Timeline Saturday 14 June 1919

Events on Saturday 14 June 1919 1

• 1919 First nonstop transatlantic flight Alcock and Brown fly from Newfoundland to Ireland British aviators John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown flew a modified Vickers Vimy bomber nonstop from St. John's, Newfoundland, to a bog near Clifden, Ireland. The sixteen-hour flight won the Daily Mail prize and marked a milestone in aviation history.