1986 Death Walter Brooke, actor (DA Scanlon-Green Hornet), dies at 71 1978 Event 1st flight of McDonnell Douglas F-18A Hornet 1943 Event U.S. aircraft carrier Hornet launched 1942 Event U.S. aircraft carrier Hornet sinks off Santa Cruz 1942 Event Task Force 17 leaves Pearl Harbor under Admiral George Murray on Hornet 1941 Event USS Hornet with Jimmy Doolittles B-25 departs from SF 1940 Birthday Bruce Lee, born in San Francisco, California, karate star/actor, Green Hornet 1936 Event "Green Hornet" radio show is 1st heard on WXYZ Radio in Detroit 1934 Birthday Van Williams, Fort Worth, Texas, actor, Green Hornet, Tycoon 1907 Birthday Lloyd Gough, actor, Mike Axford-Green Hornet
