1965 Birthday Lori Sippel, Stratford Ontario, softball pitcher 1996 Olympics 1961 Birthday Matt Cole, born in Stratford, Ontario, Canadian Tour golfer, 1990 Space Coast 1941 Event 1st helicopter flight of 1 hour duration, Stratford, Connecticut 1940 Event 1st successful helicopter flight, Stratford, Connecticut 1908 Birthday Sylvia Ashton-Warner, born in Stratford, New Zealand, New Zealand educator, poet, and writer 1807 Birthday Robert Edward Lee, Stratford, Virginia, General-in-Chief, Confederacy
