1996 Death Tommy Rettig, actor (Lassie)/computer programmer (Clipper), dies at 54 1986 Death Mamo Clark, actor (1 Million BC, Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island), dies 1984 Event 1st NBA game at LA Memorial Sports Arena - Clipper beat Knick, 107-105 1960 Death John Miljan, actor (Charlie Chan in Paris, Yankee Clipper), dies at 66 1942 Event 1st around world flight, Pan Am "Pacific Clipper" 1939 Event Dixie Clipper completes 1st commercial plane flight to Europe 1939 Event Pan Am opens southern route transatlantic air service, Dixie Clipper 1938 Event "Yankee Clipper" completes 1st passenger flight over Atlantic 1938 Event Boeing 314 Clipper flying boat 1st flown, Eddie Allen 1936 Event Pan-Am Clipper begins regular passenger flights from San Francisco to Honolulu 1935 Event China Clipper (flying boat) took off from Alameda, California, carrying 100,000 pieces of mail on 1st trans-Pacific airmail flight 1935 Event 1st commercial crossing of Pacific by plane (China Clipper) 1914 Birthday Joe DiMaggio, Yankee Clipper, 56 game hitting streak 1860 Event Clipper Andrew Jackson arrives in SF, 89 days out of NY 1855 Event Clipper Guiding Star disappears in Atlantic, 480 die 1849 Event Memmon is 1st clipper to reach San Francisco, 120 days out of New York 1810 Birthday Donald McKay, U.S. naval architect, built fastest clipper ships
