2015 Event A SpaceX cargo rocket explodes shortly after launch; the unmanned vessel was carrying over two tons of food, provisions, supplies and equipment for the International Space Station 2015 Event Astronauts at the International Space Station complete a tricky cable installation project to prepare for addition of docking ports; the ports will be able to receive manned commercial space capsules such as those launched by SpaceX and Boeing 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 Astronauts at the International Space Station have created a specialized wrench in their 3D printer using a custom-designed blueprint emailed to the station from engineers on Earth; previously, objects have been printed from pre-loaded design files 2014 Event The International Space Station announces that it has successfully installed and operated a 3D printer; the printer will be used to reduce costs by manufacturing parts at the station rather than transporting them from Earth 2014 Event NASA outsources its role in space travel by awarding a $4.2 billion contract to Boeing and a $2.6 billion contract to Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) to shuttle astronauts between Earth and the International Space Station 2014 Event Pakistani protesters seeking the resignation of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif briefly take over the state television station and shut it down; soldiers and paramilitary forces later regained control and restored operation 2014 Event Orbital Sciences Corp. launches its second cargo rocket to the International Space Station; Orbital and competitor Space X each have contracts for space supply delivery 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 2014 Event U.S. NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden and John Holdren, White House Science Advisor, announce that President Obama's administration approved extending the use of the International Space Station through 2024 2013 Event A series of spacewalks are made by two NASA astronauts in an effort to fix the faulty coolant pump on the International Space Station 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 Following the closure of the public broadcasting station ERT, Greek unions call for a general strike 2013 Event The Soyuz capsule safely lands in Kazakhstan, carrying Expedition 35 astronauts Thomas Marshburn of the U.S., Chris Hadfield of Canada and Roman Romanenko of Russia back from the International Space Station 2013 Event Crew members from the International Space Station prepare for a contingency spacewalk required to stop the anticipated leakage of ammonia coolant 2013 Event NASA loses communication with the International Space Station's for three hours as a result of updating the station's command and control software 2012 Event In ceremonies held at Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia, the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the USS Enterprise, is officially inactivated after a 51-year U.S. Naval career 2012 Event Mikhail Korniyenko and Scott Kelly, veteran astronauts, are chosen to carry out the first year-long mission to the International Space Station in 2015 2012 Event A report from the European Commission on the need for increased safety at Europe's 134 power station nuclear reactors will cost 10 to 25 billion euros 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 2012 Event Illegally excavated Buddhist relics that were recovered by Pakistani police were stolen from a police station in Karachi; the pieces date back to the Gandhara civilization which existed over 2,000 years ago in Pakistan 2012 Event Astronauts, Sunita Williams of the United States, Yuri Malenchenko of Russia and Aki Hoshide of Japan, arrive at the International Space Station for a three-month long mission 2012 Event The first commercial spacecraft, SpaceX Dragon, docks with the International Space Station when it completes docking at 12:02pm EDT 2011 Event The South Pole records its warmest temperature at -12.3 degrees Celsius at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station 2011 Event China makes its first orbital docking as its unmanned Shenzhou 8 spacecraft successfully docks with the orbiting Tiangong 1 space station module 2011 Event Executing its final mission, Space Shuttle Endeavor successfully undocks from the International Space Station to return to earth 2011 Event The Japanese launch the H-II Transfer Vehicle HTV-2 Resupply Craft, in a mission to deliver cargo to the International Space Station 2011 Event China announces it may station troops in North Korea to protect its citizens and investment projects 2010 Event In Thailand, 79 pro-government 'yellow shirt' protesters are jailed for storming a state-run television station in 2008 2010 Event U.S. Space Shuttle Endeavor launches from the Kennedy Space Center, successfully beginning a two-week mission to the International Space Station 2003 Event Fire at the Station rock club in Rhode Island kills nearly 100 2003 Event Arsonist set a fire in a trian station in Daegu, South Korea kills nearly 200 2001 Event Dennis Tito becomes the first space tourist by paying $20 million to fly on a Soyuz mission to the International Space Station. 