2015 Event Officials from India and Bangladesh sign the Land Boundary Agreement, permanently dividing disputed border territory between the two nations; residents of this territory have lacked government-sponsored services and clear citizenship status 2015 Event Oil spill cleanup continues at Refugio State Beach in California after a pipeline burst two days ago; about 21,000 gallons of oil have been released into the ocean and 105,000 gallons on land 2014 Event A second dwarf planet is discovered between the Oort cloud and the Kuiper belt, an area previously considered a no-man's land; the planet, 2012 VP-113, measures about 280 miles across; the first, Sedna, about 600 miles across, was discovered in 2003 2013 Event The oldest European remains of a white man are discovered in Australia; the Manning River Skull may belong to a man born in 1650, predating the country's history that Captain James Cook was the first to land on Australia's east coast in 1770 2011 Event In Texas, wildfires continue burning, destroying tens of thousands of acres of land 2011 Event First Air fails in an attempt to land a Boeing 737 in poor conditions; 12 of 15 people die after the plane crashes near Canada's Resolute Bay 2011 Event Over 230,000 acres of land, including the town Fort Davis, are destroyed by wildfires in the state of Texas 2011 Event Sendai, a major 9.0 earthquake strikes offshore of Japan's Miyagi Prefecture; 10-meter high tsunami's are produced near its epicenter, reaching land through the Pacific ocean 2010 Event Two men on motorcycles fatally shot Pedro Alcantara de Souza, a Brazilian land reform activist, five times in the head while he tried to ride his bicycle in Para 2010 Event United States Navy troops land near the Haitian presidential palace, bringing food, water, and equipment to aid victims of the earthquake 2001 Event Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) spacecraft becomes first vehicle to land on an asteroid (433 Eros) 1996 Death Granville James Leveson Gower, land owner, dies at 77 1996 Death George Houston, land economist, dies at 74 1995 Death David Land, impressario, dies at 77 1995 Death Eleanore M "May" Sarton, Belg/US writer (Land of Silence), dies at 83 1994 Death Jimmy Buddy Lee Land Ace, singer, dies at 57 1994 Event "No Man's Land" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 61 performances 1994 Event "No Man's Land" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 61 performances 1992 Event Operation Restore Hope - U.S. Marines land in Somalia 1991 Death Irwin Allen, dir (Land of the Giants, Poseidon Adventure), dies at 75 1991 Death Edwin H Land, inventor (Polaroid Camera), dies at 81 1990 Event Egypt and Morocco troops land in Saudi Arabia to prevent Iraqi invasion 1987 Event Bob Land wins his 6th straight Kenduskeag Stream Canoe Race 1986 Event Kurt Browning (Canada) becomes 1st skater to land a quadruple jump 1986 Event Protesters try to stop Land Rover motor company being sold to U.S. 1985 Event U.S. fighter jets force Egyptian plane carrying hijackers of Italian ship Achille Lauro to land in Italy, gunmen are placed in custody 1982 Event U.S. Marines land in Beirut, Lebanon 1980 Death Iris Meredith, actress (Lawless Land, Gambling Terror), dies at 64 1979 Event Stanley Barrett 1st to exceed land sonic speed (739.666 MPH) 1976 Event 4th Space Shuttle Enterprise, approach and land test (ALT) flight 1976 Event Israel kills 6 Palestinians protesting land confiscation 1976 Death Chris Kenner, rhythm and blues singer, songwriter, recording artist, 1961 hit I Like It Like That was on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart, song Land of a Thousand Dances was recorded by Patti Smith, and others, dies 1975 Death William F Jenkins, author (Time Tunnel, Land of Giants), dies at 78 1975 Event Harold Pinter's "No Man's Land," premieres in London 1975 Event Ice thickness measured at 4776 m, Wilkes Land, Antarctica 1974 Death June Harrison, actress (Land of the Lawless), dies at 48 1974 Event Skylab 4's astronauts land 1973 Event Skylab 2's astronauts land 1972 Event Apollo 16's Young and Duke land on Moon with Boeing Lunar Rover #2 1971 Event Soviet Mars 3 is 1st to soft land on Mars 1971 Event Soviet Mars 2 becomes 1st spacecraft to crash land on Mars 1971 Event U.S.S.R. Mars 3 launched, 1st spacecraft to soft land on Mars 1971 Event