2013 Event The International Space Station suspends some of its non-critical systems after an ammonia cooling pump fails; the station and six crew members aboard were not in danger 2013 Event The Shenzhou 10 spacecraft returns to Earth after China's crew complete's its 15-day mission, completing the country's fifth manned spaceflight 2013 Event Crew members from the International Space Station prepare for a contingency spacewalk required to stop the anticipated leakage of ammonia coolant 2012 Event NASA reports its three-man crew of Joe Acaba and Russian colleagues Gennady Padalka and Sergei Revin landed safely in the Russian-made Soyuz capsule after 123 days at the International Space Station 2011 Event The cargo ship MV Swanland sinks off of north wales due to gale force weather, with two of eight crew members are rescued 2011 Event Crewmembers of the Endeavour space shuttle Mike Fincke and Greg Chamitoff take what is potentially the last spacewalk ever conducted by a space shuttle crew 2010 Event A Chinese ship with 29 crew is attacked by Somali pirates in the Arabian Sea 2009 Event One person out of 183 passengers and crew survives the crash of Yemenia Flight 626 off the coast of Moroni, Comoros 2003 Event Space Shuttle Columbia destroyed over Texas when returning to Earth, 7 crew members are killed 2001 Event SAS flight 686 crashes near Milano-Linate, killing 114, crash caused by flight crew and tower confusion 1997 Event Soyuz TM-26 crew of Anatoly Solovyov and Pavel Vinogradov, launched 1995 Event America3 becomes 1st all-female crew to win an America's Cup race 1990 Event 3 members of 2 Live Crew acquitted on obsenity charges in Florida 1990 Event Florida record store owner Charles Freeman is found guilty of obsenity, for selling 2 Live Crew rap records 1990 Event 2 Live Crew release "Banned in the USA" the lyrics quote Star Spangled Banner and Gettysburg Address 1990 Event Members of 2 Live Crew formally charged with obscenity in Florida 1990 Event Rap group 2 Live crew members arrested in Florida for obscenity 1987 Event "Ronnies Rap" by Ron and DC Crew peaks at #93 1986 Event 4 French TV crew members are abducted in Beirut Lebanon 1985 Event 248 U.S. soldiers and 8 crew members die in Arrow Air charter crash 1984 Event Soyuz T-10 launches with crew of 3 to Salyut 7 1982 Event 4 Dutch TV crew members shot dead in El Salvador 1981 Event Mariners manager Maury Wills is suspended for 2 games after ordering Seattle's grounds crew to enlarge batter's boxes by one foot 1980 Event Crew of Soyuz 35 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 37 1980 Event Soyuz 37 crew returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 36 1980 Event Crew of Soyuz 36 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 35 1979 Event Crew of Soyuz 32 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 34 aft 175 d flight 1978 Event Crew of Soyuz 29 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 31 1978 Event Crew of Soyuz 31 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 29 1977 Event Space Shuttle test model "Enterprise" carries a crew aloft for 1st time, It was fixed to a modified Boeing 747 1976 Event Israel launches rescue of 103 Air France crew and passengers being held at Entebbe Airport in Uganda by pro-Palestinian hijackers 1975 Event Ore ship Edmund Fitzgerald and crew of 29 lost in storm on Lake Superior 1975 Event Salyut 4 with crew of 2 is launched for 30 days 1973 Event 3-man crew of Skylab 3 make safe splashdown in Pacific after 59 days 1973 Event U.S. launches 1st Skylab crew Kerwin, Conrad, Weitz 1971 Event Soviet Soyuz 11 crew completes 1st transfer to orbiting Salyut 1969 Event Soviet Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5 perform 1st transfer of crew in space 1968 Event North Korea releases Pueblo crew 1968 Event Spy ship USS Pueblo and 83-man crew seized in Sea of Japan by N Korea 1966 Event Soviets launch Kosmos 110 with Veterok and Ugolek, 1st 2-dog crew 1964 Event Voskhod 1 crew returns 1964 Event Launch of Voskhod 1, 1st 3 man crew (Komarov, Feokistov, Yegorov) 1949 Birthday Fred Frith, English guitarist, violinist and bassist, Skeleton Crew 1947 Birthday Mark Nelson, born in Brooklyn, New York, crew member, Biosphere 2 1940 Birthday William Fred Dempster, born in Berkeley, California, crew member, Biosphere 2 1939 Event German pocket battleship Graf Spee scuttled by its crew off Uruguay 1931 Birthday John Perkins, rocker, Crew Cuts 1914 Event Tampico incident - U.S. ship crew arrested in Mexico 1898 Event Belgica crew see 1st sunrise in 1600 hours, 1st to endure Antarct winter 1883 Event English freighter Nisero stranded at Atjeh (crew taken hostage) 1862 Event Battle of Malvern Hill, Virginia (Harrison's Landing, Crew's Farm) 1790 Death Feike H Van de Crew, Fries writer (Mayke Jakkelis), dies 1633 Birthday Nathaniel Crew, English bishop, Durham
