2014 Event South Korea bans poultry from the U.S. due to potential bird flu concerns; South Korea is working to contain the spread of the virus among its own avian population 2014 Event A bird flu outbreak has been identified on three poultry farms in the Netherlands; though current tests show the virus strain to pose a low risk to humans, infected birds will be slaughtered 2014 Event Fossils of prehistoric bird species Pelagornis sandersi have been uncovered at the Charleston, S.C. airport; the species is the largest-known bird discovered to date, with a wingspan of approximately 24 feet 2014 Event Maya Angelou, American author of 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings' and many other works, dies of natural causes at age 86 2014 Event Dong Nguyen, creator of the 'Flappy Bird' app, announces that he will reintroduce the app sometime in the future; he removed the app in February after fearing that it was too addictive 2014 Event Shanghai and Hong Kong halt live poultry sales after a third death from to the H7N9 bird flu is reported in Hong Kong; China has reported 19 deaths and 96 infections from the bird flu at the beginning of 2014 2013 Event Scientists describe the 160-million year-old fossile of Aurornis xui as the most basal species of Avialae, possibly shifting the evolutionary position of the Archaeopteryx as the oldest known bird 2013 Event In Beijing, China, a seven-year old girl is confirmed as the first person in the country to catch the Influenza A virus subtype H7N9 bird flu 2011 Event Japan experiences its fifth outbreak of bird flu, forcing the slaughter of 150,000 chickens 2011 Event Over 5,000 red-winged blackbirds suddenly die in Beebe, Arkansas, on New Year's Eve; scientists investigate causes of the bird die-off 1997 Event Hong Kong begins slaughtering all its chickens to prevent bird flu 1996 Death Peter Bird, ocean rower, first person to cross the Pacific ocean solo, trip from San Francisco to Great Barrier Reef, lasted 294 days, dies at age 49 at sea during an attempt to row across the Pacific 1995 Event New double Beatle CD released with new song "Free as a Bird" 1995 Death Alison "Night Bird" Steele, DJ (WNEW-FM, WXRK-FM), dies of cancer 1995 Death John Megna, actor (To Kill a Mocking Bird), dies at 42 1995 Death Gerald M Durrell, British zoologist/author (Mockery Bird), dies at 70 1994 Death Jean-Pierre E Plooij, Dutch writer (Bird House), dies at 48 1993 Death Bob Wolf, agent (New Kids on the Block, Larry Bird), dies 1993 Event Boston Celtic Larry Bird undergoes backfusion surgery 1990 Event Larry Bird (Celtics) ends NBA free throw streak of 71 games 1989 Event Larry Bird, of the Celtics, begins NBA free throw streak of 71 games 1988 Death Mona Washbourne, actress (Blue Bird, Games), dies at 84 1988 Event Nippon Airways announces that painting eyeballs on Jets cut bird collisions by 20% 1987 Event Larry Bird, ends streak of 59 consecutive free throws 1987 Event Larry Bird (Celtics), begins NBA free throw streak of 59 1985 Event Larry Bird scores Boston Celtic record 60 points 1983 Death John P Strijbos, writer (Called that Bird), dies at 92 1982 Death Albert TLCA Bird, lecture artist, dies 1981 Birthday Vincent Kartheiser, actor, Hairy Bird, Alaska, Untamed Heart 1981 Event Jochem Bird elected mayor of West Berlin 1980 Death Tim Hardin, U.S. singer (Bird on a Wire), dies of a drug overdose at 39 1980 Event Larry Bird beats out Magic Johnson for NBA rookie of year 1978 Birthday Nelly Furtado, born in Victoria, Canada, singer, songwriter, Grammy-Award winning song, 'I'm Like a Bird', sold over 20 million albums worldwide 1973 Death Albe, Renaut A Joostens, Flemish writer (Paradise Bird), dies at 71 1973 Event Test Cricket umpiring debut of H D "Dickie" Bird vs. New Zealand at Leeds 1968 Death Corry Lievens, Flemish actress/playwright/dir (Blue Bird), dies at 64 1967 Death Gertrude McCoy, silent screen actress (Blue Bird), dies at 77 1966 Event "It's a Bird... It's Superman" closes at Alvin New York City after 129 performances 1966 Event "It's a Bird... It's Superman" opens at Alvin New York City for 129 performances 1965 Event 1st use of satellite TV, Today Show on Early Bird Satellite 1965 Event Early Bird satellite goes into commercial service 1965 Event Intelsat 1 ("Early Bird") 1st coml geosynchronous communication satellite 1963 Death Robert Stroud, "bird man of Alcatraz", dies 1962 Birthday Jesse Johnson, born in Rock Island, Illinois, Jesse Woods Johnson, musician, guitarist, funk, rocky, rhythm and blues genres, original member of The Time, contributed to hit singles, 'The Bird', 'Jungle Love', on The Time's third album, 'Ice Cream Castle' 1961 Birthday Rory Bremner, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, impressionist, political satirist, comedian, appeared on Channel 4 with 'Rory Bremner, Who Else?', host of award-winning show, 'Bremner, Bird and Fortune' 1960 Event 1st redshank old world shore bird reported in