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Friday, October 1, 2004Today, Oct. 1It's the birthday of aviation pioneer William E. Boeing (1881). He left Harvard early to go into the timber industry, became interested in flying, took lessons, and bought a small plane. On his first solo flight from Los Angeles to Seattle, he misjudged his landing and damaged his plane. When he... Sign in to see full entry. |
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A compendium of little-known, and possibly little-cared-about, days to celebrate each month, and other miscellaneous oddments. People
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