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1919
Aug 7
| 1919 • 15 – A Vickers Vimy piloted by John Alcock DSC with navigator Arthur Whitten Brown makes the first nonstop transatlantic flight, from St. John's, Newfoundland, to Clifden, Connemara, Ireland. |
1944
Age: 24y
birth of childSherrie Ann Edgar |
| 1944 • The United States Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising Council release posters featuring Smokey Bear for the first time. |
1948
Age: 28y
birth of childMary Edgar |
| 1948 • Miranda, the innermost moon of Uranus, is discovered by Gerard Kuiper.Moore, P. (1995) The Guinness book of astronomy (5th ed.) Enfield, UK: Guinness Publishing. p.110. |
1955
Age: 35y
birth of childPaul Edgar |
| 1955 • Marian Anderson is the first African-American singer to perform at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. |
1960
Age: 40y
birth of childPatty Edgar |
| 1960 • The United Nations Security Council decides to send troops to Katanga to oversee the withdrawal of Belgian troops. |
1977
May 10
Age: 57y
| 1977 • Anglia Television broadcasts the fake documentary Alternative 3, which enters into the conspiracy theory canon. |