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Gossamer Condor
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The Gossamer Condor was the first human-powered aircraft capable of controlled and sustained flight. The aircraft, piloted by amateur cyclist and hang-glider pilot Bryan Allen, won the first Kremer prize on August 23, 1977 by completing a figure-eight course specified by the Royal Aeronautica...
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ZR-2 rigid airship
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On 23 August 1921, ZR-2 rigid airship was destroyed by a structural failure while in flight over the city of Hull and crashed into the Humber estuary, killing 44 out of the 49 crew aboard. Read more
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Martian time
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Clocking in on Mars time For one family, an exotic summer getaway means living on Mars. Martian time, that is. Since the landing of NASA's newest Mars rover, flight director David Oh's family has taken the unusual step of tagging along as he leaves Earth time behind and syncs his body clock with the red...
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Jarvis Island
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Jarvis Island (formerly known as Bunker Island) is an uninhabited 4.5 square kilometre coral island located in the South Pacific Ocean at Coordinates: 0°22S 160°01W, about halfway between Hawaii and the Cook Islands. The island's first known sighting by Europeans was on 21 August 1821 by the Brit...
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Cambyses II
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Cambyses II (522 BCE) son of Cyrus the Great (r. 559-530 BCE), was a king of kings of the Achaemenid Empire. Cambyses's grandfather was Cambyses I, king of Anshan. Following Cyrus the Great's conquest of the Near East and Central Asia, Cambyses II further expanded the empire into Egypt during the Lat...
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2005 Java-Bali blackout
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The 2005 Java-Bali Blackout was a power outage across Java and Bali on 18 August 2005, affecting some 100 million people. Read more
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SS Terra Nova
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Scott's wrecked ship Terra Nova found off Greenland The wreck of the ship that carried Captain Robert Scott on his doomed expedition to the Antarctic a century ago has been discovered off Greenland. The SS Terra Nova was found by a team from a US research company. Scott and his party set off from Cardif...
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12BF Global Ventures
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Russian Fund Invests In Asteroid-Mining Company, Vedomosti Says Russian fund 12BF Global Ventures invested in Planetary Resources Inc., a U.S. company that plans to mine platinum and gold on asteroids, Vedomosti reported, citing managing partner Ilya Golubovich. [url=http://www.bloomber...
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Solar power station
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Australia has announced plans to build the world's biggest solar power station as part of a radical rethink on climate change.
The government on Wednesday said that it would contribute A$75 million towards the cost of the photovoltaic solar power plant.
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The Lost Chord
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"The Lost Chord" is a song composed by Arthur Sullivan in 1877 at the bedside of his brother Fred during Fred's last illness. In 1888, Thomas Edison sent his "Perfected" Phonograph to Mr. George Gouraud in London, England, and on August 14, 1888, Gouraud introduced the phono...
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Cologne Cathedral
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Cologne Cathedral (German: Kölner Dom, officially Hohe Domkirche St. Peter und Maria, English: High Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Mary) is a Roman Catholic church in Cologne, Germany. Construction of Cologne Cathedral commenced in 1248 but was halted in 1473, leaving it unfinished. Work recommen...
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Marine Broadcasting Offences Act
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The Marine, &c., Broadcasting (Offences) Act 1967 c.41, shortened to Marine Broadcasting Offences Act, became law in the United Kingdom at midnight on Monday 14 August 1967 and was repealed by the Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006. Its purpose was to extend the powers of the British Wireless Teleg...
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Northeast blackout of 2003
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The Northeast blackout of 2003 was a widespread power outage that occurred throughout parts of the Northeastern and Midwestern United States and Ontario, Canada, on Thursday, August 14, 2003, just before 4:10 p.m. EDT (UTC-04). While some power was restored by 11 p.m., many did not get power back u...
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Flag Fen
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Flag Fen archaeology idea brings in public to dig deep Renowned Bronze Age archaeological site Flag Fen in Cambridgeshire will host a first-of-its-kind dig that makes the public integral to the project. The idea combines both "crowdfunding" and "crowdsourcing"; for cont...
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Flag of Japan
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The national flag of Japan is a white rectangular flag with a large red disk (representing the sun) in the center. This flag is officially called Nisshki ("sun-mark flag") in Japanese, but is more commonly known as Hinomaru ("circle of the sun"). The Nisshki flag is designate...
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