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CuriositiesIt happened today... on January 11
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The events and anniversaries: Aerospace: 1787 - William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus. Defense: 1923 - Troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area to force Germany... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on January 10
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1920 - League of Nations holds its first meeting and ratifies the Treaty of Versailles ending World War I. Report: 1946 - First General Assembly of the United... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on January 9
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The events and anniversaries: Sport Aviation: 1793 - Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first to fly in a balloon in the United States. Report: 1912 - United States Marines invade Honduras. Sport... more
CuriositiesSealand Principality on sale
London, United Kingdom - The smallest world micro-nation reachable only by helicopter or by ship
The "Times" announces it: the smallest world State is on sale at a sum of "At least eight numbers". The micro-nation is not known to all, but it is in financial field because it is a little tax haven.... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on January 8
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1900 - United States President, William McKinley, places Alaska under military rule. Report: 1916 - World War I: Allied forces withdraw from Gallipoli. Report:... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on January 7
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The events and anniversaries: Sport Aviation: 1785 - Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries travel from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in a gas balloon. Curiosities: 1797 -... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on January 6
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The events and anniversaries: Curiosities: 1838 - Samuel Morse first successfully tested the electrical telegraph. Civil Aviation: 1926 - From the merge of "Deutsche Aero Lloyd" (DAL) and "Junkers... more
CuriositiesBlue Origin promotes no-frill space travels
Washington, USA - Bezos set about the video of the "Goddard" spaceship's launch
Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com founder, set about on web the video of the "Goddard" spaceship's launch, belong to Blue Origin, his space Company, established in 2000. The purpose of the multimillionaire is... more
CuriositiesAmericans paid back if will choose the Bahamas
Nassau, Bahamas - USD 97 for adults and USD 82 for children
The Bahamas respond to the security laws that impose the use of the passport for the American citizens with the intention to go in the Caribbean destinations (see AVIONEWS for more details). Numerous... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on January 5
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1895 - Dreyfus Affair: French officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island. Report: 1919 - Free Committee... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on January 4
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The events and anniversaries: Curiosities: 1848 - The "Manifest of the Comunist Party" is published. Report: 1944 - World War II: the battle of Monte Cassino begins. Report: 1951 - Korean War: Chinese... more
CuriositiesOAG: the longest and shortest flight of the year
Washington, USA - From the Review 2006
OAG - Official Airline Guides, the global travel and transport information company, in the Review of 2006 has calculated the longest and shortest flight of the year. In the first case, the longest scheduled... more
CuriositiesJapan: dead one of the history's first hijackers
Tokyo, Japan - In 1970 he tried to hijack a JAL aircraft
One of the history's first hijackers is dead in Japan, where has been prisoner since six years: Yoshimi Tanaka. In 1970, Tanaka, 22 years-old, was among the nine members of an extreme left's Nippon... more
CuriositiesIt happened today...on January 3
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The events and anniversaries: Curiosities: 1496 - Leonardo da Vinci unsuccessfully tests a flying machine. Report: 1815 - Austria, Britain, and France form a secret defensive alliance treaty against... more
CuriositiesIt happened today...January 2
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1492 - Reconquista: Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, surrenders. Report: 1905 - Russo-Japanese War: the Russian fleet surrenders at Port Arthur,... more
CuriositiesIt happened today...on 1st January
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"...Many wishes who loves to sleep but always wakes up in a good spirit, who still greets with a kiss, who works very hard and enjoys more, who lates arrival but do not fabricate an excuse, who gets up... more
CuriositiesIt happened today...on December 31
