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2009 North Korea announces a successful nuclear test in North Hamgyong, the U.N. Security Council condems the test
2009 Chuck Daly, basketball coach, head coach, successful 14-year NBA career included leading Detroit Pistons to two NBA Championships, led Dream Team to win gold at 1992 Summer Olympics, dies at 78 in Jupiter, Florida 2008 Claudia Castillo has a successful trachea transplant from stem-cell created organ 1997 Intelsat 802 Ariane 4 Launch, Successful 1997 Feng Yun-2B Long March 3 Launch (China), Successful 1997 Telstar-5 Proton Launch, Successful 1997 Thor-2A Delta 2 Launch (Norway/USA), Successful 1997 Iridium-1 Delta 2 Launch, Successful 1997 Space Shuttle Atlantis Returns to Earth, Successful 1992 Erling Kagge begins successful exploration at South pole 1991 Carlos Huerta's NCAA record streak of successful points after a touchdown ends at 157 1982 Dr. Michael E. Bakey performs 1st successful heart implant 1978 1st successful crossing of the Atlantic by balloon (3 Americans) 1977 Anita Bryant leads successful crusade against Miami gay rights law 1975 Tiger Woods, born in Cypress, California, pro golfer, highest paid pro athlete, most successful golfer of all time 1975 1st successful Washington Capitals penalty shot, Ken Lockett vs Vancouver Canucks 1970 1st successful landing on Venus (U.S.S.R.) 1970 Ralph W. Sockman, Protestant pastor, author, successful radio show, National Radio Pulpit, considered by Time magazine as the best Protestant preacher in the U.S., dies at age 80 1969 U.S.S.R. Venera 5 launched for 1st successful planet landing (Venus) 1967 1st successful Test flight of a Saturn V 1966 Shabba Ranks, born in Sturgetown, St. Ann, Jamaica, born Rexton Rawlston Fernando Gordon, reggae singer, recording artist, sex symbol, popular dancehall DJ, toaster, successful U.S. crossover artist, became first Grammy-Award winning dancehall artist 1961 1st full-scale test of U.S. Minuteman ICBM is successful 1960 Bono, born in Dublin, Ireland, born Paul David Hewson, Irish musician, activist, lead vocalist for rock band U2, 54th most successful songwriter in U.K. singles chart history, activism includes Product Red and the ONE campaign 1959 Soviet Luna 3, 1st successful photographic spacecraft, impacts Moon 1959 Hugh Laurie, born in Oxford, England, James Hugh Calum Laurie, actor, writer, musician, comedian, comedy partner, Stephen Fry, known for the Fry and Laurie double act, appears in successful Fox television drama House, playing role of Dr. Gregory House 1959 1st successful test-fire of Titan ICBM 1958 Nikki Sixx, born in San Jose, California, musician, songwriter, member, Motley Crue, plays hard rock, heavy metal genres, wrote, most successful album 'Dr. Feelgood' 1958 Army launches 4th U.S. successful satellite, Explorer IV 1958 U.S. Army launched America's third successful satellite, "Explorer III" 1957 U.S.S.R. announces successful test of intercontinental ballistic missile 1956 Jeff Dujon, cricket wicket-keeper, WI 1981-91, their most successful 1953 1st successful separation of Siamese twins 1953 Lucinda Williams, born in Lake Charles, Louisiana, singer, songwriter, wrote Grammy-Award-winning song, 'Passionate Kisses', recorded by Mary Chapin Carpenter, successful album, 'Car Wheels on a Gravel Road', combined country, blues, rock, Americana genres 1950 David Jensen, born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, David 'Kid' Jensen, popular British radio DJ, played progressive music, hosted BBC pop network, Radio 1, Top of the Pops presenter, interviewed Duran Duran, promoted The Police before they were commercially successful 1948 Sarfraz Nawaz, cricketer, successful Pakistani pace bowler 1969-84 1948 Shakti Gawain, author, personal development expert, environmentalist, wrote series of successful books, including 'Creative Visualization' and 'Creating True Prosperity', books have sold over 10 million copies, co-founder, New World Library Publishing Company 1948 Wasim Bari, cricket wicket-keeper, Pakistan's most successful 1945 Vietnam conflict begins as Ho Chi Minh leads a successful coup 1944 Jonathan King, born in London, England, Kenneth George King, singer, songwriter, pop music producer, wrote song 'Everyone's Gone to the Moon', successful writer, producer for other musical artists 1942 Successful Russian counter attack through 37th Guard division 1940 1st successful helicopter flight, Stratford, Connecticut 1940 1st successful helicopter flight in US: Vought-Sikorsky US-300 1939 Ken Blanchard, born in Orange, New Jersey, author, professional speaker, management expert, co-wrote, 'The One Minute Manager' with Spencer Johnson, sold over 13 million copies in 37 languages, wrote more than 30 successful books 1936 1st successful Toronto Maple Leaf penalty shot, Conacher vs Rangers 1934 Salim Durani, cricketer, successful Indian batsman of 60's 1930 Chuck Daly, born in St. Marys, Pennsylvania, basketball coach, head coach, successful 14-year NBA career included leading Detroit Pistons to two NBA Championships, led Dream Team to win gold at 1992 Summer Olympics 1929 Doug Ford, cricket wicket-keeper, successful NSW of 50's 1929 Tony Lock, cricketer, highly successful England slow lefty bowler 1924 4 planes leave Seattle on 1st successful around-the-world flight 1923 1st successful chinchilla farm in U.S. (Los Angeles California) 1922 1st successful technicolor movie (Tall of the Sea), shown in New York City 1914 1st successful blood transfusion (in Brussels) 1912 Jack Cowie, cricketer, successful New Zealand fast bowler either side of WWII 1911 Glenn Curtiss pilots 1st successful hydroplane, San Diego 1910 1st commercially successful electric bus line opens (Hollywood) 1905 George Bissett, cricketer, successful South African quick in 1927-28 1893 Dr. Daniel Hale Williams performs 1st successful open heart surgery without anesthesia 1892 1st successful auroral photograph made 1889 Ralph W. Sockman, born in New York, New York, Protestant pastor, author, successful radio show, National Radio Pulpit, considered by Time magazine as the best Protestant preacher in the U.S. 1886 1st commercially successful AC electric power plant opens, Buffalo 1886 1st successful gasoline-driven car patented, Karl Benz, Karlsruhe 1870 Frederick Russell, developed 1st successful typhoid fever vaccine 1860 Nation's 1st successful silver mill, Virginia City, Nevada 1859 1st successful oil well drilled, near Titusville, Penn by Edwin Drake 1840 Draper takes 1st successful photo of the Moon (daguerrotype) 1819 1st successful agricultural journal ("American Farmer") begins 1818 1st successful U.S. educational magazine "Academician," begins (New York City) 1816 Daniel Gooch, laid 1st successful transatlantic cables 1794 Nicolas de Chamfort, known for aphorisms and witty epigrams, wrote successful comedy, 'La Jeune Indienne', commits suicide at 53 1794 Dr. Jessee Bennet of Edom Va, performs 1st successful Cesarean section operation on his wife 1790 1st successful U.S. cotton mill to spin yarn (Pawtucket, RI) 1741 Nicolas de Chamfort, born in Clermont-Ferrand, France, known for aphorisms and witty epigrams, wrote successful comedy, 'La Jeune Indienne' 1704 "Boston News-Letter," 1st successful newspaper in U.S., forms 1704 1st successful U.S. newspaper; published in Boston by John Campbell 1519 Ferdinand Magellan starts 1st successful circumnavigation of world |
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