U.S.S.R. launches Mars 2, 1st spacecraft to crash land on Mars 1970 Event Soviet Venera 7 is 1st spacecraft to land on another planet (Venus) 1970 Event 1st Boeing 747 to land in Amsterdam and Brussels 1970 Event Edwin Land patents Polaroid camera 1970 Event Apollo 13 launched to Moon; unable to land, returns in 6 days 1969 Event Apollo 11, carrying 1st men to land on Moon, launched 1969 Event Thor Heyerdahl and reed raft Ra II land in Barbados 57 days from Morocco 1967 Event U.N. Sec council passes resolution 242 - Israel must give back occupied land 1966 Event Beatles land in Tokyo for a concert tour 1965 Event Venera 3 launched, 1st to land on another planet (crashes into Venus) 1965 Event Craig Breedlove sets land speed record (600.601 mph-966.57 kph) 1965 Event Lee Breedlove sets female land speed record (308.56 MPH) in Utah 1965 Event Astronauts Gordon Cooper and Pete Conrad successfully land the Gemini 5 in 7 days, 22 hours, 55 minutes and 14 seconds, breaking the record for manned spaceflight for total mission duration 1965 Birthday Dan Land, NFL cornerback and safety for the Oakland Raiders 1965 Event Luna 5 launched (U.S.S.R.) 1st attempt to soft land on Moon (fails) 1964 Event Paula Murphy sets female land speed record 226.37 MPH 1964 Event Beatles land at New York's JFK airport, for 1st U.S. tour 1962 Birthday Andy Green, UK, 1st to break sound barrier on land 1962 Event 500 Indonesian parachutist land on New-Guinea 1962 Event Indonesian paratroopers land in New Guinea 1962 Event Donald Jackson of Canada, is 1st to land a triple lutz ice skate jump 1961 Event 1,400 Cuban exiles land in Bay of Pigs attempt to overthrow Castro 1959 Event Soviet Union's Luna-2 is 1st spacecraft to land on the Moon 1959 Event Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Land of the Sky Golf Tournament 1958 Event Government troops land on North-Celebes Indonesia 1958 Event Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Land of Sky Golf Open 1958 Event Government troops land in Sumatra Indonesia 1957 Event Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Land of Sky Golf Open 1957 Event Ryan X-13 Vertijet becomes 1st jet to take-off and land vertically 1956 Event Britain and France land forces in Egypt 1956 Event 1st American to land an airplane at South Pole - Rear Admiral G. J. Dufek 1956 Event French commandos land in Algeria 1955 Birthday Caleb Carr, born in Manhattan, New York City, author, military historian, wrote, 'The Italian Secretary', 'Casing the Promised Land', 'The Alienist' 1954 Event Indonesian troops land in New-Guinea 1954 Event 1st VTOL, Vertical Take-off and Land, flown 1952 Birthday Beverly Johnson, model/actress, Ashanti Land of No Mercy 1952 Birthday Wendy Phillips, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Executive Suite, Promised Land 1950 Event During Korean conflict, United Nations forces land at Inchon in South Korea 1950 Event U.S. troop land on Wolmi-Do island off of Seoul 1950 Event Indonesian troops land on Buru, South-Molukka 1949 Event Bhutan, land of Dragon, becomes an independent monarchy 1948 Birthday Brian Eno, born in Woodbridge, England, rock keyboardist/singer, On Land 1947 Birthday Ry[land] Cooder, born in Louisiana, blues guitarist, Crossroads 1947 Event 1st instant developing camera demonstrated in New York City, by E H Land 1946 Event Dutch troops land at Batavia/Semarang 1946 Event Dutch troops land on East Bali 1945 Event U.S. troops land in Japan after Japanese surrender 1945 Event Allies troop land on Balikpapan 1945 Event U.S. troops land on He Shima Okinawa 1945 Event U.S. troops land on Tsugen Shima Okinawa 1945 Event 30,000 U.S. Marines land on Iwo Jima 1945 Event U.S. forces land on Corregidor, complete conquest on March 3 1945 Event British troops land on Ramree, near coast of Burma 1945 Event Scottish 52nd land division/1st Commando brigade-assault at Heinsberg 1945 Event Allies land on west coast of Burma, conquer Akyab 1944 Event U.S. forces land in Philippines 1944 Event Allied troops land in Corfu 1944 Event British troops land on Greek continent 1944 Event Operation Market Garden: Polish paratroopers land at Driel 1944 Event U.S. troops land on Ulithi 1944 Event 1st V-2 rockets land in London and Antwerp 1944 Event Operation Anvil: Allies land on French Mediterranean sea coast 1944 Event Operation Dragoon: Allied troops