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 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 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 Atl, 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 Engl to Australia takes-off (Amy Johnson)
1928 Amelia Earhart becomes 1st female to fly across Atlantic Ocean
1928 Amelia Earhart leaves Nfld 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
1928 Amelia Earhart (as a passenger) is 1st woman to fly Atlantic Ocean
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, NZ air pioneer (1st woman to fly solo 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
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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