1784: The son of a Scottish minister, James Tytler, makes the first manned balloon hop in England when his hot-air device makes a brief uncontrolled ascent with Tytler in the basket to an altitude of a few hundred feet.

1912: Royal Navy aviator Wilfred Parke becomes the first pilot ever to recover from a spin, regaining control of his Avro Type G biplane 50 feet from the ground at Larkhill, England.

1919: The first daily commercial scheduled international air passenger service starts between London and Paris. A single fare to Paris is 21 pounds.

1932: The first woman to fly non-stop across the United States is Amelia Earhart. She flies in a Lockheed Vega.

1995: First flight of the Airbus A319.

1997: EuroAtlantic Airways is founded at Portela Airport, Lisbon, Portugal.

2006: Rollout of first Block 20 RQ-4 Global Hawk at Northrop Grumman's Plant 42 manufacturing facility in Palmdale, California.

2012: Neil Armstrong(b. 05 AUG 30), the first man to set foot on the moon passes away.