2014 Event Leaders of Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement have been denied permission to travel to the mainland; the men sought to fly to Beijing to present their grievances to Chinese Premier Li Keqiang 2014 Event A second Dallas nurse, Amber Vinson, is diagnosed with Ebola a day after flying from Cleveland to Dallas; the Centers for Disease Control gave her approval to fly despite her symptoms 2011 Event A 26-year old American citizen is arrested by the FBI for a plot to fly remote-controlled planes filled with explosives into the U.S. Capitol and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. 2011 Event On a mission to destroy Muammar Gaddafi's forces, NATO jets fly over Tripoli and knock out three television stations 2001 Event Dennis Tito becomes the first space tourist by paying $20 million to fly on a Soyuz mission to the International Space Station. 1998 Event NASA announces John Glenn, 76, may fly in space again 1996 Death Jessica Dubroff, hoped to be youngest to fly across U.S., crashed at 7 1995 Event RAF-pilot Jo Salter is 1st woman to fly in a tornado 1994 Event 1st Jordanian plane to fly over Israeli airspace (King Hussein pilot) 1993 Death Vincent Price, actor (Raven, Fly), dies of lung cancer at 82 1993 Event Long fly ball by Indians' Carlos Martinez bounces off Jose Canseco's head and goes over fence for a home run 1991 Event Senate votes to allow women to fly combat aircraft 1990 Event Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Bayakoa, Fly So Free, In The Wings, Meadow Star, Royal Academy, Safely Kept, Unbridled 1985 Event Christa McAuliffe chosen 1st school teacher to fly space shuttle 1984 Event Dave Kingman's fly ball never comes down (stuck in Metrodome ceiling) 1984 Death Mabel Mercer, English/US singer (Fly me to the moon), dies at 84 1980 Event Jaromir Wagner is 1st to fly Atlantic standing on wing 1973 Event Super Fly Meets Shaft by John and Ernest hits #31 1972 Birthday Jeremy London, actor, I'll Fly Away, Party of Five 1972 Event Penny Marshall appears on Bob Newhart Show in "Fly Unfriendly Skies" 1969 Birthday R Kelly, singer, I Wish I Could Fly 1968 Birthday Jay Underwood, actor, Boy Who Could Fly 1968 Event Beatles George Harrison and John Lennon and wives fly to India for transcendental meditation study with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi 1967 Event Phillip and Jay Kunz fly a kite a record 28,000 feet 1965 Event Zond 3 launched to fly by Moon, enters solar orbit 1965 Event JPL proposes modified Apollo flight to fly around Mars and return 1964 Event Mariner 4 launched; 1st probe to fly by Mars 1964 Event Jerrie Mock becomes 1st woman to fly solo around the world 1964 Event Geraldine Mock of U.S. is 1st woman to fly solo round the world 1962 Event Mariner 2 launched; 1st probe to fly by Venus 1960 Birthday Susan Cowsill, Newport, Rhode Island, rock vocalist, Cowsills-We Can Fly 1959 Event 1st aviator to fly a million miles (1.61 M km) in a jet (MC Garlow) 1958 Death Walter Kingsford, actor (My Favorite Blonde, Fly by Night), dies at 76 1957 Event 1st President to fly in helicopter - Dwight Eisenhower 1956 Birthday John Cowsill, born in Newport, Rhode Island, rock drummer, Cowsills-We Can Fly 1954 Birthday Barry Cowsill, Newport, Rhode Island, rock bassist, Cowsills-We Can Fly 1953 Event Charles E Yeager fly > 2,575 kph in Bell X-1A 1953 Event 1939 sacrifice fly rule restored: no time at bat for sac fly 1953 Event 1st passenger to fly commercially around the world < 100 hours 1952 Birthday Paul Cowsill, Newport, Rhode Island, rock keyboardist, Cowsills-We Can Fly 1952 Birthday Jeff Goldblum, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actor, Fly, Jurassic