1999 Event The London Eye, the world's largest Ferris wheel, opens by the banks of the Thames 1989 Event Toonces The Cat takes the wheel on Saturday Night Live 1986 Death Patricia Wheel, actress (Christine-Woman to Remember), dies at 42 1975 Event "Wheel Of Fortune," debuts on NBC-TV 1969 Event 22-year-old man sneaks into wheel pod of a jet parked in Havana and survives 9-hour flight to Spain despite thin oxygen levels at 29,000 ft 1957 Birthday Vanna White, Rosich, N Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, TV host, Wheel of Fortune 1955 Birthday Rolf Benirschke, Boston, NFL place kicker/TV host, Wheel of Fortune 1954 Birthday Bob Goen, TV host, Wheel of Fortune, Entertainment Tonight 1947 Birthday Jonathan Kaplan, Paris, France, director, Heart Like a Wheel 1947 Birthday Saskia, Trudy van den Berg, singer, S and Serge, Spinning Wheel 1946 Birthday Pat Sajak, Chicago, TV host, Wheel of Fortune, Pat Sajak Show 1946 Birthday Bonnie Bedelia, Culkin, New York City, actress, Die Hard, Heart Like a Wheel 1943 Birthday Charles Winfield, Penn, rocker, Blood Sweat and Tears-Spinning Wheel 1927 Death Isadora Duncan, dies as her scarf became entangled in her car's wheel 1927 Birthday [Herman] Junior Parker, rocker, Driving Wheel, In the Dark 1919 Birthday Bernard Drukker, Dutch organist/pianist/orchestra leader, Devil's Wheel 1913 Event Louis Perlman patents demountable auto tire-carrying wheel rim 1908 Event New York to Paris auto race (via Alaska and Siberia) begins in New York City George Schuster wins after 88 days behind the wheel 1896 Death George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr., inventor (Ferris wheel), dies 1893 Event 1st Ferris wheel premieres at Chicago's Columbian Exposition 1859 Birthday George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr., engineer/inventor, Ferris Wheel
