Oscar Grant III was a 22-year-old African-American man who was fatally shot Use_firearm in the early morning hours of New Year 's Day 2009 by BART Police Officer Johannes Mehserle in Oakland , California .

On January 1 , 1862 , Cockpit Point was shelled Attack by ( Lieutenant Oscar C. Badger commanding Control ) and ( Lieutenant Eastman commanding Control ) , with neither side gaining Getting an advantage , though `` Yankee '' was slightly damaged Damaging .

On 16 July 1983 a British Airways Helicopters commercial Sikorsky S-61 helicopter , `` Oscar November '' ( G-BEON ) , crashed Catastrophe in the southern Celtic Sea , in the Atlantic Ocean , when en route Sending from Penzance to St Mary 's , Isles of Scilly in poor visibility .