John Alcock and Arthur Brown complete the first nonstop transatlantic flight when they reach Clifden, County Galway, Ireland.

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Arthur Whitten Brown, (23 July 1886 4 October 1948) was the navigator of the first successful non-stop transatlantic flight.

Captain Sir John William "Jack" Alcock (5 November 1892 – 19 December 1919) was a Royal Navy and later Royal Air Force officer who, with navigator Lieutenant Arthur Whitten Brown, piloted the first non-stop transatlantic flight from St. John's, Newfoundland to Clifden, Ireland. He died in a flying accident in France in 1919.