1983 Event Soyuz T-8 launched; mission aborted when capsule fails to dock 1977 Event Soyuz 25 launched to Saluyt 6, but returned after failing to dock 1975 Event Great Yankee trade getting Willie Randolph, Dock Ellis and Ken Brett from Pirates for George "Doc" Medich 1974 Event U.S.S.R.'s Soyuz fails to dock with Salyut 3 1968 Event Otis Redding posthumously receives gold record for 'Dock of the Bay' 1967 Death Otis Redding, singer (Dock of Bay), dies in plane crash at 26 1967 Event Otis Rescue records "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay" 1942 Event Raid on lock/dock St. Nazaire 1941 Birthday Otis Redding, Dawson, Georgia, rock bassist, Sitting on the Dock of the Bay 1897 Birthday Mari Andriessen, Dutch sculptor, Dock Worker 1816 Event Patent for a dry dock issued to John Adamson, Boston 1701 Death William Kidd, Scottish pirate, hanged at London's Execution Dock
