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Record Timeline

Timeline

Follow how records are established, updated and superseded over time.

Timeline events

1971

  1. First Spacecraft to Orbit Mars

    1971-11-14

    Mariner 9 · 1971 year · Mars

    SpaceCurrent

1970

  1. First Transmission from the Surface of Another Planet

    1970-12-15

    Venera 7 · 1970 year · Venus

    SpaceCurrent
  2. First Wheeled Vehicle on Another Celestial Body

    1970-11-17

    Lunokhod 1 · 1970 year · Moon

    SpaceCurrent
  3. 1970-09-21

    Luna 16 · 1970 year · Moon

    SpaceCurrent

1969

  1. 1969-07-20

    Neil Armstrong · 1969-07-20 date · Sea of Tranquility, the Moon

    SpaceCurrent
  2. 1969-01-01

    Walt Disney · 26 Academy Awards · Hollywood, United States

    Culture & EntertainmentCurrent

1966

  1. 1966-04-02

    Luna 10 · 1966 year · Moon

    SpaceCurrent
  2. 1966-02-03

    Luna 9 · 1966 year · Moon

    SpaceCurrent

1962

  1. 1962-12-14

    Mariner 2 · 1962 year · Venus

    SpaceCurrent

1960

  1. 1960-05-22

    1960 Valdivia earthquake · 9.5 Mw · Chile

    NatureCurrent

1959

  1. 1959-09-14

    Luna 2 · 1959 year · Moon

    SpaceCurrent
  2. 1959-01-02

    Luna 1 · 1959 year · Deep Space

    SpaceCurrent

1957

  1. 1957-10-04

    Sputnik 1 · 1957-10-04 date

    SpaceCurrent

1913

  1. 1913-07-10

    Death Valley · 56.7 °C degrees Celsius · Furnace Creek, Death Valley, California, USA

    NatureCurrent

1912

  1. 1912-01-01

    In Search of Lost Time · about 9,609,000 characters · France

    Culture & EntertainmentCurrent

1903

  1. 1903-12-17

    Wright Flyer I · First · near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, United States

    TransportCurrent

1783

  1. 1783-10-15

    Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier · First · Paris, France

    TransportCurrent

1668

  1. 1668-01-01

    Sveriges Riksbank · 1668 year · Stockholm, Sweden

    EconomyCurrent

1646

  1. 1646-01-01

    Palafoxiana Library · 1646 year · Puebla, Mexico

    Culture & EntertainmentCurrent

1571

  1. 1571-01-01

    Fatehpur Sikri · 1571 year · Fatehpur Sikri, Uttar Pradesh, India

    ArchitectureCurrent

1507

  1. 1507-01-01

    Waldseemüller 1507 World Map · 1507 year · Saint-Dié, France

    Culture & EntertainmentCurrent
  2. 1507-01-01

    Waldseemüller 1507 World Map · 1507 year · Saint-Dié, France

    Culture & EntertainmentCurrent

0859

  1. 0859-01-01

    University of al-Qarawiyyin · 859 CE · Fez, Morocco

    Human SocietyCurrent

Time not specified

  1. Challenger Deep · about 10,935 m · Challenger Deep, Mariana Trench, western Pacific Ocean

    NatureCurrent
  2. Russia · about 17,098,200 km² square kilometres · Northern Eurasia

    Human SocietyCurrent
  3. Lake Baikal · 1,642 m · South-eastern Siberia, Russia

    NatureCurrent
  4. Ganymede · 5,268 km · Orbiting Jupiter

    SpaceCurrent
  5. Italy · 62 properties properties · Italy

Human SocietyCurrent
  • Great Barrier Reef · about 348,000 sq km sq km · North-east coast of Australia

    NatureCurrent
  • Olympus Mons · about 22 km high km · Mars

    SpaceCurrent
  • Vredefort Dome · about 2,023,000,000 years ago · Vredefort Dome, South Africa

