On this day:
1933: American aviator Wiley Post becomes the first person to fly solo around the Earth
1983: First solo helicopter flight around the world
2019: India’s lunar mission, Chandrayaan-2 successfully takes off from Satish Dhawan Space Center, Sriharikota aiming to be fourth nation to soft-land on the moon
Born on this day:
1923: Mukesh, Indian singer
Gone on this day:
1918: Indra Lal Roy, Indian World War I flying ace, dies at 19
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