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I then realized my appearance was a bit odd. My right leg was no longer with me. It had caught somewhere in the top of the cockpit as I tried to leave my Spitfire. - Douglas Bader
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Cook reaches New Zealand - 1769, The Great Fire of Newcastle and Gateshead - 1854, Broadwater Farm Riots - 1985, First Human-Powered Circumnavigation Ends - 2007
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