Almanac of Absurdities for Oct 23

On this date in 1911, in the Turco-Italian war, a clever Italian aviator hopped in his plane and flew over to the enemy lines just to see what the Turks might be doing. It was the first use of a fixed-wing aircraft in warfare. Within a couple of weeks, they thought up aerial bombing, and tried that. It's Weird Al Yankovic's Birthday, and National Mother-In-Law Day.