2015 Event Commercial space company SpaceX successfully launches its Falcon 9 rocket, which has released the Dragon cargo ship into orbit to the International Space Station; the rocket returned to Earth after releasing the Dragon but had a rough landing 2014 Event Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, reveals the latest Dragon space capsule; the craft is reusable and will allow astronauts to control re-entry and landing; the development suggests that full commercialization of the space industry will soon be a reality 2014 Event Space station astronauts received an Easter Day delivery in the form of the SpaceX Dragon cargo spaceship filled with food, supplies, equipment and care packages; the space station delivery was the fourth for the commercial space technology company 2012 Event The first commercial spacecraft, SpaceX Dragon, docks with the International Space Station when it completes docking at 12:02pm EDT 2002 Death Robert Forward, writer, Dragon's Egg, dies at 70 2001 Death Gordon R. Dickson, writer, The Dragon and the George, dies at 77 1997 Event World Bowl: Barcelona Dragon beat Rhein Fire, 38-24 1997 Death King Hu, film director, scriptwriter, set designer, directed films 'Come Drink With Me', 'Dragon Gate Inn', dies at 64 1981 Death Robert Emmett Keane, actor (Rookie Cop, Red Dragon), dies 1976 Birthday Piper Perabo, born in Dallas, Texas, actress, films include, 'George and the Dragon', 'The Cave', 'The Prestige' 1973 Death Bruce Lee, Lee Yuen Kam, actor (Enter the Dragon), dies at 32 1969 Birthday Edward Norton, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, appeared in films, 'Primal Fear', 'Rounder', 'Fight Club', 'Red Dragon', 'The Illusionist' 1967 Death Lyle Latell, actor (Not of the Earth, Sky Dragon), dies at 63 1965 Event Ground breaking for "Dragon Gateway" at Grant Avenue 1963 Event "Puff (The Magic Dragon)" by Peter, Paul and Mary hits #2 1962 Birthday Michelle Yeoh, born in Ipoh, Malaysia, actress, films include, 'Tomorrow Never Dies', 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon', considered greatest action heroine ever 1959 Death Gwili Andre, actress (No Other Woman, Roar of the Dragon), dies 1957 Birthday Cynthia Rothrock, born in Wilmington, Delaware, actress, Lady Dragon, Honor and Glory 1955 Birthday Chow Yun-Fat, born in Lamma Island, China, actor, appeared in 'The Killer', 'A Better Tomorrow', 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' 1953 Birthday Ricky "Dragon" Steamboat, Richard Blood, wrestler, NWA/WWF/WCW/AWA 1949 Event Bhutan, land of Dragon, becomes an independent monarchy 1943 Event King's Dragon Guards liberates suburbs of Naples 1943 Event Pulitzer prize awarded to Upton Sinclair (Dragon's Teeth) 1942 Birthday Daryl Dragon, born in Pasadena, California, keyboardist, Captain and Tennille 1938 Birthday Peter Yarrow, New York City, Peter, Paul and Mary-Puff the Magic Dragon 1933 Birthday Jerry [Eugene] Pournelle, U.S., sci-fi author, Mercenary, Red Dragon 1932 Birthday Robert L[ull] Forward, U.S., sci-fi author, Dragon's Egg, Starquake 1932 Birthday King Hu, born in Beijing, China, film director, scriptwriter, set designer, directed films 'Come Drink With Me', 'Dragon Gate Inn' 1920 Birthday Turhan Bey, born in Vienna, Austria, actor, Dragon Seed, Ali Baba and 40 Thieves 1910 Event Ramon Inclan's "La Farsa Infantil de la Cabeza del Dragon," premieres 1904 Birthday Lyle Latell, born in Iowa, actor, Not of the Earth, Sky Dragon 1902 Birthday Seton I Miller, Chehalis, Washington, writer, Pete's Dragon, Istanbul
