Thomas Selfridge

Thomas Etholen Selfridge was a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army and the first person to die in an airplane crash. He was also the first active-duty member of the U.S. military to die in a crash while on duty. He was killed while seated as a passenger in a Wright Flyer, on a demonstration flight piloted by Orville Wright.

8 February 1882

Born on the same birth day (8 February): Adelir Antônio de Carli • Arlie Petters • Bill Finger • Caroline Augusta of Bavaria • Franz Marc • Joseph Leopold Eybler • Joshua Morrow • Lonnie Johnson (musician) • Marinho Chagas

Born in the same month (February 1882): Elie Nadelman • Eric Gill • Husband E. Kimmel • James Joyce • John Barrymore • Louis St. Laurent • Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark • Vladimir Dimitrov • Walter Nash