1992 Event Spaceship Giotto, Halley 1986, approaches comet Grigg-Skjellerup 1986 Event European Space Agency's Giotto flies by Halley's Comet (605 km) 1985 Event European Space Agency launches Giotto (Halley's Comet Flyby) 1336 Death Giotto di Bondone, Italian Renaissance painter, dies at about 71
