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1002-11-13

English king Ethelred II (the 'Unready') launches 'St Brice's Day' massacre of Danish settlers

1849-08-22

The first air raid in history; Austria launches pilotless balloons against the Italian city of Venice.

1874-08-05

Japan launches its postal savings system, modeled after a similar system in England.

1892-11-23

P de Coubertin launches plan for Modern Olympic Games

1903-02-18

Kuyper government launches anti strike laws

1906-04-18

The Los Angeles Times story on the Azusa Street Revival launches Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement.

1906-06-07

Famous Cunard passenger liner Lusitania launches

1916-07-11

Germany launches final offensive in the Battle of Verdun

1918-03-21

-28] During WW I Germany launches Somme offensive

1920-01-26

Former Ford Motor Co. executive Henry Leland launches the Lincoln Motor Company which he later sold to his former employer.

1926-03-16

Robert Goddard launches 1st liquid fuel rocket, goes 184' (56 meters)

1928-10-01

USSR launches its first 5-year plan

1935-11-05

Parker Brothers launches game of Monopoly

1935-12-08

The Japanese military police launches a violent suppression of the religious sect Oomoto, beginning with a crackdown on the sect's operational bases of Ayabe and Kameoka in Kyoto Prefecture and the arrest of its leader Onisaburo Deguchi.

1938-09-27

British ocean liner "Queen Elizabeth" launches at Clydebank Scotland

1941-03-04

The United Kingdom launches Operation Claymore on the Lofoten Islands, during World War II.

1941-09-21

US launches its 1st Liberty-ship, "Patrick Henry"

1942-10-23

During WW II, Britain launches major offensive at El Alamein, Egypt

1942-11-19

Russia launches winter offensive against Germans along Don front

1945-01-23

World War II: Karl Dönitz launches Operation Hannibal.

1945-02-19

US 5th Fleet launches invasion of Iwo Jima against the Japanese with 30,000 US Marines

1955-01-15

1st official act of Princess Beatrice, launches tanker Vasum

1957-05-16

US launches its 3rd atomic submarine, USS Skate, at Groton Conn

1957-07-26

USSR launches 1st intercontinental multistage ballistic missile

1957-10-04

USSR launches Sputnik I, 1st artificial Earth satellite

1957-10-30

Soviet Union launches Sputnik II, carrying a dog named Laika

1957-11-03

USSR launches Sputnik 2 with a dog (Laika), 1st animal in orbit

1958-01-31

US launches their 1st artificial satellite, Explorer 1

1958-02-05

Vanguard TV-3 back-up launches into Earth orbit; reaches 6 km

1958-03-17

Navy launches Vanguard 1 into orbit (2nd US), measures Earth shape

1958-05-15

USSR launches Sputnik III

1958-07-26

Army launches 4th US successful satellite, Explorer IV

1958-08-27

USSR launches Sputnik 3 with two dogs aboard

1959-01-02

USSR launches Mechta (Luna 1) for 1st lunar fly-by, 1st solar orbit

1959-04-13

USAF launches Discoverer II into polar orbit

1961-01-31

USAF launches Samos spy satellite to replace U-2 flights

1961-02-04

Sputnik 7 launches into Earth orbit; probable Venus probe failure

1961-02-12

USSR launches Venera 1 toward Venus

1961-02-13

Frank Sinatra launches Reprise label under Warner Bros Records

1961-04-27

NASA launches Explorer 11 into Earth orbit to study gamma rays

1962-01-26

US launches Ranger 3, misses Moon by 22,000-mi (37,000-km)

1962-08-12

Russia launches Vostok 4, Pavel Popovich, who lands safely Aug 15

1962-09-01

Channel Television launches to 54,000 households in the Channel Islands.

1962-10-18

US launches Ranger 5 for lunar impact; misses Moon

1962-11-01

USSR launches Mars 1; radio contact lost before arrival at Mars

1963-02-14

US launches communications satellite Syncom 1

1963-04-02

USSR launches Luna 4; missed Moon by 8,500 km

1964-04-02

USSR launches Zond 1 to Venus; no data returned

1964-06-06

Under a temporary order, the rocket launches at Cuxhaven, Germany, are terminated, though they never resume.

