On this day in 1919, Indian troops under British command fire into a crowd of peaceful demonstrators at Amritsar. Several hundred are killed. Britain’s own prime minister calls it “one of the worst outrages in the whole of our history.” See: militaryhistorynow.com/2020/03/05/ten…

On this day in 1912, Britain’s Royal Flying Corps is founded. By the end of the year it will have a fleet of 12 balloons and 36 aircraft.

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Global overseas aid climbs to all-time high, rising 4.4% in real terms – OECD theguardian.com/global-develop…