4 July 1913

On 4 July 1913, pilot Grover E. Bell was killed in a crash at Petaluma, Calif. His young brother Larry, then working with him, was stricken by his brother's death and swore to leave aviation. He reconsidered and returned to the industry, first working for the Martin Co., later founding Bell Aircraft - famed for the Airacobra, the X-1, and many modern helicopters. In 1957, Lawrence D. Bell created the Grover E. Bell Award, given annually by AHS for excellence in heliocpter research.