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CuriositiesIt happened today... on July 3rd
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1778 - Prussia declares war on Austria. Report: 1944 - World War II: Minsk was liberated from Nazi control by Soviet troops during Operation Bagration. Security:... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on July 2nd
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The events and anniversaries: Science: 1897 - Guglielmo Marconi patents the radio in London. Military Aviation: 1900 - First "Zeppelin" airship flight on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany.... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on July 1st
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1916 - First day on the Somme: On the first day of the Battle of the Somme 20,000 soldiers of the British Army are killed and 40,000 wounded. Report: 1921 - Communist... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on June 30th
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1934 - The "Night of the Long Knives", Adolf Hitler's violent purge of his political rivals in Germany, takes place. Aerospace: 1971 - The crew of the Soviet... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on June 29th
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The events and anniversaries: Science: 1927 - First test of Wallace Turnbull's variable-pitch propeller. Report: 1934 - During the night between June 29th and 30th, the "Night of the Long Knives"... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on June 28th
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1919 - The Treaty of Versailles is signed in Paris, formally ending World War I between Britain, France, Italy, the United States and allies on the one side and... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on June 27th
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1917 - Greece intervenes in the World War I. Report: 1950 - 1950 - The United States decides to send troops to fight in the Korean War. Report: 1954 - The world's... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on June 26th
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The events and anniversaries: Helicopters: 1934 - Initial flight of the Focke-Wulf Fw 61, the first practical helicopter. Report: 1945 - The United Nations Charter is signed in San Francisco. Military... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on June 25th
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1917 - The "Monte Ortigara Battle" ends; the Italian troops lose 5969 soldiers. Report: 1950 - The beginning of the Korean War, with the invasion of the South... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on June 24th
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1910 - Japan occupies Korea. Report: 1918 - First airmail service in Canada from Montreal to Toronto. Civil Aviation: 1918 - First airmail service in Canada... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on June 23
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The events and anniversaries: Civil Aviation: 1931 - Wiley Post and Harold Gatty take off from Roosevelt Field, Long Island in an attempt to circumnavigate the world in a single-engine plane. Military... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on June 22
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1940 - France forced to sign the second Compiègne armistice with Nazi Germany. Report: 1941 - Nazi Germany invades the Soviet Union, one of the most dramatic... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on June 21
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1919 - Admiral Ludwig von Reuter scuttles the German fleet in Scapa Flow, Orkney. The nine sailors killed were the last casualties of the First World War. Report:... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on June 20th
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The history and anniversaries: Report: 1866 - Italy forms an alliance with Prussia and against Austria, starting Third Italian Independence War. Report: 1944 - World War II: Perugia frees itself from... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on June 19th
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1953 - Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are put to death at Sing Sing, in New York. Report: 1961 - Kuwait declares independence from the United Kingdom. Aerospace:... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on June 18th
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The events and anniversaries: Civil Aviation: 1928 - Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean (she was a passenger; Wilmer Stutz was pilot and Lou... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on June 17th
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The events and anniversaries: Curiosities: 1885 - The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor. Report: 1940 - The three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania fall under the occupation... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on June 16th
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1891 - John Abbott becomes Canada's third prime minister. Report: 1940 - World War II: Marshal Henri Philippe Pétain becomes Premier of Vichy France. Airports:... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on June 15th
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The events and anniversaries: Civil Aviation: 1919 - John Alcock and Arthur Brown complete by aircraft first non-stop transatlantic flight at Clifden, County Galway, Ireland. Report: 1944 - World... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on June 14th
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The events and anniversaries: Defense: 1775 - American Revolutionary War: The United States Army is established by the Continental Congress. Curiosities: 1777 - Stars and Stripes adopted by Congress... more
CuriositiesFlight attendant celebrates 50 years of service with Continental Airlines
Houston, USA - Illustrious career, over 26 million miles with the carrier
Flight attendant Norma Heape, who has been working for Continental Airlines since 1957, will celebrate her fiftieth year of service before flying from Newark to Hong Kong. An illustrious career, in... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on June 13
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1942 - The United States opens its Office of War Information. Military Aviation: 1944 - World War II: Germany launches a V1 Flying Bomb attack on England. Only... more
CuriositiesWhen Italy wanted to bomb New York
Rome, Italy - In 1942 it was studied an air plan to attack the city
The fascist Italy wanted to bomb New York city. According a Pietro Faggioli's study, the regime was planning an air attack on US city: the project, of year 1942, was launched by Niccolò Lama, a Piaggio's... more
CuriositiesIt happened today...on June 12
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The events and anniversaries: Science: 1849 - L.P. Haslett patents the gas mask. Report: 1900 - Reichstag approves a second law that allows the expansion of German Navy. Report: 1901 - Cuba becomes... more
CuriositiesEmirates luxury transfer
Milan, Italy - Motor boat limousine in Venice airport
For the first time an air company offers a transfer service to and from the airport of Venice using a motor boat limousine. That air company is Emirates, which already provides a chauffeur service to and... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on June 11th
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The events and anniversaries: Military Aviation: 1940 - World War II: British forces bomb Genoa and Turin in Italy. Report: 1942 - World War II: The United States agrees to send Lend-Lease aid to... more
CuriositiesIt happened yesterday... on June 10th
Rome, Italy - Voyage in the history
The events and anniversaries: Report: 1924 - Fascists kidnap and kill Italian socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti in Rome. Report: 1940 - World War II: Italy declares war on France and the United Kingdom.... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on June 9th
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1923 - Bulgaria's military takes over the government in a coup. Report: 1923 - US President Warren G. Harding ratifies the "Washington Naval Treaty". Report:... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on June 8th
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1941 - World War II: Allies invade Syria and Lebanon. Report: 1942 - World War II: Tobruk falls into enemies’s hands. Curiosities: 1959 - The USS Barbero and U... more
CuriositiesIs fat really beautiful?
