2013 Event Joan Fontaine, a British and American actress and sister of Olivia de Havilland, dies at the age of 96; Fontaine is famous for roles in Alfred Hitchcock thrillers Suspicion and Rebecca 1986 Event De Havilland Twin Otter and Bell 206 helicopter collide, kills 25 1950 Event 22rd Academy Awards - "All King's Men," Crawford and De Havilland win 1949 Event 1st jet-propelled airline, De Havilland Comet, flies 1948 Event British De Havilland 08-fighter flies faster than sound 1948 Event 1st jets to fly across Atlantic, 6 RAF de Havilland Vampires 1947 Event 19th Academy Awards - "Best Years of Lives," De Havilland, March win 1920 Event 1st De Havilland double-decker flight (London) lands in Schiphol 1916 Birthday Olivia de Havilland, born in Tokyo, Japan, actress, Adventures of Robin Hood
