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2009 Iran launches first domestically made satellite, Omid, into orbit
2003 The Concorde made its last commercial flight, landing at Heathrow Airport, London 1997 Anatoli Boukreev, born in Russia, Anatolij Nikolaevich Bukreev, climber, mountaineer, made seven, 8,000-metre peaks without supplemental oxygen, died in avalanche on Annapurna, chronicled in books 'Into Thin Air', 'The Climb', dies at 39 1997 Jacques-Yves Cousteau, oceanographer, made many documentaries about the ocean, dies of heart attack at 87 1994 In Denmark the largest lollipop, weighing 3,011 pounds, made 1994 Largest omelet (1,383 ft) made with 160,000 eggs in Yokohama Japan 1993 Daniel Jones, Daniel Jenkyn Jones, Welsh composer, friend of Dylan Thomas, wrote 12 numbered symphonies, chamber music, made Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1968 1990 Supreme Court rules family members cannot end lives of comatose relatives unless those relatives previously made their wishes known 1990 Jack Nicklaus made his debut in the "Seniors" golf tournament 1989 Only 17 hole-in-ones recorded since U.S. open began, today 4 more are made all on 6th hole (Weaver, Wiebe, Pate and Price) 1988 Supreme Court upholds a law that made it illegal for private clubs to discriminate against women and minorities 1986 Discovery moves to OPF where more than 200 modification are made 1985 VH-1 made its broadcasting debut 1984 McDonald's made its 50 billionth hamburger 1982 SF's cable cars made a final run before closing down for 20-month 1981 Largest Jell-O made (9,246 gallons of watermelon-flavor) in Brisbane 1978 6 masked men bound 10 employees at Lufthansa cargo area at New York Kennedy Airport and made off with $5.8 M in cash and jewelry 1977 1st Space walk made by G Grechko from Salyut 1975 "Night... Made America Famous" closes at Barrymore New York City after 75 performances 1975 "Night... Made America Famous" opens at Barrymore New York City for 75 performances 1974 President Nixon said he will release edited tapes made in White House 1974 Attempt made to kidnap Princess Anne in London's Pall Mall 1971 Bobby Leslie, TV rocker, Guys Next Door-I Was Made For You 1970 Nia Long, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Guiding Light, Made in America, Soul Food 1970 Patrick Dancy, TV rocker, Guys Next Door-I Was Made For You 1970 Golden Gate Park Conservatory made city landmark 1969 Jackson Five made their 1st appearance on "Ed Sullivan Show" 1969 Eddie Garcia, born in Louisiana, actor/musician, Guys Next Door-I Was Made For You 1968 Apollo 7 (Schirra, Eisele and Cunningham) made 163 orbits in 260 hours 1968 Apollo 5 launched to Moon; unmanned lunar module tests made 1965 Tibet is made an autonomous region of China 1962 Beatles made their broadcasting debut on BBC radio 1961 1st Saturn launch vehicle made a flight test 1961 Teri Copley, Arcadia, California, actress, Mickey-We've Got it Made 1961 Jane Fonda made her acting debut in the NBC drama "A String of Beads" 1960 "Amos 'n' Andy" made its last broadcast on CBS radio 1960 Alma Kruger, actor (Made For Each Other), dies at 88 1959 Cayman Islands separated from Jamaica, made a crown colony 1959 1st known radar contact is made with Venus 1958 Central African Republic made autonomous member of French Community (National Day) 1958 Anatoli Boukreev, born in Russia, Anatolij Nikolaevich Bukreev, climber, mountaineer, made seven, 8,000-metre peaks without supplemental oxygen, died in avalanche on Annapurna, chronicled in books 'Into Thin Air', 'The Climb' 1957 Comic strip "Andy Capp" made its debut 1957 Ian Stanley, born in High Wycombe, England, Ian Christopher Stanley, keyboardist, musician, songwriter, record producer, member of Tears for Fears band, made multi-platinum selling album 'Songs from the Big Chair' 1956 Stepfanie Kramer, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Claudia-We Got it Made, Hunter 1956 Speech by Khrushchev blasting Stalin made public 1956 Timothy Daly, born in Sufferin, New York, actor, Joe-Wings, Diner, Made in Heaven 1955 Johnny Cash made his 1st chart appearance with "Cry Cry Cry" 1955 LSD made illegal in U.S. 1954 Former French possession of Chandernagore made part of West Bengal 1954 B-52A bomber made its maiden flight 1951 1st jet passenger trip made 1950 Mick Malone, cricketer, WA seamer, Test 1977, made 46 took 5-63, 1-14 1949 "Cavalcade of Stars" debuts (DuMont); Jackie Gleason made host in 1950 1948 20 die and 6,000 made ill by smog in Donora Pennsylvania 1947 Les Joslin, cricketer, Test as batsman for Australia 1968, made 7 and 2 1947 David Hughes, born in Newton-le-Willows, England, cricketer, right batsman, made 10,419 first-class runs in 20 years for Lancashire 1946 Togo made a trusteeship territory of UN 1946 Deepak Chopra, born in Punjab, British India, author, speaker, physician, co-founded the Chopra Center, made cameo appearance in movie, 'The Love Guru', 2008 1946 Attempt made to recall Mayor Lapham (1st time in San Francisco history) 1943 Alan Rudolph, actor, Endangers Species, Love at Large, Made in Heaven 1941 Germans made their last major air attack on Britain 1940 Nancy Sinatra, born in Jersey City, singer, Boots are Made for Walkin' 1939 Billy Henderson, rocker, Spinners-That's What Girls Are Made For 1939 Frank Sinatra made his recording debut 1937 Johnny Sayles, U.S. vocalist, You Made Me Wiggle 1935 1st radio tube made of metal announced, Schenectady, New York 1935 "Your Hit Parade" made its debut on radio 1934 