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2001 Dennis Tito becomes the first space tourist by paying $20 million to fly on a Soyuz mission to the International Space Station.
1998 NASA announces John Glenn, 76, may fly in space again 1996 Jessica Dubroff, hoped to be youngest to fly across U.S., crashed at 7 1995 RAF-pilot Jo Salter is 1st woman to fly in a tornado 1994 1st Jordanian plane to fly over Israeli airspace (King Hussein pilot) 1993 Vincent Price, actor (Raven, Fly), dies of lung cancer at 82 1993 Long fly ball by Indians' Carlos Martinez bounces off Jose Canseco's head and goes over fence for a home run 1991 Senate votes to allow women to fly combat aircraft 1990 Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Bayakoa, Fly So Free, In The Wings, Meadow Star, Royal Academy, Safely Kept, Unbridled 1985 Christa McAuliffe chosen 1st school teacher to fly space shuttle 1984 Dave Kingman's fly ball never comes down (stuck in Metrodome ceiling) 1984 Mabel Mercer, English/US singer (Fly me to the moon), dies at 84 1980 Jaromir Wagner is 1st to fly Atlantic standing on wing 1973 Super Fly Meets Shaft by John and Ernest hits #31 1972 Jeremy London, actor, I'll Fly Away, Party of Five 1972 Penny Marshall appears on Bob Newhart Show in "Fly Unfriendly Skies" 1969 R Kelly, singer, I Wish I Could Fly 1968 Jay Underwood, actor, Boy Who Could Fly 1968 Beatles George Harrison and John Lennon and wives fly to India for transcendental meditation study with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi 1967 Phillip and Jay Kunz fly a kite a record 28,000 feet 1965 Zond 3 launched to fly by Moon, enters solar orbit 1965 JPL proposes modified Apollo flight to fly around Mars and return 1964 Mariner 4 launched; 1st probe to fly by Mars 1964 Jerrie Mock becomes 1st woman to fly solo around the world 1964 Geraldine Mock of U.S. is 1st woman to fly solo round the world 1962 Mariner 2 launched; 1st probe to fly by Venus 1960 Susan Cowsill, Newport, Rhode Island, rock vocalist, Cowsills-We Can Fly 1959 1st aviator to fly a million miles (1.61 M km) in a jet (MC Garlow) 1958 Walter Kingsford, actor (My Favorite Blonde, Fly by Night), dies at 76 1957 1st President to fly in helicopter - Dwight Eisenhower 1957 Geena [Virginia] Davis, Wareham Massachusetts, actress, Beetlejuice, Fly 1956 John Cowsill, born in Newport, Rhode Island, rock drummer, Cowsills-We Can Fly 1954 Barry Cowsill, Newport, Rhode Island, rock bassist, Cowsills-We Can Fly 1953 Charles E Yeager fly > 2,575 kph in Bell X-1A 1953 1939 sacrifice fly rule restored: no time at bat for sac fly 1953 1st passenger to fly commercially around the world < 100 hours 1952 Paul Cowsill, Newport, Rhode Island, rock keyboardist, Cowsills-We Can Fly 1952 Jeff Goldblum, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actor, Fly, Jurassic Park, Independence Day 1952 Veronica "Randy" Crawford, U.S. vocalist, One Day I'll Fly Away 1950 Wally Lamb, born in America, author, novelist, featured in Oprah's Book Club, books include 'The Hour I First Believed' 'I'll Fly Away: Further Testimonies from the Women of York Prison', 'She's Come Undone', 'I Know This Much is True' 1950 Richard Cowsill, Newport, Rhode Island, rocker, Cowsills-Hair, We Can Fly 1948 1st jets to fly across Atlantic, 6 RAF de Havilland Vampires 1948 Wright Flyer, 1st plane to fly, returns to U.S. from England 1948 Bill Cowsill, Newport, Rhode Island, rock guitarist/vocals, Cowsills-We Can Fly 1947 Willem H Fly, typographer/co-founder (SDAP), dies at 84 1947 Ronald Townson, rock singer, 5th Dimension-We Can Fly 1944 Torben Jensen, Denmark, actor, Taxa, Hayfever, Watch Me Fly, Guldregn 1943 Burt Rutan, born in Estacada, Oregon, Elbert Leander Burt Rutan, inventor, aerospace engineer, created the Voyager, the first plane to fly around the world without stopping or refueling, and SpaceShipOne, which entered space two times in fourteen days 1943 Premier Churchill and General Marshall fly from U.S. to North Africa 1943 David Cronenberg, Toronto, Ontario, director, Shivers, Fly, Brood 1942 Robert Sullivan becomes 1st pilot to fly Atlantic 100 times 1942 Premier Churchill and General Marshall fly to Florida 1937 Amelia Earhart Putnam, Dutch pilot/1st female to fly Atlantic, dies at 40 1935 Airplanes are no longer permitted to fly over the White House 1932 Englishman James Mollisson is 1st to fly east to west over Atlantic 1932 Amelia Earhart leaves Newfoundland 1st woman fly solo across Atlantic 1932 Amelia Earhart is 1st woman to fly solo cross the Atlantic 1931 George Baker, born in Bulgaria, actor, Goodbye Mr. Chips, Curse of the Fly 1930 1st woman to fly from England to Australia solo, lands (Amy Johnson) 1930 1st woman to fly solo from England to Australia takes-off (Amy Johnson) 1928 Amelia Earhart leaves Newfoundland to become 1st woman (passenger) to fly Atlantic (as a passenger in a plane piloted by Wilmer Stultz) 1928 Charles Kingsford-Smith and Charles Ulm are 1st to fly across the Pacific when they end their flight from California to Brisbane 1926 Lee Richardson, Chicago, actor, Sweet Lorraine, Fly 2, Tiger Warsaw 1926 Airship Norge is 1st vessel to fly over North Pole 1923 U.S. lt Al Williams fly 392.2 KPH (record) 1920 New York Times editorial (falsely) reports rockets can never fly 1913 Roland Garros is 1st to fly over Mediterranean Sea 1913 Nelly Aenders, Petronella Meyer, Dutch actress, Spanish Fly 1912 J Verdrines becomes 1st to fly over 100 mph (107 mph/172 kph) 1911 Vincent Price, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, House on Haunted Hill, Fly, Laura 1910 JWEL Hilgers is 1st Dutchman to fly above Dutch territory 1909 Jean Batten, New Zealand air pioneer, 1st woman to fly solo England to Australia 1908 John Sutton, Rawalpindi India, actor, Tower of London, Return of Fly 1908 Sacrifice fly adopted (repealed in 1931, reinstated 1954) 1908 French pilot Henry Farman is 1st European to fly roundtrip 1904 Orville and Wilbur Wright fly a circle in their Flyer II 1903 Michael Kalatozov, Russian producer, When the Cranes Fly 1902 Lyman Gilmore is 1st person to fly a powered craft 1902 Charles Lindbergh, born in Detroit, Michigan, pilot, 1st fly solo across Atlantic 1900 Mabel Mercer, English cabaret vocalist, Fly Me to the Moon 1897 1st indoor fly casting tournament opens, at Madison Square Garden 1872 Louis Bleriot, 1st man to fly an airplane across English Channel 1871 Millions of birds fly over western SF, darkens sky 1841 Clement Ader, French inventor, 1st to fly a heavier-than-air craft 1784 Mme Thible becomes 1st woman to fly, in a balloon |
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