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1981 Elijah Wood, born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, actor, Radio Flyer, Good Son

1980 Thomas Ian Nicholas, actor, Radio Flyer, Rookie of the Year

1949 Bobby Clarke, Manitoba, NHL player and coach, Philadelphia Flyer

1948 Wright Flyer, 1st plane to fly, returns to U.S. from England

1946 "Exposition Flyer" rammed at Napierville Illinois, killing 48

1944 John Heard, actor, Pelican Brief, CHUD, Radio Flyer, Big

1938 "Olympian Flyer" express train crashes in Montana, killing 47

1918 Roland Garros, French stunt flyer, dies

1918 Eduard "Mick" Mannock, British WW I flyer (Victoria Cross), dies

1910 Daniel Kinet, auto racer/1st Belgian flyer, dies

1909 Kate Smith, singer, God Bless America, Philadelphia Flyer luck charm

1905 Orville/Wilbur Wright's "Flyer III" flight 38.5 km in 38.3"

1904 Orville and Wilbur Wright fly a circle in their Flyer II

1904 Flexible Flyer trademark registered

1706 Benjamin Franklin, Boston, kite flyer, statesman, and inventor


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