2014 Event A second Dallas nurse, Amber Vinson, is diagnosed with Ebola a day after flying from Cleveland to Dallas; the Centers for Disease Control gave her approval to fly despite her symptoms 2014 Event Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 is hit by a missile while flying over eastern Ukraine, the location of heavy fighting by pro-Russian separatists; the origin of the missile is not yet known; all 298 people aboard the plane were killed in the attack 2014 Event A fossil unearthed in China has been identified as a new pterosaur species; named Kryptodrakon progenitor, the fossil is the first of its kind to show traits of pterodactyls, giant flying reptiles 2013 Event A successor to the SR-71 Blackbird is being built by Lockheed Martin. The company's Advanced Development Programs, known by the alias Skunk Works, has taken on the challenge to builde the SR-72, capable of flying at mach 6 with expected delivery in 2023 2011 Event The Hendra virus is detected in a dog in Queensland, Australia near the Beaudesert; the virus has never before been detected in anything other than flying foxes, horses or humans 2009 Event A new kind of flying reptile fossil, Darwinopterus, lived over 160 million years ago, is found in China 2003 Death Sheb Wooley, singer/actor, ", One-eyed, One-horn Flying Purple People Eater, ", dies at 82 2002 Death Ian McNaughton, director, Monty Python's Flying Circus, dies at 76 1995 Death Grady Sutton, actor (Come Blow Your Horn, Flying Blind), dies at 87 1994 Event "Flying Karamzov Brothers..." opens at Helen Hayes New York City for 50 performances 1994 Death Jean Borotra, Flying Basque, French tennis star (Davis Cup), dies at 95 1994 Death Dhirendra Bhramachari, Flying Swami, hindu leader, dies at 70 1994 Event "Flying Karamzov Brothers" closes at Helen Hayes New York City after 50 performances 1990 Event SR-71 sets a transcontinental record, flying 2,404 miles in 1:08:17 1986 Event Farthest thrown object-an "Aerobie" flying ring, 383 m (1,257') 1982 Death Larry J Blake, actor (Earth vs the Flying Saucers), dies at 68 1979 Birthday Zhang Ziyi, born in Beijing, China, actress, internationally successful film star, appeared in 'Hero', 'Purple Butterfly', 'House of Flying Daggars', 'The Horsemen', 'Memoirs of a Geisha' 1978 Event "Flying High," debuts on CBS 1976 Death George Baxter, actor (Flying Saucer, Lili, Caged), dies at 71 1975 Death Jean Del Val, actor (Sainted Devil, Flying Deuces), dies at 83 1974 Event "Monty Python's Flying Circus" last shown on BBC 1973 Event John Cleese's final episode on "Monty Python's Flying Circus," on BBC 1969 Event Monty Python's Flying Circus begins airing on BBC 1969 Event BBC orders 13 episodes of Monty Python's Flying Circus 1966 Birthday Tea Leoni, New York City, actress, Flying Blind, Naked Truth 1964 Death Morris Ankrum, actor (Kronos, Earth vs Flying Saucers), dies at 67 1962 Event 2 members of Flying Wallendas' high-wire act killed when their 7-person pyramid collapsed during a performance in Detroit 1958 Event Gibson patents Flying V Guitar 1957 Event B-52 bombers begin full-time flying alert in case of U.S.S.R. attack 1954 Event Ted Williams fractures collarbone in 1st game of spring training after flying 39 combat missions without injury in Korean War 1952 Event Flying Enterprise sinks 1951 Event Flying Enterprise in difficulty in Canal 1950 Event RE Wayne awarded 1st Distinguished Flying Cross in Korea 1949 Birthday Norah Ellen O'Neill, airline pilot, Flying Tigers 1947 Death Tom O'Brien, actor (Flying Fool), dies at 56 1946 Birthday Sally Field, born in Pasadena, California, we really like her, Gidget, Flying Nun 1945 Event 1st Japanese flying bombs (ochas) attack Okinawa 1945 Event Almost 1000 Flying Fortresses drop 3000 ton bombs on Berlin 1944 Event Former Washington 3rd baseman Buddy Lewis wins Distinguished Flying Cross 1944 Event 32nd CFL Grey Cup: Montreal HMCS defeat Hamilton Flying Wildcats, 