Get pedantic about Pioneer's achievements. It was Pioneer 10

in 1983 that past Neptune's orbit.  That does not, however, mean that it
left the solar system since the solar system is defined by the heliosphere.
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06/11 Greeks seize Troy, 1184BC
06/11 Sauron attacks Osgilliath (LOTR)
06/13 Bilbo returns to Bag End (LOTR)
06/13 Pioneer flies past Neptune, and therefore out of the Solar System
06/13 Pioneer 10 flies past Neptune's orbit, the first human artifact
to travel beyond the orbits of all known planets, 1983
06/14 Sandpaper invented by I. Fischer, Jr., 1834
06/15 Ben Franklin's kite experiment, 1752
06/15 Magna Carta signed, 1215