1964-09-04

NASA launches its 1st Orbital Geophysical Observatory (OGO-1)

1964-11-05

US launches Mariner 3 toward Mars; no data returned

1964-11-30

USSR launches Zond 2 towards Mars; no data returned

1965-01-22

US launches TIROS 9 weather satellite

1965-02-03

Orbiting Solar Observatory 2 launches into Earth orbit (552/636 km)

1965-02-22

USSR launches Kosmos 57 into earth orbit (Voskhod Test)

1965-03-18

USSR launches Voshkod 2; Alexei Leonov makes 1st spacewalk (20 mins)

1965-05-01

USSR launches Luna 5; later impacts on Moon

1965-06-08

USSR launches Luna 6; it missed the Moon by 99,000 miles

1965-10-04

USSR launches Luna 7; crash lands on Moon

1965-11-16

Walt Disney launches Epcot Center: Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow

1965-11-26

France launches 1st satellite, 92 lb (42 kg) A1-capsule (Asterix)

1965-12-03

USSR launches Luna 8; crashes on Moon

1966-01-31

USSR launches Luna 9 towards Moon

1966-03-31

USSR launches Luna 10, 1st lunar orbiter

1966-05-30

US launches Surveyor 1 to Moon

1966-06-06

Stokely Carmichael launches "Black Power" movement

1966-07-10

US launches Orbiter 1 to the Moon

1966-08-24

USSR launches Luna 11 for orbit around Moon

1966-10-22

USSR launches Luna 12 for orbit around Moon

1966-11-11

NASA launches spaceship Gemini 12.

1966-12-21

USSR launches Luna 13; soft-landed in Oceanus Procellarum

1967-02-04

US launches Lunar Orbiter 3

1967-02-17

Kosmos 140 (Soyuz Test) launches into Earth orbit

1967-06-12

USSR launches Venera 4 for parachute landing on Venus

1967-06-14

USSR launches Kosmos 166 for observation of Sun from Earth orbit

1967-07-19

US launches Explorer 35 for lunar orbit (800/7400 km)

1967-11-06

US launches Surveyor 6; makes soft landing on Moon Nov 9

1967-12-12

US launches Pioneer 8 into solar orbit

1968-01-30

Vietcong launches Tet offensive on US embassy in Saigon

1968-03-02

USSR launches space probe Zond 4; fails to leave Earth orbit

1968-03-05

US launches Solar Explorer 2 to study the Sun

1968-05-17

European Space Research Org launches 1st satellite

1969-07-13

Russia launches unmanned Luna 15 to Moon

1969-07-22

USSR launches Sputnik 50 & Molniya 1-12 communications satellite

1970-01-23

US launches 2nd generation weather satellite, ITOS 1

1970-02-18

US president Nixon launches "Nixon-doctrine"

1970-02-19

USSR launches Sputnik 52 & Molniya 1-13 communications satellite

1970-04-15

Libyan leader Gadaffi launches "Green Revolution"

1970-04-24

China PR launches its 1st satellite transmitting song "East is Red"

1970-09-12

USSR launches Luna 16; returns samples from lunar Sea of Fertility

1970-09-17

Jordan launches offensive against guerrilla army

1971-04-05

In Sri Lanka, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna launches insurrection against the United Front government of Mrs. Sirimavo Bandaranaike.

1971-05-19

USSR launches Mars 2, 1st spacecraft to crash land on Mars

1971-08-04

US launches 1st satellite into lunar orbit from manned spacecraft

1971-12-19

NASA launches Intelsat 4 F-3 for COMSAT Corp

1972-01-31

US launches HEOS A-2 for interplanetary observations (396/244,998)

1972-02-09

William Craig, who had been Northern Ireland Minister for Home Affairs, launches 'Ulster Vanguard' as an umbrella movement for the right-ring of Unionism

1972-06-29

USSR launches Prognoz 2 into earth orbit (549/200,000 km)

1973-01-08

USSR launches Luna 21 for Moon landing

1973-02-15

USSR launches Prognoz 3 to study sun (589/200,300 km)

