BirthFactDeath (x) Sunday 25th of July 1909 115 years ago |
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37-year-old aviation pioneer Louis Blériot becomes the first man to fly from Calais, France across the English Channel in a heavier than air aircraft in Northfall Meadow, Dover, Kent, United Kingdom. Blériot won the prize of £1,000 offered by the Daily Mail newspaper. |
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