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Claude Grahame-White
1910Oct, 14

English aviator Claude Grahame-White lands his Farman Aircraft biplane on Executive Avenue near the White House in Washington, D.C.

Claude Grahame-White (21 August 1879 – 19 August 1959) was an English pioneer of aviation, and the first to make a night flight, during the Daily Mail-sponsored 1910 London to Manchester air race.

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    An act of the U.S. Congress establishes Glacier National Park in Montana.
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  • 18Sep

    Suffrage

    In Amsterdam, 25,000 demonstrate for general suffrage.
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    Wright brothers

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