Dubai, UAE - Mishap of an overweight passenger
Who says "Fat is beatiful" is right, but it probably never took a a plane. Listen to what happened to a passenger during a flight: N.S, Lebanese, overweight, had to board, with an unknown carrier, a flight... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on June 7th
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1862 - The United States and Britain agree to suppress the slave trade. Report: 1905 - Norway dissolves its union with Sweden. Report: 1929 - The Vatican City... more
CuriositiesBritish Airways cuts pay to its CEO
London, United Kingdom - "Only" £ 625,000
Drop in load factor equal to 1,5% in May for the carrier British Airways, the Europe's greatest airline, that yesterday provoked a fall in price of share in the Stock Exchange. BA chief, Willie Walsh,... more
CuriositiesIt happened today ... on June 6th
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1942 - World War II: Nazis set fire to the village of Lidice, Czech Republic, as reprisal for the murder of Reinhard Heydrich. Report: 1944 - World War II: Battle... more
CuriositiesIt happened on... June 5th
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The events and anniversaries: Sport Aviation: 1783 - Montgolfier Brothers show in public their Montgolfier. Military Aviation: 1944 - World War II: More than 1,000 British bombers airplanes drop 5000... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on June 4th
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1859 - Italian Independence wars: in the Battle of Magenta, the French Army, under Louis-Napoleon, defeats an Austrian Army. Report: 1920 - Hungary loses 71%... more
CuriositiesIt happened on June 3rd
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1769 - British explorer James Cook retreats to Tahiti. Report: 1784 - The US Army is created by Congress. Report: 1805 - The war of Tripolitania ends. Report:... more
CuriositiesIt happened on June 2nd
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1865 - The American war of secession ends. Report: 1946 - Birth of the Italian Republic: In a referendum Italians decide to turn Italy from a monarchy into a Republic.... more
CuriositiesIt happened on June 1st
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The events and anniversaries: Science: 1831 - James Clark Ross discovers the North Magnetic Pole. Report: 1918 - World War I Western Front: Battle for Belleau Wood - Allied Forces under John J. Pershing... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on May 31st
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1910 - Creation of the Union of South Africa. Report: 1924 - The Soviet Union signs an agreement with the Peking government, referring to Outer Mongolia as an... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on May 30th
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1913 - First Balkan War: "Treaty of London" signs the end of war. Albania becomes an independent nation. Military Aviation: 1942 - World War II: 1000 British... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on May 29th
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1918 - Russia: a decree establishes the compulsory military service. Science: 1919 - Einstein's theory of general relativity is tested (later confirmed) by Arthur... more
CuriositiesNew Aero Club in Vibo Valentia
Vibo Valentia, Italy - Inauguration next June 1st-3rd
Next June 1st-3rd, a new Aero Club called "Il Grifo" will be inaugurated in Vibo Valentia, in the Italian southern region of Calabria, expected to be a point of reference not only for plane pilots, but... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on May 28th
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1942 - World War II: In retaliation for the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, Nazis in Czechoslovakia kill over 1800 people. Report: 1964 - The Palestine Liberation... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on May 27th
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The events and anniversaries: Civil Aviation: 1919 - The NC-4 aircraft arrives in Lisbon after completing the first transatlantic flight. Report: 1941 - World War II: The German battleship "Bismarck"... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on May 26th
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1879 - Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Gandamak establishing an Afghan state. Report: 1940 - World War II: Battle of Dunkirk – In France, Allied f... more
Curiosities"Blair Force One": new air travel service for British Government representatives
London, United Kingdom - To replace the 32nd Squadron of RAF
Until now, the UK Royal family or Government representatives used to travel using air services provided by the 32nd Squadron of RAF (Royal Air Force), adjusting then diplomatic missions to military duties... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on May 25th
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1940 - World War II: The Battle of Dunkirk begins. Report: 1946 - The parliament of Transjordan makes Abdullah I of Jordan their king. Report: 1953 - Nuclear... more
CuriositiesThe suitcase turning into a chair
Moscow, Russia - A creation by the Russian company Ostengruppe
Several designers of the Russian company Ostengruppe have created a new and handy product aimed to air passengers forced to long and exhausting waits at the airport lounges. The innovative product,... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on May 24th
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1915 - World War I: Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary. Civil Aviation: 1930 - Amy Johnson lands with her aircraft in Darwin, Northern Territory, becoming... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on May 23rd
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1831 - Italian patriot Ciro Menotti is executed in Modena. Report: 1915 - 1915 - World War I: Italy joins the Allies after they declare war on Austria-Hungary.... more