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1834 - Birth of Samuel Pierpont Langley, American astronomer, physicist, inventor of the bolometer and pioneer of aviation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Pierpont_Langley

1877 - Birth of Riccardo Moizo, Italian military pilot during WWI and high fanking officer in WWII

http://notes9.senato.it/Web/senregno.NSF/1dbf7f5088956bebc125703d004d5ffb/c4d8457dde58a98d4125646f005d938e?OpenDocument

1882 - Birth of Raymonde de Laroche (born Elise Raymonde Deroche), French aviatrix and 1st woman in the world to receive an aeroplane pilot's licence.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymonde_de_Laroche

1890 - Birth of Hans-Joachim Buddecke, German WWI flying ace.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Joachim_Buddecke - http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/germany/buddecke.php

1895 - Birth of László Ede Almásy de Zsadány et Törökszentmiklós, Hungarian aristocrat, motorist, desert researcher, aviator, WWI pilot, Scout-leader and WWII soldier who also served as the basis for the protagonist in Michael Ondaatje's 1992 novel The English Patient and the movie based on it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A1szl%C3%B3_Alm%C3%A1sy

1895 - Birth of Georg Weiner, German WWI flying ace, author of childrens books, probably best remembered for the creation of "Biggles," the fictional WWI hero. He also Was a High ranking officer in WWII

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Weiner - http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/germany/weiner.php

1895 - Birth of Jesse Orin Creech, American WWI flying ace

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Creech - http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/usa/creech.php

1898 - Birth of Arthur Eden Reed, South African WWI fighter ace

http://theaerodrome.com/aces/safrica/reed1.php

1909 - 1st great international aviation meeting 'Grande semaine d'aviation de la Champagne' begins in Bétheny, France. 23 European airplanes make 87 flights during one week. The meeting will have a strong influence on the technical and military aspects of flight.

http://aviation.maisons-champagne.com/dir.php?centre=03-histoire&menu=03

1909 - Birth of Vladimir Grigoryevich Yermolaev, Soviet aircraft designer, general-major of the aviation engineering service.

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Iermola%C3%AFev

1911 - Birth of Handa Watari, Japanese russo-japanese war and WWII flying ace

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watari_Handa - http://www.cieldegloire.com/010_handa_w.php

1911 - Birth of Ludwig Becker, German WWII night fighter ace.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_Becker_(pilot) - http://www.cieldegloire.com/001_becker_l.php

1912 - Birth of Jorma Kalevi Sarvanto, Finnish Air Force pilot and the foremost Finnish fighter ace of the Winter War.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorma_Sarvanto - http://cieldegloire.com/000_sarvanto.php

1914 - 1st British aircraft to be lost in action, An RFC Avro of No.5 Squadron is shot down by rifle fire over Belgium. Lieutenant V. Waterfall and Lieutenant C.G.G. Bayly are killed.

http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/research/history-of-aviation-timeline/interactive-aviation-timeline/british-military-aviation/1914.aspx

1916 - Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 1 (commonly abbreviated as Jasta 1), fighter squadron of the Luftstreitkräfte, the air arm of the Imperial German Army during WWI is founded, using single seat fighters drawn from First Army. It was one of the 1st wave of dedicated fighter squadrons founded as a result of Oswald Boelcke's espousal of massing fighter air power.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagdstaffel_1

1916 - Austro-Hungarian WWI aces Julius Arigi and Johann Lasi score their 1st five victories (10 Farmans overall) , with their Hansa-Brandenburg C.I on a single mission.

http://theaerodrome.com/aces/austrhun/arigi.php - http://theaerodrome.com/aces/austrhun/lasi.php

1918 - Death of Antoine Laplasse, French pioneer aviator and WWI flying ace, killed in action in his Spad XIII by a Fokker D.VII.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine_Laplasse - http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/france/laplasse.php

1918 - Death of Tom Cecil Noel, British WWI fighter ace (as observer), killed in action in his Bristol F.2b.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Cecil_Noel - http://theaerodrome.com/aces/england/noel.php

1922 - 1st flight of the SPAD S-40, French twin seat single engine biplane scout aircraft.

http://aviafrance.com/aviafrance1.php?ID=122

1922 - 1st flight of the Vickers Type 56 Victoria, British biplane freighter and troop transport aircraft

http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickers_Victoria

1922 - 1st flight of The Aeromarine PG-1, American single-seat Pursuit and Ground Attack (PG) biplane prototype.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeromarine_PG-1

1923 - 1st flight of The Witteman-Lewis XNBL-1 "Barling Bomber", American experimental long-range, heavy bomber. Although unsuccessful as a bomber, it was an early attempt at creating a strategic bomber.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witteman-Lewis_XNBL-1

1927 - A KLM Fokker F.VIII crashed at Underriver, Kent, following structural failure of the tailfin or rudder.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1927_KLM_Fokker_F.VIII_crash

1931 - 1st flight of The Granville Gee Bee Model Z , American racing aircraft, 1st of the Super Sportster aircraft built by Granville Brothers Aircraft with the sole intent of winning the Thompson Trophy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gee_Bee_Model_Z

1931 - 1st flight of The Laird Super Solution LC-DW500 aka "Sky Buzzard", American racing biplane .

