1997 – An Iranian Air Force Lockheed C-130 crashes in Mashhad, Iran after reporting an engine failure.
1974 – Sierra Pacific Airlines Flight 806 strays off course and collides with terrain in Bishop, California. All 36 aboard perish on the Convair CV-440 (N4819C).
1969 – Apollo 9 ends after a 10-day test of the Lunar Module in Earth’s lower orbit.
1967 – South African Airways Flight 406, a Vickers Viscount 818 (ZS-CVA) crashes into the sea while on approach to East London, South Africa. The Captain suffers a fatal heart attack and the First Officer is unable to regain control of the aircraft. All 25 on the aircraft perish.
1954 – A BOAC (British Overseas Airways Corporation) Lockheed L-749A (G-ALAM) crashes in Kallang Singapore, killing 33 of the 40 on-board. Pilot fatigue is blamed for the aircraft falling short of the runway and striking a concrete wall.
1928 – Eileen M. Vollick becomes the first woman in Canada to obtain a pilot’s license after completing her flight test in a Curtiss aircraft.
1922 – The first attempt at crossing the South Atlantic by flight is made by Gago Coutinho and Sacadura Cabral in a Fairey III. They needed to use three of the aircraft to complete the trip from Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro.
1910 – The first flight in Switzerland is made by Paul Engelhard in a Wright Flyer, departing from a frozen lake at St. Mortiz.
