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Tariq's Landing to the Jet Age: History's Greatest April–May Week
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From the Islamic conquest of Hispania in 711 to the world's first commercial jet flight in 1952, this week in history spans continents, centuries, and civilisations. Eight extraordinary events — one remarkable calendar week.
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On May twenty-fifth, nineteen sixty-one, before a joint session of Congress in Washington, D.C., President John F. Kennedy made a declaration that stopped the room cold.
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