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date: 12 Aug
The First Model T Ford produced     -  12th August 1908  -   Henry Ford did not invent the automobile. Nor did he start the production line. What he did do was put the two together. This changed the way first Americans, then the rest of the world,...
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  • American History
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date: 17 Dec
December 17th 1903  -  On a windswept beach at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville Wright launched the first powered airplane into the sky. The flight lasted 12 seconds and took him 120 feet.  The picture, left, shows the very moment the flyer took...
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  • Biography
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