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2004 William H. Pickering, rocket scientist, manager of the Mariner missions to Venus and Mars in the 1960s, dies at 93
2003 Wimbledon Women's Finals, Serena Williams beat her sister Venus Williams 2002 Wimbledon Women's Doubles Finals, Venus Williams and her sister Serena Williams Paola Suarez and Virginia Ruano 2002 Wimbledon Women's Finals, Serena Williams beat her sister Venus Williams 2001 Wimbledon Women's Finals, Venus Williams beat Justine Henin 2000 Wimbledon Women's Doubles Finals, Julie Halard-Decugis and Ai Sugiyama beat Venus Williams and Serena Williams 2000 Wimbledon Women's Finals, Venus Williams beat Lindsay Davenport 2000 Conjunction of Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Moon 1997 111th U.S. Womens Tennis: Martina Hingis beats Venus Williams (60 64) 1997 "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus" closes at Gershwin New York City 1997 "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus," opens at Gershwin New York City 1996 Joyce Giraud, crowned 8th Ms Venus Swimwear 1995 Keelin Curnuck, 23, Ms Venus Swimwear 1994, crowned Miss New York USA 1995 Addison Vance, 18, of Hickory NC, crowned 7th Ms Venus Swimwear 1994 Space probe Magellan burns up in atmosphere of Venus 1994 Contact with Venus orbitter Magellan broken 1992 Pioneer Venus Orbiter (1st Venus orbiter-1978), crashes into Venus 1990 U.S.'s Magellan spacecraft lands on Venus 1990 Galileo flies by Venus 1989 Conjunction of Venus, Mars, Uranus, Neptune, Saturn and Moon 1989 U.S. Venus probe Magellan launched from Space shuttle 1989 U.S. launches Magellan to Venus 1985 En route to Halley's Comet, U.S.S.R.'s Vega 2 drops lander on Venus 1985 Russian space probe Vega 2 lands on Venus 1985 Russian space probe Vega 1 lands on Venus 1985 U.S.S.R.'s Vega 1 deposits lander on surface of Venus 1982 Russian spacecraft Venera 14 lands and sends back data from Venus 1982 Russian spacecraft Venera 14 lands on Venus, sends back data 1980 Venus Williams, born in Lynwood, California, tennis star 1978 Pioneer Venus 2 drops 5 probes into atmosphere of Venus 1978 Pioneer Venus 1 begins orbiting Venus 1978 Pioneer Venus 1 goes into orbit around Venus 1978 Pioneer-Venus 2 with 5 atmospheric probes launched toward Venus 1978 Pioneer-Venus 2 Multi-probe launched to Venus 1978 U.S. launches Pioneer Venus 1; produces 1st global radar map of Venus 1977 Anais Nin, Cuban/American writer (Delta of Venus), dies at 73 1975 Wings release "Venus and Mars/Rock Show" medley 1975 U.S.S.R.'s Venera 10 makes day-side Venus landing 1975 Soviet spacecraft Venera 9 soft-lands on Venus 1975 Venera 9, 1st craft to orbit planet Venus launched 1975 U.S.S.R. launches Venera 10 for Venus landing 1975 U.S.S.R. launches Venera 9 for Venus landing 1975 Wings release "Venus and Mars" album 1975 Paul McCartney releases "Venus and Mars" 1974 U.S. Mariner 10 returns 1st close-up photos of Venus' cloud structure 1973 Mariner 10 launched-1st Venus pics, 1st mission to Mercury 1972 Venera 8 makes soft landing on Venus 1972 Keelin Curnuck, Miss New York USA 1996 /Ms Venus Swimwear, 1994 1972 Venera 8 launched to Venus 1970 1st successful landing on Venus (U.S.S.R.) 1970 Soviet Venera 7 is 1st spacecraft to land on another planet (Venus) 1970 Venera 7 launched, makes 1st softlanding on Venus 1969 Mariner 6 passes Venus on 3410 km (74 photos) 1969 Russian probe Venera 6 landed on Venus 1969 Venera 5 lands on Venus, returns data on atmosphere 1969 U.S.S.R.'s Venera 6 launched for parachute landing on Venus 1969 U.S.S.R. Venera 5 launched for 1st successful planet landing (Venus) 1968 Gertrude Short, actress (Stella Dallas, Blonde Venus), dies at 66 1967 Mariner 5 makes fly-by of Venus 1967 Soviet Venera 