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1912
Sep 12
| 1912 • Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly across the English Channel. |
1940
Apr 19
Age: 27y
| 1940 • President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt, addressing a joint session of the U.S. Congress, asks for an extraordinary credit of approximately $900 million to finance construction of at least 50,000 airplanes per year. |
1973
Jul 6
Age: 60y
| 1973 • Luís Cabral declares the independence of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau from the Estado Novo regime in Portugal. It is later granted in September 1974. |