 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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TRAVEL The culture club of the deep south; The remote Apulia region of southern Italy is a worthwhile discovery. Carol Howland enjoyed peeling off the layers of history.
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Afisherman sat in his small boat, patiently picking crabs from his net. Another stands on the beach, rocking a plastic basin to wash away the sand from his overnight catch of octopuses.
I was staying in a summer seaside town, Torre Canne, just north of Brindisi on the heel of Italy, the ferry port for Greece - and Albania. In the crisp, salty morning air under a blue dome, it is difficult to believe that there is a war just across the Adriatic.
Apulia has not been inundated by Kosovan refugees as it was by Albanians in 1995. Under NATO orders, nightly ...
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Reaching for the rainbow
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times
; ...the adventure sports lovers invented the hot air ballooning. In 1783, two French brothers, Joseph Michel Montgolfier and Jacques Etienne Montgolfier, created and set aloft a 17.37-m high 'fire balloon' from the courtyard of the Versailles...
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Birthdays
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...of Orford, statesman, 1676; Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, balloonist, 1740; Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, chemist, 1743; Joseph Christoph Kessler (Kotzler...Queen Victoria, 1819; Stephen Joseph Perry, astronomer and Jesuit...
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Anniversaries
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; Births: Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford, statesman, 1676; Joseph- Michel Montgolfier, balloonist, 1740; Joseph Christoph Kessler (Kotzler), pianist and composer, 1800; Prince Albert, Consort to Queen...
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 "The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland)")
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Take a break: A STEP BACK IN TIME.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
; ...of England, aided by his son Edward the Black Prince, defeated the French at The Battle of Crecy. n 1740 Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, pioneer balloonist, was born in Annonay, France. He and his brother created the idea for the hot air balloon...
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All-Time Top 100 Stars of Aerospace & Aviation Announced; Wright Brothers, Wernher von Braun Earn Top Ranking as Most Important and Influential Ever in Aviation Week's 'Top 100 Stars of Aerospace' Poll.
PR Newswire
; ...Jules Verne 21 John K. Northrop 22 Herb Kelleher 23 Edward V. "Eddie" Rickenbacker 24 Jacques-Etienne and Joseph-Michel Montgolfier 25 tie Christopher Kraft 25 tie Antoine de Saint-Exupery 26 Curtis LeMay 27 Ernst Mach 28 Juan Trippe 29...
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 "Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)")
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You say: Stop the Clock: August 26.(Comment)
Newspaper article from: Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
; 1740 - Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, pioneer balloonist, was born in France. 1920 - Women in the USA were given the right to vote. 1936 - The BBC transmitted the...
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LIVING HISTORY; Students Become the Figures They'd Read and Heard About
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...Benjamin Franklin, Pierre L'Enfant and John Adams, and less well-known figures such as Jacques Etienne and Joseph Michel Montgolfier, who together invented the hot-air balloon, and Comte de Buffon, a philosopher and scientist who studied...
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 "Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)")
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Retrospective Wales: In this week AUGUST 20.(News)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)
; ...scheduled air flights began, between London and Paris. 1928 Anfield's famous Kop was opened. AUGUST 26 1740 Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, pioneer balloonist, was born in Annonay, France. 1819 Prince Albert, Consort to Queen Victoria, was...
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IT HAPPENED TODAY
Newspaper article from: Belfast Telegraph
; ...of England, aided by his son Edward the Black Prince, defeated the French at The Battle of Crecy. 1740: Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, pioneer balloonist, was born in Annonay, France. He and his brother created the idea for the hot air balloon...
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 "Daily Post (Liverpool, England)")
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Letter: ON THIS DAY . . .(Letters)
Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
; 1740 Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, pioneer balloonist, was born in Annonay, France. He and his brother created the idea for the hot air balloon by filling paper...
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