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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

6th July 2019
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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9th November 1918: Wilhelm II abdicates as Kaiser of Germany

2nd September 31 BCE: Marc Antony and Cleopatra defeated by Octavian at the Battle of Actium

26th March 1830: The Book of Mormon first went on sale at E. B. Grandin’s book store

8th January 1790: George Washington delivers the first State of the Union Address

20th September 1973: Billie Jean King defeats Bobby Riggs in the ‘Battle of the Sexes’ tennis match

19th September 1970: The First Glastonbury Festival takes place in Somerset

18th September 1932: Actress Peg Entwistle’s body found after jumping from the Hollywood sign

17th September 1978: Egypt & Israel sign Camp David Accords

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

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

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