1992 Death James Stirling, Scottish D-Day parachutist/architect, dies 1962 Event 500 Indonesian parachutist land on New-Guinea 1961 Event Uprising of French parachutist of General Salan/Challe in Algeria 1953 Event French parachutist under Col De Castries attacks Dien Bien Phu 1945 Death J S Nicklin, Lt-colonel/Canada's 1st parachutist, dies 1898 Birthday Wiley Post, Grand Plain, Texas, aviator/parachutist, crashed in Alaska