2001 Event Russian Mir space station is crashed into the Pacific during a controlled re-entry 2000 Event International Space Station becomes permanently staffed 1997 Event Howard Stern is fired from radio station, KEGL Dallas, Texas 1997 Event Dallas TV Station KXAS settle with Dallas Cowboys Michael Irvin and Erik Williams for reporting false sex assault allegations against them 1997 Event Progress M-34 Collides with and damages Mir Space Station 1997 Event Space Shuttle Atlantis docks with Mir Space Station 1996 Event WPAT FM New York City radio station switches to English-Spanish format 1995 Event Space shuttle Atlantis docks with orbiting Russian space station Mir 1995 Event Spanish Broadcasting System buys New York radio station WPAT-FM for $83.5M 1995 Event Dean St. Station in Brooklyn, is 6th Metropolitan Transportation Authority station to close since 1904 1994 Event Progress M-25 launched to space station Mir 1994 Event Man shoots another man on IRT #4 train at Grand Central Station 1994 Event WMMS-FM's Jeff and Flash, and entire station staff, are fired 1993 Event Battle at TV station Ostankino/Moscow townhall, about 25 killed 1993 Event Cleveland radio station WMMS-FM/101.7 is bought by Disney 1991 Event U.S.S.R. launches 2 cosmonauts to MIR space station 1988 Event Mexican radio station erronously reports Mike Tyson dies in car crash 1988 Event Man armed with explosives blows self up in 125 St. subway station (New York City) 1988 Event Union Station reopens in Washington D.C. 1988 Event U.S.S.R. launches 3 cosmonauts (Valery Polyakav, 1 Afghan) to station Mir 1988 Event LIRR says Penn station will get air conditioning in 1991 1988 Event New York City WABC-AM becomes flagship radio station of New Jersey Devils 1988 Death Clifford D[onald] Simak, sci-fi author (Hugo, Way Station), dies at 83 1987 Event Soyuz TM-4 launches 3 cosmonauts to space station Mir 1987 Event 31 die in a fire at King's Cross, London's busiest subway station 1987 Event New York City radio station WFAN-AM becomes 1st 24 hour all sports radio 1986 Event Soyuz T-15 carries 2 cosmonauts to Soviet space station Mir 1986 Event U.S.S.R. launches Mir space station into Earth orbit 1985 Event Shite Moslems claim to have killed hostage William Buckley - CIA station chief in Beirut 1985 Event Soyuz T-14 carries 3 cosmonauts to Salyut 7 space station 1985 Event Soyuz T-13 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 7 space station 1985 Event -30 degrees F (-34 degrees C), Mountain Lake Bio Station, Virginia (state record) 1984 Event Soyuz T-12 carries 3 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 7 1984 Event Gunmen kidnap William Buckley, CIA station chief in Beirut 1983 Event Soyuz T-9 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 7 space station 1982 Event Suriname army under Desi Bouterse fires on radio station building 1982 Event U.S.S.R. Salyut 7 space station put into orbit 1981 Event Soyuz T-4 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station 1980 Event Soyuz T-3 carries 3 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station, launched 1980 Event Soyuz 38 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Cuban) to Salyut 6 space station 1980 Event Fascist bomb attack on Bologna Italy train station, 86 killed 1980 Event Soyuz T-2 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station 1979 Event Soyuz 32 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station is launched 1978 Event Supreme Court rules 5-4, FCC had a right to reprimand New York radio station WBAI for broadcasting George Carlin's "Filthy Words" 1978 Event Soyuz 30 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Polish) to Salyut 6 space station 1978 Event Soyuz 27 carring 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station, launched 1977 Event Soyuz 26 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station 1977 Event Soviet space station Salyut 6 launched into Earth orbit 1977 Event Burn up of Salyut 4 Space Station (U.S.S.R.) 1976 Event Soyuz 21 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 5 space station 1975 Death Richard S Welch, CIA station chief in Athens, shot dead 1975 Event WGPR-TV Detroit, 1st Black-owned station in U.S., began broadcasting 1975 Event Bomb explodes at annex of Amsterdam metro station 1975 Event Soyuz 17 carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 4 1974 Event Soyuz 15 carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 3 1974 Event Soyuz 14 carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 3 1973 Event The Family Station Inc buys shortwave Radio Station WNYW, changes calls to WYFR and