Friday, June 13, 1952, a DC-3 takes off from Bromma airport. On board are eight people on a top secret operation. The plane never returns and remains gone for over 50 years.
Frankfurt am Main is the largest city in the German state of Hessen and the fifth largest city in Germany. The city has a lot to offer; From the top of the Main Tower there is a wonderful view of the city and in the Frankfurt Zoo you can meet around 450 different species of animals.
Behind the locked steel door in a backyard at Torshov in Oslo you will find the emergency communication center. From this premises the telephone communication would be secured in event of war or enemy sabotage.
Today
19 January 2022 Today is this year's day number 18. We are in week 03, and have 347 days left of 2022.
At this day in history:
1419
Hundred Years "War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England, which causes the Normandy becomes part of England.
1520
Sten Sture dy, King of Sweden, being mortally wounded in the Battle of Bogesund.
1544
King Francis II of France (d. 1560) was born.
1736
James Watt, British steam engine pioneer (d. 1819) was born.
1806
UK conqueror Cape of Good Hope.
1807
Robert E. Lee, US general (d. 1870) was born.
1809
Edgar Allan Poe, American poet and author (d. 1849) was born.
1813
Sir Henry Bessemer, English inventor (d. 1898) was born.
1839
The British East India company conqueror Aden.
1839
Paul Cézanne, French painter (d. 1906) was born.
1840
Captain Charles Wilkes navigate around Antarctica and claim it was later called Wilkes Land.
1847
Olaus Johannes Fjørtoft, Norwegian critic and politician (d. 1878) was born.
1848
John F. Stairs, Canadian businessman and statesman (d. 1904), was born.
1851
Jacobus Kapteyn, Dutch astronomic (d. 1922) was born.
1865
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French anarchist (b. 1809) died.
1878
Henri Victor Regnault, French physicist and chemist (b. 1810) died.
1887
Alexander Woollcott, American intellectual (d. 1943) was born.
1897
Max Tau, German philosopher and writer (d. 1976) was born.
1905
Debendranath Tagore, Indian philosopher (b. 1817) died.
1915
First World War: German Zeppelins bomber Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn in the UK for the first time. More than 20 people are killed. .
Åndalsnes Avis announced today that Radio Rauma has got new owners. On this occasion I have found some pictures from that time I was working for the station.
Ham Radio fair in Friedrichshafen has brought nearly 15,000 exhibitors and visitors from all continents. The exhibition which is Europe's largest of its kind this year was staged for the 38th time.
Edvard Munch referred to Kragerø as the "Pearl among the coastal towns". "This city should be painted!" Christian Krohg said when visiting Kragerø. Here are my pictures from the city and the archipelago.
