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CuriositiesIt happened today... on February 14
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1912 - In Groton, Connecticut, the first diesel-powered submarine is commissioned. Report: 1936 - AG Weser launches the first of 162 U-boat (the last will be... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on February 13
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1935 - A jury in Flemington, New Jersey finds Bruno Hauptmann guilty of the 1932 kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh baby, the son of the aviator Charles Lindbergh.... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on February 12
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1934 - The Austrian Civil War begins. Report: 1973 - Vietnam War: The first United States prisoners of war are released by the Viet Cong. Aerospace: 1982 -... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on February 11
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1889 - Meiji constitution of Japan adopted. Report: 1943 - General Dwight Eisenhower selected to command the allied armies in Europe. Report: 1953 - The Soviet... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on February 10
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1931 - New Delhi becomes the capital of India. Report: 1947 - Italy cedes most of Venezia Giulia to Yugoslavia. Defense: 1954 - President Dwight Eisenhower... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on February 9
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1942 - World War II: Top United States military leaders hold their first formal meeting to discuss American military strategy in the war. Report: 1950 - Second... more
CuriositiesA hot aircraft for the "Lovers of flight"
Staverton, United Kingdom - To exchange cuddles and intimacy high altitude
Going sour from "Mile High Club" (an international club for the people that made out at high altitude, in the toilet of a commercial airliner), Mike Crisp, 32, British computer scientist, decided to create... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on February 8
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The events and anniversaries: Aerospace: 1856 - Laetitia, asteroid 39 is discovered. Aerospace: 1878 - Istria, asteroid 183 is discovered. Aerospace: 1889 - Emma, asteroid 283 is discovered. Aerospace:... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on January 7
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1944 - World War II: In Anzio, Italy, German forces launch a counteroffensive. Report: 1962 - The United States Government bans all Cuban imports and exports.... more
CuriositiesLove rivals in the space
Washington, USA - William Oefelein the bone of contention
A cosmonaut made her first court appearance Tuesday on charges she attempted to kidnap a romantic rival in a bizarre plot. Nowak stood in a jail uniform, with her head down as the hearing was under... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on February 6
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The events and the anniversaries: Report: 1806 - Royal Navy victory off Santo Domingo - Action of 6 February 1806. Report: 1922 - The Washington Naval Treaty was signed in Washington, DC, limiting... more
CuriositiesThe 40 years of mythical 737
Seattle, USA - The most produced aircraft in the history had its first take off on April 9, 1967
Boeing 737 is the most famous aircraft medium range: with about 1160 specimens ordered and 5009 delivered is the most produced aircraft in the history of aviation. Boeing has been producing 737 since 1967... more
CuriositiesJumbolair, the unique world air city
Ocala, Usa - Hangar for airplanes in the place of garage and landing runways instead of roads
Seen from above it could appear a real airport, the air city of Jumbolair in the Marion's county (Florida), a great farm residential, home for who that, bored to have only a car, desire to have on hand... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on February 4
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1783 - American Revolutionary War: the United Kingdom formally declares that it will cease hostilities with the United States of America. Report: 1789 - George... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on February 3
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The events and anniversaries: Curiosities: 1488 - Bartolomeu Dias of Portugal lands in Mossel Bay after rounding the Cape of Good Hope at the tip of Africa, becoming the first known European to travel... more
CuriositiesAn "Out of this world" trip as prize
London, United Kingdom - The weekly magazine "New Scientist" announced a competition to win a space trip
The competition announced by the weekly magazine "New Scientist", which is possible to enter within April 30, has been published on the website winatriptospace.co.uk. The prize to be won will be nothing... more
CuriositiesAccadde oggi... on February 2
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1878 - Greece declares war on Turkey. Report: 1920 - Tartu Peace Treaty signed between Estonia and Russia. Report: 1943 - World War II: the last German forces... more
CuriositiesRussian Security Service in pursuit of the mysterious blogger?
