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What year is it?
Let's see if you can figure this out without cheating, ie. the world famous web! 
January 16 – The FBI kills the Barker Gang, including Ma Barker, in a shootout.
February 22 – Airplanes are banned from flying over the White House.
July 16 – The world's first parking meters are installed in Oklahoma City.
March 22 – The world's first Televison program is transmitted from the Funkturm in Berlin, Germany.
May 29 - CMStP&P begin to operate its famous Hiawatha train, between Chicago and the Twin Cities. Eastbound 100 and westbound No. 101. Much of the train, coaches and trucks, was designed by the Swede Karl F. Nystrom.
Last edited by Lucky13; 03-11-2012 at 07:10 PM.
Reason: B*ll*ks, wrong one!
Jan "Felicis Tredecim"
"I´m going back to the front to relax"
"THE BLACK CATS FLIES TONIGHT"
"Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant!"
"When you're out of F-8's... You're out of fighters!"
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Fairly certain it was in the 1930's and I thought the first transmission was in 1936 for the Berlin Olympics.
I will guess 1936.
Wheels
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It was the same year that the first Bf109 flew (civ. reg. D-IABI)...
Wheels, you were a year late
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Correct GG! 1935 it is! Your turn mate....
Jan "Felicis Tredecim"
"I´m going back to the front to relax"
"THE BLACK CATS FLIES TONIGHT"
"Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant!"
"When you're out of F-8's... You're out of fighters!"
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Ok, here's the next challenge!
Jan 13th - The Church of England accepts the theory of evolution.
Mar 19th - Toronto Maple Leafs score 8 goals in 5 minutes
Jun 23rd - Civil Aeronautics Authority (US) established
Sep 16th - George E T Eyston sets world auto speed record at 357.5 MPH
Dec 8th - Highest temperature for December in US recorded in La Mesa Calif
And no cheating...going to Wiki to find the answers will result in everlasting guilt, flat beer and countless unsolicited Viagra spams in your inbox...
"Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future."
- Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome > I Support Doug Gilliss <
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Some time in the 20s I'll guess 1926
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Hawker Hurricane as flown by Douglas Bader when in command of 242 Squadron RAF
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Originally Posted by
herman1rg 
1938
You got it, your turn!
"Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future."
- Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome > I Support Doug Gilliss <
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Hawker Hurricane as flown by Douglas Bader when in command of 242 Squadron RAF
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January 2 Isaac Asimov, Russian-born author born
January 27 Hiroyoshi Nishizawa, Japanese fighter ace born
January 28 The Spanish Legion is founded and stationed in North Africa to fight lions in Morocco.
May 26, The Boeing G.A.-X twin-engine attack triplane is tested.
July 30–August 8 – 1st World Scout Jamboree held at Olympia, London.
Hawker Hurricane as flown by Douglas Bader when in command of 242 Squadron RAF
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Have no bl**dy idea! 
Jan "Felicis Tredecim"
"I´m going back to the front to relax"
"THE BLACK CATS FLIES TONIGHT"
"Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant!"
"When you're out of F-8's... You're out of fighters!"
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Hmmm...good clues...I'll say 1919
"Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future."
- Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome > I Support Doug Gilliss <
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No clue on the most recent one...
Wheels
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Hawker Hurricane as flown by Douglas Bader when in command of 242 Squadron RAF
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