1996 Death Hugh Henry Home Popham, aviator/writer/poet, dies at 76 1995 Death Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan (aviator), dies 1994 Death Lores Bonney, aviator, dies at 96 1993 Death Jimmy Doolittle, American Aviator 1991 Death Paul Reid Roman, actor (Aviator, Blue Knight), dies of cancer at 55 1978 Birthday Josie Maran, born in Menlo Park, California, model, actress, appeared in 'Van Helsing', 'The Aviator', appeared in 'Sports Illustrated Swimsuit' issues fro 2000 - 2002 1974 Death Charles Lindbergh, aviator, dies at 72 1969 Birthday Cate Blanchett, born in Ivanhoe, Australia, actress, Academy-Award winning performance in 'The Aviator', other films include, 'Elizabeth', 'The Lord of the Rings' 1959 Event 1st aviator to fly a million miles (1.61 M km) in a jet (MC Garlow) 1955 Event 1st aviator to bail out at supersonic speed-GF Smith 1942 Event Red Sox star Ted Williams enlists as a Navy aviator 1936 Death Louis Bieriot, aviator, dies 1932 Birthday Jon Lindbergh, 2nd son of aviator Charles Lindbergh 1932 Death Alberto Santos Dumont, Brazilian Aviator 1926 Death Bessie Coleman, American Aviator 1920 Birthday Hugh Henry Home Popham, aviator/writer/poet 1918 Death Manfred von Richthofen, German Aviator 1908 Death Thomas E Selfridge, earlier U.S. aviator, 1st to die in an air crash 1906 Birthday Anne Morrow Lindbergh, author/aviator, Charles' wife 1901 Birthday Francis Charles Chinester, yachtsman/aviator 1900 Birthday Antoine de Saint-Exupery, born in France, aviator/writer, Wind, Sand and Stars 1898 Birthday Wiley Post, Grand Plain, Texas, aviator/parachutist, crashed in Alaska 1898 Birthday Amelia Earhart, U.S. aviator, 1st woman to solo Atlantic 1897 Birthday Lores Bonney, aviator 1897 Birthday Charles Edward Kingsford-Smith, pioneer Australian aviator 1896 Birthday Jimmy Doolittle, American Aviator 1892 Birthday Manfred von Richthofen, German Aviator 1891 Birthday Norman "Squab" Read, U.S. aviator who lived to be 101 1890 Birthday Eddie Rickenbacker, aviator "Ace of Aces", WW I 1886 Birthday Arthur Whitten Brown, aviator 1886 Birthday Glenn Luther Martin, aviator, Collier Trophy-1933 1885 Birthday John Henry Towers, aviator/naval hero 1880 Birthday Marinus van Meel, 1st Dutch aviator 1873 Birthday Alberto Santos Dumont, Brazilian Aviator 1871 Birthday Orville Wright, born in Dayton, Ohio, aviator 1848 Birthday Otto Lilienthal, pioneer aviator
