* 1965 – Launch of Early Bird, the first communications satellite to be placed in geosynchronous orbit.

* 1984 – Simon Bird, English actor and comedian

The Living Bird 17: 105 – 136.

* 1933 – Dickie Bird, English cricket umpire

* DABDay – Draw A Bird Day ( International )

*" ABC – DEF – GHI ", a song sung by Big Bird of Sesame Street

* 1878 – Alfred Bird, chemist ( b. 1811 )

* 1958 – Bird McIntyre, Thai pop singer, musician

* 1999 – Rose Bird, American judge ( b. 1936 )

* 1912 – Lady Bird Johnson, First Lady of the United States ( d. 2007 )

* 1908 – Billie Bird, American actress ( d. 2002 )

He returned the following winter ( 1858 – 59 ) with the bark Ocean Bird and schooner tenders A. M. Simpson and Kate.

Loquats and Mountain Bird, anonymous artist of the Southern Song Dynasty ; paintings in leaf album style such as this were popular in the Southern Song ( 1127 – 1279 ).

* 1877 – American Indian Wars: Battle of White Bird Canyon – the Nez Perce defeat the U. S. Cavalry at White Bird Canyon in the Idaho Territory.

* 1927 – The Bird of Paradise, a U. S. Army Air Corps Fokker tri-motor, completes the first transpacific flight, from the mainland United States to Hawaii.

* 1973 – Andrew Bird, American singer-songwriter and musician ( Squirrel Nut Zippers and Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire )

* 1856 – Arthur Bird, American composer ( d. 1923 )

* Wiles, Gary J .; Johnson, Nathan C .; de Cruz, Justine B .; Dutson, Guy ; Camacho, Vicente A .; Kepler, Angela Kay ; Vice, Daniel S .; Garrett, Kimball L .; Kessler, Curt C. & Pratt, H. Douglas ( 2004 ): New and Noteworthy Bird Records for Micronesia, 1986 – 2003.

* 1927 – Attempting to make the first non-stop transatlantic flight from Paris to New York, French war heroes Charles Nungesser and François Coli disappeared after taking off aboard The White Bird biplane.

* 1936 – Rose Bird, American judge ( d. 1999 )

* 2004 – Male Po ' ouli ( Black-faced honeycreeper ) dies of Avian malaria in the Maui Bird Conservation Center in Olinda, Hawaii before it could breed, making the species in all probability extinct.

The unit was sold as the Bird Mark 7 Respirator and informally called the " Bird ".

Walter Mitty is referenced in the lyrics to the songs " T & P Combo " by 311, " Vacation " by Alabama, " Sex and Drugs and Rock ' n ' Roll " by Ian Dury, " Kitty Ricketts " by Radiator, " In The City " by Madness, " Dreams " by The Descendents, " Walter Mitty Blues " by The Meteors, " All Dressed Up For San Francisco " by The Philosopher Kings, " Silver Bird " by Mark Lindsay, and " Sammy Davis City " by Joe Strummer and Brian Setzer.

* Through the years, Rhodes has performed live with backing musicians Bob Muller, Kevin Bartlett, Bon Lozaga, Carl Adami, Hansford Rowe, Kelly Bird, Martha Waterman, Eric Nicholas, Mark Foster, Ray Jung, Matthew Guarnere, Dave Sepowski, Peter Sheehan, Dean Sharp, Jamie Edwards and Paul Huesman.

In 1996 Davies re-formed Supertramp with Helliwell, Siebenberg and guitarist / vocalist Mark Hart, who was new to the official lineup but had prominently contributed to Free as a Bird and its supporting tour.

Mark Steven Fidrych (; August 14, 1954 – April 13, 2009 ), nicknamed " The Bird ", was a Major League Baseball pitcher.

In the 2005 – 06 season, Nash became the fourth player in NBA history to shoot 50 % or better from the field, 40 % from three-point range ( 43. 9 ), and 90 % from the line, joining Larry Bird, Reggie Miller and Mark Price in the 50-40-90 Club.

* Mark Fidrych or The Bird ( 1954 – 2009 ), American baseball pitcher

The Pacers roster also saw the departures of Mark Jackson, Rik Smits and Chris Mullin, and even coach Larry Bird stepped down.

Guests included Mark Twain and Isabella Bird.

* White Bird with Black Mark, 1970 Ukrainian film

* Mark Knopfler made an allusion to " Swing Low, Sweet Chariot " in the song " Early Bird ", a b-side from the album Get Lucky:

Mark Whitby left Buro Happold to form Whitby Bird.

* Mark Fidrych nicknamed " The Bird " after Big Bird.

Each mobile sea base had two detachments of Mark III patrol boats, a SEAL platoon, an EOD detachment, Marines to provide security, Army MH-6 and AH-6 Little Bird helicopter gunships and Black Hawk rescue birds, and Air Force combat controllers.

Many of well-known figures in animation today went through Larson's training program, including Brad Bird, Don Bluth, Chris Buck, Tim Burton, Randy Cartwright, Ron Clements, Andreas Deja, Gary Goldman, Ed Gombert, Mark Henn, Dan Haskett, Glen Keane, Bill Kroyer, John Lasseter, John Musker, Phil Nibbelink, Richard Rich, Burny Mattinson, Melvin Shaw, Jeffrey J. Varab, John Pomeroy, Joe Ranft, Jerry Rees, Henry Selick and Tad Stones among many others.

Larry Bird, the inaugural winner of this contest, and Craig Hodges have each won three straight times, while Mark Price, Jeff Hornacek, Peja Stojaković and Jason Kapono have each won two consecutive times.

While at Radio 1 he gave the first UK radio play to " Free as a Bird ", the first single released by The Beatles for 25 years, and also deputised for Mark Goodier on the Top 40 show on several occasions.

:: White Bird with Black Mark ( USSR, dir.

Graves works, such as " Blind Bird " often contain elements of Mark Tobey, who was inspired by Asian calligraphy.

Has worked with some of the UK's finest Film Directors including Danny Boyle, Gurinder Chadha, Armando Ianucci, Ben Elton, Antonia Bird and Mark Mylod.

He has written three volumes in the Helm Identification Guides series-on Wildfowl, Crows and Jays and Pheasants, Partridges & Grouse, and is co-author with Mark Beaman of The Handbook of Bird Identification.

Guest musicians include Eddie Bayers, Stuart Duncan, Mark Fain, Mike Johnson, Hargus Robbins, Andrew Bird and Bruce Watkins.