1911 Event Calbraith Rogers completes 1st crossing of U.S. by airplane (84 days) 1911 Event Calbraith Rodgers arrives in Pasadena completing 1st transcontinental airplane flight (84 days) (left Sheepshead Bay, New York, Sept 17) 1836 Birthday Matthew Calbraith Butler, Major General, Confederate Army 1794 Birthday Matthew Calbraith Perry, Commodore, opened Japan
