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1788: First elements of the First Fleet, carrying 736 convicts from England to Australia, arrive at Botany Bay to establish a penal colony.
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1902: Despite reports that favor the U.S. building a route through Nicaragua for a canal, a “supplementary report” recommends the route through Panama.
1911: 1st shipboard landing of a plane (Tanforan Park to USS Pennsylvania).
1919: Bentley Motors Limited is founded by Walter Owen Bentley in London, England.
1923: 1st radio telegraph message from the Netherlands to the Dutch East Indies.
1948: TV talent show The
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