Read about history and pick a good one out.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_14
1789 – Mutiny on the Bounty: HMS Bounty mutiny survivors including Captain William Bligh and 18 others reach Timor after a nearly 7,400 km (4,600 mi) journey in an open boat.
I'll bet they all had some pretty good sun tans after that trip (-:
2002 – Near-Earth asteroid2002 MN misses the Earth by 75,000 miles (121,000 km), about one-third of the distance between the Earth and the Moon.
| (A) This list includes near-Earth approaches of less than 1 lunar distances (LD) of objects with H brighter than 24. (B)Nominal geocentric distance from the center of Earth to the center of the object (Earth has a radius of approximately 6,400 km). (C) Diameter: estimated, theoretical mean-diameter based on H and albedo range between X and Y. (D) Reference: data source from the JPL SBDB, with AU converted into LD (1 AU≈390 LD) (E) Color codes: unobserved at close approach observed during close approach upcoming approaches Note: All close approaches between 1900 and 2200 are listed (with H<24 at less than 1 LD). Objects not observed during the approach, and simply estimated to have approached on this date, are colored grey. Generically estimated asteroid diameters are given in italics. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| NEO | Date | Approach distance in lunar distances | Abs. mag (H) | Diameter (C) (m) | Ref (D) | Nominal(B) | Minimum | Maximum | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (152680) 1998 KJ9 | 1914-12-31 | 0.606 | 0.604 | 0.608 | 19.4 | 279–900 | data | (458732) 2011 MD5 | 1918-09-17 | 0.911 | 0.909 | 0.913 | 17.9 | 556–1795 | data | (163132) 2002 CU11 | 1925-08-30 | 0.903 | 0.901 | 0.905 | 18.5 | 443–477 | data | 2010 VB1 | 1936-01-06 | 0.553 | 0.553 | 0.553 | 23.2 | 48–156 | data | 2002 JE9 | 1971-04-11 | 0.616 | 0.587 | 0.651 | 21.2 | 122–393 | data | 2013 UG1 | 1976-10-17 | 0.854 | 0.853 | 0.855 | 22.3 | 73–237 | data | 2012 TY52 | 1981-11-04 | 0.818 | 0.813 | 0.823 | 21.4 | 111–358 | data | 2012 UE34 | 1991-04-08 | 0.847 | 0.676 | 1.027 | 23.3 | 46–149 | data | 2017 VW13 | 2001-11-08 | 0.454 | 0.318 | 3.436 | 20.7 | 153–494 | data | 2002 MN | 2002-06-14 | 0.312 | 0.312 | 0.312 | 23.6 | 40–130 | data | (308635) 2005 YU55 | 2011-11-08 | 0.845 | 0.845 | 0.845 | 21.9 | 320–400 | data | 2011 XC2 | 2011-12-03 | 0.904 | 0.901 | 0.907 | 23.2 | 48–156 | data | 2018 AH | 2018-01-02 | 0.773 | 0.772 | 0.773 | 22.5 | 67–216 | data | 2018 GE3 | 2018-04-15 | 0.502 | 0.501 | 0.503 | 23.7 | 35–135 | data | 2010 WC9 | 2018-05-15 | 0.528 | 0.528 | 0.528 | 23.5 | 42–136 | data | (153814) 2001 WN5 | 2028-06-26 | 0.647 | 0.647 | 0.647 | 18.2 | 921–943 | data | 99942 Apophis | 2029-04-13 | 0.0981 | 0.0963 | 0.1000 | 19.7 | 310–340 | data | 2012 UE34 | 2041-04-08 | 0.283 | 0.274 | 0.354 | 23.3 | 46–149 | data | 2015 XJ351 | 2047-06-06 | 0.789 | 0.251 | 38.135 | 22.4 | 70–226 | data | 2007 TV18 | 2058-09-22 | 0.918 | 0.917 | 0.919 | 23.8 | 37–119 | data | 2005 WY55 | 2065-05-28 | 0.865 | 0.856 | 0.874 | 20.7 | 153–494 | data | (308635) 2005 YU55 | 2075-11-08 | 0.592 | 0.499 | 0.752 | 21.9 | 320–400 | data | (456938) 2007 YV56 | 2101-01-02 | 0.621 | 0.615 | 0.628 | 21.0 | 133–431 | data | 2007 UW1 | 2129-10-19 | 0.239 | 0.155 | 0.381 | 22.7 | 61–197 | data | 101955 Bennu | 2135-09-25 | 0.780 | 0.308 | 1.406 | 20.19 | 472–512 | data | (153201) 2000 WO107 | 2140-12-01 | 0.634 | 0.631 | 0.637 | 19.3 | 427–593 | data | 2009 DO111 | 2146-03-23 | 0.896 | 0.744 | 1.288 | 22.8 | 58–188 | data | (85640) 1998 OX4 | 2148-01-22 | 0.771 | 0.770 | 0.771 | 21.1 | 127–411 | data | 2007 UY1 | 2156-02-13 | 0.685 | 0.652 | 6.856 | 22.9 | 56–179 | data |
| 2011 LT17 | 2156-12-16 | 0.998 | 0.955 | 1.215 | 21.6 | 101–327 | data | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1949 – Albert II, a rhesus monkey, rides a V-2 rocket to an altitude of 134 km (83 mi), thereby becoming the first monkey in space.
That's one small ride for a rhesus, one giant ride for primates.