2014 Event Shamil Tarpischev, president of the Russian Tennis Federation, has been suspended for a year and fined $25,000 by the Women's Tennis Association Tour for making derogatory gender-based remarks about tennis champion sisters Serena and Venus Williams 2012 Event Elena Vesnina beats five-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams, in the first round at the 2012 Wimbledon Championships 2012 Event The planet Venus makes its last transit of the 21st century beginning at 22:09 UTC June 5, and ending 4:49 UTC June 6 2004 Death William H. Pickering, rocket scientist, manager of the Mariner missions to Venus and Mars in the 1960s, dies at 93 2003 Event Wimbledon Women's Finals, Serena Williams beat her sister Venus Williams 2002 Event Wimbledon Women's Doubles Finals, Venus Williams and her sister Serena Williams Paola Suarez and Virginia Ruano 2002 Event Wimbledon Women's Finals, Serena Williams beat her sister Venus Williams 2001 Event Wimbledon Women's Finals, Venus Williams beat Justine Henin 2000 Event Wimbledon Women's Doubles Finals, Julie Halard-Decugis and Ai Sugiyama beat Venus Williams and Serena Williams 2000 Event Wimbledon Women's Finals, Venus Williams beat Lindsay Davenport 2000 Event Conjunction of Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Moon 1997 Event 111th U.S. Womens Tennis: Martina Hingis beats Venus Williams (60 64) 1997 Event "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus" closes at Gershwin New York City 1997 Event "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus," opens at Gershwin New York City 1996 Event Joyce Giraud, crowned 8th Ms Venus Swimwear 1995 Event Keelin Curnuck, 23, Ms Venus Swimwear 1994, crowned Miss New York USA 1995 Event Addison Vance, 18, of Hickory NC, crowned 7th Ms Venus Swimwear 1994 Event Space probe Magellan burns up in atmosphere of Venus 1994 Event Contact with Venus orbitter Magellan broken 1992 Event Pioneer Venus Orbiter (1st Venus orbiter-1978), crashes into Venus 1990 Event U.S.'s Magellan spacecraft lands on Venus 1990 Event Galileo flies by Venus 1989 Event Conjunction of Venus, Mars, Uranus, Neptune, Saturn and Moon 1989 Event U.S. Venus probe Magellan launched from Space shuttle 1989 Event U.S. launches Magellan to Venus 1985 Event En route to Halley's Comet, U.S.S.R.'s Vega 2 drops lander on Venus 1985 Event Russian space probe Vega 2 lands on Venus 1985 Event Russian space probe Vega 1 lands on Venus 1985 Event U.S.S.R.'s Vega 1 deposits lander on surface of Venus 1982 Event Russian spacecraft Venera 14 lands and sends back data from Venus 1982 Event Russian spacecraft Venera 14 lands on Venus, sends back data 1980 Birthday Venus Williams, born in Lynwood, California, tennis star 1980 Birthday Conor Oberst, born in Omaha, Nebraska, singer, songwriter, played with Bright Eyes band, Commander Venus, Park Ave, Monsters of Folk 1978 Event Pioneer Venus 2 drops 5 probes into atmosphere of Venus 1978 Event Pioneer Venus 1 begins orbiting Venus 1978 Event Pioneer Venus 1 goes into orbit around Venus 1978 Event Pioneer-Venus 2 with 5 atmospheric probes launched toward Venus 1978 Event Pioneer-Venus 2 Multi-probe launched to Venus 1978 Event U.S. launches Pioneer Venus 1; produces 1st global radar map of Venus 1977 Death Anais Nin, Cuban/American writer (Delta of Venus), dies at 73 1975 Event Wings release "Venus and Mars/Rock Show" medley 1975 Event U.S.S.R.'s Venera 10 makes day-side Venus landing 1975 Event Soviet spacecraft Venera 9 soft-lands on Venus 1975 Event Venera 9, 1st craft to orbit planet Venus launched 1975 Event U.S.S.R. launches Venera 10 for Venus landing 1975 Event U.S.S.R. launches Venera 9 for Venus landing 1975 Event Wings release "Venus and Mars" album 1975 Event Paul McCartney releases "Venus and Mars" 1974 Event U.S. Mariner 10 returns 1st close-up photos of Venus' cloud structure 1973 Event Mariner 10 launched-1st Venus pics, 1st mission to Mercury 1972 Event Venera 8 makes soft landing on Venus 1972 Birthday Keelin Curnuck, Miss New York USA 1996 /Ms Venus Swimwear, 1994 1972 Event Venera 8 launched to Venus 1970 Event 1st successful landing on Venus (U.S.S.R.) 1970 Event Soviet Venera 7 is 1st spacecraft to land on another planet (Venus) 1970 Event Venera 7 launched, makes 1st softlanding on Venus 1969 Event Mariner 6 passes Venus on 3410 km (74 photos) 1969 Event Russian probe Venera 6 landed on Venus 1969 Event Venera 5 lands on