Images Dated 13th July 2016

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Picture released on October 9, 1952 at their arrival at Orly airport of people gathering around after the first commercial flight of the de Havilland DH 106 Comet 1 of the British company BOAC. The world's first jetliner was inaugurated scheduled service from London to Johannesburg, on 2 May 1952. The final Comet from BOAC's initial order, registered G-ALYZ, began flying in September 1952 and carried cargo along South American routes while simulating passenger schedules / AFP PHOTO / STRINGER

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stands on a wing of his "Lockheed Sirius Plane", while it is unloaded at sea. In 1933, Lindbergh and his wife Ann Morrow, flew the Sirius to the Far East in a circumnavigation of the North Atlantic. In Anmagssalik, Greenland, the plane received a new name given by a local boy "Tingmissartoq" which means "one who flies like a bird". The Lindberghs continued through Europe to Moscow, then to Africa and across the South Atlantic to Brazil. The plane appeared in the sky over New York 19 December 1933, as the city turned out to greet the Lindbergh's. Anne Morrow Lindbergh wrote a best selling book about the trip "North to the Orient". / AFP PHOTO / -

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Cars of deputies and senators, reunited in Congress at Versailles Castle

Cars of deputies and senators, reunited in Congress at Versailles castle April 5, 1939, are parked in front of the quotes of the Sun King . Parliamentarians are moved to Versailles to reelect Albert Lebruns to the presidency of the Republic
Des voitures des deputes et des senateurs, reunis en congres au chateau de Versailles le 05 avril 1939, sont garees devant la cite du Roi-Soleil. Des parlementaires se sont deplaces a Versailles pour reelire Albert Lebruns a la presidence de la Republique. (FILM) AFP PHOTO / AFP PHOTO

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