 Event American Flight 965 crashes in Columbia, 159 die, 5 survive 1995 Event STS-73 (Columbia 18), lands 1995 Death Alvaro Gomez Hurtado, Vice President of Columbia (1982-84), assassinated 1995 Event STS-73 (Columbia 18), launches into orbit 1995 Event Columbia U beats Hartferd College to be 1st U.S. to win Henley Regatta 1994 Event 82nd CFL Grey Cup: British Columbia Lions defeat Baltimore Stallions, 26-23 1994 Event Space shuttle STS-65: Columbia 17, lands after record 14 days 55 minutes 1994 Event Space shuttle STS-65 (Columbia 17), launches 1994 Event Space shuttle STS-62 (Columbia 16), lands 1994 Event Space shuttle STS-62 (Columbia 16), launches into orbit 1993 Death Kenneth Burke, philosopher, literary theorist, Agnostic, awarded Guggenheim Fellowship 1935, music critic for 'The Nation', editor, 'The Dial' literary magazine, attended Columbia University, dies of heart failure at his home in Andover, New Jersey 1993 Death Evelyn Venable, model (Columbia Pictures logo), dies of cancer at 80 1993 Event STS-58 (Columbia) lands 1993 Event STS-58 (Columbia) launches into orbit 1993 Event STS-55 (Columbia) lands 1993 Event STS-55 (Columbia) launches into orbit 1992 Event Space Shuttle STS-52 (Columbia 13) lands (scheduled) 1992 Event Space Shuttle STS-52 (Columbia 13) launches into space 1992 Event Space Shuttle STS-50 (Columbia 13) lands 1992 Event STS-50 launches (Columbia) 1992 Birthday Libby [Elizabeth] Callahan, Columbia, South Carolina, sport pistol 1996 Olympics 1991 Event Space Shuttle STS-40 (Columbia 12) lands 1991 Event Space Shuttle STS-40 (Columbia 12) launched 1990 Event U.S. 69th manned space mission STS-35 (Columbia 11) returns from space 1990 Event Space Shuttle STS-35 (Columbia 11) lands 1990 Event U.S. 69th manned space mission STS-35 (Columbia 11) launches into orbit 1990 Event U.S. 64th manned space mission STS-32 (Columbia 10) returns from space 1990 Event 64th U.S. manned space mission STS-32 (Columbia 10) launches into orbit 1989 Event Sony purchases Columbia Pictures for $3.4 billion cash 1987 Event Chris Johnson wins Columbia Savings LPGA National Golf Pro-Am 1986 Event WIS-AM in Columbia South Carolina changes call letters to WVOC (now WOMG) 1986 Event Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center via Davis-Monthan AFB 1985 Event Columbia moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS-61-C 1985 Event Shuttle Columbia carries Spacelab into orbit 1985 Event Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center via Offutt AFB, Neb 1985 Event Refurbished Columbia moves overland from Palmdale to Dryden 1984 Event Betsy King wins LPGA Columbia Savings Golf Classic 1984 Event Mobil oil tanker spills 200,000 gallons into Columbia River 1983 Event Columbia flies to Kennedy Space Center via El Paso, Kelly AFB 1983 Event 9th Space Shuttle Mission - Columbia 6 - lands at Edwards AFB 1983 Event 9th Space Shuttle Mission Columbia 6 is launched 1983 Event Columbia moves to Orbiter Processing Facility 1983 Event Columbia beats Yale 21-18 in football, will lose next 44 games 1983 Event Columbia moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating in preparation of STS-9 1983 Event Pat Bradley wins Columbia Savings Golf Classic 1982 Event Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB, Texas 1982 Event Space Shuttle Columbia completes its 1st operational flight 1982 Event Columbia mated with SRBs and external tank in preparation for STS-5 1982 Event Beth Daniel wins LPGA Columbia Savings Golf Classic 1982 Event Columbia flies to Kennedy Space Center via Dyess AFB, Texas 1982 Event STS-4 Launch (Columbia) 1982 Event Columbia moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating in preparation for