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45 matches to Drury Lane
Drury Lane. 1663. Oldest English theatre, London. Rebuilt 1674, 1812.
Ader, Clement. 1841-1926. French aviation engineer. 1890 first plane.
African National Congress. ANC. 1912-. Organization for black rights in South Africa outlawed to 1990. 1994- Ruling party. Mandela.
Alphonsine Tables. 1252. Incorrect astronomical data on planets, based on geocentric system.
Blériot, Louis. 1872-1936. French aviator. First plane to cross Channel, 1909.
Bode, Johann. 1747-1826. German astronomer: Laws of planetary distances, 1766.
Copernicus, Nicolaus. 1473-1543. Polish astronomer, who demonstrated planetary motion around sun 1528. De Revolutionibus. Aristarchus. Galileo.
Dornier, Claudius. 1884-1969. German aircraft designer. First all-metal airplane, 1911.
Dunlop, John. 1840-1921. Pneumatic tires for bicycles 1888, planes 1910.
Earhart, Amelia. 1898-1937. US aviator. First solo Atlantic flight by a woman, 1932. Lost in attempt to circle planet.
Enola Gay. US plane which dropped H-bomb on Hiroshima, 1945.
Euclid. c300BC. Greek mathematician. Discovered plane geometry. Elements.
Eudoxus of Cnidus. c400-350BC. Greek astronomer. Explained movement of sun, moon, planets.
Fiji. Melanesians. 1643 Tasman discovers. 1874 British 1970 Independent.
Fokker, Anthony. 1890-1939. Dutch/German/ US aircraft engineer for Germany, WWI. Remote control plane, 1919.
Galileo Galilei. 1564-1642. Italian physicist. Planetary motion. Thermometer 1592. Acceleration of falling bodies 1604. Astronomical telescope 1609. Sunspots 1610. Arrested for heliocentricity, 1632. Rehabilitated by Vatican 1992. Copernicus.
Gauguin, Paul. 1848-1903. French Post-Impressionist painter typified by abstracted figures and flat planes of color. Tahitian Landscape. Day of the God 1894.
Hipparchus. c190-120BC. First star catalogue. Epicyclic planetary motion around earth. Astrolabe 130.
Holst, Gustav. 1874-1934. British composer: original style, harmonic experiments. Planets 1918.
Italo-Turkish War. 1911-12. Italy gains Libya and Rhodes. 1911 First offensive use of airplane (vs Libya).
Kepler, Johannes. 1571-1630. German astronomer, deduced elliptical planetary motions 1609. Explained tides 1598.
Lockerbie Scotland. 1988 Terrorist bomb downs PanAm plane killing 270. Libya.
Lundy’s Lane, Battle. 1814. Canada defeats US invasion. War of 1812.
Mandela, Nelson. 1918-. South African anti-Apartheid ANC leader. Jailed 1962-90. President 94-99.
Marlowe, Christopher. 1564-93. English dramatist: Tamerlane 1586. Dr. Faustus 1588-92. Edward II. May have written some of Shakespeare.