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Celebrating the Queen's Platinum Jubilee 👑
In celebration of Her Majesty's 70 year reign, check out this video of her visit to Nepal in 1961 where she met Gurkha and Victoria Cross recipient Lalbahadur Thapa.

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2022-06-02

Mar 27 1918 Canadian pilot Alan Arnett McLeod's plane was on fire so to keep away from the flames he flew the plane from wing. Survived landing and awarded was but died months later Nov 6 1918 from Spanish Flu. Painting by Merv Corning.
https://t.co/ykECAzdJVV

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2022-03-27

Mar 27 1918 Canadian pilot Alan Arnett McLeod's plane was on fire so to keep away from the flames he flew the plane from wing. Survived landing and awarded was but died months later Nov 6 1918 from Spanish Flu. Painting by Merv Corning.
https://t.co/ykECAzdJVV

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2021-11-07

Jun 7 1915 Destruction of Imperial German Navy Zeppelin LZ-37. British Flight Sub-Lt Warneford drops 6 bombs on the airship, awarded Zeppelin crashed into a convent school next to Ghent, Belgium (51°3′43.2″N 3°44′54.7″E) killing 2 nuns
https://t.co/PaWc7ECLBs

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2021-06-07

Mar 27 1918 Canadian pilot Alan Arnett McLeod's plane was on fire so to keep away from the flames he flew the plane from wing. Survived landing and awarded was but died months later Nov 6 1918 from Spanish Flu. Painting by Merv Corning.
https://t.co/ykECAzdJVV

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2021-03-28

in 1854, during the Crimean War, Charles Davis Lucas becomes the 1st person to win the when he removes a burning shell from HMS Hecla during bombardment of Russian fortress, Bomarsund on the Baltic coast

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2018-06-21