Donald Duck made his 1st screen appearance ("The Wise Little Hen") 1934 Test of practical radar apparatus made by Rudolf Kuhnold in Germany 1934 [Navarre] Scott Momaday, U.S. author, House Made of Dawn, Pulitzer 1969 1930 Lowell Thomas made debuts on CBS Radio replacing Floyd Gibbons 1930 Bryan Magee, born in Hoxton, England, broadcaster, author, politician, presented current affairs television show This Week, made philosophy accessible with his 'Men of Ideas' television series 1930 George Headley scores century on debut vs. England (made 176) 1929 Dunlop Latex Development Laboratories made foam rubber 1929 Vatican City, world's smallest country, made an enclave of Rome 1928 Last recording of Ma Rainey, "Mother of the Blues," made 1928 "My Weekly Reader" magazine made its debut 1928 Mickey Mouse made his 1st appearance 1926 Bradman plays his 1st State selection trial He only made 37 1926 Louise L. Hay, born in Los Angeles, California, motivational author, professional speaker, self-help and motivational writer, 'You Can Heal Your Life', 1984, on the New York Times Bestseller list, sold 35 million copies in 30 languages, made into movie of the same title, founder, Hay House Publishing 1926 Chiang Kai-shek is made supreme war lord in Canton 1925 John Bury, born in England, theatre designer of sets, costumes, and lighting, made Amadeus with Peter Hall, nominated for multiple Tony awards 1923 Pamela Sharples, born in England, Baroness Sharples, BConservative Party, made a Life Peer of Chawton in the County of Hampshire, after husband, Sir Richard Sharples, was assassinated 1922 Togo made a mandate of League of Nations 1918 Sunday baseball is made legal in Washington D.C. 1914 1st transcontinental phone link made between New York City and SF 1914 Last day of club cricket for W G Grace at age 66 He made 69 1912 Daniel Jones, born in Pembroke, Wales, Daniel Jenkyn Jones, Welsh composer, friend of Dylan Thomas, wrote 12 numbered symphonies, chamber music, made Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1968 1912 Albert Berry made the 1st parachute jump from an airplane 1909 1st Christmas Club payment made, to Carlisle Trust Co, Pa 1903 1st Teddy Bear introduced in America, made by Morris and Rose Michtom 1901 Stefan Lorant, born in Budapest, Hungary, writer, Hungarian-American filmmaker, photojournalist, made fourteen films in Vienna and Berlin, opposed to Adolph Hitler, imprisoned, wrote memoir 'I was Hitler's Prisoner' 1900 U.S. Navy's 1st submarine made its debut 1898 Louise Beavers, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, actress, Beulah-Beulah, Made for each other 1893 Frank Duryea drives 1st U.S. made gas propelled vehicle (car) 1893 San Francisco Bay City Club opens 1st U.S. bicycle race track, made of wood 1892 1st cattle tuberculosis test in U.S. made, Villa Nova, Penn 1892 1st successful auroral photograph made 1886 W G Grace made his highest Test Cricket score, vs. AuAustraliast, The Oval 1884 1st known photograph of a tornado is made near Howard, South Dakota 1883 Rube Goldberg, cartoonist, who made the easy outrageously difficult 1880 Sarah Bernhardt, French actress, made U.S. debut at New York's Booth Theater 1877 1st sound recording made (Thomas Edison) 1876 1st telephone call made (Alexander Graham Bell to Thomas Watson) 1874 Gilbert Keith Chesterton, England, novelist, Man Who Made Gold 1871 Alma Kruger, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actress, Made For Each Other 1871 The decimal currency system is made uniform in Canada 1870 Italy annexes Rome and Papal States; Rome made Italian capital 1869 Concord pipe, made from small corn kernels, invented 1864 Louis Lumiere, with brother Auguste made 1st motion picture in 1895 1862 Auguste Lumiere, made 1st movie, Workers Leaving Lumiere Factory 1861 General George B. McClellan made general in chief of Union armies 1854 Abraham Lincoln made his 1st political speech at Illinois State Fair 1852 Uncle Sam cartoon figure made its debut in the New York Lantern weekly 1850 1st public demonstration of ice made by refrigeration 1850 Levi Strauss made his 1st blue jeans 1843 Manila paper (made from sails, canvas and rope) patented, Mass 1843 Natal (in South Africa) is made a British colony 1841 Life preservers made of cork are patented by Napoleon Guerin (New York City) 1839 1st celestial photograph (of Moon) made in U.S., John Draper, New York City 1838 Samuel Morse made 1st public demonstration of telegraph 1831 Belgium gains independence from Netherlands, Leopold I made king 1830 Horse beats 1st U.S. made locomotive (near Baltimore) 1827 Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist (made 1st battery), dies at 82 1800 James Bogardus, U.S. inventor/builder, made cast-iron buildings 1789 1st loan is made to pay salaries of the presidents and Congress 1787 1st American comedy, "The Contrast," made its debut in New York City 1786 Commercially made ice cream 1st advertised, Mr Hall, New York City 1786 Nicholas Biddle, made 2nd bank of U.S. 1st effective central bank 1777 Marquis de Lafayette, 19, made major-general of Continental Army 1776 Virginia state constitution adopted and Patrick Henry made governor 1656 Artificial pearls 1st manufactured by M Jacquin in Paris made of gypsum pellets covered with fish scales 1594 Gustavus II Adolphus, king who made Sweden a major power, 1611-32 1310 Shoes were made for both right and left feet 673 Synod of Hertford opens; canons made for English Church |
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