The Airbus A330 had its first test flight.
Pan American World Airways ceased operations.
An arson attack on the passenger ferry 'Scandinavian Star' kills 159.
A Surinam Airways jet crashes on landing in Paramaribo.
Mike Tyson received his second speeding ticket while drag racing his Lamborghini in Albany, New York.
A Boeing 747 jumbo jet rips open over the Pacific Ocean.
The Island Express train derailed on the Peruman Bridge in India.
Flight attendant Clarabelle 'C.B.' Lansing was blown out of Aloha Airlines Flight 243.
Kanellos Kanellopoulos flies across the Aegean Sea in a human-powered aircraft.
The American Motors Corporation, best known for creating the Jeep, was bought out by Chrysler.
193 people die when a ferry capsizes in the North Sea.
Richard Branson's attempt at obtaining the fastest Atlantic crossing ended when his speed boat crashed.
Iberia Airlines Flight 610 crashes.
Colonel Joseph William Kittinger II completed the first-ever trans-Atlantic crossing in a helium balloon.
The Danube-Black Sea Canal was opened.
The first shaft of the world's longest tunnel is completed.
A British Airways jumbo jet experiences a sudden total engine failure.
The Solar Challenger became the first solar-powered airplane to cross the English Channel.
The world's first stealth-oriented aircraft, the Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, took its first flight.
The iconic DeLorean sports car began production in Northern Ireland.
The world's longest traffic jam from Lyon to Paris, France, extended a lengthy 104 miles (167 km).
American Airlines flight 191 crashes shortly after takeoff.
US Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that police can't stop cars just to check the driver and their registration.
Factory Plane Crash in China.
Soviet air defense shoots down Korean Air Lines Flight 902.
Formula 1 driver Niki Lauda crashed in the German Grand Prix and was hospitalized with near-fatal burns.
Concorde takes off on its first scheduled flights.
A London underground train crashes into the end of the tunnel at Moorgate station.
All 345 people on board a Turkish Airlines jet die as it plunges to the ground near Paris, France.
When 65 cars collided during thick fog on the New Jersey Turnpike, nine people were killed.
118 die in the Staines Air Disaster.
Flight attendant Vesna Vulović survived the world's highest fall without a parachute after falling 33,330 feet.
D.B. Cooper hijacked a Boeing 727 and extorted a ransom of $200,000 before parachuting out of the plane with the money and was never seen again.
The Dahlerau train disaster, the deadliest railway accident in West Germany, claimed 46 lives.
Amtrak began operating as the United States' passenger railroad company.
The Boeing 747 takes off on its first scheduled flight.
Sir Robin Knox-Johnston completed the world's first non-stop, single-handed global circumnavigation.
The Boeing 747 flies for the first time.
Queen Elizabeth II officially reopened London's Euston Railway Station.
The first Boeing 737 takes off on its maiden flight.
President Lyndon B signed the National Traffic and Motor Safety Act, which set new standards for vehicles and drivers.
Ford Mustang went on sale for the first time.
The first Boeing 727 planes were delivered to airlines.
New York City modernized its subway by starting its first unmanned trains.
The 'Trieste' dives to a record depth of 10,911 metres (35,797 ft).
The Disneyland Monorail System opened to the public in Anaheim, California.
Christopher Cockerell first presents the hovercraft.
Dwight D. Eisenhower became the first president to fly in a helicopter.
Pete Everest became the fastest man in the world.
Hollywood actor James Dean died aged 24.
