23 December 1936 Posted on December 22, 2013 by Staff The first flight of the Vickers Wellington bomber. Famous Words of Inspiration..."The chances are that you have already come to believe that happiness is unattainable. But men have attained it. And they have attained it by realising that happiness does not spring from the procuring of physical or mental pleasure, but from the development of reason and the adjustment of conduct to principles." Arnold Bennett — Click here for more from Arnold Bennett Related posts: 21 May 1936 1 March 1936 22 December 2001 23 December 1893 23 December 1972 29 May 1953 29 May 1953 16 December 1972