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The events and anniversaries: Curiosities: 1600 - British East India Company is chartered. Science: 1879 - Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting to the public for the first time. Report:... more
CuriositiesIt happened today...on December 30
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1460 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield. Report: 1922 - The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics - URSS is formed. Aerospace: 1924 - Edwin Hubble announces... more
CuriositiesIt happened today...on December 29
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The events and anniversaries: Science: 1891 - Thomas Edison patents the radio. Report: 1911 - Sun Yat-sen becomes the first President of the Republic of China. Military Aviation: 1940 - World War... more
CuriositiesBreaks the tape the 30 millionth passenger of the Munich airport
Munich, Germany - "We have reached the Champions league of the hub"
Munich airport breaks the tape of the 30 millionth passenger, personally greeted by Michael Kerkloh, Chief of Executive of the airport. To the lucky passenger has been reserved an hearty welcome and... more
CuriositiesIt happened today...on December 28
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The events and anniversaries: Military Aviation: 1939 - First flight of the Consolidated XB-24 "Liberator" bomber prototype. Incidents: 1948 - The DC-3 airliner NC16002 disappears 50 miles south of... more
CuriositiesIt happened today...on December 27
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The events and anniversaries: Aerospace: 1612 - For the first time, Galileo Galilei scans Neptune. Report: 1945 - Belgium becomes UN's member. Report: 1947 - The Italian provisional Chief of the State,... more
CuriositiesIt happened today...on December 26
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The events and anniversaries: Science: 1898 - Marie and Pierre Curie announce the isolation of radium. Aerospace: 1973 - Comet Kohoutek reaches perihelion but is not such a display as expected. Aerospace:... more
CuriositiesIt happened today...on December 25
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"...a joyful thought for the next year....to hold the lovely things we have had and never cease to dream a best future" Best Wishes for a peaceful Christmas The events and anniversaries: Report:... more
CuriositiesIt happened today...on December 24
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1924 - Albania becomes a republic. Report: 1941 - Second World War: Hong Kong falls to the Japanese Imperial Army. Report: 1943 - World War II: U.S. General... more
CuriositiesIt happened today...on December 23
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The events and anniversaries: Aerospace: 1672 - It is discovered by Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Rea (o Rhea, in Greek ‘???), the Saturn's second greatest satellite. Report: 1933 - Adolf Hitler pronounces t... more
CuriositiesIt happened today...on December 22
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1775 - The US Navy is established. Defense: 1807 - The "Embargo Act", forbidding trade with all foreign countries, is passed by the U.S. Congress, at the urging... more
CuriositiesMilan Polytechnic: Ph.D on "VTOL Aircraft"
Milan, Italy - AgustaWestland offers three fellowships
In Milan Polytechnic, the Ph.D on "VTOL Aircraft" has been activated, and it avails itself of AgustaWestland's support, which has offered three fellowships for the duration of three years. In particular,... more
CuriositiesIt happened today...on December 21
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The events and anniversaries: Science: 1898 - Marie and Pierre Curie discover the Radium. Military Aviation: 1936 - First flight of the Junkers JU-88 bomber plane prototype. Report: 1958 - French... more
CuriositiesIt happened today...on December 20
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The events and anniversaries: Aerospace: 1845 - The astronomer Karl Ludwig Hencke discovers the "5 Astraea" minor planet. Security: 1917 - Cheka, first Soviet secret police, founded. Report: 1942... more
CuriositiesGeorge Clooney: never on plane with Brad Pitt
Los Angeles, USA - The famous American actor does not trust the aeronautical capabilities of his colleague
The American actor George Clooney has refused to fly on board the private plane piloted by his friend Brad Pitt because it seems he does not trust Pitt's pilot capabilities. The American press has reported... more
CuriositiesIt happened today...on December 19
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The events and anniversaries: Sport Aviation: 1928 - First flight of an autogiro in USA. Aerospace: 1972 - Project Apollo: The last manned lunar flight, Apollo 17, crewed by Eugene Cernan, Ron Evans... more
CuriositiesIt happened today...on December 18
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1865 - The slavery was abolished in USA with the approval of XIII amendament. Curiosities: 1912 - The "Piltdown man" is decovered: in 1953 it will decover that... more
