The Italian cyclist Aldo Moser carrying his bicycle over a pile of snow, Giro d'Italia, June 3, 1965 @facethenation
Israeli soldiers sitting on tanks in the Sinai Peninsula on the Israel-Egypt border in June 1967 @facethenation
51 years ago, war broke out between Israel and its neighbours. The conflict lasted just six days but its effect would last to the present day.
Israel and its Arab neighbours had plenty of reasons for hatred or mutual suspicion. But the Cold War in the 1950s and 1960s added extra fuel.
The Soviet Union provided Egypt with a modern air force. Israel had warm relations with the United States; in the 1960s Israel also bought aircraft from France and tanks from Britain.
The Israeli war plan depended on a surprise attack, called Operation Focus, which would destroy the Arab air forces on the ground, starting with Egypt...
In three hours on the morning of June 5, 1967, the first day of the Six Day War, the Israeli Air Force executed Operation Focus, crippling the opposing Arab air forces and attaining air supremacy for the remainder of the war. In a surprise attack, the IAF destroyed most of the Egyptian Air Force while its planes were still on the ground. By the end of the day, with surrounding Arab countries also drawn into the fighting, the IAF had mauled the Syrian and Jordanian air forces as well, striking as far as Iraq.
By the time the United Nations cease-fire took effect on June 11, Israel had more than doubled its size.
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Israel and its Arab neighbours had plenty of reasons for hatred or mutual suspicion. But the Cold War in the 1950s and 1960s added extra fuel.
The Soviet Union provided Egypt with a modern air force. Israel had warm relations with the United States; in the 1960s Israel also bought aircraft from France and tanks from Britain.
The Israeli war plan depended on a surprise attack, called Operation Focus, which would destroy the Arab air forces on the ground, starting with Egypt...
In three hours on the morning of June 5, 1967, the first day of the Six Day War, the Israeli Air Force executed Operation Focus, crippling the opposing Arab air forces and attaining air supremacy for the remainder of the war. In a surprise attack, the IAF destroyed most of the Egyptian Air Force while its planes were still on the ground. By the end of the day, with surrounding Arab countries also drawn into the fighting, the IAF had mauled the Syrian and Jordanian air forces as well, striking as far as Iraq.
By the time the United Nations cease-fire took effect on June 11, Israel had more than doubled its size.
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French-built Dassault Mirage IIIC fighter-bombers of the Israeli air force in June 1967
Edward White became the first American astronaut to walk in space on June 3, 1965, during the Gemini 4 mission @facethenation
Astronaut Edward White performed the first American spacewalk during the Gemini 4 mission on June 3, 1965.
Ed White, pilot of the Gemini 4 four-day Earth-orbital mission, floats in the zero gravity of space outside the Gemini 4 spacecraft. Edward wears a specially designed spacesuit; and the visor of the helmet is gold plated to protect him against the unfiltered rays of the sun. He wears an emergency oxygen pack, also. He is secured to the spacecraft by a 25-feet umbilical line and a 23-feet tether line, both wrapped in gold tape to form one cord. In his right hand is a Hand-Held Self-Maneuvering Unit with which he controls his movements in space.
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Ed White, pilot of the Gemini 4 four-day Earth-orbital mission, floats in the zero gravity of space outside the Gemini 4 spacecraft. Edward wears a specially designed spacesuit; and the visor of the helmet is gold plated to protect him against the unfiltered rays of the sun. He wears an emergency oxygen pack, also. He is secured to the spacecraft by a 25-feet umbilical line and a 23-feet tether line, both wrapped in gold tape to form one cord. In his right hand is a Hand-Held Self-Maneuvering Unit with which he controls his movements in space.
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🚀 The launch of Gemini 4 on June 3, 1965. Onboard are astronauts Jim McDivitt and Edward White
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When Leonardo da Vinci died in 1519, he left behind more than 6,000 journal pages filled with his personal musings @facethenation
Everyone has heard of the Mona Lisa, but less well-known than Leonardo da Vinci's painting are his notebooks. They show that he was a designer and scientist way beyond his time. He drew his visions of the aeroplane, the helicopter, the parachute, the submarine and the car. It was more than 300 years before many of his ideas were improved upon.
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The Inventions of Leonardo da Vinci
Parachute, c. 1483 The invention of the parachute is traditionally credited to Leonardo da Vinci although he wasn’t the first to come up with the concept. A sketch of a device very similar to da Vinci’s appears in a manuscript by an unknown author which predates…
On the day that the Great Smog descended on London 😷 5th December 1952 @facethenation
The Great Smog of London, lethal smog that covered the city of London for five days (December 5–9) in 1952, caused by a combination of industrial pollution and high-pressure weather conditions. This combination of smoke and fog brought the city to a near standstill and resulted in thousands of deaths.
The phenomenon of “London fog” long predated the crisis of the early 1950s. Known as “pea-soupers” for their dense, yellow appearance, such all-encompassing fogs had became a hallmark of London by the 19th century. These hazes were not natural formations of the atmosphere: water vapour would stick to particulates released by coal-burning factories, producing dark and heavy clouds that impaired visibility.
The Great Smog of 1952 was a pea-souper of unprecedented severity, induced by both weather and pollution. The result was the worst pollution-based fog in the city’s history.
Visibility was so impaired in some parts of London that pedestrians were unable to see their own feet. Aside from the Underground, transportation was severely restricted. Ambulance services suffered, leaving people to find their own way to hospitals in the smog. Many people simply abandoned their cars on the road. Indoor plays and concerts were cancelled as audiences were unable to see the stage, and crime on the streets increased. There was a spike in deaths and hospitalizations relating to pneumonia and bronchitis, and herds of cattle in Smithfield reportedly choked to death. Though the fog lasted five days, finally lifting on December 9, its severity was not fully appreciated until the registrar general published the number of fatalities a few weeks later, which amounted to about 4,000. The effects of the smog were long-lasting, however, and present-day estimates rank the number of deaths to have been about 12,000.
The phenomenon of “London fog” long predated the crisis of the early 1950s. Known as “pea-soupers” for their dense, yellow appearance, such all-encompassing fogs had became a hallmark of London by the 19th century. These hazes were not natural formations of the atmosphere: water vapour would stick to particulates released by coal-burning factories, producing dark and heavy clouds that impaired visibility.
The Great Smog of 1952 was a pea-souper of unprecedented severity, induced by both weather and pollution. The result was the worst pollution-based fog in the city’s history.
Visibility was so impaired in some parts of London that pedestrians were unable to see their own feet. Aside from the Underground, transportation was severely restricted. Ambulance services suffered, leaving people to find their own way to hospitals in the smog. Many people simply abandoned their cars on the road. Indoor plays and concerts were cancelled as audiences were unable to see the stage, and crime on the streets increased. There was a spike in deaths and hospitalizations relating to pneumonia and bronchitis, and herds of cattle in Smithfield reportedly choked to death. Though the fog lasted five days, finally lifting on December 9, its severity was not fully appreciated until the registrar general published the number of fatalities a few weeks later, which amounted to about 4,000. The effects of the smog were long-lasting, however, and present-day estimates rank the number of deaths to have been about 12,000.