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English aviator Claude Grahame-White lands his aircraft on Executive Avenue near the White House in Washington, D.C.

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Claude Grahame-White

19/20th-century English aviator

Claude Grahame-White was an English pioneer of aviation, and the first to make a night flight, during the Daily Mail-sponsored 1910 London to Manchester air race.
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White House

Official residence and workplace of the US president

The White House is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., it has served as the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams in 1800 when the national capital was moved from…
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