Historical Milestones in 20th Century Aviation and Space Exploration
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When did the first hydrogen balloon fly?
1783
What date did the Wright brothers achieve their first successful flight?
December 17, 1903
When did World War I start?
1914
What year was the first non-stop Atlantic flight?
1919
Who completed the first non-stop transatlantic flight?
Charles Lindbergh
What year did the Hindenburg crash?
1937
When did World War II start?
1939
What event occurred on December 7, 1941?
Pearl Harbor attack
What was the outcome of the Pearl Harbor attack?
29 Japanese planes lost
When did the Berlin Airlift occur?
1948-1949
When did the Korean War start?
1950
What year did the first U2 flights over the USSR occur?
1956
When was the FAA created?
1959
What significant event happened in 1960 involving a U2 spy plane?
U2 Spy incident
Who was the first man to orbit Earth?
Yuri Gagarin in 1961
When was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
1962
When did Neil Armstrong become the first man to walk on the moon?
July 20, 1969
What tragic event occurred in 1986?
Challenger explosion