Today in News History
On July 1, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1915, Leutnant Kurt Wintgens of the then-named German Deutsches Heer's Fliegertruppe army air service achieves the first known aerial victory with a synchronized machine-gun armed fighter plane, the Fokker M.5K/MG Eindecker. In 1919, Malik Dohan al-Hassan, Iraqi politician (died 2021) was born. In 1931, United Airlines begins service (as Boeing Air Transport). In 1931, Wiley Post and Harold Gatty become the first people to circumnavigate the globe in a single-engined monoplane aircraft. In 1942, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, Iraqi field marshal and politician (died 2020) was born. In 1947, The Philippine Air Force is established. In 1958, Jack Dyer Crouch II, American diplomat, United States Deputy National Security Advisor was born. In 1983, A North Korean Ilyushin Il-62M jet en route to Conakry Airport in Guinea crashes into the Fouta Djallon mountains in Guinea-Bissau, killing all 23 people on board. In 1984, Moshé Feldenkrais, Ukrainian-Israeli physicist and academic (born 1904) passed away. In 1997, China resumes sovereignty over the city-state of Hong Kong, ending 156 years of British colonial rule. The handover ceremony is attended by British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Charles, Prince of Wales, Chinese President Jiang Zemin and U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.
Trump takes first flight on new Air Force One, a gift from Qatar
US President Donald Trump flew for the first time on Wednesday aboard a retrofitted Boeing 747 that he accepted as a gift from Qatar. The luxury aircraft, reported to be worth about US400 million, officially joined the Air Force One fleet last month. It had to undergo extensive modifications at US taxpayers’ expense, including security upgrades, before being cleared for use. Trump used it to fly to North Dakota to visit the new Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library. Trump accepted the jet in...
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