CuriositiesIt happened today...on December 17
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1869 - Opening of the Suez Canal. Civil Aviation: 1903 - The Wright Brothers make the first powered heavier-than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk,... more
CuriositiesIt happened today...on December 16
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1653 - English Interregnum: The Protectorate - Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland. Civil Aviation: 1910... more
CuriositiesTurkey: for every plane dismissed an animal dies
Istanbul , Turkey - The brutal custom is effective since years
It is a strange custom the one which is effective in Turkey, according which every time a plane is dismissed or another one is put into service a man is sacrificed. The latest case happened a few time... more
CuriositiesIt happened today...on December 15
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1791 - The United States Bill of Rights becomes law when ratified by the Virginia legislature. Report: 1806 - The Napoleone's Army occupies Warsaw. Report:... more
CuriositiesAfghanistan: a bomb against an Italian convoy, no injures
Kabul, Afghanistan - A bomb has exploded during the passing of some military vehicles
Yesterday evening in Afghanistan a bomb has exploded during the passing of an Italian convoy; fortunately there have been no injures. The attack has happened near the Kabul city, at about midnight. The... more
CuriositiesIt happened today...on December 14
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The events and anniversaries: Defense: 1877 - Serbia formed an alliance with Russia against Turkey. Report: 1911 - Roald Amundsen's team, comprising himself, Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel,... more
CuriositiesThe Knowles offers a millionaire party to her boyfriend
Saint Martin, Caribbean - Three million dollars to celebrate the birthday
Beyonce Knowles, the famous singer, wanted to celebrate her boyfriends' birthday, Jay-Z, did it regardless of expense: concluded to the shooting of the new movie, went in Saint Martin, in the Carribbean... more
CuriositiesIt happened today...on December 12
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The events and anniversaries: Aerospace: 1872 - A meteorite hits the ground near the city of Banbury, United Kingdom. Curiosities: 1913 - The "Mona Lisa" is found in Florence, two years after to be... more
CuriositiesIt happened today...on December 11
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The events and anniversaries: Science: 1901 - Guglielmo Marconi sends the first radio ocean-liner signal from Cornovaglia to Terranova. Report: 1931 - The British Parliament enacts the Statute of Westminster,... more
CuriositiesIt happened today...on December 10
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1898 - Spanish-American War: The Treaty of Paris is signed, officially ending the conflict. Curiosities: 1901 - The first Nobel Prizes are awarded. Report: 1941... more
CuriositiesIt happened today...on December 9
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1928 – Italy: “The Great Council of Fascism” presided by Mussolini, becomes institution to costitutional level. Report: 1931 - The Constituent Cortes approves the c... more
CuriositiesIt happened today...on December 8
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1914 - World War I. Battle of the Falkland Islands: the Kaiserliche Marine under the command of Admiral Graf Maximilian von Spee is engaged by the Royal Navy. Report:... more
CuriositiesFlight towards Dallas with "Flatulences aboard": emergency landing
Nashville, USA - The FBI interrogated all the passengers
An American Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing Monday morning after a passenger lit a match to disguise the odour of flatulence, authorities said. The Dallas-bound flight was diverted... more
CuriositiesIt happened today...on December 7
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1917 - World War I: The US declares war on Austria-Hungary. Report: 1941 - World War II: Canada declared war on Finland, Hungary, Romania, and Japan. Report:... more
CuriositiesKLM launches the "Fly for Fortune" promotion
Amsterdam, Holland - New game on-line which offers the possibility to win a travel
KLM has launched the "Fly for Fortune" promotion, a new game on-line of the Dutch airline which offers the possibility to win a travel towards any destination in the world. Up to December 29, 2006, you... more
CuriositiesIt happened today...on December 6
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1916 - David Lloyd George becomes Prime Minister of United Kingdom. Report: 1917 - Finland declares its independence from Russia. Report: 1921 - The Anglo-Irish... more
CuriositiesThe Christmas tree for Piazza San Pietro partially transported by helicopter
Catanzaro, Italy - Calabria Region gave it to the Pope
The spectacular organizational machine has started in Calabria, for the cut, transport and delivery of the fir destined to light Piazza San Pietro during Christmas and New Year holidays. In the operation... more