1973-04-06

US launches Pioneer 11 to Jupiter & Saturn

1973-05-25

US launches 1st Skylab crew Kerwin, Conrad, Weitz

1973-06-10

NASA launches Radio Astronomy Explorer 49 into lunar orbit

1973-07-21

USSR launches Mars 4 for fly-by (2600 km) of red planet

1973-07-25

USSR launches Mars 5

1973-08-05

USSR launches Mars 6

1973-08-09

USSR launches Mars 7

1974-02-18

NASA launches Italian satellite San Marcos C-2 (235/843 km)

1975-04-19

India launches 1st satellite with help of USSR

1975-05-28

Soyuz 18 launches

1975-06-08

USSR launches Venera 9 for Venus landing

1975-06-14

USSR launches Venera 10 for Venus landing

1975-10-12

NASA launches space vehicle S-195

1975-12-05

NASA launches space vehicle S-196, it failed

1976-05-22

NASA launches space vehicle S-179

1976-07-03

Israel launches rescue of 103 Air France crew & passengers being held at Entebbe Airport in Uganda by pro-Palestinian hijackers

1976-08-09

USSR launches Luna 24, last Lunar flight to date from Earth

1976-09-01

NASA launches space vehicle S-197

1977-02-07

Soyuz 24 launches with 2 cosmonauts

1977-08-20

NASA launches Voyager 2 towards Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus & Neptune

1977-10-27

NASA launches space vehicle S-200

1978-03-31

USSR launches Kosmos 1000 navigational satellite

1978-04-26

NASA launches space vehicle S-201

1978-05-20

US launches Pioneer Venus 1; produces 1st global radar map of Venus

1978-11-13

NASA launches HEAO

1979-02-18

NASA launches space vehicle S-202

1979-02-21

Japan launches Hakucho x-ray satellite & Corsa-B (550/580 km)

1979-05-04

NASA launches Fltsatcom-2

1979-06-02

NASA launches space vehicle S-198

1979-09-20

NASA launches HEAO

1979-10-30

NASA launches space vehicle S-203

1980-01-17

NASA launches Fltsatcom-3

1980-02-14

US launches Solar Maximum Mission Observatory to study solar flares

1980-07-18

Rohini 1, 1st Indian satellite, launches into orbit

1980-10-30

NASA launches Flt Satcom-4

1980-12-06

NASA launches Intelsat V satellite, no. 502

1981-02-21

Japan launches Hinotori satellite to study solar flares (580/640 k)

1981-02-21

NASA launches Comstar D-4

1981-05-14

NASA launches space vehicle S-192

1981-05-23

NASA launches Intelsat V satellite, no. 501

1981-08-06

NASA launches Fltsatcom-5, it failed

1981-12-15

NASA launches Intelsat V satellite, no. 503

1982-01-01

MTA launches a 5 year plan to upgrade the NYC subway system

1982-01-01

TA launches 5 year capital program to overhaul NYC subway system

1982-03-04

NASA launches Intelsat V satellite, no. 504

1982-07-13

Iran launches first attack into Iraq

1982-07-16

NASA launches Landsat 4 to thematic map the Earth

1982-08-26

NASA launches Telesat-F

1982-09-28

NASA launches Intelsat V satellite, no. 505

1982-10-28

NASA launches RCA-E

1983-02-20

Japan launches Tenma satellite to study x-rays (450/570 km)

1983-04-11

NASA launches RCA-F

1983-04-28

NASA launches Geos-F

1983-05-19

NASA launches Intelsat V satellite, no. 506

1983-05-26

NASA launches Exosat

1983-06-16

European Space Agency launches European Comm Satellite 1, Oscar 10

1983-06-27

NASA launches space vehicle S-205

1983-06-28

NASA launches Galaxy-A

1983-07-28

NASA launches Telstar-3A

1983-09-08

NASA launches RCA-6

1983-09-22

NASA launches Galaxy-B

1983-11-03

Jesse Jackson launches his 1st campaign for presidency (D)

