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2003 Sheb Wooley, singer/actor, ", One-eyed, One-horn Flying Purple People Eater, ", dies at 82
2002 Ian McNaughton, director, Monty Python's Flying Circus, dies at 76 1995 Grady Sutton, actor (Come Blow Your Horn, Flying Blind), dies at 87 1994 "Flying Karamzov Brothers..." opens at Helen Hayes New York City for 50 performances 1994 Jean Borotra, Flying Basque, French tennis star (Davis Cup), dies at 95 1994 Dhirendra Bhramachari, Flying Swami, hindu leader, dies at 70 1994 "Flying Karamzov Brothers" closes at Helen Hayes New York City after 50 performances 1990 SR-71 sets a transcontinental record, flying 2,404 miles in 1:08:17 1986 Farthest thrown object-an "Aerobie" flying ring, 383 m (1,257') 1982 Larry J Blake, actor (Earth vs the Flying Saucers), dies at 68 1978 "Flying High," debuts on CBS 1976 George Baxter, actor (Flying Saucer, Lili, Caged), dies at 71 1975 Jean Del Val, actor (Sainted Devil, Flying Deuces), dies at 83 1974 "Monty Python's Flying Circus" last shown on BBC 1973 John Cleese's final episode on "Monty Python's Flying Circus," on BBC 1969 Monty Python's Flying Circus begins airing on BBC 1969 BBC orders 13 episodes of Monty Python's Flying Circus 1966 Tea Leoni, New York City, actress, Flying Blind, Naked Truth 1964 Morris Ankrum, actor (Kronos, Earth vs Flying Saucers), dies at 67 1962 2 members of Flying Wallendas' high-wire act killed when their 7-person pyramid collapsed during a performance in Detroit 1958 Gibson patents Flying V Guitar 1957 B-52 bombers begin full-time flying alert in case of U.S.S.R. attack 1954 Ted Williams fractures collarbone in 1st game of spring training after flying 39 combat missions without injury in Korean War 1952 Flying Enterprise sinks 1951 Flying Enterprise in difficulty in Canal 1950 RE Wayne awarded 1st Distinguished Flying Cross in Korea 1949 Norah Ellen O'Neill, airline pilot, Flying Tigers 1947 Tom O'Brien, actor (Flying Fool), dies at 56 1946 Sally Field, born in Pasadena, California, we really like her, Gidget, Flying Nun 1945 1st Japanese flying bombs (ochas) attack Okinawa 1945 Almost 1000 Flying Fortresses drop 3000 ton bombs on Berlin 1944 Former Washington 3rd baseman Buddy Lewis wins Distinguished Flying Cross 1944 32nd CFL Grey Cup: Montreal HMCS defeat Hamilton Flying Wildcats, 7-6 1944 Flying Fortresses of U.S. 8th Air Force attack Leipzig/Dessau 1944 500 15th Air Force Liberators/Flying Fortresses bomb Munich vicinity 1944 Greenwich Observatory damaged by WW II flying bomb 1944 Byron Berline, born in Caldwell, Kansas, musician, fiddle, mandolin player, famous for contemporary bluegrass music, played with The Flying Burrito Brothers, worked with Manassas, founded Oklahoma International Bluegrass Festival 1944 2500+ killed in London and South East England by German flying bombs 1944 Tom Okker, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, tennis player, nickname, The Flying Dutchman, world's top doubles player, 1969, world's top ten singles player for 17 years 1943 31st CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Flying Wildcats defeat Winn Bombers, 23-14 1943 German occupiers forbid flying of kites (6 month jail sentence) 1943 RAF scatters 1st copies of "The Flying Hollander" 1943 Leo Frankowski, U.S., sci-fi author, High Tech Knight, Flying Warlord 1942 Assault of U.S. B-17 Flying Fortresses on airport at Sidi Ahmed 1942 Erica Jong, born in New York City, author, Fear of Flying 1942 1st cadets graduated from flying school at Tuskegee 1941 1st U.S. Army flying school for black cadets dedicated 1941 Graham Chapman, England, comedian, Monty Python's Flying Circus 1940 Batman Comics, mobsters rubbed out a circus highwire team known as the Flying Graysons, leaving their son Dick (Robin) an orphan 1938 Boeing 314 Clipper flying boat 1st flown, Eddie Allen 1935 China Clipper (flying boat) took off from Alameda, California, carrying 100,000 pieces of mail on 1st trans-Pacific airmail flight 1934 Dickie Goodman, parody singer, Flying Saucer 1933 Norman Bailey, British bass-baritone, Flying Dutchman 1932 Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, 1st joint movie (Flying Down to Rio) 1929 1st airship flight around Earth flying eastward completed 1927 Charles Lindbergh is awarded the 1st Distinguished Flying Cross 1925 51st Kentucky Derby: Earl Sande aboard Flying Ebony wins in 2:07.6 1923 Bobby Jordan, born in New York, actor, Bowery Champs, Kid Dynamite, Flying Wild 1923 Flying Scotsman goes into service 1921 1st transcontinental flight in 24 hours flying time arrives Florida 1919 1st transatlantic flight ends; U.S. Navy flying boat takes 11 days 1918 England's Royal Flying Corps replaced by Royal Air Force 1918 Vito Scotti, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Flying Nun, Barefoot in the Park 1912 Royal Flying Corps forms in England 1912 Royal Flying Corps forms (later RAF) 1912 World's 1st flying boat's maiden flight, (Glenn Curtiss in New York) 1911 "Come Josephine in My Flying Machine" hits #1 1910 Clement van Maasdijk gives flying demonstration 1909 Orville Wright tests 1st U.S. Army airplane, flying 1h12m40s 1908 1st flying club, Aeronautical Society of New York, opens 1905 George Baxter, born in Paris, France, actor, Flying Saucer, Lili, Caged 1898 Cruys Voorbergh, Dutch actor and director, Flying Dutchman 1897 Morris Ankrum, Illinois, actor, Kronos, Half Human, Earth vs Flying Saucers 1891 Jean Del Val, Gautier, France, actor, Sainted Devil, Flying Deuces 1888 George Hubert Wilkins, born in Australia, polar explorer, Flying the Arctic 1882 James Gleason, New York City, writer and actor, Bishop's Wife, Flying Fool 1859 Jules Leotard performs 1st Flying Trapeze circus act (Paris) He also designed garment that bears his name 1857 U.S. issues flying eagle cents 1813 Richard Wagner, Leipsig Germany, composer, Ring, Flying Dutchman 1704 John Kay, England, machinist, invented flying shuttle |
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