Moscow, Russia - The author of the scoop on the Russian presidential airplane
His nickname on the Internet is Iuri, the internaut of the blog "Hectop", who may be "Wanted" by the FSB (Federalnaja Služba Bezopasnosti), the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation, after... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on 1st February
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The events and anniversaries: Curiosities: 1788 - Isaac Briggs and William Longstreet patent the steamboat. Report: 1924 - United Kingdom recognizes URSS. Report: 1946 - Trygve Lie of Norway is picked... more
CuriositiesPutin's "Golden" aircraft
Moscow, Russia - The pictures of the luxury presidential aircraft have been published on the Internet
The Russian blog Hectop, specialized on the aviation field, has recently published forty pictures which show the interior of the Russian presidential airplane. The Widebody Ilyushin Il-96/300 VIP, a... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on January 31
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1915 - World War I: Germany uses poison gas against Russians. Report: 1917 - World War I: Germany announces its U-boats will engage in unrestricted submarine... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on January 30
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The events and anniversaries: Curiosities: 1820 - Edward Bransfield lands on the Antarctic mainland. Report: 1862 - The first American ironclad warship, the "USS Monitor" is launched. Report: 1911... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on January 29
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The events and anniversaries: Military Aviation: 1916 - World War I: Paris is first bombed by German Zeppelins aircraft. Report: 1933 - President of Germany Paul von Hindenburg appoints Adolf Hitler... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on January 28
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1909 - United States troops leave Cuba after being there since the Spanish-American War. Report: 1932 - Japan occupies Shanghai. Report: 1945 - World War II:... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on January 27
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1900 - Boxer Rebellion: Foreign diplomats in Peking, China demand that the Boxer rebels be disciplined. Report: 1915 - United States Marines occupy Haiti. Military... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on January 26
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The events and anniversaries: Curiosities: 1785 - Benjamin Franklin writes a letter to his daughter expressing disappointment over the selection of the eagle as the symbol of the United States; he wanted... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on January 25
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1919 - The League of Nations is founded. Report: 1942 - Thailand declares war on the United States and United Kingdom. Incidents: 1990 - An aircraft of Avianca... more
CuriositiesMistral Air new uniforms to come
Rome, Italy - High fashion show signed Gattinoni
Gattinoni, the famous fashion company, will show the new uniforms of the crew of Mistral Air, the air company which belongs to "Gruppo Poste Italiane", at the Auditorium in January 28th. Gulliermo Mariotto,... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on January 24
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The events and anniversaries: Curiosities: 1924 - St. Petersburg, Russia is renamed Leningrad. Report: 1935 - Benito Mussolini is preparing to invade Ethiopia. Report: 1936 - Albert Sarraut becomes... more
CuriositiesChinese funambulist will try to cross the Straits of Messina on a rope
Messina, Italy - the rope will be strained by a helicopter
Many people have crossed the Straits by swimming, by boat, and many more by motor paraglider but thinking to cross it on a rope, strained by a helicopter, is a kind of madness. Adili Wuxiuer, a 37 year... more
CuriositiesFinally into orbit
Washington, USA - After 20 years of waiting the American teacher will fly into the space
Barbara Morgan, 55 year old and mother of two sons is a teacher of Fresno (California) who will leave the Earth onboard of Endeavor spaceship for a mission which is supposed to continue the building of... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on January 23
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The events and anniversaries: Defense: 1918 - The Red Army is established. Report: 1937 - In Moscow, 17 leading Communists go on trial accused of participating in a plot led by Leon Trotsky to overthrow... more
CuriositiesThe project of the first flying hotel
Paris, France - The extravagant project of the French designer wins as the best creator of the year
The French designer, Jean Marie Massaud, has been classified the best creator of 2007. He presented the movie of his project called “Maned Cloud”: a Helios-powered hotel which flies like an airship. Massaud’s idea... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on January 22