    NatureCurrent
  • Sacred City of Caral-Supe · about 5,000 years old · Supe Valley, Peru

    Human SocietyCurrent
  • Armillaria ostoyae 'Humongous Fungus' · 965 ha · Malheur National Forest, Oregon, United States

    NatureCurrent
  • Mauna Loa · 42,500 km³ · Hawaii, United States

    NatureCurrent
  • Greenland · about 2,175,600 km² · Greenland

    NatureCurrent
  • Jupiter · about 142,984 km · Solar System

    SpaceCurrent
  • Lake Superior · 81,152 km² · United States–Canada border

    NatureCurrent
  • Global mid-ocean ridge system · 65,000 km · global ocean floor

    NatureCurrent
  • Denmark Strait cataract · over 3,500,000 m³/s · Denmark Strait between Greenland and Iceland

    NatureCurrent
  • Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site · more than 1,600 ha · Cahokia, Illinois, United States

    Human SocietyCurrent
  • Mountain Resort and its Outlying Temples, Chengde · 611.2 ha · Chengde, Hebei, China

    ArchitectureCurrent
  • Tchogha Zanbil ziggurat · 105.2 m per side m · Tchogha Zanbil, Khuzestan, Iran

    ArchitectureCurrent
  • Malatesta Novello Library · 15th century · Cesena, Italy

    Culture & EntertainmentCurrent
  • University and Historic Precinct of Alcalá de Henares · early 16th century · Alcalá de Henares

    ArchitectureCurrent
  • Ceres · diameter about 952 km · Solar System

    SpaceCurrent
  • Ceres · about 964 km · Solar System

    SpaceCurrent
  • Pluto · about 2,377 km · Solar System

    SpaceCurrent
  • Venus · about 467 °C · Solar System

    SpaceCurrent
  • Mercury · about 47 km/s · Solar System

    SpaceCurrent
  • Mercury · about 4,880 km · Solar System

    SpaceCurrent
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    First Robotic Sample Return from Another Celestial Body
    First Human on the Moon
    Most Academy Awards Won by an Individual
    First Spacecraft to Orbit a Celestial Body Other than Earth or Sun
    First Survivable Landing on Another Celestial Body
    First Successful Planetary Mission
    Largest Earthquake Recorded by Seismic Instruments
    First Spacecraft to Impact Another Celestial Body
    First Probe to Reach Escape Velocity
    World's First Artificial Satellite
    Highest Recorded Air Temperature on Earth
    World's Longest Novel by Character Count
    First Controlled and Sustained Powered Flight
    First Human Flight
    World's Oldest Central Bank
    First Public Library in Latin America
    First Planned City of the Mughals
    First World Map to Depict a Separate Western Hemisphere and Pacific Ocean
    First Map to Use the Name America
    World's Oldest Existing and Continually Operating Higher-Learning Institution
    Deepest Point in the Ocean
    World's Largest Country by Area
    Deepest lake in the world
    Largest natural satellite in the Solar System by diameter
    Country with the Most World Heritage Sites
    Home
    World's Largest Coral Reef System
    Largest Volcano in the Solar System
    World's Oldest Known Meteorite Impact Structure
    Oldest Centre of Civilization in the Americas
    World's Largest Known Fungus by Area
    World's Largest Active Volcano
    World's Largest Island
    Largest Planet in the Solar System
    World's Largest Freshwater Lake by Surface Area
    World's Longest Mountain Range
    World's Largest Waterfall by Flow
    Largest Pre-Columbian Urban and Mound Center in North America North of Mexico
    Largest Existing Imperial Palace-Garden and Temple Complex in China
    Largest Ziggurat Outside Mesopotamia
    Only Fifteenth-Century Library Still Intact
    World's First Planned University City
    Largest Object in the Asteroid Belt
    Smallest Dwarf Planet in the Solar System
    Largest Dwarf Planet in the Solar System
    Hottest Planet in the Solar System
    Fastest Planet in the Solar System
    Smallest Planet in the Solar System
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