moves station from New York City to Scituate Mass 1973 Event 1st BART train travels thru transbay tube to Montgomery St. Station 1973 Event Skylab launched, 1st Space Station 1972 Death Edmund Wilson, U.S. writer (To the Finland station), dies at 79 1971 Event Soyuz 11 takes 3 cosmonauts to Salyut 1 space station 1971 Event Soyuz 10 launched; cosmonauts become 1st in Salyut 1 space station 1971 Event Montgomery St. Station, last link in BART, 'holed thru' 1970 Event KAMU TV channel 15 in College Station, Texas (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 Event Haiti closes down shortwave station 4VEH for 40 days 1967 Event 1st local British radio station begins broadcasting (Radio Leicester) 1967 Event BBC starts their own popular music radio station 1967 Event Amsterdam Marines chase out "nozems" of Central Station 1967 Event Marines chase "Nozems" out of Amsterdam Central Station 1967 Event PBS (the National Educational TV) begins as a 70 station network 1966 Event 1st TV station in Congo, Kinshasa (Zaire) 1966 Birthday Fred Coury, Johnston, New York, rocker, Cinderella-Heartbreak Station 1966 Event Shortwave station Radio New York Worldwide changes calls from WRUL to WNYW 1966 Event BBC opens a relay radio station on Ascension Island 1966 Death Sergei Korolev, Russian space station constructor, dies 1965 Event 1st all news radio station (WINS 1010 AM in New York City) begins operating 1965 Birthday Jeff Labarr, rocker, Cinderella-Heartbreak Station 1964 Birthday Eric Brittingham, rocker, Cinderella-Heartbreak Station 1963 Birthday Dave Koz, born in Encino, California, saxophonist, compared to David Sanborn, musician, radio host, played on CBS' The Pat Sajak Show, host of Dave Koz Morning Show with Pat Prescott, on a smooth jazz station in Los Angeles 1962 Birthday Tom Keifer, rock guitarist and vocalist, Cinderella-Heartbreak Station 1961 Event Freedom Riders attacked by white mob at bus station in Miss 1960 Event Europe's 1st "moving pavement," (travelator), opens at Bank station 1956 Event 58 degrees F (15 degrees C), Esperanza Station, Antarctica (Antarctic record high) 1956 Event England's 1st large scale nuclear power station opens 1955 Death Tom Powers, actor (Station West, Destination Moon), dies at 65 1955 Event 1st microwave TV station operated (Lufkin, Texas) 1954 Event Ellis Island, immigration station in New York Harbor, closed 1954 Event 1st atomic power station opens (Obninsk, near Moscow, Russia) 1954 Event -87 degrees F (-66 degrees C), Northice Station, Greenland (Greenland record) 1953 Event KTVA TV channel 11 in Anchorage (CBS) becomes Alaska's 1st TV station 1953 Event 1st non-commercial educational television station, Houston, Texas 1953 Birthday Judi Spiers, born in Britain, Judith Marilyn Spiers, British radio and television presenter, hosted Mr TSW and Miss TSW local beauty contests for new south-west station TSW, appeared in six editions of daytime chat show, presented on Open Air, a BBC1 access television program, in 1986, and Pebble Mill program 1992- 1995, presenter, BBC Radio Devon since 2005 1953 Event 16 car Federal Express train loses brakes and crashes in Washington D.C. station 1952 Event 1st ultra high frequency (UHF) television station, Portland Or 1952 Event 1st black executive of a major TV station (Jackie Robinson-WNBC New York) 1951 Event NBC extends to become a 61 station coast-to-coast network 1949 Event 1st UHF television station operating regular basis (Bridgeport Ct) 1949 Event WERD, 1st black-owned radio station, opens in Atlanta 1949 Birthday Michael Lutz, bassist, Brownsville Station 1949 Birthday Robert Palmer, born in Batley, England, singer, Power Station 1948 Birthday Cub Koda, rocker, Brownsville Station 1948 Event Arabs blow up Latrun pumping station in Jerusalem 1948 Event Israeli Radio Station Kol Yisrael's 1st broadcast 1947 Event 252,288 people (record) pass through Grand Central Station, New York City 1947 Event 1st commercial TV station west of Mississippi opens, Hollywood CA 1943 Event Load of "ammunition in transit" explodes at Norfolk Naval Air Station 1942 Event German troops occupy train station Stalingrad-1 1941 Event 1st U.S. commercial FM radio station goes on the air, Nashville, Tennessee 1940 Event London's Waterloo Station bombed by Germans 1940 Birthday Helmut Jahn, born in Nuremburg, Germany, architect, designed O'Hare 'L' Station, Chicago, Illinois, AIA's, Ten Most Influential Living Architects, 1991 1939 Event WGY-TV (Schenectady, New York), 1st coml TV station, begins service 1939 Event Staged "Polish" assault on radio station in Gleiwitz 1938 Event Utrecht Central Station destroyed by fire 1938 Event Soviet arctic ice research station North Pole 1 evacuated, Denmark 1937 Event Governer Wouters inaugurates the radio station on the Dutch Antilles 1936 Event 1st 50 KW U.S. radio station, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1933 