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On this day, May31st 1911, the Titanic was launched at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
It would still take time for the Titanic to be fitted out and completed, but the vessel, without its funnels, was afloat in seawater. The Titanic was operated by the White Star Line shipping company, and it was the largest ship afloat. It was also believed to be unsinkable. Carrying wealthy passengers and people emigrating from Britain, Ireland and Scandinavia to the United States, it sailed on its maiden voyage in April 1912 - where it struck an iceberg that ruptured its watertight compartments and sank in the North Atlantic.
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On this Day, aviator Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean...5/20/2020 On this day, May 20th 1932, American aviator Amelia Earhart set off on her successful bid to become the first woman to fly solo non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean.
She took off from Newfoundland, Canada, with the aim of arriving in Paris, as her male equivalent Charles Lindbergh had done just five years before. Just under 15 hours later she landed in a field in Derry / Londonderry in Northern Ireland, having successfully crossed the Atlantic Ocean. She was asked by a farm worker 'Have you flown far?', to which she replied, 'From America'. Before flying on to London, her lane was surrounded by wellwishers in the field. You can find out more at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-32934928 |
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