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17th December 1903: Wright brothers make first aircraft flight

17th December 2017
Tagged as: Aircraft, America, Flight, Innovation, Science, Technology, USA

On the 17^th December 1903, American brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright successfully made the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight.

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6th July 1947: The Kalashnikov AK-47 assault rifle goes into production in the USSR

6th July 2017
Tagged as: Cold War, Firearms, Guns, Innovation, Invention, Russia, Technology, USSR, War, Warfare, Weapon

The Kalashnikov AK-47 assault rifle went into production in the Soviet Union.

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17th December 1903: Wright brothers make first aircraft flight

6th July 1947: The Kalashnikov AK-47 assault rifle goes into production in the USSR

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17th October 1933: Einstein moves to the USA after Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany

3rd April 1860: The first Pony Express service went into operation

9th April 1767: John Hancock forcibly removes British customs officials from his ship

25th May 1977: The first Star Wars film is released in cinemas

18th June 1887: Germany and Russia sign the secret Reinsurance Treaty

17th June 1885: Statue of Liberty arrives in New York from France

16th June 1846: Pope Pius IX begins the longest ever reign of a Catholic Pope

15th June 1215: King John agrees to Magna Carta by adding his seal

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

8th July 1932: Dow Jones falls to lowest point in the Great Depression

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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