2014 Event Dr. Kent Brantly, one of two American medical workers who contracted the Ebola virus in Liberia, arrives in the U.S. for treatment in isolation at Emory University Hospital; the virus has already claimed hundreds of lives in West Africa 2012 Event In London, the Olympic Torch arrives, signaling the final stages of the U.K.-wide relay ahead of the 2012 Summer Olympics 2012 Event The first deployment of U.S. Marines arrives in Australia's city of Darwin in the Northern Territory 2012 Event After losing power three days ago due to an engine room fire, the Costa Allegra cruise ship arrives at the Seychelles 2011 Event An undersea fiber-optic cable arrives in Cuba, linking it to Venezuela. Venezuela offered to help Cuba speed its internet connection when the U.S. refused 2010 Event U.S. President Barack Obama arrives in India on a tour to promote U.S. exports 1997 Event 1st U.S. ambassador since Saigon fell arrives in Vietnam 1995 Event Sinn Fein party leader, Gerry Adams, arrives in U.S. 1991 Event Boris Yeltsin, president of Russia, arrives in U.S. 1987 Event Gorbachev arrives in U.S. for a summit meeting 1985 Event U.S. Foreign Minister George Shultz arrives in West Berlin 1985 Event Pope John Paul II arrives in Belgium 1985 Event Pope John Paul II arrives in Netherlands 1982 Event Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin arrives in Washington 1981 Event Spacelab I arrives at Kennedy Space Center 1981 Event Ronald Reagan arrives home from hospital after Hinkley shot him 1980 Event Shah of Iran arrives in Egypt 1979 Event Deposed Shah of Iran arrives in New York for medical treatment 1977 Event Egyptian President Anwar Sadat arrives in Israel 1972 Event Sheik Mujib ur-Rahman arrives in Dacca, East-Pakistan 1971 Event U.S. table tennis team arrives in China PR 1968 Event 1st papal visit to Latin America (Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogota) 1967 Event Pink FLoyd's 1st U.S. tour (arrives in New York City) 1967 Event Francis Chichester arrives home at Plymouth from Round-the-world trip 1965 Event 1st freighter arrives in Ashdod Port Israel 1963 Event President Kennedy arrives in Rome 1963 Event Cuban premier Fidel Castro arrives in Moscow 1962 Event Maria Oeljanov, 1st airship with nuclear missiles, arrives in Cuba 1962 Event Cubans minister of Foreign affairs Raul Castro arrives in Moscow 1962 Event Lee Harvey Oswald arrives by train in Oldenzaal, Netherlands 1962 Event John F. Kennedy arrives in Uruguay 1961 Event India's premier Nehru arrives in New York 1961 Event U.S. nuclear submarine Patrick Henry arrives at Scottish naval base of Holy Loch from South Carolina in a record underseas journey of 66 days 22 hours 1959 Event Lee Harvey Oswald arrives in Southampton 1959 Event Soviet Premier Khrushchev arrives in U.S. to begin a 13-day visit 1959 Event U.S. President Eisenhower arrives in Paris 1958 Event French premier De Gaulle arrives in Algiers 1955 Event Argentine ex-president Peron arrives in Nicaragua 1955 Event Khrushchev arrives in Belgrade 1953 Event Ann Davidson, 1st woman to sail solo across Atlantic, arrives Miami 1950 Event Dylan Thomas arrives in New York City for his 1st U.S. poetry reading tour 1948 Event Freedom Train arrives in San Francisco 1947 Event 200" mirror arrives at Mount Palomar 1945 Event Kim Il Sung arrives in harbor of Wonsan, Korea 1945 Event Russia army arrives at outskirts of Berlin 1945 Event U.S. 4th Armored div arrives at Hanau and Aschaffenburg 1945 Event British premier Churchill arrives in Yalta, the Krim 1945 Event U.S. Army arrives at Siegfriedlinie 1944 Event General De Gaulle arrives in Moscow 1944 Event Last transport for Auschwitz arrives in Birkenau 1944 Event British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrives in Russia for talks with Stalin 1944 Event British premier Winston Churchill arrives in Moscow 1944 Event British premier Winston Churchill arrives at Corsica 1944 Event British premier Winston Churchill arrives in Italy 1944 Event French General De Gaulle arrives in Washington, D.C. 1944 Event Resistance fighter/poet Col Blake arrives in London 1944 Event French general De Gaulle arrives in London 1944 Event 1st Boeing B-29 arrives in China "over the Hump" 1944 Event General Eisenhower arrives in England 1943 Event Lieutenant-general Bradley arrives in Prestwick/London 1943 Event Otto Skorzeny's commando group arrives in Rome 1943 Event French general De Gaulle arrives in Algiers 1943 Event British premier Winston Churchill arrives in U.S. 1943 Event General-major Patton arrives in Djebel Kouif Tunisia 1943 Event Major General Bradley arrives in Dakar and Marrakesh 1943 Event British premier Winston Churchill arrives in Casablanca 1942 Event Field Marshal Erich von Manstein arrives in Starobelsk 1942 Event British premier Churchill arrives in Moscow, meets Stalin 1942 Event Lieutenant-general Montgomery arrives in Cairo 1942 Event British premier Winston Churchill arrives in Cairo 1942 Event Colonel General Jeremenko arrives in Stalingrad/welcomed by Nikita Khrushchev 1942 Event President Roosevelt/premier Churchill arrives in Washington, D.C. 1942 Event