land in Provence 1944 Event U.S. troops land on Tinian 1944 Event U.S. forces land on Guam to get rid of Japanese invaders 1944 Event Allies land on Vogelkop, New Guinea 1944 Event Allies land on Biak, Indonesia (operation Horlicks) 1944 Event Operation Straightline: Allies land in Netherlands New-Guinea 1944 Event Allies land near Hollandia, New-Guinea 1944 Event U.S. troop land on Los Negros, Admirality Islands 1943 Event U.S. troops land on Abemada, Gilbert Island 1943 Event U.S. forces land on Tarawa and Makin Atoll in Gilbert Island 1943 Event Russian troops land on Kertsj peninsula 1943 Event U.S. troops land on Bougainville Island on Solomon Island 1943 Event U.S., British and French troops land in Salerno (operation Avalanche) 1943 Event Allies land on Kiska Aleutians 1943 Event U.S. amphibians land at Brolo on north coast of Sicily 1943 Event U.S. amphibians land at St. Agata on North coast of Sicily 1942 Event Allies under Eisenhower land in N-Africa (Casablanca) 1942 Event Operation "Torch" began as U.S. and British forces land in French N Afr 1942 Event German troops land on Taman peninsula 1942 Event 1st U.S. flights to land on Guadalcanal 1942 Event Carlson's Raiders land on Makin, Gilbert islands, kill 350 Japanese 1942 Birthday Miguel Littin, actor, Promised Land, Alsino and Condor 1942 Event Japanese troop land on Kiska, Aleutians 1942 Event Japanese troop land on North-Sumatra 1942 Event Japanese land in Java, last Allied bastion in Dutch East Indies 1942 Event Japanese troops land on Timor 1942 Event Japanese troop land on Bali 1942 Event Japanese parachutists land near oil center Palembang Sumatra 1942 Event Japanese troops land near Makassar, South Celebes 1942 Event Japanese troops land on Ambon 1942 Event Japanese troops land at oil center Balikpapan in Borneo 1941 Event Japanse troops land on Hong Kong 1941 Event Australian bombers land on Timor/Ambon 1941 Event U.S. troops land on Suriname to protect bauxite mine 1941 Event Japanese forces land in Indo-China 1941 Event U.S. forces land in Iceland to forestall Nazi invasion 1941 Event British troop land in Iraq/Yugoslavia; surrender to nazis 1940 Event British troops land at Narvik, Norway 1940 Event Allied troops land in Norway 1939 Event Norway claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica 1938 Event Hitler issues ultimatum to Czechoslovakian government, demanding Sudenten Land 1937 Birthday Buddy Jimmy Lee Land Ace, singer 1937 Birthday Larry Boxx, founder, Land B Computer Serv 1936 Event 1st KLM airplane to land on Bonaire 1936 Birthday Gary Conway, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Burke's Law, Land of the Giants 1934 Birthday Bob Martinez, born in America, served as Mayor of Tampa, Florida and 40th Governor of Florida, initiated Preservation 2000, America's largest environmental land acquisition program, appointed Drug Czar by President George H.W. Bush 1933 Birthday Gerrit J M Braks, Dutch minister of agriculture and land and fishing, CDA 1933 Birthday DRG Andrews, CEO, Land Rover-Leyland 1931 Birthday Jan Torell, Limhamm Sweden, director, New Land, Emigrants 1931 Event Operette "Land of Smiles," premieres in London 1930 Event British White Paper restricts Jews from buying Arab land 1929 Birthday Chris Kenner, born in Kenner, near New Orleans, Louisiana, rhythm and blues singer, songwriter, recording artist, 1961 hit I Like It Like That was on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart, song Land of a Thousand Dances was recorded by Patti Smith, and others 1928 Birthday David Somerset, born in England, David Robert Somerset, 11th Duke of Beaufort, British peer, criticized for accepting public funds on riverbed land granted to his dukedom 400 years ago 1927 Death Matilde Serao, Tuffolina, Italian writer (Land of Cockayne), dies 1927 Event 1,000 U.S. Marines land in China to protect American property 1926 Event U.S. Marines land in Nicaragua (9-mo after leaving), stay until 1933 1926 Event Land at Broadway and Wall Street sold at a record $7 per sq inch 1925 Birthday David Bache, born in Worcestershire, England, David Ernest Bache, son of footballer Joe Bache, car designer, worked with Rover, established design company David Bache Associates, created the Land Rover, Series II Land Rover 1925 Birthday Peter Lane, born in England, Baron Lane of Horsell, Lord Land of