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This Month Seoul in Breif Specific Maps of Seoul Where to Stay What to Eat What to Do What to See What to Buy What to Know  Home >> This Day in History This Day in History [ 21-01-2004 ] Concorde Takes Off (21st January 1976) The first Concordes with commercial passengers simultaneously take flight From London's Heathrow Airport and Orly Airport outside Paris on January 21, 1976. The London flight was headed to Bahrain in the Persian Gulf, and the Paris to Rio de Janeiro via Senegal in West Africa. At their cruising speeds, the innovative Concordes flew well over the sound barrier at 1,350 miles an hour, cutting air travel time by more than half. Total Article : 454 (17/38) [ 22-01-2004 ] Island Volcano Eruption (22nd January 1973) [ 22-01-2004 ] Birth of George Gordon Byron (22nd January 1988) [ 21-01-2004 ] Death of Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich (21st January 1924) ¢º [ 21-01-2004 ] Concorde Takes Off (21st January 1976) [ 20-01-2004 ] Death of Painter Jean Francois Millet (20th January 1875) [ 20-01-2004 ] Bill, Clinton, inaugurated as President (20th January 1993) [ 19-01-2004 ] Birth of Scottish Inventor James Watt (19th January 1736) [ 19-01-2004 ] Indira Gandhi Becomes First Female PM in India(19th January 1966) [ 18-01-2004 ] Birth of Philosopher Montesquieu (18th January 1689) [ 18-01-2004 ] Captain James Cook Unveils Hawaii (18th January 1778) [ 17-01-2004 ] The first radio broadcast (17th January 1920) [ 17-01-2004 ] Gulf outbreak of war (17th January 1991) [Prev. 10][1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][Next 10] Subject Comment   Copyright ¨Ï 2001 What's On Communications Inc. All rights reserved. Write to Us post@whatsonkorea.com.