2011 Event The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip enters the hospital to treat a blocked coronary artery 2011 Event In Berlin, Social Democrats do well in a state election; the Pirate Party enters a state parliament for the first time, with the Free Democrats achieving 2% of the vote 2011 Event Over half of the country of Peru enters a state of emergency as a result of unusually cold weather 2011 Event Japan's economy officially enters a recession, partially due to financial strain caused by the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami 2006 Event Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter enters Mars orbit 1997 Event Mario Lemieux enters NHL Hall of Fame 1997 Event Peter Graf, father of Steffi, enters German jail for tax evasion 1994 Event Darryl Strawberry enters Betty Ford clinic 1993 Event Katharine Hepburn enters the hospital suffering from exhaustion 1990 Event Darryl Strawberry enters Smither Center for Alcohol rehabilitation 1990 Event New York Met Darryl Strawberry voluntarily enters Alcohol rehab center 1989 Event Charles Taylor enters Liberia to unseat President Samuel K Doe 1989 Event U.S.S.R.'s Phobos II enters Martian orbit 1985 Event Liza Minnelli enters Betty Ford Drug Center 1982 Event Dutch social dem party wins elections, fascist enters Dutch parliament 1979 Event U.S. Skylab enters atmosphere over Australia and disintegrates 1977 Event Former White House chief of staff home run Haldeman enters prison 1977 Event Oil enters Trans-Alaska pipeline exits 38 days later at Valdez 1976 Event Swine Flu vaccine, for non-epidemic, enters testing 1973 Event Jordan enters Yom Kippur war 1973 Event Dr. Hook's "Cover of "Rolling Stone"" enters Top 40 and peaks at #6 1967 Event U.S.'s Lunar Orbiter 5 launched; enters lunar orbit Aug 5 1967 Event Jimmy Hoffa enters Lewisburg Federal Prison 1965 Event Cook Islands enters into free association with New Zealand 1965 Event Zond 3 launched to fly by Moon, enters solar orbit 1962 Event Greece enters European Common Market 1960 Event Oakland enters AFL 1959 Event Boston Patriots enters AFL 1958 Event Royal Teens' "Short Shorts" enters Top 40 chart and peaks at #3 1954 Event Ho Chi Minh enters Hanoi after French troops pulled out 1953 Event Eastern Airlines enters jet age, uses Electra prop-jet 1951 Event 1st commercial computer, UNIVAC 1, enters service at Census Bureau 1950 Event China enters Korean conflict, sends troops across Yalu River 1948 Event ABC enters network TV at 7 PM (WJZ, New York) 1945 Event U.S. 5th army enters Genua 1944 Event U.S. 12 Army corp enters Le Mans through Orleans 1944 Event 5th Army enters and liberates Rome from Mussolini's Fascist armies 1944 Event Wendell Wilkie (R) enters presidential race 1943 Event General Patton enters Messina, completing conquest of Sicily by Allies 1942 Event Colonel General Von Paul' 6th Army enters Ukraine 1942 Event Colonel General Von Hoth' 6th Pantser enters Voronezj 1941 Event U.S. and Britain declare war on Japan, U.S. enters WW II 1941 Event German army enters Ukraine 1941 Event Finland enters WW II against Russia 1941 Event English Army enters Baghdad, chasing pro-German coup government 1938 Event Ruth Fuller Sasaki, Zen teacher, Rinzai line, enters Zen priesthood 1936 Event Charles Anderson enters Kentucky House of Representatives 1932 Event Al Capone, convict of income tax evasion, enters Atlanta Penitentiary 1925 Event Marcus Garvey enters federal prison in Atlanta 1924 Event 1st U.S. diesel electric locomotive enters service, Bronx, New York 1918 Event U.S. Army of occupation crosses Rhine, enters Germany 1917 Event U.S. declares war on Germany, enters World War I 1917 Event AP reports Mexico and Japan will allie with Germany if U.S. enters WW I 1914 Event German battle cruiser Goeben enters Black Sea 1901 Event Boer General Smuts enters Kiba Drift in Cape Colony 1879 Birthday Nicholas Vachel Lindsay, U.S., poet, General William Booth enters Heaven 1862 Event 1st U.S. Navy hospital ship enters service 1862 Event Lee crosses Potomac and enters Maryland 1853 Event 1st practical fire engine (horse-drawn) in U.S. enters service 1834 Event William Thomson enters Glasgow University at 10 years 4 months 1815 Event Napoleon enters Paris after escape from Elba, begins 100-day rule 1792 Event Russian army enters Poland 1775 Event 1st Spanish ship, San Carlos, enters San Francisco Bay 1745 Event Bonnie Prince Charlies army enters England 1673 Event Edmund Halley enters Queen's College, Oxford, as an undergraduate 1610 Event Henry Hudson enters bay later named after him, the Hudson Bay 1567 Event Duke of Alva's army enters Brussels Belgium 1562 Event General Francois de Guise enters Paris 1540 Event Emperor Charles V enters Ghent without resistance, executes rebels 1538 Event Danish king Christian III enters Schmalkaldische Union 1509 Event French army under Louis XII enters Alps 1495 Event French King Charles VIII enters Naples to claim crown 1471 Event King Edwards IV enters London 1295 Event Pope Boniface VIII enters Rome 1216 Event French crown prince Louis enters England 680 Event Husain ibn 'Ali, Shi'i religious leader, enters martyrdom