STS-4 1982 Event Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center from White Sands 1982 Event Columbia Shuttle moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating for STS-3 mission 1981 Event 2nd shuttle mission-1st time spacecraft launched twice (Columbia 2) 1981 Event Columbia shuttle launch scrubbed with 31 seconds remaining 1981 Event Joanne Carner wins Columbia Savings LPGA Golf Classic 1981 Event Columbia mated with SRBs and external tank for STS-2 mission 1981 Event Columbia space shuttle returns 1981 Event Maiden voyage of space shuttle Columbia 1981 Event Computer glitch keeps Space Shuttle Columbia grounded 1981 Event 2 workers killed in space shuttle Columbia accident 1981 Event Flight readiness firing of Columbia's main engines; 20 seconds 1980 Event Columbia mated to SRBs and external tank at Vehicle Assembly Building 1980 Event Beth Daniel wins Columbia Savings LPGA Golf Classic 1979 Birthday Cheri Vivette Alexander, Miss District of Columbia Teen USA 1997 1979 Event Sally Little wins LPGA Columbia Savings Golf Classic 1979 Event Columbia flown on carrier aircraft lands at Kennedy Space Center 1979 Event Columbia flies on Shuttle carrier aircraft to Kennedy Space Center 1979 Event Shuttle Columbia (OV-102) transported 38 miles overland from Palmdale 1978 Event Columbia Pictures pays $9.5 million for movie rights to "Annie" 1977 Event Ken Hinton of CFL British Columbia Lions returns a punt 130 yards 1977 Birthday Shannan McCray, Miss District of Columbia Teen USA 1996 1977 Event 42 die in fire inmate causes at Maury County Jail in Columbia, Tennessee 1977 Birthday Shakira, born in Barranquilla, Columbia, singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer, Latin American musical prodigy 1976 Birthday La Chanda Jenkins, Miss District of Columbia USA 1996 1975 Birthday Greg Moore, born in New Westminster, British Columbia, promising Canadian racecar driver, competed in Indy Lights, CART World Series 1973 Birthday Clint Peay, Columbia, Maryland, soccer defender, 1996 Olympics gold 1973 Event Columbia Records fires president Clive Davis for misappropriating $100,000 in funds, Davis will start Arista records 1972 Event Bruce Springsteen signs a record deal with Columbia 1971 Event KCBJ (now KMIZ) TV channel 17 in Columbia, MO (ABC) 1st broadcast 1971 Birthday Mark Parrish, born in Columbia, Maryland, canoe alternate for 1996 Olympics 1971 Event Columbia University operations virtually end, by student strike 1970 Birthday William Van Landingham, born in Columbia, Tennessee, pitcher for the San Francisco Giants 1969 Event Student Afro-American Society seized at Columbia College 1968 Event Leftist students take over Columbia University, New York City 1966 Event WRLK TV channel 35 in Columbia, South Carolina (PBS) begins broadcasting 1966 Birthday Alecia Stephenson, born in North Vancouver, British Columbia, softball ss 1996 Olympics 1965 Event WUND TV channel 2 in Columbia, North Carolina (PBS) begins broadcasting 1965 Event 27 copper miners die in avalanche, Granduc Mountain, British Columbia 1964 Birthday John Leguizamo, born in Columbia, actor, Mambo Mouth, Whispers in the Dark 1964 Birthday Jeffrey Allan Maggert, Columbia, Missouri, PGA golfer, 1993 Walt Disney 1963 Birthday Patty Dodd, born in Bogota, Columbia, WPVA volleyballer, U.S. Open-2nd-1988 1962 Event Barbra Streisand signs her 1st recording contract (with Columbia) 1961 Event WOLO TV channel 25 in Columbia, South Carolina (ABC) begins broadcasting 1958 Event Columbia (U.S.) beats Sceptre (England) in 18th America's Cup 1958 Death Harry Cohn, CEO (Columbia Pictures), dies of a heart attack 1958 Event Carl Perkins leaves Sun Records for Columbia Records 1956 Event 