📅 The first jet airliner flight with passengers (1952)
Where: London, UK
📅 On This Day: May 2
May 2, 1952: The first jet airliner flight with passengers. On this day in 1952, the British jet airliner Comet left London for Johannesburg, South Africa, carrying paying passengers. It was the world's first scheduled jet airliner service. Being much faster than propeller planes, it cut travel time a lot.
✨ More events on this day
- 1867 🌿 Scientist Albert Günther showed that New Zealand's tuatara is not a lizard at all but the last survivor of a very ancient group of reptiles. Tuatara →
- 1920 🏅 The first game of the Negro National League was played in Indianapolis, giving top African American baseball players a professional league of their own.
- 1964 🧭 Climbers reached the top of Shishapangma in Tibet for the first time, the last of the world's fourteen 8,000-metre peaks to be climbed.
🧠 Question of the day
Where did the Comet fly to?
- Johannesburg
- New York
- Tokyo
Show the answer
Answer: Johannesburg
🎂 Landmarks that opened on May 2
🐾 World day: World Tuna Day
Tuna must keep swimming to breathe. The UN set this day to stop overfishing.
Questions
What happened on May 2?
May 2, 1952: The first jet airliner flight with passengers. It happened in London, UK.
Which landmarks opened on May 2?
Canada Place (opened 1986).
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