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On This Day

10 gebeurtenissen
1981
The ZX81, a pioneering British home computer, was launched by Sinclair Research, and went on to sell more than 1.5 million units around the world.
1966
BOAC Flight 911 disintegrated and crashed near Mount Fuji shortly after departure from Tokyo International Airport, killing all 113 passengers and 11 crew members on board.
1963
American country-music performers Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas, and Hawkshaw Hawkins were killed when their PA-24 crashed shortly after takeoff in Camden, Tennessee.
1960
Cuban photographer Alberto Korda took his iconic photograph Guerrillero Heroico of Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara.
1943
World War II: The Gloster Meteor, the Allies' only operational jet aircraft, made its maiden flight.
1936
The prototype (pictured) of the Supermarine Spitfire flew for the first time.
1825
Roberto Cofresí, one of the last Caribbean pirates, was apprehended after his flagship sloop Anne was captured by authorities.
1824
The First Anglo-Burmese War began.
1811
Peninsular War: At the Battle of Barrosa, Anglo-Iberian forces trying to lift the Siege of Cádiz defeated a French attack but could not break the siege itself.
1770
American Revolution: British soldiers fired into a crowd in Boston, killing five people.

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