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On this day, October 23, 1906, Alberto Santos-Dumont made the first powered heavier-than-air flight made anywhere outside of the United States.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page• 1906 – Alberto Santos-Dumont flew his biplane 14-bis for 50 metres (160 ft) at an altitude of about four metres (13 ft).