It was March 27, 1970 when the Concorde made its first supersonic flight, but airplanes not yet off the ground are the subject of Today’s History Lesson and are what dominated the news for months following this date in 1977. The Canary Islands are famous for tourism and vacation getaways, but the island of Tenerife [...]
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Canary Islands Disaster
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