This day in history - June 4
Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 7:10 pm
1763 - The Montgolfier brothers made their first public demonstration of an unmanned hot-air balloon in Annonay, France.
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Though others had flown kites and small gliders, this was the first step in the unbroken evolution of controlled, manned flight.
1896 - Henry Ford made an unnannounced, successful test run of an automobile in Detroit.
1942 - The Battle of Midway began.
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This was truly a turning point in history. Although the Japanese forces took a heavy toll on American forces in the next three years, they were always on the defensive.
1944 - The German submarine U-505 was captured intact. It is on display today at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.
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Same day, same year, the U.S. 5th Army liberated Rome.
1954 - Arthur Murray flew an X-1A rocket plane to a record 27,000 meters.
1956 - A speech by Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev denouncing Stalin's atrocities was made public.
1989 - Chinese army troops stormed Tiananmen Square in Beijing to crush the pro-democracy movement, killing and injuring an unknown number of people.
- Jim
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Though others had flown kites and small gliders, this was the first step in the unbroken evolution of controlled, manned flight.
1896 - Henry Ford made an unnannounced, successful test run of an automobile in Detroit.
1942 - The Battle of Midway began.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Midway" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
This was truly a turning point in history. Although the Japanese forces took a heavy toll on American forces in the next three years, they were always on the defensive.
1944 - The German submarine U-505 was captured intact. It is on display today at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.
http://www.msichicago.org/whats-here/ex ... tensifies/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Same day, same year, the U.S. 5th Army liberated Rome.
1954 - Arthur Murray flew an X-1A rocket plane to a record 27,000 meters.
1956 - A speech by Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev denouncing Stalin's atrocities was made public.
1989 - Chinese army troops stormed Tiananmen Square in Beijing to crush the pro-democracy movement, killing and injuring an unknown number of people.
- Jim
