1912 Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, using them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines.
1915 World War I: The LZ 33, a zeppelin, is damaged by enemy fire and stranded south of Ostend.
1936 Spitfire makes its 1st flight (Eastleigh Aerodrome in Southampton).
1946 Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech in Fulton, Missouri, popularizes the term and draws attention to the division of Europe.
1971 "Stairway to Heaven" by Led Zeppelin is first played live at Ulster Hall, Belfast by Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Bonham and John Paul Jones.
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