Other Events:
1751 – The first Military Academy in the world is founded.
1782 – The first balloon lifts off on its first test flight.
1903 – The Wright brothers make their first attempt to fly with the
Wright Flyer.
1911 – Roald Amundsen’s team becomes the first to reach the South Pole.
1962 – Mariner 2 becomes the first spacecraft to fly by Venus.
2008 – President George W. Bush is almost struck by two shoes thrown
at him by Iraqi journalist during a news conference in Baghdad.