Birthday Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Zima Russia, poet, Bratsk Station 1933 Birthday Marc F A Andries, Flemish actor, Central Station 1929 Event AM radio station WOWO, Indiana's transmitter burns down 1927 Event 18 station CBS radio network begins, (WOR is New York City affiliate) 1926 Event 1st formal radio network, RCA takes over AT&T 25 station Network (NBC) 1926 Birthday Alfred Slote, author, Love and Tennis, Omega Station 1926 Birthday Libera Carlier, Flemish author, Action Station Go! 1922 Event Radio Moscow begins transmitting (12 KWs-most powerful station) 1922 Event AT&T radio station WBAY becomes WEAF (New York City) 1922 Birthday James E. Gunn, U.S., sci-fi author, Station in Space, Immortal 1922 Event WOI (Ames, Iowa) country's 1st licensed educational radio station 1922 Event WAAB (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) becomes 1st U.S. radio station with "W" calls 1922 Event 1st southern radio station begins (WSB, Atlanta Georgia) 1921 Event Oldest radio station west of Mississippi River licensed in Greeley Co 1920 Event WTAW of College Station, Tx, broadcast 1st football play-by-play 1920 Event KDKA (Pittsburgh) goes on air as 1st commercial radio station 1920 Event Westinghouse radio station in East Pittsburgh, KDKA begins 1920 Event Detroit radio station is 1st to broadcast a news program on the air 1920 Event 1st U.S. coast guard air station established (Morehead City NC) 1917 Birthday Ernest Borgnine, Hamden, Connecticut, actor, Ice Station Zebra, McHale, Marty 1915 Event 1st wireless message sent from a moving train to a station received 1913 Event 1st drive-up gasoline station opens (Pitts) 1911 Event 1st public elevator (London's Earl's Court Metro Station) 1910 Event New Yorks's Penn Station opens as world's largest train station 1905 Event King Leopold II opens Central Station Antwerp 1904 Event New York City begins building Grand Central Station 1904 Birthday Clifford D[onald] Simak, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Empire, Way Station 1903 Event U.S. signs agreement acquiring a naval station at Guantanamo Bay Cuba 1903 Event Harry Houdini escapes police station Halvemaansteeg in Amsterdam 1902 Birthday Richard Rodgers, born in Hammels Station, New York, composer, Rodgers and Hammerstein 1900 Event New Ellis Island Immigration station completed costing $1.5 million 1892 Event U.S. Quarantine Station opens on Angel Island, San Francisco Bay 1890 Event Prince of Wales opens 1st underground (Station Stockwell, London) 1890 Birthday Tom Powers, born in Owensboro, Kentucky, actor, Station West, Destination Moon 1890 Event Ellis Island designated as an immigration station 1889 Event Amsterdam Central Station officially opens 1888 Death Spencer F Baird, U.S. biologist (Wood's Hole Station), dies at 65 1882 Event 1st district lit by electricity (NY's Pearl Street Station) 1881 Event U.S. Quarantine Station authorized for Angel Island, San Francisco Bay 1865 Event Battle of Durham Station, North Carolina (Greensboro) 1865 Event Battle of Petersburg, Virginia (Ft. Gregg, Sutherland's Station) 1864 Event Battle of Egypt Station, MS 1864 Event Skirmish at Thomas' Station, Georgia 1864 Event Battle of Spring Hill, Tennessee (Thomason's Station) 1864 Event Petersburg Campaign-Battle of Ream's Station 1864 Event Riot at McCook's to Lovejoy Station GA, US600 CS--- 1864 Event Battle of Ream's Station, Virginia, Wilson's Raid 1864 Event Battle of Trevillian Station, Virginia, Central Railroad 1864 Event Battle of Trevillian Station, Virginia, Central Railroad 1864 Event Charing Cross Station opens in London 1863 Event Skirmish at Bean's Station, Tennessee (Knoxville Campaign) 1863 Event Battle of Campbell's Station TN, 492 casualities 1863 Event Battle of Rappahannock Station and Kelly's Ford, VA 1863 Event Battle at Bristoe Station Virginia (about 2000 casualties) 1863 Event Skirmish at Catlett's Station, Virginia (Bristoe Campaign) 1863 Event Battle of Brady Station, Virginia (Culpeper Court House, Bristoe Station) 1863 Event Jo Shelby's cavalry in action at Moffat's Station, Arkansas 1863 Event Battle of Brandy Station, Virginia, Fleetwood, Beverly Ford 1863 Event Battle of Thompson's Station, Tennessee 1862 Event Battle of Bull Run, Virginia (Manassas, Gainesville, Bristoe Station) 1862 Event Battle of Catlett's Station VA 1862 Event Day 5 of 7 Days-Battle of Savage's Station, Virginia 1862 Event Day 4 of 7 Days-Battle of Savage's Station/Garnett's Farm, Virginia 1862 Event Battle of Hanover Court House, Virginia (Slash Church, Peake's Station) 1862 Event Skirmish at Bealeton Station, Virginia 1855 Event Castle Clinton in New York City opens as 1st U.S. receiving station for immigrants 1848 Event London's Waterloo Station opens 1830 Event 1st U.S. Railroad Station opens (Baltimore) 1827 Birthday Petrus J H Cuypers, architect, Amsterdam Museum, Central station 1823 Birthday Spencer F Baird, U.S. biologist, Wood's Hole Station
