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  April 23rd, 1967, at 00:32 UTC, Soyuz 1 launched away from Baikonur Cosmodrome carrying cosmonaut Colonel Vladimir Komarov, the first Soviet cosmonaut to fly in space twice.Shortly after launch, problems began when one solar panel failed to unfold, leading...
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April 14, 1986: The United States Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps carried out simultaneous coordinated air strikes, code-named Operation El Dorado Canyon, against Libya in retaliation for the West Berlin discotheque bombing ten days earlier, which U.S. President Ronald...
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Sometimes, aviation history is downright awesome! In WW2, RAF Spitfire pilots, in a demonstration of sheer ingenuity, came up with an idea for boosting  the morale of the Allied ground troops. During the war, the Heneger and Constable brewerys donated...
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