2011 Dates of Historical Note
Historical milestones coming in 2011:
January
15th - Wikipedia's 10-year anniversary
17th - 50 years ago President Dwight Eisenhower warned America of the growing "military-industrial complex"
18th - 100 years ago the first plane landed on a ship (USS Pennsylvania)
31st - 40 years ago Apollo 14 launched on a mission to land on the moon
and 50 years ago Ham, the Chimp, was launched into space.
Eugene Ely landing the 1st plane on a ship in 1911
February
1st - 50 years ago America tested its first ICBM (Intercontinental Ballistic Missile)
9th - 50th anniversary of The Beatles first performance (The Cavern Club, Great Britain)
14th - 5th anniversary of YouTube (and Valentine's Day)
15th - 50 years ago the entire US Skating Team was killed in a plane crash
March
1st - 50th anniversary of the Peace Corps
3rd - actress Jean Harlow was born 100 years ago
6th - actor and President Ronald Reagan was born 100 years ago
8th - the first International Women's Day was 100 years ago
23rd - 10th anniversary of the Mir space station re-entering Earth's atmosphere
26th - playwright Tennessee Williams was born 100 years ago
April
1st - singer Susan Boyle was born 50 years ago
3rd - actor Eddie Murphy was born 50 years ago
12th - 30 years ago STS-1 (Space Shuttle Columbia) launched on maiden voyage, the first manned mission in almost 6 years
and 50 years ago Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space
17th - 50th anniversary of the Bay of Pigs invasion in Cuba
21st - Judgement Day, according to the Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles television series
23rd - comedian and actor George Lopez was born 50 years ago
28th - 10 years ago Dennis Tito becomes first space tourist
May
5th - 50th anniversary of 1st American in space (Alan Shepard)
6th - actor and activist George Clooney was born 50 years ago
13th - basketball star and actor Dennis Rodman was born 50 years ago
and actor Gary Cooper died 50 years ago
14th - 50 years ago the Freedom Riders bus is firebombed and occupants are beaten by Segregationists in Alabama
15th - the birth of modern genetics occurred 50 years ago
17th - singer Enya was born 50 years ago
25th - 50 years ago President John F. Kennedy announces a commitment to land a man on the moon within a decade to a joint session of Congress
27th - actor Vincent Price was born 100 years ago
29th - singer Mellisa Etheridge was born 50 years ago
30th - The first Indianapolis 500 race was held 100 years ago
31st - Hull of the Titanic launched in Belfast 100 years ago (Sinks April 12, 1912)
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