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2009 One person out of 183 passengers and crew survives the crash of Yemenia Flight 626 off the coast of Moroni, Comoros
2004 Ramona Trinidad Iglesias-Jordan, formerly world's oldest person in 2004, dies at 114 2004 Charlotte Benkner, the world's second oldest person for a few years, dies at 114 2003 Gertrude Ederle, swimming celebrity/teacher, first woman, and fifth person, to swim the English Channel, dies at 97 2003 China sends Yang Liwei into orbit, the third country to have successfully sent a person into space 2003 "Elizabeth ""Ma Pampo"" Israel", old woman, ", may have been world's oldest but ""undocumented"" person, ", dies at 128, disputed 2002 Ted Williams, athlete, last person to hit .400 for a season as a major leaguer, dies at 83 2000 Eva Morris, really old woman, Oldest person in 2000, dies at 114 1999 Sarah Clark Knauss, oldest person 1999, dies at 119 1998 Marie-Louise Febronie Meilleur, oldest person in 1998, dies at 117 1997 Jeanne Calment, world's oldest person in 1997, dies at 122 1996 Peter Bird, ocean rower, first person to cross the Pacific ocean solo, trip from San Francisco to Great Barrier Reef, lasted 294 days, dies at age 49 at sea during an attempt to row across the Pacific 1993 Johanna F Zandstra-Giezen, oldest person in Netherland, dies at 111 1993 6th annual business person run held in Wall Street 1993 Mike Templeton, 2nd person to receive a heart pump, dies at 34 1991 Trijntje Jansma-Boskma, oldest person in Netherland, dies at 109 1990 BASF plant in Cincinnati explodes in flames, 1 person dies 1989 U.S. Supreme Court upholds 1 person 1 vote rule of New York City Board of Estimate 1986 Sydney J. Harris, journalist, wrote, syndicated column, 'Strictly Personal', wrote for Chicago Daily News, Chicago Sun-Times, political positions placed him on the list of Nixon political opponents, wrote, 'The Authentic Person: Dealing with Dilemma', dies in Chicago, Illinois 1986 Ned Calmer, TV host (In the First Person), dies at 78 1985 3rd person to receive an artificial heart (Murray Haydon) 1979 Marcus Hooper, 12, is youngest person to swim English Channel 1978 Iraq declares Ayatollah Khomeini an undesirable person 1977 Hillsdale High School defeats Person High School 2-0 in basketball 1973 Alan Ayckbourne's "Absurd Person Singular," premieres in London 1972 Yureck Person, soccer player, NAC 1971 Dave Scott becomes 1st person to drive a car on Moon 1971 Wesley Person, NBA guard, Phoenix Suns, Cleveland Cavaliers 1969 Robert Person, born in St. Louis, Missouri, pitcher for the New York Mets 1968 Start of Colin Cowdrey's 100th Test, 1st person to do so 1968 Jim Hines becomes 1st person to run 100 meters in under 10 seconds 1965 Edward R Murrow, newscaster (Person to Person), dies at 57 1964 Chuck Person, NBA forward for the San Antonio Spurs 1962 Zulqarnain, cricketer, last person in alphabetical order to play Test 1962 Wake Forest coach "Bones" McKinney becomes 2nd person to play and coach 1961 Yuri Gagarin becomes 1st person to orbit Earth in Vostok 1 1960 Richard Jobson, British TV person/rocker, Skids-Scared to Dance 1952 Christine Jorgenson is 1st person to undergo a sex-change operation 1951 Michael Gorsira is 1st person in charge of Curacao 1947 John C. Maxwell, born in Garden City, Michigan, evangelical Christian, author, pastor, speaker, leadership expert, wrote over 50 books on leadership, sold over 13 million copies including 'Becoming the Person Others Will Want to Follow' 1947 Peter Bird, born in Britain, ocean rower, first person to cross the Pacific ocean solo, trip from San Francisco to Great Barrier Reef, lasted 294 days 1943 1st warship named for a Black person, USS Leonard Roy Harmon, launched 1938 New York Yankees suspend Jake Powell, after he said on Chicago radio he'd "hit every colored person in Chicago over head with a club" 1933 Sheldon Adelson, born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, property developer, billionaire businessman, investing in gambling and leisure businesses, CEO of Las Vegas Sands Corp., Forbes' third riches person in the U.S. in 2008 1932 David Scott, born in San Antonio, Texas, astronaut, commander of Apollo 15 mission, seventh person to walk on the Moon, first person to drive on the Moon 1929 Jocelyn Barrow, deputy chair person, British Broadcast Standards 1922 1st living person identified on a U.S. coin (Thomas E Kirby) on the Alabama Centennial half-dollar 1917 Sydney J. Harris, born in London, England, journalist, wrote, syndicated column, 'Strictly Personal', wrote for Chicago Daily News, Chicago Sun-Times, political positions placed him on the list of Nixon political opponents, wrote, 'The Authentic Person: Dealing with Dilemma' 1912 1st accident (collision) in Londoner Underground: 22 injured person 1908 Edward R. Murrow, Pole Creek, North Carolina, newscaster, Person to Person 1906 Kathleen Kenyon, 1st person to place date on remains of Jericho 1904 John J. Sirica, born in Waterbury, Connecticut, John Joseph Sirica, judge, Chief Judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, presided over Watergate scandal, Time magazine Person of the Year, 1973 1902 Lyman Gilmore is 1st person to fly a powered craft 1889 F Rijkens, oldest living person in Netherlands 1883 Tom Thumb, famous small person (40"), dies of a stroke at 44 1882 Johanna F Zandstra-Giezen, oldest person in Netherland 1882 Trijntje Jansma-Boskma, oldest person in Netherland 1877 Charlotte Hughes, 1990, oldest person in Great Britain 1864 Spotsylvania-campaign ends after 10,920 killed/injured person 1838 Charles Stratton, General Tom Thumb, famous short person 1803 Edward Despard, last person drawn and quartered in England 1692 Last (8) person hanged for witchcraft in U.S. (Salem Mass) 3 Sadiq Hidajat, Persian writer, Blind Person Owl |
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