Time since Charles Lindbergh first flew across the Atlantic

Time since Charles Lindbergh first flew across the Atlantic (97 y)

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Time since Charles Lindbergh first flew across the Atlantic (97 y)

  • is 1/25 of Time since start of building of the Parthenon (2,468 y)...more
  • is 1/25 of Time since the birth of Aristotle (2,400 y)...more
  • is 1/25 of Time since the birth of Euclid (2,384 y)...more
  • is 1/25 of Time since the birth of Alexander the Great (2,379 y)...more
  • is 1/20 of Time since start of building of the Colosseum (1,950 y)...more
  • is 1/10 of Time since the birth of Omar Khayyam (976 y)...more
  • is 1/5 of Time since the publication of Copernicus's sun-centred model of the solar system (481 y)...more
  • is 1/4 of Time since the birth of Newton (381 y)...more
  • is 2/5 of Time since the birth of Gauss (247 y)...more
  • is 2 x Time since Concorde Supersonic Airliner entered service (48 y)...more

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