1797: The modern parachute is born as Andre-Jacques Garnerin makes the 1st human parachute descent from the air. Garnerin jumps from a hydrogen balloon at a height of 2,300 feet in Paris.
1898: Augustus Herring pilots a powered biplane based on Octave Chanute’s glider design.
1955: First flight of the Republic XF-105 Thunder Chief.
1956: First flight of the Bell XH-40 (UH-1 prototype), better known as the “Huey.”
1977: First flight of the Antonov An-72 SSSR-19774.
1996: Million Air Flight 406, a Boeing 707-323C with 4 people aboard, crashes into a Dolorosa neighborhood ripping off rooftops and crashing in flames into a restaurant, killing the 4 aboard, 30 in the neighborhood and injuring 50 Ecuador.
2012: Swiss carrier Hello, ceases operations and files for bankruptcy protection.