Carlotta Monti wrote that in Fields' final moments she used a garden hose to spray water onto the roof over his bedroom to simulate his favorite sound of falling rain. (25 December 1946)
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Sunday 25th of July 1909 (x) — Aviation pioneer Louis Blériot becomes the first man to fly from Calais, France across the English Channel in a heavier than air aircraft. Blériot won the prize of £1,000 offered by the Daily Mail newspaper.