Horsell, politician, businessman, Conservative Party, served in Royal Navy, life peer, House of Lords 1921 Birthday George Houston, land economist 1921 Birthday Countess of Sutherland, English great land owner/multi-millionaire 1919 Event Ross and Smith land in Australia from a flight from London 1919 Birthday Duke of Rutland, British land owner/multimillionaire 1919 Event 1st parcel of land is purchased for Cleveland Metroparks 1918 Birthday Granville James Leveson Gower, land owner 1918 Event U.S. troops land in Archangel, Russia, stay 10 months 1918 Event U.S. troops land in Vladivostok, Siberia, stay until 1920 1918 Birthday David Land, impressario 1917 Event Pravda (Lenin names Russia "Free land of world") 1917 Event 1st federal land bank chartered 1916 Birthday Irwin Allen, born in New York City, director, Land of the Giants, Poseidon Adventure 1915 Event 78,000 ANZAC troops land at Gallipoli 1914 Birthday George "Tiger" Haynes, guitarist/actor, Land Without Music, Guv'nor 1914 Event South African troops land in German South West Africa 1914 Event British field marshal John French and General Wilson land in France 1914 Event 1st air flight out of sight of land, Scotland to Norway 1913 Event Webb Alien Land-Holding Bill passes, forbidding Japanese from owning land 1912 Birthday Woodie Guthrie, folk singer, This Land Is Your Land 1912 Event U.S. Marines land on Cuba 1910 Event Barney Oldfield sets land speed record of 131.7 mph at Daytona 1909 Birthday Edwin H Land, inventor, instant photography, Polaroid, 1909 Birthday Edwin H. Land, American Inventor 1908 Birthday Alain Cuny, actor, Detective, Weite Land, Emmanuelle 1900 Event 2,000 marines land to capture Beijing, ending Boxer rebellion 1898 Event 1st U.S. troops land and occupy Puerto Rice, at Guanica Bay 1898 Event 1st U.S. Marines land in Cuba during Spanish-American War 1898 Event 600 U.S. Marines land at Guantanamo Cuba 1898 Event U.S. Marines land in Cuba, during Spanish-American War 1896 Birthday William Fitzgerald Jenkins, author, Time Tunnel, Land of Giants 1896 Event Marines land in Nicaragua to protect U.S. citizens 1892 Birthday Vita Sackville-West, born in England, novelist/poet, The Land 1889 Event Oklahoma land rush officially started; some were "sooner" 1882 Event British under General Wolseley land in Alexandria 1880 Death John Sutter, U.S. colonist (gold discovered on his land), dies at 77 1874 Event U.S. troops land in Honolulu to protect the king 1868 Birthday Mary Austin, Illinois, feminist/nature writer, Land of Little Rain 1866 Event Steamship London sinks in storm off Land's End England, kills 220 1865 Event Army commander in South Carolina orders Freedmen's Bureau to stop seizing land 1865 Event Last land action of Civil war at Palmito Ranch, Texas 1865 Event General Wm Sherman issues Field Order #15 (land for blacks) 1864 Event Land and naval action new Brazos Santiago, Texas 1862 Event Land Grant Act endows state colleges with federal land 1862 Event Lincoln signs act granting land for state agricultural colleges 1862 Event Homestead Act becomes law provides cheap land for settlement of West 1861 Event 1st Civil War land battle-Union defeats Confederacy at Philippi, WV 1860 Event Congress accepts Pre-emption Bill: free land in West for colonists 1856 Birthday Matilde Serao, Tuffolina, Italian writer, Land of Cockayne 1854 Event Allied armies, including those of Britain and France, land in Crimea 1854 Event 1st park land purchased by a U.S. city, Worcester, Massachusetts 1853 Event Austrian law forbids Jews from owning land 1842 Event Indians land in Ohio, a 12 mile area in Upper Sandusky 1840 Birthday Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, England, writer, Irish Land League 1840 Event Dumont D'Urville discovers Adelie Land, Antarctica 1839 Birthday Henry George, land reformer/writer, Progress and Poverty 1838 Birthday Alice Cunningham Fletcher, ethnologist, Stranger in Her Native Land 1836 Event HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin reach Diemen's Land, also known as Tasmania, Australia 1825 Event Creek Indian treaty signed. Tribal chiefs agree to turn over all their land in Georgia to the government and migrate west by Sept 1, 1826 1811 Birthday Albertus C. van Raalte, Dutch / U.S. vicar, owned land in Michigan 1809 Birthday Juliusz Slowacki, Polish poet, Trip to H Land 1799 