October 26, 1930

Pioneering Aviators, Jessie Maude "Chubbie" Miller and Captain William Newton "Bill" Lancaster set transcontinental speed records from Los Angeles to New York in 21 hours 47 minutes, flying a 'killer' monoplane called the Alexander Bullet.

Births

John Arden, English playwright (d. 2012)

Deaths

Harry Payne Whitney, American businessman and horse breeder (b. 1872)

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