On this day in history.

[Richard Brown]

August 17 - 1833 - The first steam ship to cross the Atlantic entirely on its own power, the Canadian ship Royal William, begins its journey from Nova Scotia to The Isle of Wight.

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I never knew that. I thought Brunel's "Great Britain" was the first.

EDIT. My maritime history knowledge is poor! The Great Britain's maiden voyage from Liverpool to New York was in 1845. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Great_Britain#Transatlantic_service

During my search, I came across a sail assisted paddle wheeler, Savannah, which made an early crossing.

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[AdmiralAdama]

August 18 - 1969 - Mick Jagger accidentally shot while filming "Ned Kelly"

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August 18 - 1983 Samantha Druce, age 12y 119d is youngest woman to swim English Channel.

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August 18 - 1966 - The first pictures of earth taken from moon orbit were sent back to the the planet.

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August 18 - 1868 - Pierre Janssan discovers helium in solar spectrum during eclipse.

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August 19 - 1897 - 1st electric taxi's drive in London, England.
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August 20 - 2 - Venus-Jupiter in conjunction-Star of Bethlehem.

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[Richard Brown]

20th August 1967 - Checkmate Records was the first Label to use Dolby sound reduction.

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[AdmiralAdama]

August 20 - 1913 - 1st pilot to parachute from an aircraft (Adolphe Pégoud-France)

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August 20 - 1977 - NASA launches Voyager 2 towards Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus & Neptune.

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August 21 - 1989 - 12 years and one day after its launch from Earth, Voyager 2 begins a flyby of planet Neptune.

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August 21 - 1965 - Gemini 5 launched into Earth orbit (2 astronauts).
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http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gemini_5_on_the_pad_-_GPN-2006-000039.jpg

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[AdmiralAdama]

August 21 - 1996 - Netscape Browser 3.0 is released.

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August 22 - 565 - St Columba reported seeing monster in Loch Ness.

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[scifan5751]

On this day in 1851, the U.S. won the first America's cup race.