The U.S. Navy’s first aircraft carrier, the Langley, is sunk by Japanese warplanes (with a little help from U.S. destroyers), and all of its 32 aircraft are lost.The Langley was launched in 1912 as the naval collier (coal transport ship) Jupiter. After World War I, the Jupiter was converted into the Navy’s first aircraft carrier and rechristened the Langley, after aviation pioneer Samuel Pierpont Langley.
On January 10th 1990 the first flight of the MD-11 took place. The MD-11 is an advanced derivative of the DC-10
This limestone tomb relief came from the Tomb of Kheruef (TT192) at Western Thebes (in modern-day El-Assasif), Egypt. These two girls are daughters of the Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep III (c. 1386-1353...
Biography of Yvonne Rudelatt
These dinosaurs had a facial horn, binocular vision, and nasal openings after hatching from the egg. These traits were transformed with the passage of adulthood, according to research published in the journal Current Biology. 25 years ago, a team of researchers discovered in the Auca Mahuevo site (Argentine Patagonia) the first dinosaur embryos in a huge area of nesting titanosaurid dinosaurs, which lived 80 million years ago.
Visiting the vibrant and colorful city of Lisbon, on the banks of the river Tagus and the edge of the Atlantic Ocean, what is most showcased is one episode of the city's and country's glorious past...
Public Relations Release, No.23 Squadron, February 1944 (top half)This public relations release discusses the actions of No.23 Squadron, based in Sardinia, in the early part of 1944.H-482, February 12 1944Issued by R.A.F. Public RelationsLone night raiders of an R.A.F. Mosquito squadron now shooting up German transport in northern Italy made 68 attacks on road vehicles during the past month while 43 trains were bombed or shot up with cannon and machine guns.
