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1996 Cuba downs 2 U.S. planes 1991 27 lost at sea when 2 U.S. Navy anti-submarine planes collide 1979 2 Russian passenger planes collide above Ukraine, 173 killed 1970 PLO hijacks 4 planes 1967 U.S. planes bomb Haiphong for 1st time during Vietnam War 1967 In the Vietnam War, U.S. planes bombed Haiphong for 1st time 1966 In the Vietnam War, U.S. planes bombed Hanoi and Haiphong for 1st time 1965 2 passenger planes collide above Danbury, Conn, 4 die 1962 U.S. U-2 planes locate missile launchers in Cuba 1958 French planes bomb Sakiet Tunisia, 75 die 1947 Radar for commercial and private planes 1st demonstrated 1945 American planes bombed Tokyo and damaged the Imperial Palace 1945 U.S. planes intercept Japanese fleet heading for Okinawa on a suicide superbattleship Yamato and four destroyers were sunk 1945 Allied planes bomb Dresden Germany; 135,000 die 1944 U.S. capt David Mccampbell shoots down 9-11 Jap planes in Gulf of Leyte 1943 RAF shoots down 14 German transport planes over Mediterranean Sea 1942 Battle of Santa Cruz: USS SD shoots down a record 32 enemy planes 1942 Japanese planes drop incendiary bombs on Oregon 1941 Citizen Register reports "Hostile planes reported nearing Westchester" 1941 Vichy-French planes bomb Tel Aviv, killing 20 Jews 1940 During WW II, German planes destroy most of Coventry, England 1940 German planes attack British ships in the Canal 1930 1st radar detection of planes, Anacostia DC 1926 Congress passes Air Commerce Act, licensing of pilots and planes 1924 2 U.S. Army planes end around-world flight, Seattle to Seattle, 57 stops 1924 4 planes leave Seattle on 1st successful around-the-world flight 1922 Arthur R Hawkins, U.S. pilot/capt, WW II, downed 14 jap planes 1917 1st night bombing of London by German fighter planes 1910 David McCampbell, U.S. pilot/capt, WW II-Pacific-downed 34 Jap planes 1901 Patrick Aherne, England, actor, Bwana Devil, Botany Bay, Q Planes 1890 George Merritt, born in London, England, actor, I Monster, Q Planes

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