4 becomes 1st probe to send data back from Venus 1967 Mariner 5 Launch, Venus Flyby 1967 U.S.S.R. launches Venera 4 for parachute landing on Venus 1966 Venera 3 becomes 1st man-made object to impact on a planet (Venus) 1965 Venera 3 launched, 1st to land on another planet (crashes into Venus) 1965 Venera 2 launched by Soviet Union toward Venus 1964 U.S.S.R. launches Zond 1 to Venus; no data returned 1962 Mariner 2 makes 1st U.S. fly-by of another planet (Venus) 1962 Mariner 2 launched; 1st probe to fly by Venus 1962 Mariner 2 launched to Venus; flyby mission 1962 1st U.S. Venus probe, Mariner 1, fails at lift-off 1962 Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn within 16 degrees 1961 Soviet Union fires a rocket from Sputnik V to Venus 1961 U.S.S.R. launches Venera 1 toward Venus 1961 Sputnik 7 launches into Earth orbit; probable Venus probe failure 1960 Pioneer 5 launched into solar orbit between Earth and Venus 1959 1st known radar contact is made with Venus 1956 U.S. Lab detects high-temperature microwave radiation from Venus 1953 Jay O Sanders, born in Austin, Texas, actor, Meeting Venus, V I Warshawski 1953 Debbie Steinbach, born in Fullerton, California, professional golfer, author, instructor, twelve-year LPGA Tour veteran, founder of Venus Golf, wrote, 'Venus on the Fairway', has provided over 5,000 individual golf lessons 1951 John Erskine, U.S. writer/poet/pianist (Venus Love Goddess), dies at 71 1950 Christopher Fry's "Venus Observed," premieres in London 1948 Pamela Sargent, U.S., sci-fi author, Venus of Dreams, Cloned Lives 1944 Tim Reid, born in Norfolk, Virginia, comedian, Venus Flytrap-WKRP, Frank's Place 1944 Hans Plomp, Dutch writer/poet, Venus in Holland 1943 Weill/Perelman/Nash' musical "One Touch of Venus," premieres in New York City 1940 Frankie Avalon, Philadelphia, actor, Beach movies, singer, Venus 1940 Frankie Avalon, rocker, Venus, Beach Blanket Bingo 1938 Nico, U.S. model/pop singer, Velvet Underground, Venus in Furs 1937 Grace Bumbry, St. Louis, mezzo-soprano, Venus in Tannhauser 1936 James Darren, born in Philadelphia, actor, TJ Hooker, Diamond Head, Venus in Furs 1935 Philippine J Aeckerlin, Dutch actress, Oh Venus, Daddy Longlegs 1931 Shirley Hazzard, Australian author, Transit of Venus 1930 Jef Geeraerts, Flemish writer, Black Venus 1927 Olga San Juan, born in New York City, actress, Variety Girl, 1 Touch of Venus 1914 Suffragettes in London damages painter Rokeby's Venus of Velasquez 1906 Louise Brooks, silent screen star, American Venus, Pandora's Box 1906 Hans Aeschbacher, Swiss sculptor, Venus de Six-Tours 1902 Cheryl Crawford, producer, Touch of Venus, Brigadoon 1902 Esther Ralston, Bar Harbor ME, American Venus/actress, Old Ironsides 1902 Gertrude Short, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, actress, Stella Dallas, Blonde Venus 1894 Venus is both a morning star and evening star 1882 Atmosphere of Venus detected during transit 1860 Rachilde, Marguerite Vallette-Eymery, French author, Monsieur Venus 1838 Meyer E van Beem, actor, Black Venus 1815 Saartjie Baartman, Hottentot Venus, dies in Paris 1777 Guillaume Coustou, Jr., French sculptor (Apollo/Mars/Venus), dies at 61 1708 John Blow, composer (Venus and Adonis), dies at 59 1686 Cassini reports seeing a satellite orbiting Venus 1649 John Blow, composer of 1st English opera, Venus and Adonis, baptized 1639 1st observation of transit of Venus occured (only 2, record event) 1631 1st predicted transit of Venus (Kepler) is observed 1599 Diego Velazquez, Spain, painter, Rokeby Venus, baptized 1510 Alessandro di Botticelli, painter (Birth of Venus), dies at about 65 1444 Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter, Birth of Venus |
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