1984-02-08

Soyuz T-10 launches with crew of 3 to Salyut 7

1984-08-16

NASA launches Ampte

1984-09-21

NASA launches Galaxy-C

1984-10-11

NASA launches space vehicle S-208

1984-11-08

STS 51-A mission launches

1984-11-14

NASA launches NATO-3D

1984-12-15

USSR launches Vega 1 for rendezvous with Halley's Comet

1984-12-21

USSR launches Vega 2 for fly-by of Halley's Come

1985-01-08

Japan launches Sakigake space probe to Halley's Comet

1985-03-22

NASA launches Intelsat VA

1985-06-29

NASA launches Intelsat VA

1985-07-02

European Space Agency launches Giotto (Halley's Comet Flyby)

1985-08-02

NASA launches space vehicle S-209

1985-08-08

Japan launches Planet A, a probe to Halley's comet

1985-08-19

Japan launches its 2nd probe of Halley's Comet, Suisei

1985-09-28

NASA launches Intelsat VA

1985-12-12

NASA launches space vehicle S-207

1986-02-19

USSR launches Mir space station into Earth orbit

1986-03-22

HBO launches boxing's heavyweight-title-unification-tournament

1986-04-15

The United States launches Operation El Dorado Canyon against Libya.

1986-05-03

NASA launches Goes-G, it failed to achieve orbit

1986-09-05

NASA launches DOD-1

1986-11-13

NASA launches space vehicle S-199

1986-12-04

NASA launches Fltsatcom-7

1987-02-05

Soyuz TM-2 launches

1987-02-26

NASA launches GEOS-H

1987-03-20

NASA launches Palapa B2P

1987-03-26

NASA launches Fltsatcom-6, it failed to reach orbit

1987-07-25

USSR launches Kosmos 1870, 15-ton Earth-study satellite

1987-09-16

NASA launches space vehicle S-209

1987-12-21

Soyuz TM-4 launches 3 cosmonauts to space station Mir

1988-02-08

NASA launches DOD-2

1988-03-25

NASA launches space vehicle S-206

1988-04-25

NASA launches space vehicle S-211

1988-06-15

NASA launches space vehicle S-213

1988-06-17

Soyuz TM-5 launches

1988-07-07

Soviet Union launches Phobos 1 to probe Martian moon (unsuccessful)

1988-07-12

USSR launches Phobos II for Martian orbit

1988-07-21

ESA's Ariane-3 launches 2 communications satellites (1 Indian)

1988-08-25

NASA launches space vehicle S-214

1988-08-29

USSR launches 3 cosmonauts (Valery Polyakav, 1 Afghan) to station Mir

1988-09-19

Israel launches 1st satellite, for secret military reconnaissance

1988-12-05

Shuttle Atlantis launches world's 1st nuclear-war-fighting satellite

1989-05-04

US launches Magellan to Venus

1989-10-18

US 62nd manned space mission STS 34 (Atlantis 5) launches into orbit

1989-11-22

US 63rd manned space mission STS 33 (Discovery 9) launches into orbit

1990-01-09

64th US manned space mission STS 32 (Columbia 10) launches into orbit

1990-02-28

US 65th manned space mission STS 36 (Atlantis 6) launches into orbit

1990-04-24

US 66th manned space mission STS 31 (Discovery 10) launches into orbit

1990-08-01

Soyuz TM-10 launches

1990-10-06

US 67th manned space mission STS 41 (Discovery 11) launches into orbit

1990-11-15

US 68th manned space mission STS 38 (Atlantis 7) launches into orbit

1990-12-02

US 69th manned space mission STS 35 (Columbia 11) launches into orbit

1991-01-18

Iraq launches SCUD missiles against Israel

1991-02-07

The IRA launches a mortar attack on 10 Downing Street during a cabinet meeting.

1991-03-09

US 70th manned space mission STS 39 (Discovery 12) launches into orbit

1991-05-18

USSR launches 2 cosmonauts to MIR space station

1992-01-22

Space Shuttle STS-42 (Discovery 15) launches into space

1992-03-17

Russian manned space craft TM-14, launches into orbit

1992-03-24

Space Shuttle STS-45 (Atlantis 11) launches into space

1992-03-24

1st Belgium in the space, Dirk Frimout on Atlantis Space Shuttle STS-45 (Atlantis 11) launches into space

1992-05-20

India launches its 1st satellite independently

1992-05-22

India launches its Agni rocket

1992-06-25

STS 50 launches (Columbia)

