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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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10th December 1799: France adopts the metric system for weights and measures

9th May 1671: Colonel Thomas Blood attempts to steal the Crown Jewels

2nd July 1881: American President James A. Garfield shot by Charles J. Guiteau

5th April 1951: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg sentenced to death for spying

20th April 1965: Windows of the Houston Astrodome painted to stop glare

19th April 1839: The Treaty of London establishes an independent Belgium

18th April 1775: Paul Revere’s Ride signals American Revolution

17th April 1961: The Bay of Pigs invasion launched by Brigade 2506

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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