1881 – William T. Piper, Sr., founder of what became the Piper Aircraft Corp., is born in Knapps Creek, N.Y.
1945 – The Mitsubishi J8M1 rocket-fighter makes its first flight in Hyakurigahara, Japan.
1964 – Air Force Cross posthumously awarded to Major Rudolf Anderson, Jr., the only causality of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.
1982 – The Airbus A300 becomes the world’s first wide-bodied airliner to be certified for operation by a flight crew of two.