1992-07-22

Soyuz TM-15 launches

1992-09-12

STS-47 (Endeavour 2) launches

1992-10-15

Charles Taylor launches an offensive against Monrovia Liberia

1992-10-22

Space Shuttle STS 52 (Columbia 13) launches into space

1993-01-13

STS-54 (Endeavour) launches into orbit

1993-01-24

Soyuz TM-16 launches

1993-04-08

STS-56 (Discovery) launches into orbit

1993-04-26

STS-55 (Columbia) launches into orbit

1993-06-21

STS-57 (Endeavour) launches into orbit

1993-06-26

The U.S. launches a cruise missile attack targeting Baghdad intelligence headquarters in retaliation for a thwarted assassination attempt against former President George H.W. Bush in April in Kuwait.

1993-07-01

Russian manned space craft TM-17, launches into orbit

1993-09-12

STS-51 (Discovery) launches into orbit

1993-10-18

STS-58 (Columbia) launches into orbit

1993-12-02

Space shuttle STS-61 (Endeavour 5), launches

1994-01-08

Russian manned space craft TM-18, launches into orbit

1994-02-03

STS-60 (Discovery) launches into orbit

1994-03-04

Space shuttle STS-62 (Columbia 16), launches into orbit

1994-03-14

Soyuz TM-21 launches with V Dezyurov, G Strekalov & N Thagard

1994-04-09

STS-59 (Endeavour) launches into orbit

1994-07-01

Soyuz TM-19 launches

1994-07-08

Space shuttle STS-65 (Columbia 17), launches

1994-09-09

Space shuttle STS 64 (Discovery 20), launches into orbit

1994-09-30

Space shuttle STS-68 (Endeavour 7), launches into orbit

1994-10-04

Soyuz TM-20 launches

1994-11-03

Space shuttle STS-66 (Atlantis 13), launches

1994-11-20

Kosmos 2294/2295/2296 launches

1995-02-03

STS 63 (Discovery 19), launches into orbit

1995-03-02

Space shuttle STS-67 (Endeavour 8), launches

1995-06-27

Space shuttle STS-71 (Atlantis 14), launches

1995-07-13

Space shuttle STS-70 (Discovery 20), launches

1995-08-29

NATO launches Operation Deliberate Force against Bosnian Serb forces.

1995-09-07

STS 69 (Endeavour 9), launches into orbit

1995-10-20

STS 73 (Columbia 18), launches into orbit

1995-11-12

STS 74 (Atlantis 15), launches into orbit

1996-01-11

Space Shuttle STS 72 (Endeavour 10), launches into space

1996-02-22

STS 75 (Columbia 19), launches into orbit

1996-03-22

STS 76 (Atlantis 16), launches into orbit

1996-04-30

Dutch/Itallian Beppo-SAX launches from Cape Canaveral

1996-05-19

STS 77 (Endeavour 11), launches into orbit

1996-06-20

Space Shuttle STS 78 (Columbia 20), launches into space

1996-09-16

Space Shuttle STS 79 (Atlantis 17), launches into space

1996-11-19

Space Shuttle STS 80 (Columbia 21), launches into space

1997-01-12

Space Shuttle STS 81 (Atlantis 18), launches into space

1997-01-30

Minuteman III launches

1997-02-10

Soyuz TM-25 launches to the MIR

1997-02-11

STS 82 (Discovery 22) launches

1997-02-24

Qatar inaugurates the world's largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporting facility and formally launches Qatar Liquefied Gas Co.

1997-04-04

STS 83 (Columbia 22), launches

1997-05-15

STS 84 (Atlantis 19), launches, 6th Shuttle-Mir Mission

1997-07-01

STS 94 (Columbia 23) launches into orbit

1997-08-07

STS 85 (Discovery 23) launches into orbit

1997-09-25

STS 86 (Atlantis 20) launches into orbit

1997-10-15

US launches nuclear powered Cassini to Saturn

1997-11-19

STS 87 (Columbia 24) launches into orbit

1998-01-22

STS 89 (Endeavour 12) launches into orbit

1998-01-26

Intel launches 333 MHz Pentium II chip

1998-01-29

Soyuz TM-27 launches to MIR

1998-08-20

U.S. embassy bombings: the United States military launches cruise missile attacks against alleged al-Qaida camps in Afghanistan and a suspected chemical plant in Sudan in retaliation for the August 7 bombings of American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. The al-Shifa pharmaceutical factory in Khartoum is destroyed in the attack.

