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Notable world events across years from 1785 to 2012
A timeline of landmark moments includes Blanchard and Jeffries crossing the English Channel in a balloon in 1785, the first commercial trans Atlantic call in 1927, Marian Anderson's Met debut in 1955, and many others. It covers scientific, political, cultural, and disaster events with people like Jobs, Giffords, Zola, and Paine connecting to places such as London, New York, Paris, and Port au Prince.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean-Pierre Blanchard
John Jeffries
London
New York City
Marian Anderson
New York
Metropolitan Opera House
Emile Zola
J’accuse
L’aurore
Dreyfus
L. Douglas Wilder
U.S
Italy