7-6 1944 Event Flying Fortresses of U.S. 8th Air Force attack Leipzig/Dessau 1944 Event 500 15th Air Force Liberators/Flying Fortresses bomb Munich vicinity 1944 Event Greenwich Observatory damaged by WW II flying bomb 1944 Birthday Byron Berline, born in Caldwell, Kansas, musician, fiddle, mandolin player, famous for contemporary bluegrass music, played with The Flying Burrito Brothers, worked with Manassas, founded Oklahoma International Bluegrass Festival 1944 Event 2500+ killed in London and South East England by German flying bombs 1944 Birthday Tom Okker, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, tennis player, nickname, The Flying Dutchman, world's top doubles player, 1969, world's top ten singles player for 17 years 1943 Event 31st CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Flying Wildcats defeat Winn Bombers, 23-14 1943 Event German occupiers forbid flying of kites (6 month jail sentence) 1943 Event RAF scatters 1st copies of "The Flying Hollander" 1943 Birthday Leo Frankowski, U.S., sci-fi author, High Tech Knight, Flying Warlord 1942 Event Assault of U.S. B-17 Flying Fortresses on airport at Sidi Ahmed 1942 Birthday Erica Jong, born in New York City, author, Fear of Flying 1942 Event 1st cadets graduated from flying school at Tuskegee 1941 Event 1st U.S. Army flying school for black cadets dedicated 1941 Birthday Graham Chapman, England, comedian, Monty Python's Flying Circus 1940 Event Batman Comics, mobsters rubbed out a circus highwire team known as the Flying Graysons, leaving their son Dick (Robin) an orphan 1938 Event Boeing 314 Clipper flying boat 1st flown, Eddie Allen 1935 Event China Clipper (flying boat) took off from Alameda, California, carrying 100,000 pieces of mail on 1st trans-Pacific airmail flight 1934 Birthday Dickie Goodman, parody singer, Flying Saucer 1933 Birthday Norman Bailey, British bass-baritone, Flying Dutchman 1932 Event Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, 1st joint movie (Flying Down to Rio) 1929 Event 1st airship flight around Earth flying eastward completed 1927 Event Charles Lindbergh is awarded the 1st Distinguished Flying Cross 1925 Event 51st Kentucky Derby: Earl Sande aboard Flying Ebony wins in 2:07.6 1923 Birthday Bobby Jordan, born in New York, actor, Bowery Champs, Kid Dynamite, Flying Wild 1923 Event Flying Scotsman goes into service 1921 Event 1st transcontinental flight in 24 hours flying time arrives Florida 1919 Event 1st transatlantic flight ends; U.S. Navy flying boat takes 11 days 1918 Event England's Royal Flying Corps replaced by Royal Air Force 1918 Birthday Vito Scotti, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Flying Nun, Barefoot in the Park 1912 Event Royal Flying Corps forms in England 1912 Event Royal Flying Corps forms (later RAF) 1912 Event World's 1st flying boat's maiden flight, (Glenn Curtiss in New York) 1911 Event "Come Josephine in My Flying Machine" hits #1 1910 Event Clement van Maasdijk gives flying demonstration 1909 Event Orville Wright tests 1st U.S. Army airplane, flying 1h12m40s 1908 Event 1st flying club, Aeronautical Society of New York, opens 1905 Birthday George Baxter, born in Paris, France, actor, Flying Saucer, Lili, Caged 1898 Birthday Cruys Voorbergh, Dutch actor and director, Flying Dutchman 1897 Birthday Morris Ankrum, Illinois, actor, Kronos, Half Human, Earth vs Flying Saucers 1891 Birthday Jean Del Val, Gautier, France, actor, Sainted Devil, Flying Deuces 1888 Birthday George Hubert Wilkins, born in Australia, polar explorer, Flying the Arctic 1882 Birthday James Gleason, New York City, writer and actor, Bishop's Wife, Flying Fool 1859 Event Jules Leotard performs 1st Flying Trapeze circus act (Paris) He also designed garment that bears his name 1857 Event U.S. issues flying eagle cents 1813 Birthday Richard Wagner, Leipsig Germany, composer, Ring, Flying Dutchman 1704 Birthday John Kay, England, machinist, invented flying shuttle