1998-08-31

North Korea reportedly launches Kwangmyongsong, its first satellite.

1999-11-19

Shenzhou 1: The People's Republic of China launches its first Shenzhou spacecraft.

1999-12-18

NASA launches into orbit the Terra platform carrying five Earth Observation instruments, including ASTER, CERES, MISR, MODIS and MOPITT.

2003-06-02

Europe launches its first voyage to another planet, Mars. The European Space Agency's Mars Express probe launches from the Baikonur space centre in Kazakhstan.

2003-06-18

Google launches AdSense, a program that enables website publishers to serve ads targeted to the specific content of their individual web pages, many of which like HistoryOrb.com go on to start their own publishing businesses

2003-10-15

China launches Shenzhou 5, its first manned space mission.

2004-02-27

Former BPMC general secretary Ordrick Samuel launches a new party in Barbuda, Barbudans for a Better Barbuda.

2005-01-12

Deep Impact (space mission) launches from Cape Canaveral on a Delta 2 rocket.

2005-11-15

Boeing formally launches the stretched Boeing 747-8 variant with orders from Cargolux and Nippon Cargo Airlines.

2006-07-04

Space Shuttle program: STS-121 Mission - Space Shuttle Discovery launches at 18:37:55 UTC.

2007-02-23

Japan launches its fourth spy satellite, stepping up its ability to monitor potential threats such as North Korea.

2008-04-30

Heidi Klum launches her clothing line for Jordache

2008-08-07

Georgia launches a military offensive to surround and capture the capital of South Ossetia, Tskhinvali, from Russian control, starting the South Ossetia War.

2008-09-25

China launches the spacecraft Shenzhou 7.

2008-09-28

SpaceX launches the first ever private spacecraft, the Falcon 1 into orbit.

2008-10-22

India launches its first unmanned lunar mission Chandrayaan-1.

2009-04-05

North Korea launches its controversial Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 rocket. The satellite passed over mainland Japan, which prompted an immediate reaction from the United Nations Security Council, as well as participating states of Six-party talks

2009-10-28

NASA successfully launches the Ares I-X mission, the only rocket launch for its later-cancelled Constellation program.

2011-05-16

Space shuttle Endeavour launches for its final commission in space

2012-07-15

A Russian Soyuz rocket with an international team launches for a mission to the International Space Station

2013-01-30

South Korea successfully launches its rocket Naro-1 which was carrying a scientific satellite

2013-02-07

Azerbaijan launches its first satellite, Azerspace-1

2013-11-15

Sony launches the Playstation Four, selling one million units on the first day

2013-12-02

China launches its first moon rover mission

2016-03-19

UN condemns N Korea 'unacceptable' missile launches

2016-07-22

Pokemon GO launches in Japan, bringing global smash-hit game home

2016-08-02

US launches air strikes on IS in Libya

2016-08-10

NRA launches $3 million anti-Clinton ad buy

2016-10-17

Iraq launches Mosul offensive to drive out Islamic State

2016-10-17

China launches longest manned space mission

2017-02-12

North Korea Launches Missile in First Test Since Trump Took Office

2017-02-20

SpaceX successfully launches rocket after Saturday setback

2017-03-22

Apple launches red iPhone 7 and video app

2017-04-05

North Korea launches missile into Sea of Japan

2017-04-07

US launches cruise missile strike on Syria after chemical weapons attack

2017-04-08

President Trump launches military strike in Syria

2017-08-15

North Korea maps out detailed plan for missile launches to sea off Guam

2017-08-26

North Korea launches 3 short-range ballistic missiles

2017-11-29

North Korea says successfully launches new ICBM that can reach all of US

2018-02-07

Elon Musk's SpaceX launches megarocket with his own Tesla vehicle on board

2018-05-02

Love it or not, Facebook launches dating service