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1585 – Under the aegis of Queen Elizabeth, explorer John Davis enters Cumberland Sound, in today’s Canada, in search of the Northwest Passage. 1908 – American pioneering aviator Wilbur Wright makes his first flight at a racecourse at Le Mans, France. The Wright Brothers’ first public flight. 1944 – Adolf Hitler has the four leaders…
936 – Coronation of King Otto I of Germany. His father, the delightfully named Henry I the Fowler, is generally considered the founder of the medieval German state. 1858 – The first Australian rules football match is played between Melbourne Grammar and Scotch College. 1909 – Alice Ramsey and three friends become the first women…
