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In response to
"1773 � Just before the beginning of the American Revolutionary War, several of the British East India Company's tea ships are set ablaze "
by
Beaker
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1947 � Captain Chuck Yeager of the U.S. Air Force flies a Bell X-1 rocket-powered experimental aircraft, faster than the speed of sound -
Posted by
Beaker (aka anniebecca)
Oct 14 '12, 04:24
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over the high desert of Southern California - and becomes the first pilot and the first airplane to do so in level flight.
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