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On the outset of the First World War (1914-1918), some British officers were sceptical about the role of aircraft. What did newspaper reports at the time have a British general as famously saying?
48 BC – On his arrival in Egypt, Pompey is assassinated by order of King Ptolemy XIII. 1791 – France becomes the first country to emancipate its Jewish population. 1821 – The Declaration of Independence of the Mexican Empire is drafted. It will be made public on 13 October. 1928 – Alexander Fleming observes a…
