Monday, July 27, 2009

Today in History - 27 July

1953 1st insulin isolated by F Banting and C Best in Toronto

1949 1st jet-propelled airline, De Havilland Comet, flies

1945 U.S. Communist Party forms

1944 1st British jet fighter used in combat, Gloster Meteor

1920 Radio compass used for 1st time for aircraft navigation

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