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February 23, 1909
On February 23, 1909, the AEA Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada and the British Empire.
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The AEA Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada and the British Empire.
S. team, which after many successful flights in Hammondsport, New York, earlier in 1908, was dismantled and shipped to Baddeck, Nova Scotia. It was flown from the ice of Baddeck Bay, a sub-basin of Bras d'Or Lake, on 23 February 1909, making it the first controlled powered flight in Canada.
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1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1909th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 909th year of the 2nd millennium, the 9th year of the 20th…
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On February 23, 1909
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1909 The AEA Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada and the British Empire. Experimental aircraft
S. team, which after many successful flights in Hammondsport, New York, earlier in 1908, was dismantled and shipped to Baddeck, Nova Scotia. It was flown from the ice of Baddeck Bay, a sub-basin of Bras d'Or Lake, on 23 February 1909, making it the first controlled powered flight in Canada.
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- April 11 The city of Tel Aviv is founded.
- April 13 The 31 March Incident leads to the overthrow of Sultan Abdul Hamid II.
- April 14 Muslims in the Ottoman Empire begin a massacre of Armenians in Adana.
- April 18 Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.
- April 23 In Portugal, a magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes near Lisbon, killing at least 60 people and injuring 75.
- April 27 Sultan of Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II is overthrown, and is succeeded by his brother, Mehmed V.
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