7 Army trucks loaded with dynamite explode in middle of Cali, Columbia killing 1,100-1,200, destroying 2,000 buildings 1955 Event Columbia U scientists develope an atomic clock accurate to within one second in 300 years 1954 Event 1st newspaper vending machine used (Columbia Pennsylvania) 1953 Event KOMU TV channel 8 in Columbia, MO (NBC/PBS) begins broadcasting 1953 Event WIS TV channel 10 in Columbia, South Carolina (NBC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event WNOK (now WLTX) TV channel 19 in Columbia, South Carolina (CBS) 1st broadcast 1952 Birthday Orhan Pamuk, born in Istanbul, Turkey, novelist, professor in the Humanities, teaching comparative literature, writing, at Columbia University, received 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature 1950 Event Because of forest fire in Br Columbia, blue moon appears in England 1950 Birthday David Jensen, born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, David 'Kid' Jensen, popular British radio DJ, played progressive music, hosted BBC pop network, Radio 1, Top of the Pops presenter, interviewed Duran Duran, promoted The Police before they were commercially successful 1950 Birthday Stephen Chatman, born in Faribault, Minnesota, Canadian composer, received Fulbright grant for study at Hochschule fur Misik in Cologne, since 1976 has served as professor and Head of the Composition Division at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver 1950 Birthday Claudia de Colombia, born in Bogato, Columbia, spanish singer, Yo Creo En Ti 1948 Event Columbia U reports discovery of uranium in Belgian Congo 1948 Event Columbia commits to 33 1/3 rpm records, plans to phase out 78's as Dr. Peter Goldmark of CBS demonstrates "long playing record" 1946 Birthday Charles F Bolden, Jr., Columbia, South Carolina, astronaut, STS-61C, 31, 45, 60 1946 Event 2 killed and 10 wounded in race riot in Columbia, Tennessee 1943 Birthday Judith Frost, British Columbia, artist, To Red, Dust Drawings 1942 Event Japanese submarine in mouth of Columbia River, Oregon 1941 Birthday David Puttnam, London, film producer/CEO, Columbia Pictures 1940 Birthday Chris Farlowe, born in North London, England, John Henry Deighton, rocker, singer, soul, rhythm and blues, jazz rock, signed with Columbia and Immediate, once used pseudonym 'Little Joe Cook' 1940 Birthday Jack Kiefer, Columbia, Pennsylvania, PGA golfer, 1994 Ralphs Senior Classic 1939 Event Uranium atom 1st split, Columbia University 1938 Event 1st archival course is offered at Columbia University in New York City 1937 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates Bonneville Dam on Columbia River (Oregon) 1937 Birthday David Behrman, born in Salzburg, Austria, composer, producer, Music of Our Time series, Columbia Records, founding member, Sonic Arts Union 1937 Event Bonneville Dam on Columbia River begins producing power 1937 Birthday Eleanor Holmes Norton, born in Washington D.C., lawyer, Representative-D-District of Columbia 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 1933 Birthday Ian Tyson, born in British Columbia, Canada, singer, songwriter, guitarist, song 'Four Strong Winds' chosen as greatest Canadian song of all time, in Canada's Country Music Hall of Fame 1933 Birthday Walter E. Fauntroy, born in Washington, D.C., Representative-D-District of Columbia 1971 - 1991 1932 Birthday William Smith, born in Columbia, Missouri, actor, Rich Man Poor Man, Hawaii 5-0 1932 Event U.S. airship Columbia crashes during storm in Flushing, New York 1931 Event His Master's Voice and Columbia Records merge into EMI 1930 Event WIS-AM (now WOMG) in Columbia South Carolina begins radio transmissions 1928 Birthday Floyd Spence, born in