North America (Halifax) 1959 Event Tennessee Williams' "Sweet Bird of Youth," premieres in New York City 1957 Birthday Brad Bird, born in Kalispell, Montana, director, screenwriter, animator known for 'The Incredibles' and 'Ratatouille', directed and animated the 2-D film, 'The Iron Giant' 1956 Birthday Larry Bird, hoop star for the Boston Celtics 1956 Birthday Bob Walk, born in Van Nuys, California, professional baseball player, nickname, 'The Whirly Bird', pitcher, played for the Philadelphia Phillies 1955 Death Charlie "Bird" Parker, U.S. jazz saxophonist, dies at 34 in New York City 1955 Birthday Sandra Bernhard, born in Arizona, Follow That Bird, King of Comedy 1952 Birthday Joel Garner, born in Christ Church, Barbados, right-handed, fast bowler, nicknamed 'Big Bird', West Indian cricketer, played 1979 Cricket World Cup, 1983 Cricket World Cup 1951 Birthday Gil "The Bird" Moore, rocker, Triumph 1950 Event Bird Building at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo is dedicated 1949 Birthday Pam Grier, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, actress, Big Bird Cage, Tough Enough 1947 Birthday Peter Bird, born in Britain, ocean rower, first person to cross the Pacific ocean solo, trip from San Francisco to Great Barrier Reef, lasted 294 days 1946 Birthday Herman Brood, Dutch painter/singer/pianist, Sleepin' Bird 1944 Birthday Lynda Bird Johnson Robb, Lyndon Baines Johnson's daughter 1943 Birthday Bill Duke, actor, Bird on a Wire, Predator 1942 Event Tweety Bird, aka Tweety Pie, debuts in "Tale of Two Kitties" 1942 Birthday Tweety Bird, cartoon character 1941 Birthday Tim Hardin, Oregon, singer, If I Were a Carpenter, Bird on a Wire 1941 Birthday Glenn Moore, born in Portland, Oregon, rocker, jazz bassist, played with saxophonist Jim Pepper, recorded 'This is It' with Nick Brignola, 'Bird on Wire' with Tim Hardin 1938 Event 1st black woman legislator, Crystal Bird Fauset of Philadelphia 1937 Death John Drinkwater, English poet/playwright (Bird in Hand), dies at 54 1937 Birthday Collin Wilcox, Highlands, North Carolina, actor, To Kill a Mocking Bird 1936 Birthday Rose Elizabeth Bird, California Supreme Court Justice 1936 Birthday Daniel Goode, born in America, composer, clarinetist, studied with Henry Cowell, influenced by Indonesian gamelan music, bird song, Cape Breton fiddling, minimal music, member, Gamelan Son of Lion, Director, Electronic Music Studio, Rutgers University 1934 Event Congress passes Migratory Bird Conservation Act 1933 Birthday Jerzy Kosinski, novelist, Painted Bird, Being There 1933 Birthday Harold "Dickie" Bird, cricketer, noted England Test umpire 1932 Birthday Dusan Makavejev, Belgrade Yugoslavia, director, Man is Not a Bird 1930 Birthday Bob den Uyl, Dutch journalist and writer, Bird Watching 1926 Birthday Willem Oltmans, Dutch journalist, Outlawed, Free as a Bird 1925 Birthday Gerald Malcolm Durrell, Britain, zoologist/writer, Mockery Bird 1924 Birthday Brian Rix, born in Cottingham, England, born Brian Norman Roger Rix, Baron Rix, actor, appeared in film, The Night We Got The Bird, charity worker for Mencap 1923 Death Arthur H Bird, composer, dies at 67 1920 Birthday Charlie "Bird" Parker, U.S. jazz saxophonist 1920 Birthday Peter Jones, born in England, actor, From a Bird's Eye View 1916 Event U.S. and Canada sign migratory bird treaty 1913 Event Common tern banded in Maine; found dead in 1919 in Africa (1st bird known to have crossed the Atlantic) 1912 Birthday Lady Bird Johnson, born in Texas, First Lady of the United States, called "Lady Bird", beautified Washington, D.C. 1910 Birthday Signe Hasso, actress, QB VII, Taxi 13, Black Bird, Crisis 1909 Event Bird banding society found 1904 Death Isabella Bird, English Writer 1903 Birthday Corry Lievens, Isabella MJ Adriaens, Flemish actress, Blue Bird 1903 Event 1st national bird reservation established in Sebastian, Florida 1898 Birthday Vicente Aleixandre, born in Spain, writer, Ambito, Bird of Paper, Nobel 1977 1896 Birthday Jaromir Weinberger, Prague Czechoslovakia, composer, Bird's Opera 1890 Birthday Gertrude McCoy, born in Sugar Valley, Georgia, silent screen actress, Blue Bird 1884 Birthday Jan van Nijlen, Flemish poet and author, Bird Phoenix 1872 Event 1st state bird refuge authorized (Lake Merritt, California) 1862 Birthday P M B Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgium, poet, Blue Bird, Nobel 1911 1861 Event Battle of Bird Creek, Indian Terr (High Shoal, Chusto-Talasah) 1856 Birthday Arthur H Bird, composer 1831 Birthday Isabella Bird, English Writer 1831 Event Robert Montgomery Bird's "Gladiator," premieres in New York City 1792 Death Aert Schouman, Dutch bird/portrait painter, dies at 82 1785 Birthday John James Audubon, Haiti, bird watcher/artist 1776 Event In a New York bar decorated with bird tail, customer orders "cock tail" 1719 Birthday Aert Schouman, Dutch bird/portrait painter 1714 Birthday Jean B Pigalle, French sculptor, Child with Bird Cage
