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Dirigible
1937 Dirigible Hindenburg explodes in flames at Lakehurst, New Jersey (36 die)

1933 U.S. Dirigible Akron crashes off coast of New Jersey, 73 die

1930 1st airplane catapulted from a dirigible, Charles Nicholson, pilot

1930 1st U.S. glider flight from a dirigible, Lakehurst, NJ

1928 German dirigible "Graf Zeppelin" lands in Lakehurst, NJ

1925 Dirigible "Shenandoah" crashed near Caldwell Ohio, 13 die

1925 Moving picture of a solar eclipse taken from dirigible over Long Island

1923 ZR-1 (biggest active dirigible) flies over New York's tallest skyscraper, Woolworth Tower

1921 1st U.S. helium-filled dirigible makes 1st flight

1919 Dirigible crashes through bank skylight killing 13 (Chicago, Ill)

1908 Dirigible explodes over San Francisco Bay, 16 passengers fall, none die

1900 Ralph Graves, born in Cleveland, Ohio, actor, Dirigible, Flight, Dream Street

1852 Henri Giffard, a French engineer, makes 1st dirigible flight



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