The world’s first motorsport contest took place on the 22nd of July, 1894 from Paris to Rouen, France. First, a selection event was held in which sixty-nine cars participated. The main 127 ki…
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It makes me weep to watch this film clip from Pathé of life in 1950s Iraq. It makes me incandescent with rage to have witnessed the destruction wrought by the West in our name.
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The aftermath of the crash.
On the 6th of February, 1958, a British European Airways aeroplane crashed at Munich Airport on its third attempt at take-off.
On board flight 609 were forty-four people. Twenty were killed at the scene of the crash, while three more later died in hospital.
Shortly before take-off.
The crash is famous because eight of the people killed were Manchester United players, but I have to say it doesn’t thrill me that playing football apparently makes your life worth more than somebody else’s.
The plane burning on the runway.
The cause of the crash was eventually blamed on slush on the runway. It was not until ten years after the crash that the Captain was cleared of playing a part in the disaster.
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