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1996 Tommy Rettig, actor (Lassie)/computer programmer (Clipper), dies at 54
1986 Mamo Clark, actor (1 Million BC, Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island), dies 1984 1st NBA game at LA Memorial Sports Arena - Clipper beat Knick, 107-105 1960 John Miljan, actor (Charlie Chan in Paris, Yankee Clipper), dies at 66 1942 1st around world flight, Pan Am "Pacific Clipper" 1939 Dixie Clipper completes 1st commercial plane flight to Europe 1939 Pan Am opens southern route transatlantic air service, Dixie Clipper 1938 "Yankee Clipper" completes 1st passenger flight over Atlantic 1938 Boeing 314 Clipper flying boat 1st flown, Eddie Allen 1936 Pan-Am Clipper begins regular passenger flights from San Francisco to Honolulu 1935 China Clipper (flying boat) took off from Alameda, California, carrying 100,000 pieces of mail on 1st trans-Pacific airmail flight 1935 1st commercial crossing of Pacific by plane (China Clipper) 1914 Joe DiMaggio, Yankee Clipper, 56 game hitting streak 1860 Clipper Andrew Jackson arrives in SF, 89 days out of NY 1855 Clipper Guiding Star disappears in Atlantic, 480 dies 1849 Memmon is 1st clipper to reach San Francisco, 120 days out of New York 1810 Donald McKay, U.S. naval architect, built fastest clipper ships |
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