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It happened today...on December 16

Rome, Italy - Voyage in the history

The events and anniversaries: Report: 1653 - English Interregnum: The Protectorate - Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland. Civil Aviation: 1910 - During a ground test of his Coand?-1910 plane, Henri Coand?, caught unaware by the power of the engine, finds himself briefly airborne and loses control of the machine which crashes to the ground....

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 71289
Rome, Italy, 12/16/2006 20:23
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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