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First solo circumnavigation
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Joshua Slocum (February 20, 1844 - on or shortly after November 14, 1909) was the first man to sail single-handedly around the world. He was a Nova Scotian born, naturalised American seaman and adventurer, and a noted writer. On April 24, 1895, he set sail from Boston, Massachusetts. More than thre...
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Prince Sultan bin Salman
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Prince Sultan bin Salman, the first astronaut from Saudi Arabia and the Middle East to go into space, has said his mission in space proved to be the catalyst for the region's drive toward science and technology. In his keynote address at the Global Space Technology Forum in Abu Dhabi recently the prin...
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Focke-Wulf Fw 61
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The Focke-Wulf Fw 61 is often considered the first practical, functional helicopter, first flown in 1936. It was also known as the Fa 61, as Focke began a new company - Focke Achgelis - after development had begun. Read more Focke Wulf Fw 61 - luftwaffe test pilot Hanna Reitsch[video=http://www.you...
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Aerofilms Collection
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What Britain used to look like from the air From sprawling factory complexes to newly built suburban streets - by way of some of the UK's top sporting venues and seaside resorts. More than 10,000 images from one of the earliest collections of aerial photography are being made freely available on the...
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Monmouth long house
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Builders Discover Foundations Of A Meetinghouse 'Older Than The Egyptian Pyramids' A large prehistoric building older than Egypt's pyramids has been discovered in Wales. The foundations of a meeting house which was at least 50ft long were uncovered as builders worked on a new housing estate in M...
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Balangoda Man
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Pre-historic human skeleton discovered in Sri Lanka Archaeology Department of Sri Lanka has found a skeleton of a pre-historic man from the Fa-Hien cave archaeological site in Pahiyangala of Kalutara district. The skeleton is believed to be about 12,000 years old and belonged to the Homo sapien...
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Outer Space Treaty
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Why is it so difficult to motivate politicians to appropriate sufficient money to explore space? The current space exploration effort, which is supposed to return astronaut explorers to the Moon by 2020, was been short changed by President George W. Bush from the moment he proposed it in 2004. Indi...
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Battle of Pydna. 168 BC
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The Battle of Pydna in 168 BC between Rome and the Macedonian Antigonid dynasty saw the further ascendancy of Rome in the Hellenic/Hellenistic world and the end of the Antigonid line of kings, whose power traced back to Alexander the Great. At the night before the battle there was an eclipse of the moo...
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Tahiti
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Samuel Wallis, an English sea captain, sighted Tahiti on 18 June 1767, received by Queen Purea and is considered the first European visitor. (A later report of an earlier sighting of Tahiti by the Portuguese navigator Pedro Fernandes de Queirós, serving the Spanish Crown, in 1606, is likely to have...
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RMS Lancastria
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On the afternoon of 17 June 1940 the RMS Lancastria off the coast of France, came under attack from the Luftwaffe. After receiving three direct hits from a Junkers 88 bomber the liner sank in just 20 minutes, with the loss of an estimated 4,000 plus lives. Read more [video=http://www.youtube.com/w...
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Atlantic Cable Quartz Lode mine
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The Atlantic Cable Quartz Lode is a gold mine in Deer Lodge County, Montana. The mine is located in the southwestern area of Montana, between Drummond and Anaconda along the Pintler Scenic Route on Montana Highway 1, east of Georgetown Lake. The gold mine was named on June 15, 1867, with the name comm...
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Coral Sea marine reserve
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Australia plans huge marine reserve in Coral Sea The Australian government says it plans to establish the world's largest marine reserve in the Coral Sea. Environment Minister Tony Burke said the protected zone would cover an area more than one-and-a-half times the size of France. New fishing lim...
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Transatlantic flight of Alcóck and Brown
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British aviators Alcóck and Brown made the first non-stop transatlantic flight in June 1919. They flew a modified World War I Vickers Vimy bomber from St. John's, Newfoundland, to Clifden, Connemara, County Galway, Ireland. Winston Churchill presented them with the Daily Mail prize for the firs...
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Mir Mine
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Mir Mine also called Mirny Mine is an open pit diamond mine located in Mirny, Eastern Siberia, Russia. The mine was discovered on June 13, 1955 by Soviet geologists Yuri Khabardin, Ekaterina Elagina and Viktor Avdeenko during the large Amakinsky Expedition in Yakut ASSR. Read more Yakutia. Mirny...
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The Gossamer Albatross
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The Gossamer Albatross was a human-powered aircraft built by American aeronautical engineer Dr. Paul B. MacCready's AeroVironment. On June 12, 1979 it completed a successful crossing of the English Channel to win the second Kremer prize. Read more[video=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ke...
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