Event 1st federal forestry legislation authorizes purchase of timber land 1798 Event 1st direct federal tax on states-on dwellings, land and slaves 1787 Event French government proclaims end to stamp/land tax 1785 Death Frederick Philipse 3, land owner (Bronx, Westch and Putnam), dies at 65 1755 Event Transylvania Land Co. buys Kentucky for $50,000 from a Cherokee chief 1724 Event Emperor Charles VI names Maria Elisabeth land guardian of Austria / Netherlands 1720 Birthday Frederick Philipse III, New York City, land owner, Bronx, Westchester and Putnam 1716 Event Eugenius of Savoye named land guardian of Austrian Netherlands 1697 Event Willem de Vlamingh returns to Batavia after exploring "South Land" 1692 Event King Maximilian installed as land guardian of South Netherlands 1685 Event Don Francisco de Agurto installed as land guardian of S Netherlands 1676 Event Battle at land: Danish and Dutch fleet under CM Tromp beats Sweden 1676 Death Creutz, Swedish Admiral (land), dies in battle 1676 Death Uggla, Swedish Admiral (land), dies in battle 1675 Death Francisco de Moura y Cortereal, Span land guardian of Netherlands (1664-68) 1675 Event Don Carlos de Gurrea/Aragon becomes Spanish land guardian of S Netherlands 1663 Birthday Frans Eugenius, duke/prince of Savoye/land guardian of Austria-Netherlands 1642 Event Abel Janzoon Tasman discovers Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) 1641 Event Don Francisco de Mello appointed land guardian of South Netherlands 1639 Event Massachusetts grants 500 acres of land to erect a gunpowder mill 1631 Event Ferdinand of Austria installed as land guardian of S Netherlands 1630 Event Swedish troops under Gustaf II Adolf land at Peenemunde 1628 Event Puritans land at Salem, from Mass Bay Colony, witches soon to settle 1621 Event John Pieterszoon Coen's troops land on Lontor, East Indies 1620 Event Mayflower pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock 1620 Event 103 Mayflower pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock 1620 Event 41 pilgrims land in Massachusetts, sign Mayflower Compact (just and equal laws) 1619 Event 1st black Americans (20) land at Jamestown, Virginia 1607 Event 1st British to establish an American colony land at Cape Henry, Va 1600 Death Andreas of Austrian, Land Guardian of Netherlands (1598-1600), dies at 42 1597 Event Land guardian Albrecht occupies Amiens on France 1595 Event King Philip II names Albrecht of Austria land guardian of Netherlands 1592 Death Alexander Farnese, land guardian of Netherlands (1579-92), dies at 46 1590 Death Floris Thin, politician/land advocate of Utrecht, dies 1579 Event Artois/Henegouwen/French-Flanders sign Treaty/Peace of Parma recognizing Spanish duke van Parma as land guardian 1578 Death Don Juan d'Austria, Spanish land guardian of Netherlands, dies at 31 1578 Death Juan de Escobedo, secretary of Spanish land guardian Don Juan, murdered 1577 Event Spanish land guardian Don Juan of Habsburg signs "Eternal Edict" 1573 Event Don Luis de Requesensy Zuniga succeeds duke of Alva as land guardian of Netherlands 1567 Event Duke of Alva becomes land guardian of Netherlands 1566 Event Land guardian Margaretha van Parma grants Calvinists rights 1558 Death Charles, earl of Lalaing/land guardian of the Netherlands, dies at 52 1552 Event Land guardians of Netherlands attacks Verdun 1549 Death Barthout van Assendelft, 1st land advocate of Holland, dies 1547 Birthday Jan of Austria, Spanish military man/land guardian of the Netherland 1544 Event Adrian van Goes becomes land advocate of Holland 1524 Event Giovanni de Varrazano of France sights land around area of Carolinas 1509 Event Emperor Maximilian I names Margaretha land guardians of Netherlands 1492 Event Christopher Columbus and ship Santa Maria land in Dominican Republic 1492 Event Columbus' ships sites land on the horizon (Bahamas) 1492 Event Crewman on Pinta sights "land"-a few weeks early 1487 Event Lord Lovell and John de la Poles army land at Furness Lancashire 1474 Death Peter van Hagenbach, Elzasser knight/land guardian, beheaded 1474 Event Breisach land guardian Peter von Hagenbach throws out Walloon/Italians 1472 Death Pieter Bladelin, Belgium, land owner (Middelburg castle), dies 1262 Death Shinran, founder of Japan's True Pure Land Buddhist sect, dies 1167 Birthday John "without a land", king of England, 1199-1216