Columbia, South Carolina, Representative-R-South Carolina 1971 - 2001 1926 Event British Columbia Rugby Football Union forms 1921 Birthday William Preston, Columbia Penn, actor, Fisher King, Waterworld 1921 Event 25th U.S. Golf Open: Jim Barnes shoots a 289 at Columbia CC in MD 1920 Birthday James Doohan, born in Vancouver, British Columbia, actor played Montgomery Scott on Star Trek 1919 Event 1st international air mail service from U.S., Seattle-Victoria, British Columbia 1914 Birthday James William Rouse, U.S. builder, shopping malls/Columbia, Maryland 1912 Event Mr. Carter-Cotton chosen 1st chancellor of University of British Columbia 1912 Event Columbia University approves plans for awarding the Pulitzer Prize in several categories The award is established by Joseph Pulitzer 1906 Event Playing as "Sullivan," Columbia U jr Eddie Collins debuts with A's 1904 Birthday John J. Sirica, born in Waterbury, Connecticut, John Joseph Sirica, judge, Chief Judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, presided over Watergate scandal, Time magazine Person of the Year, 1973 1903 Event Joe Pulitzer donated $1 million to Columbia U and begins Pulitzer Prizes 1900 Birthday Barton Maclane, Columbia, South Carolina, actor, General Peterson-I Dream of Jeannie 1899 Event Columbia (U.S.) beats Shamrock (England) in 11th America's Cup 1897 Birthday Kenneth Burke, born in America, philosopher, literary theorist, Agnostic, awarded Guggenheim Fellowship 1935, music critic for 'The Nation', editor, 'The Dial' literary magazine, attended Columbia University 1887 Event 1st U.S. school of librarianship opens at Columbia University 1877 Event Federal troops withdrawn from Columbia, South Carolina 1876 Event Columbia, Harvard and Princeton form Intercollegiate Football Association 1873 Event Columbia Princeton Rutgers and Yale set rules for collegiate football 1872 Event Jesse James gang robs bank in Columbia, Kentucky (1 dead/$1,500) 1871 Event Columbia and Sappho (U.S.) beat Livonia (UK) in 3rd America's Cup 1871 Event British Columbia becomes 6th Canadian province 1868 Event Major General E R S Canby removes mayor of Columbia SC 1865 Event Columbia South Carolina burns down during Civil War 1864 Event 1st U.S. mines school opens in basement of Columbia University, New York 1863 Event Battle of Chattanooga, Columbia and Lookout Mountain begins in Tennessee 1862 Event R John Hunt Morgan:Cynthiana, Kentucky CS24 US17 Skirmish at Columbia, Tennessee 1862 Event Slavery abolished in District of Columbia 1862 Birthday Nicholas Murray Butler, U.S., Columbia University president and pacifist, Nobel 1931 1852 Event Olympia Columbian is 1st newspaper published north of Columbia R 1850 Birthday Isaac L. Rice, Germany, namesake of Columbia University's Rice stadium 1839 Event Congress prohibits dueling in District of Columbia 1828 Event Philadelphia and Columbia Railway (1st state owned) authorized 1803 Birthday James Douglas, father of British Columbia 1792 Event Columbia River discovered and named by U.S. Captain Robert Gray 1790 Event Robert Gray's Columbia, completes 1st American around world voyage 1790 Event Columbia returns to Boston after 3 year journey, 1st ship to carry U.S. flag around the world 1790 Event Congress establishes District of Columbia 1788 Event Maryland votes to cede a 10 mile area for District of Columbia 1787 Event 1st U.S. voyage around the world - Columbia leaves Boston 1770 Birthday David Thompson, English/Canadian explorer, Columbia River 1763 Death James Kent, Fredericksburgh NY, legal scholar (Columbia), dies 1754 Event Kings College in New York City opens (renamed Columbia College) 1754 Event Columbia University founded, as Kings College (New York City)
