2005
France revealed the world’s largest commercial aircraft, nicknamed the superjumbo.
Officially called the Airbus A380, it’s a double-decker 262 ft carrier and has a capacity of 555 passengers. Its first flight was on April 27, 2005.
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1986
Charity song “That’s What Friends Are For” hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The song by Dionne & Friends featured Elton John, Gladys Knight, and Stevie Wonder and was released to support and create awareness for AIDS. As a result, $3 million was raised for the cause.
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1986
NASA’s Columbia Space Shuttle completed mission STS-61-C when it landed at the Edwards Air Force Base.
This completed the Columbia shuttle’s seventh mission and the 24th space shuttle mission overall. Aside from carrying a wide variety of experiments, the shuttle also brought a new satellite into orbit. It’s also claimed that a classified US Air Force infrared experiment was conducted during the flight. STS-61-C was the last shuttle flight before the Challenger Space Shuttle Disaster.
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1973
The final episode of Monty Python’s “Flying Circus” season 3 was aired on BBC.
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1964
The plans to construct the World Trade Center in New York City were announced to the public.
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1964
British band, The Beatles made it onto the US Billboard Hot 100 for the first time.
“I Want to Hold Your Hand” peaked at number 45 in the charts.
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1951
The lie detector, invented in 1921 by John Augustus Larson, was first used in the Netherlands.
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1919
The Paris Peace Conference began in France.
During the conference, five major peace treaties were created: the Treaty of Versailles, the Treaty of Saint-Germain, the Treaty of Neuilly, the Treaty of Trianon, and the Treaty of Sevres.
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1903
Massachusetts’s Marconi Wireless Station Site successfully sent the first radio transmission between the US and Europe.
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1866
Wesley College was established in Melbourne, Australia.
Wesley was the first registered school in Australia.
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1778
Captain James Cook became the first European to travel to the Hawaiian islands.
Although he traveled past Oahu, Captain Cook landed at Waimea, which is located on the island of Kauai. Cook named the group of islands the “Sandwich” islands.
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1733
The first polar bear in America was exhibited in Boston.
When asked what polar bears ate, the handler said, “drunk Irishmen.”
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474 AD
Leo II was crowned Emperor of Rome at just seven years of age.
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