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During the night of 17–18 September 1961, the aircraft carrying Dag Hammarskjöld towards Ndola crashed near its destination. The Swedish diplomat, the...
Airliner windows are small and rounded, even though a rectangle would give a wider view. The reason is the pressure difference between the cabin and t...
On 18 September 1977, two weeks after its 5 September launch, NASA’s Voyager 1 pointed its imaging system back towards Earth. From more than 11 millio...
The earthy smell after a summer shower seems to come from the water itself. The drop, however, has almost no aroma. What we recognise is a mixture of...
On 18 September 1960 a competition now recognised as the first Paralympic Games opened in Rome. Around 400 athletes from 23 countries competed until 2...
On 18 September 1947, US military aviation ceased to be an internal branch of the Army. The National Security Act, signed that July, created the Depar...
On 18 September 1851 a four-page newspaper went on sale in New York for one cent under the name The New-York Daily Times. The founders, journalist and...
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