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100 years ago, airmail took flight
AFP, Published on 20/12/2018
» PARIS - On December 25, 1918 a daring French industrialist launched the world's first ever airmail service, flying between the southwestern French city of Toulouse and Barcelona in northeastern Spain.
Forty years ago, Yugoslavia's leader Tito died
AFP, Published on 04/05/2020
» PARIS - The leader of communist Yugoslavia, Josip Broz Tito, died after a long illness on May 4, 1980, just days before his 88th birthday.
Monk arrested for rape 16 years ago
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 19/07/2019
» SUPHAN BURI: A 33-year-old monk was arrested in U Thong district on Friday morning for the alleged rape of a drunk woman after they left a pub together 16 years ago.
The first transatlantic flight 100 years ago
AFP, Published on 10/06/2019
» PARIS: When two British pilots steered a biplane across the vast Atlantic 100 years ago, battling frozen sleet and thick fog for more than 16 hours, they were making aviation history.
Abbot arrested for attempted murder 15 years ago
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 14/02/2019
» Police have arrested the abbot of Wat Ror Charoen in Suphan Buri province on two counts of attempted murder, in Nakhon Si Thammarat province and on Koh Samui in Surat Thani province, about 15 years ago.
Wife arrested for husband's murder 8 years ago
Gary Boyle, Published on 03/09/2021
» A woman who skipped bail while on trial for shooting dead her husband and dumping his body in the Chao Phraya River eight years ago has been arrested.
Ancient skeleton reveals amputation surgery 31,000 years ago
AFP, Published on 08/09/2022
» TOKYO: A skeleton discovered in a remote corner of Borneo rewrites the history of ancient medicine and proves amputation surgery was successfully carried out about 31,000 years ago, scientists said Wednesday.
Cleaners arrested for hotel theft 5 years ago
Online Reporters, Published on 16/11/2022
» Two former hotel cleaners have been arrested for the theft of cash and gold from a hotel guest's room in Pattaya five years ago.
Cleaners arrested for hotel theft 5 years ago
Gary Boyle, Published on 16/11/2022
» Two former hotel cleaners have been arrested for the theft of cash and gold from a hotel guest's room in Pattaya five years ago.
50 years ago, My Lai massacre shamed US military
Associated Press, Published on 15/03/2018
» MY LAI, Vietnam: The shudder of artillery fire woke the boy at 5.30am. Three American soldiers appeared at his family's home a couple of hours later and forced the mother and five children into their bomb shelter, a structure most every Vietnamese home had during the war, to keep them safe.