1967 Birthday John Valentin, Mineola, New York, infielder for the Boston Red Sox 1947 Birthday Michael Burns, Mineola LI, actor, Barnaby West-Wagon Train 1937 Birthday Gerry Studds, born in Mineola, New York, Representative-D-Massachusetts 1973 - 1997 1930 Event 1st woman pilot on a transcontinental air flight Miss Ruth Nichols (Mineola, New York to California), in a Lockheed-Vega, took 7 days 1914 Birthday Jimmy Wakely, Mineola, Arkansas, country vocalist, 5 Star Jubilee
