1. Air Traffic Control — 2023-10-07 10:51:35

   …r Traffic Control and the world's first Air Traffic Control Tower. {{TOC}} Croydon Airport grew out of Beddington Aerodrome. This opened in 1915 as a base from which planes attempted to defend London from German Zeppelins. After the war two ae…
   …rodromes were combined to become Croydon Aerodrome and opened on 29 March 1920. == ATC == Air Traffic Control aim is to provide a “controlled airspace”, a network of…

2. English Bible — 2023-09-25 23:57:13

   …he official language of the medieval Church was Latin - the language of the Roman Empire. Christians were governed from Rome by the Pope during medieval times. Church services were conducted in Latin throughout the Christian world, and transl…

3. Paralympic Games — 2021-08-20 10:59:53

   … competitors from the Netherlands took part in the competition, giving an international notion to the movement. == To Rome == The first Olympic-style games for athletes with a disability were held in Rome in 1960; officially called the// 9th…
   …age url="Tanni.jpg" class="left" title="Tanni Grey Thompson" }} Paralympic games has grown from around 400 athletes in Rome to over 3,900 athletes from 164 countries in London in 2012. …

4. Automatic Kettle — 2021-08-14 20:44:42

   …d was superseded by the more elegant K2, a modestly curvaceous design originally produced in spun copper and polished chrome. ==1955== Before this kettle was introduced in 1955, boiling water by electricity could be a hazardous affair. Not o…

5. Jet airliner — 2020-11-30 22:29:36

   …* was the first production commercial jetliner. It was developed and manufactured by de Havilland at its Hatfield Aerodrome, [[Hertfordshire]], [[England]]. The plane was beautifully shaped with an aerodynamically clean design. Four de Havilla…

6. Shakespeare — 2020-08-21 08:52:48

   …=| **Comedies **|=| **Histories** || || Antony and Cleopatra Coriolanus Hamlet Julius Caesar King Lear Macbeth Othello Romeo and Juliet Timon of Athens Titus Andronicus || All's Well That Ends Well As You Like It Comedy of Errors Cymbeline Lo…

7. TV Black and White Kiss — 2020-08-17 09:07:45

   …gency Ward 10 in 1964. There had been other interracial kisses on TV before this but in days of black and white (monochrome) broadcasting a clinch between perhaps a cuban and a white person was easily guised and light-skinned as to be //'racia…

8. Motor Racing Circuit — 2018-05-20 20:38:53

   …me of British motor racing until 1939. {{Image url="Brooklands.jpg" class="left" title="Brooklands" width="" }} An aerodrome was constructed within the Track in 1909 and this soon attracted many pioneer aviators who collectively helped to creat…

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