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1771 - Spain cedes Port Egmont in the Falkland Islands to England. Report: 1905 - "Bloody Sunday" in St. Petersburg, beginning of the 1905 revolution. Report:... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on January 21
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1793 - After being found guilty of treason by the French Convention, Louis XVI of France is guillotined. Science: 1908 - From Tour Eiffel is send the first radio... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on January 20
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1841 - Hong Kong Island occupied by the British Empire. Defense: 1887 - The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base. Report:... more
CuriositiesThe Prince Charles will fly to USA and the ecologists provoke a chaos
London, United Kingdom - He will receive "Global Environmental Citizen Prize" for his ecological effort
It's a nonsense, according to ecologists, that Prince Charles, who declares against pollution, the announcement last month new projects to reduce the pollution produced from the Real family, to take the... more
CuriositiesRock band wants to enter in the Guinness
Munich, Germany - Concert on an aircraft at 35.000 ft for Jamiroquai
Jamiroquai wants to enter in the Guinness: onboard of a B-757 aircraft will take off from Munich and at 10.500 m of altitude will make a concert with 200 weddings. A live wrapped in the mystery: the airline... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on January 19
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1915 - World War I: German airplanes Zeppelin bomb the cities of Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn in the United Kingdom killing more than 20, in the first major aerial... more
CuriositiesNew project for UNOSAT: a satellite that forecast the effects of possible
Rome, Italy - UNOSAT got support from ESA and CERN
UNOSAT (United Nations Institute for Training and Research) announced its new program in order to improve knowledge and studying of unknown areas on the wide world map. First step is outline a mapping... more
Curiosities"Klm Dream Club" new proposal
Amsterdam, Holland - For all the registered to the KLM newsletter
KLM launches "Klm Dream Club", a series of offers that allow to the newsletter's registered and their friends to avail overbids. Every month, by January 2007, KLM will get off a count-down of 96 hours... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on January 18
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The events and anniversaries: Science: 1896 - The X-ray machine is exhibited for the first time. Military Aviation: 1911 - Eugene B. Ely lands on the deck of the "USS Pennsylvania" stationed in San... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on January 17
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1773 - Captain James Cook becomes the first explorer to cross the Antarctic Circle. Report: 1945 - Soviet forces capture the almost completely destroyed Polish... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on January 16
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1900 - The United States Senate accepts the Anglo-German treaty of 1899 in which the United Kingdom renounces its claims to the Samoan islands. Science: 1909... more
CuriositiesHow the ex-CEO of Airbus bought up an important order by US Airways
New York, USA - 124 aircraft more 276 in option
The event is really curious: Jean Pierson, who from 1985 to 1998 led up to Airbus company to be the unique industrial colossus to compete with American industry Boeing, was in the American main office... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on January 15
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1919 - Ignace Paderewski becomes Premier of Poland. Report: 1943 - The world's largest office building, The Pentagon, is dedicated (Arlington, Virginia). Aerospace:... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on January 14
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The events and anniversaries: Curiosities: 1943 - World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill begin Casablanca Conference to discuss strategy and study the next phase of the war. Report:... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on January 13
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The events and anniversaries: Aerospace: 1610 - Galileo Galilei discovers Callisto, 4th moon of Jupiter. Report: 1915 - An Earthquake in Avezzano, Italy kills 29,800. Defense: 1928 - The "Maginot... more
CuriositiesSaudi Arabia and the first woman pilot
Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Her name is Hanadi Zakariya Hindi and is 26 years old
Alwaleed Bin Talal, Saudi billionaire Prince considered one of the five richest men in the world, founder of Kingdom Holding Company, will soon fly on an aircraft driven by a woman. The Prince hired... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on January 12
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The events and anniversaries: Civil Aviation: 1866 - Royal Aeronautical Society is formed in London. Curiosities: 1908 - A long-distance radio message is sent from the Eiffel Tower for the first time.... more