Venus, returns data on atmosphere 1969 Event U.S.S.R.'s Venera 6 launched for parachute landing on Venus 1969 Event U.S.S.R. Venera 5 launched for 1st successful planet landing (Venus) 1968 Death Gertrude Short, actress (Stella Dallas, Blonde Venus), dies at 66 1967 Event Mariner 5 makes fly-by of Venus 1967 Event Soviet Venera 4 becomes 1st probe to send data back from Venus 1967 Event Mariner 5 Launch, Venus Flyby 1967 Event U.S.S.R. launches Venera 4 for parachute landing on Venus 1966 Event Venera 3 becomes 1st man-made object to impact on a planet (Venus) 1965 Event Venera 3 launched, 1st to land on another planet (crashes into Venus) 1965 Event Venera 2 launched by Soviet Union toward Venus 1964 Event U.S.S.R. launches Zond 1 to Venus; no data returned 1962 Event Mariner 2 makes 1st U.S. fly-by of another planet (Venus) 1962 Event Mariner 2 launched; 1st probe to fly by Venus 1962 Event Mariner 2 launched to Venus; flyby mission 1962 Event 1st U.S. Venus probe, Mariner 1, fails at lift-off 1962 Event Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn within 16 degrees 1961 Event Soviet Union fires a rocket from Sputnik V to Venus 1961 Event U.S.S.R. launches Venera 1 toward Venus 1961 Event Sputnik 7 launches into Earth orbit; probable Venus probe failure 1960 Event Pioneer 5 launched into solar orbit between Earth and Venus 1959 Event 1st known radar contact is made with Venus 1956 Event U.S. Lab detects high-temperature microwave radiation from Venus 1953 Birthday Jay O Sanders, born in Austin, Texas, actor, Meeting Venus, V I Warshawski 1953 Birthday Debbie Steinbach, born in Fullerton, California, professional golfer, author, instructor, twelve-year LPGA Tour veteran, founder of Venus Golf, wrote, 'Venus on the Fairway', has provided over 5,000 individual golf lessons 1951 Death John Erskine, U.S. writer/poet/pianist (Venus Love Goddess), dies at 71 1950 Event Christopher Fry's "Venus Observed," premieres in London 1948 Birthday Pamela Sargent, U.S., sci-fi author, Venus of Dreams, Cloned Lives 1944 Birthday Tim Reid, born in Norfolk, Virginia, comedian, Venus Flytrap-WKRP, Frank's Place 1944 Birthday Hans Plomp, Dutch writer/poet, Venus in Holland 1943 Event Weill/Perelman/Nash' musical "One Touch of Venus," premieres in New York City 1940 Birthday Frankie Avalon, Philadelphia, actor, Beach movies, singer, Venus 1940 Birthday Frankie Avalon, rocker, Venus, Beach Blanket Bingo 1938 Birthday Nico, U.S. model/pop singer, Velvet Underground, Venus in Furs 1937 Birthday Grace Bumbry, St. Louis, mezzo-soprano, Venus in Tannhauser 1936 Birthday James Darren, born in Philadelphia, actor, TJ Hooker, Diamond Head, Venus in Furs 1935 Birthday Philippine J Aeckerlin, Dutch actress, Oh Venus, Daddy Longlegs 1931 Birthday Shirley Hazzard, Australian author, Transit of Venus 1930 Birthday Jef Geeraerts, Flemish writer, Black Venus 1927 Birthday Olga San Juan, born in New York City, actress, Variety Girl, 1 Touch of Venus 1914 Event Suffragettes in London damages painter Rokeby's Venus of Velasquez 1906 Birthday Louise Brooks, silent screen star, American Venus, Pandora's Box 1906 Birthday Hans Aeschbacher, Swiss sculptor, Venus de Six-Tours 1902 Birthday Cheryl Crawford, producer, Touch of Venus, Brigadoon 1902 Birthday Esther Ralston, Bar Harbor ME, American Venus/actress, Old Ironsides 1902 Birthday Gertrude Short, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, actress, Stella Dallas, Blonde Venus 1894 Event Venus is both a morning star and evening star 1882 Event Atmosphere of Venus detected during transit 1860 Birthday Rachilde, Marguerite Vallette-Eymery, French author, Monsieur Venus 1838 Birthday Meyer E van Beem, actor, Black Venus 1815 Death Saartjie Baartman, Hottentot Venus, dies in Paris 1777 Death Guillaume Coustou, Jr., French sculptor (Apollo/Mars/Venus), dies at 61 1708 Death John Blow, composer (Venus and Adonis), dies at 59 1686 Event Cassini reports seeing a satellite orbiting Venus 1649 Birthday John Blow, composer of 1st English opera, Venus and Adonis, baptized 1639 Event 1st observation of transit of Venus occured (only 2, record event) 1631 Event 1st predicted transit of Venus (Kepler) is observed 1599 Birthday Diego Velazquez, Spain, painter, Rokeby Venus, baptized 1510 Death Alessandro di Botticelli, painter (Birth of Venus), dies at about 65 1444 Birthday Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter, Birth of Venus
