2001 Death Ken Kesey, author, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, dies at 66 2001 Event Tony Awards, The Producers, Proof, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest revival and 42nd Street revival won major awards 1990 Death Mary Victor Bruce, who flew around empire state building in 1930, dies 1987 Event West German pilot Mathias Rust, who flew a private plane from Helsinki Finland, to Moscow's Red Square, forms trial in Russia 1979 Event Bryan Allen flew man-powered Gossamer Albatross over English Channel in a human-powered aircraft; flight took 2 hours, 49 minutes 1958 Event 1st domestic (NY-Miami) passenger jet flight-National 707 flew 111 1952 Event Operations begin at United Suriname Workers of Netherlands which flew from London to Johannesburg carrying 36 passengers 1937 Birthday Jack Nicholson, born in New Jersey, actor, One Flew Over Cuckoo's Nest, Shining 1935 Birthday Ken Kesey, author, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1934 Birthday Louise Fletcher, Birmingham, Alabama, actress, One Flew over Cuckoo's Nest 1932 Birthday Milos Forman, Czechoslovakian/U.S. director, 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest', 'Amadeus' 1923 Birthday Wally Schirra, born in New Jersey, astronaut, flew in Mercury, Gemini and Apollo, America's first three space programs