Park, Independence Day 1952 Birthday Veronica "Randy" Crawford, U.S. vocalist, One Day I'll Fly Away 1950 Birthday 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 Birthday Richard Cowsill, Newport, Rhode Island, rocker, Cowsills-Hair, We Can Fly 1948 Event 1st jets to fly across Atlantic, 6 RAF de Havilland Vampires 1948 Event Wright Flyer, 1st plane to fly, returns to U.S. from England 1948 Birthday Bill Cowsill, Newport, Rhode Island, rock guitarist/vocals, Cowsills-We Can Fly 1947 Death Willem H Fly, typographer/co-founder (SDAP), dies at 84 1947 Birthday Ronald Townson, rock singer, 5th Dimension-We Can Fly 1944 Birthday Torben Jensen, Denmark, actor, Taxa, Hayfever, Watch Me Fly, Guldregn 1943 Birthday 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 Event Premier Churchill and General Marshall fly from U.S. to North Africa 1943 Birthday David Cronenberg, Toronto, Ontario, director, Shivers, Fly, Brood 1942 Event Robert Sullivan becomes 1st pilot to fly Atlantic 100 times 1942 Event Premier Churchill and General Marshall fly to Florida 1937 Death Amelia Earhart Putnam, Dutch pilot/1st female to fly Atlantic, dies at 40 1935 Event Airplanes are no longer permitted to fly over the White House 1932 Event Englishman James Mollisson is 1st to fly east to west over Atlantic 1932 Event Amelia Earhart leaves Newfoundland 1st woman fly solo across Atlantic 1932 Event Amelia Earhart is 1st woman to fly solo cross the Atlantic 1931 Birthday George Baker, born in Bulgaria, actor, Goodbye Mr. Chips, Curse of the Fly 1930 Event 1st woman to fly from England to Australia solo, lands (Amy Johnson) 1930 Event 1st woman to fly solo from England to Australia takes-off (Amy Johnson) 1928 Event Amelia Earhart leaves Newfoundland to become 1st woman (passenger) to fly Atlantic (as a passenger in a plane piloted by Wilmer Stultz) 1928 Event Charles Kingsford-Smith and Charles Ulm are 1st to fly across the Pacific when they end their flight from California to Brisbane 1926 Birthday Lee Richardson, Chicago, actor, Sweet Lorraine, Fly 2, Tiger Warsaw 1926 Event Airship Norge is 1st vessel to fly over North Pole 1923 Event U.S. lt Al Williams fly 392.2 KPH (record) 1920 Event New York Times editorial (falsely) reports rockets can never fly 1913 Event Roland Garros is 1st to fly over Mediterranean Sea 1913 Birthday Nelly Aenders, Petronella Meyer, Dutch actress, Spanish Fly 1912 Event J Verdrines becomes 1st to fly over 100 mph (107 mph/172 kph) 1911 Birthday Vincent Price, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, House on Haunted Hill, Fly, Laura 1910 Event JWEL Hilgers is 1st Dutchman to fly above Dutch territory 1909 Birthday Jean Batten, New Zealand air pioneer, 1st woman to fly solo England to Australia 1908 Birthday John Sutton, Rawalpindi India, actor, Tower of London, Return of Fly 1908 Event Sacrifice fly adopted (repealed in 1931, reinstated 1954) 1908 Event French pilot Henry Farman is 1st European to fly roundtrip 1904 Event Orville and Wilbur Wright fly a circle in their Flyer II 1903 Birthday Michael Kalatozov, Russian producer, When the Cranes Fly 1902 Event Lyman Gilmore is 1st person to fly a powered craft 1902 Birthday Charles Lindbergh, born in Detroit, Michigan, pilot, 1st fly solo across Atlantic 1900 Birthday Mabel Mercer, English cabaret vocalist, Fly Me to the Moon 1897 Event 1st indoor fly casting tournament opens, at Madison Square Garden 1872 Birthday Louis Bleriot, 1st man to fly an airplane across English Channel 1871 Event Millions of birds fly over western SF, darkens sky 1841 Birthday Clement Ader, French inventor, 1st to fly a heavier-than-air craft 1784 Event Mme Thible becomes 1st woman to fly, in a balloon