Reichsfuhrer Himmler arrives in Prague 1942 Event 1st RSHA-transport from France arrives in camp Birkenau 1942 Event General Doug MacArthur arrives in Australia to become supreme commander 1941 Event Winston Churchill arrives in Washington for a wartime conference 1941 Event Lieutenant-general Erwin Rommel arrives in Tripoli 1940 Event General De Gaulle arrives in Bordeaux 1938 Event British premier Chamberlain arrives in Munich 1938 Event Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan arrives in Ireland-left New York for California 1936 Event Su-Lin, 1st giant panda to come to U.S. from China, arrives in SF 1936 Event Amy Johnson arrives in Croydon England from South Africa in record 4d16h 1936 Event 200" mirror blank arrives in Pasadena 1933 Event Albert Einstein arrives in U.S., a refugee from Nazi Germany 1933 Event Marinus van der Lubbe arrives in Glindow, at Potsdam 1932 Event 1st gyro-stabilized vessel to cross Atlantic arrives in NY 1930 Event Bette Davis arrives in Hollywood under contract to Universal Studios 1927 Event 1st flight from West Coast arrives in Hawaii 1922 Event Radio arrives at the White House 1921 Event 1st transcontinental flight in 24 hours flying time arrives Florida 1921 Event 1st U.S. transcontinental air mail flight arrives in New York City from San Francisco 1917 Event Stalin, Kamenev and Muranov arrives in St. Petersburg 1916 Event 1st cargo submarine to cross Atlantic arrives in U.S. from Germany 1914 Event Lord Kitchener arrives in Paris 1912 Event Robert Scott expedition arrives at South Pole, 1 month after Amundsen 1911 Event Calbraith Rodgers arrives in Pasadena completing 1st transcontinental airplane flight (84 days) (left Sheepshead Bay, New York, Sept 17) 1908 Event Part of Great White Fleet arrives in Puget Sound, Washington 1908 Event Great White Fleet arrives in San Francisco 1907 Event Lusitania arrives in New York City after 5 day crossing of Atlantic (record) 1906 Event Black evangelist William J. Seymour arrives in Los Angeles California 1903 Event George Wyman arrives in New York City by motorcycle 51 days out of SF 1903 Event 1st transcontinental auto trip begins in San Francisco; arrives New York 3-months later 1900 Event South African president Paul Kruger arrives in Germany 1898 Event Theodor Herzl arrives in Jerusalem 1897 Event 1st ship arrives in Seattle carrying gold from Yukon 1894 Event Commonweal of Christ (Coxey's Army) arrives in Wash, DC 500 strong to protest unemployment; Coxey arrested for trespassing at Capitol 1893 Event Commodore Perry arrives in Japan 1891 Event Painter Gauguin arrives in Papeete, Tahiti 1891 Event 1st shipment of asparagus arrives in San Francisco from Sacramento 1887 Event 1st transcontinental train arrives in Vancouver, BC 1886 Event Friars of Tilburg arrives on Curaeao 1884 Event General Charles Gordon arrives in Khartoum 1880 Event SS Strathleven arrives in London with 1st Australian frozen mutton 1877 Event British high director/governor sir Bartle Frere arrives in Capetown 1874 Event Dr. David Livingstones corpse arrives in Southampton 1873 Event 1st contract workers of British-Indies Co arrives in Suriname 1869 Event 1st westbound train arrives in SF 1869 Event 1st carload of freight (boots and shoes) arrives in SF, from Boston 1869 Event 'Agnes' arrives in New Orleans with 1st ever shipment of frozen beef 1868 Event Chinese Embassy arrives aboard steamship China 1865 Event Lee's army arrives at Amelia Courthouse 1865 Event CSS Shenandoah arrives in Melbourne, Australia 1864 Event Mexican Emperor Maximilian arrives at Vera Cruz 1863 Event Federal naval expedition arrives off Sabine Pass 1863 Event Submarine "HL Hunley" arrives in Charleston on railroad cars 1861 Event Pony Express arrives in San Francisco with overland letters from New York 1861 Event 7th New York arrives to reinforce Washington, D.C. 1861 Event President-elect Lincoln arrives secretly in Washington D.C. to take office 1860 Event Queen of Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) arrives in New York City 1860 Event 1st Pony Express rider arrives in San Francisco from St. Joseph, Missouri 1860 Event Clipper Andrew Jackson arrives in SF, 89 days out of NY 1860 Event Japanese embassy arrives aboard Candinmarruh 1860 Event 1st Japanese ambassador arrives in San Francisco en route to Washington 1858 Event Louisiana chess prodigy Paul Morphy arrives in Europe 1857 Event Sir Henry Havelock arrives at Battle of Cawnpore 1849 Event Col John W Geary arrives as 1st postmaster of SF 1849 Event 1st boat load of gold rush prospectors arrives in San Francisco from east coast 1846 Event 1st steamship arrives in Hawaii 1843 Event 1st Chinese immigrant arrives in Suriname 1841 Event 1st wagon train arrives in California 1839 Event Tea from India 1st arrives in UK 1836 Event Davy Crockett arrives in Texas, just in time for the Alamo 1833 Event HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin arrives in Port Deseado, Patagonia 1823 Event Gioacchino Rossini arrives in London 1823 Event 1st steamboat to navigate the Mississippi River arrives at Ft. 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