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Solution

1932 - Birth of Gerald Paul Carr, American engineer, USMC pilot and NASA astronaut.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_P._Carr

1939 - Death of Koji Motomura, 2nd sino-japanese war japanese fighter ace, killed in action.

http://www.cieldegloire.com/010_motomura_k.php

1942 - U-654 is sunk in the Caribbean by a Douglas B-18 Digby (US Army Bomb. Sqdn. 45), one of the 1st American aircraft to sink a German U-Boat.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_B-18_Bolo

1944 – Operation Goodwood, a series of Royal Navy air strikes by the aircraft carriers HMS Formidable, HMS Furious, HMS Indefatigable, HMS Nabob, and HMS Trumpeter against the German battleship Tirpitz at her anchorage in Norway, begins with a day strike designated Goodwood I, which is foiled by heavy cloud cover over the target area. An evening strike, Goodwood II, also is unsuccessful.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_battleship_Tirpitz#Operations_Planet.2C_Brawn.2C_Tiger_Claw.2C_Mascot.2C_and_Goodwood

1947 - 1st flight of The Miles M.68 boxcar, British containerised freighter aircraft prototype, modification of the Miles Aerovan. The container or air-trailer was part of the fuselage but could be dismounted and towed on the road.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_M.68

1951 - The Bell X1-D, US rocket research aircraft, was lost in a fuel explosion during preparations for the 1st powered flight. The aircraft was destroyed upon impact after it was jettisoned from its EB-50A mothership.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_X-1#X-1D

1952 - 1st flight of The Saunders-Roe SR.45 Princess, British flying boat 6 engined prototype aircraft. It was one of the largest aircraft in existence.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saunders-Roe_Princess

1955 - US Navy pilot Robert G. Dose flying an FJ-3 Fury made the 1st landing using use the mirror landing system on USS Bennington (CV-20), a system that became standard throughout American carriers.

http://www.navy.mil/navydata/nav_legacy.asp?id=37

1958 - Death of Joseph Eskel Hallonquist, Canadian WWI flying ace

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_E._Hallonquist - http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/canada/hallonquist.php

1963 – American Joe Walker in an X-15 test plane reaches an altitude of 106 km (66 mi).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-15_Flight_91

1965 - Death of John Lankester Parker, british aviator and Chief Test Pilot for Short Brothers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lankester_Parker

1965 - Death of Ellen Church, 1st female flight attendant in America.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Church

1966 - Death of Louis Drummond Bawlf, Canadian WWI flying ace.

http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/canada/bawlf.php

1970 - Two Sikorsky HH-53C helicopters complete a non-stop transpacific flight of 9,000 miles (14,484 km) using in-flight refuelling.

http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/research/history-of-aviation-timeline/interactive-aviation-timeline/world-aviation/1970.aspx

1970 - 1st flight of the MB-326K (originally known as the MB-336), last evolution of the italian light military jet aircraft with more powerful engines.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aermacchi_MB-326#Operational_history

1972 - 1st flight of the Sukhoi T-4, or "Aircraft 100", or "Project 100", or "Sotka" , Soviet high speed reconnaissance, anti-ship and strategic bomber aircraft that did not proceed beyond the prototype stage

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_T-4

1973 - 1st flight of The Learjet Model 35, American multi-role business jet and military transport aircraft

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learjet_35

1974 - 1st fligth of the Short 330 (also SD3-30) , British highwing twin engined small transport aircraft.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_330

1976 - Luna 24 (lunik 24), Soviet unmanned space probe to the moon, is back on earth.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_24

1980 - Death of James Smith "Mac" McDonnell, American aviation pioneer and founder of McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, later McDonnell Douglas.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Smith_McDonnell

1981 - Far East Air Transport Flight 103 Boeing 737-222 broke apart in mid-air 14 minutes after take-off from aipei Songshan Airport killing all 110.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_Eastern_Air_Transport_Flight_103

1985 - British Airtours Flight 28M, a 737-200, caught on fire after a rejected take-off at Manchester Airport, UK, after a crack in one of the combustors of the left Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15 engine. A total of 56 of the 136 passengers and crew died, most due to toxic smoke inhalation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Airtours_Flight_28M

1989 - Death of Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev, Soviet aeronautical engineer and airplane designer. He designed the Yakovlev military aircraft and founded the Yakovlev Design Bureau.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Sergeyevich_Yakovlev

1997 - 1st flight of The AASI Jetcruzer 500, American 6 seat single turboprop light civil transport, streched evolution of the 450.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AASI_Jetcruzer_450#Jetcruzer_500

1999 - China Airlines Flight 642 (operated by Mandarin Airlines) McDonnell Douglas MD-11 crashed at Hong Kong International Airport While landing during a typhoon. It touched down hard, flipped over and caught fire. Of the people on board 312 survived and 3 were killed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandarin_Airlines_Flight_642

2001 - Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-105) is back on earth.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-105

2006 – Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 612 Tupolev Tu-154M crashes near the Russian border over eastern Ukraine, killing all 170 people on board.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulkovo_Aviation_Enterprise_Flight_612