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Today in History - May 20

Thursday, May 20 2010 by kjfitz:

1956 – In Operation Redwing, (shot Cherokee), the first United States airborne hydrogen bomb is dropped over Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean;

Bikini Atoll
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By: AlbinoFlea
@ 2005-08-24 12:26:39

1927 – At 07:52 Charles Lindbergh takes off from Roosevelt Field in Long Island, New York, on the world's first solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean, touching down at Le Bourget Field in Paris at 22:22 the next day.

Roosevelt Field (abandoned)
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By: charlene
@ 2005-05-13 23:17:29

Le Bourget Airport (LBG)
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By: hkfczrqj
@ 2005-06-25 21:03:35

1896 – The six ton chandelier of the Palais Garnier falls on the crowd resulting in the death of one and the injury of many others.

Palais Garnier (Opéra de Paris)
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By: kjfitz
@ 2009-12-29 14:38:26

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