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1985 DC-8 crashes near Gander, Newfoundland; 258 die
1985 U.S. - French expedition locates wreckage of Titanic off Newfoundland 1982 Ocean Ranger oil-drilling platform lost off Newfoundland, 84 die 1979 44-kg Newfoundland dog pulls 2293-kg load, Bothell, Wash 1949 Newfoundland becomes Canada's 10th province 1941 Franklin D. Roosevelt and Churchill's 2nd meeting at Placentia Newfoundland 1941 Winston Churchill reaches Newfoundland for 1st talk with FDR 1941 Canada and U.S. acquire air bases in Newfoundland (99 yr lease) 1940 U.S. gives Britain 50 destroyers in exchange for Newfoundland base lease 1935 Newfoundland changes time to 3 hours W of Greenwich, repeats 44 sec 1933 Newfoundland reverts to being a crown colony 1932 Amelia Earhart leaves Newfoundland 1st woman fly solo across Atlantic 1928 Amelia Earhart leaves Newfoundland to become 1st woman (passenger) to fly Atlantic (as a passenger in a plane piloted by Wilmer Stultz) 1912 Titanic sinks at 2:27 AM off Newfoundland as band plays on 1805 Sailing ship "Aeneus" sinks off Newfoundland killing 340 1583 Gilbert claims Newfoundland (1st English colony in North America) 1534 French navigator Jacques Cartier reaches Newfoundland |
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