1987 Death Maxwell D Taylor, U.S. commander 101st airborne (WW II), dies at 85 1973 Birthday Jeremy Jordan, born in Hammond, Indiana, singer, actor, pop, dance music, recorded music featured in the film 'Airborne', appeared in made-for-TV movies and theater performance of Never Been Kissed 1956 Event U.S. explodes 1st airborne hydrogen bomb over Bikini Atoll 1945 Event Largest one-day airborne drop, 600 transports and 1300 gliders 1945 Event Operation Varsity: British, U.S. and Canadian airborne landings East of Rhine 1944 Event Battle of Bastogne, Nazis surround 101st Airborne (NUTS!) 1944 Event Battle of Arnhem, Germans defeat British airborne in Netherlands 1944 Event Operation Market Garden: British airborne division lands Arnhem, Netherlands 1944 Event British 12th airborne batallion/13th and 18th Hussars conquer 1944 Event 82nd Airborne div D-day-landing at La Haye du Puits to Ste Mere Eglise 1943 Event U.S. 82nd Airborne division shot at, by "friendly fire" in Sicily 1907 Birthday James Gavin, U.S., 82nd Airborne Div General, Sicily/Normandy 1896 Birthday Richard N Gale, English general/airborne commander, Normandy 1858 Event Nadar takes 1st airborne photo, in a balloon
