World War I: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manfred_von_Richthofen" id="mwvw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Manfred von Richthofen">Manfred von Richthofen</a> ("The Red Baron"), a flying ace of the German Luftstreitkräfte, wins his first aerial combat near Cambrai, France.