1971 Event Curt Flood resigns Senators after 13 games and departs for Denmark 1962 Event Lee Harvey Oswald departs Rotterdam on SS Maasdam to U.S. 1961 Event Cuban-American invasion army departs Nicaragua 1954 Event Egypt and Great Britain sign treaty; British troops departs 1945 Event U.S. Northern Tractor Flotilla departs Ulithi to Okinawa 1944 Event Sub Swordfish departs Pearl Harbor for Japan 1944 Event Last deportation train out Mechelen departs to Auschwitz 1944 Event Transport nr 77 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany 1944 Event Transport nr 75 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany 1944 Event Transport nr 71 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany 1943 Event Transport 63 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany 1943 Event Transport nr 58 departs with French Jews to nazi Germany 1943 Event Transport nr 50 departs with French Jews to Maidanek/Sobibor 1943 Event General Eisenhower departs Algiers to Tebessa 1943 Event Transport nr 47 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany 1942 Event Transport nr 45 departs with French Jews to Nazi-Germany 1942 Event Transport nr 44 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany 1942 Event Transport nr 36 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany 1942 Event Transport nr 35 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany 1942 Event Transport nr 31 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany 1942 Event Transport nr 29 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany 1942 Event Transport nr 28 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany 1942 Event Transport nr 25 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany 1942 Event Transport nr 24 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany 1942 Event Transport nr 23 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany 1942 Event Transport nr 22 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany 1942 Event Transport nr 20 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany 1942 Event Transport 16 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany 1942 Event 1st train with Jews departs Mechelen Belgium to Auschwitz 1942 Event Transport nr 6 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany 1942 Event Great Britain convoy PQ16 departs to Russia 1942 Event Convoy QP9 departs Great Britain to Murmansk 1942 Event Convoy PQ13 departs Reykjavik Iceland to Russia 1942 Event Admiral Helfrich departs Java for Ceylon 1941 Event Winston Churchill departs on Prince of Wales to U.S. 1941 Event USS Hornet with Jimmy Doolittles B-25 departs from SF 1940 Event Dutch submarine departs Dundee 1940 Event General De Gaulle departs Bordeaux for London 1940 Event Admiral Furstner departs to England 1939 Event Snip departs for 1st flight to Paramaribo/Curacao 1939 Event SS St. Louis departs Hamburg with 937 Jews fugitives 1933 Event Marinus van der Lubbe departs to Berlin 1925 Event E Thieffry departs with Handley Page for the Belgian Congo 1924 Event KLM Fokker's F7 H-NACC departs to Dutch East Indies 1907 Event Gustav Mahler departs Vienna 1904 Event Russian Baltic fleet departs to Port Arthur 1900 Event South African President Paul Kruger departs for Europe 1899 Event Field Marshal Lord Roberts departs Southampton to South Africa 1899 Event Morning Post reporter Winston Churchill departs to South Africa 1884 Event General Charles Gordon departs London for Khartoum 1879 Event Henry Morton Stanley departs to the Congo 1860 Event King Basse Kajuara departs Boni South-Celebes 1836 Event HMS Beagle with Charles Darwin departs Port Louis, Mauritius 1835 Event Charles Darwin departs Santiago Chile on his way to Portillo Pass 1835 Event Charles Darwin departs Valparaiso for Andes crossing 1833 Event HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin departs Rio de la Plata 1833 Event Charles Darwin departs by horse to Montevideo 1833 Event Charles Darwin departs to Buenos Aires 1833 Event HMS Beagle departs Maldonado Uruguay 1799 Event Convention of Alkmaar: English/Russian invasion army departs 1776 Event Captain Cook departs with Resolution for 3rd trip to Pacific Ocean 1768 Event Captain James Cook departs from Plymouth with Endeavour to Pacific Ocean 1698 Event Russian Czar Peter the Great departs Netherlands to England 1696 Event English king Willem III departs Netherlands 1695 Event English king Willem III departs to Netherlands 1690 Event English king Willem III departs to Ireland 1666 Event Abraham Crijnssen departs to Suriname 1665 Event "Messiah" Sjabtai Tswi departs to Constantinople 1651 Event John van Riebeeck departs to Cape of Good Hope 1651 Event Flemish missionary Joris van Geel departs to Congo 1634 Event Johan van Walbeecks fleet departs to West-Indies 1620 Event Mayflower departs from Plymouth England with 102 pilgrims 1603 Event Admiral Steven van der Haghens fleet departs to East-Indies 1603 Event New English king James I departs Edinburgh for London 1598 Event Jacob van Necks merchant fleet departs for Java 1598 Event Cornelis de Houtman's fleet departs for East-Indies 1588 Event Spanish Aramada under Medina-Sidonia departs Lisbon to invade England 1556 Event Ex-emperor Karel departs Netherland for Spain 1527 Event Panfilo de Narvaez departs to explore Florida 1500 Event Pedro Cabral departs with 13 ships to India 1498 Event Columbus departs with 6 ships for 3rd trip to America 1497 Event Vasco da Gama departs for trip to India 1497 Event John Cabot departs to North-America 1472 Event Zoe Paleologa departs Rome for Moscow