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

6th July 2022
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

17th December 2019
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

17th December 1903: Wright brothers make first aircraft flight

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21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow

HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

1st June 1495: First written reference to Scotch whisky (distilled at @LindoresAbbey)

31st May 1669: Samuel Pepys writes the final entry of his famous diary that records the period of the Restoration

30th May 1381: Outbreak of the Peasants’ Revolt in England

29th May 1453: Sultan Mehmed II conquers Constantinople and defeats the Byzantine Empire

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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