The first aerial crossing of the English Channel was conducted by Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries in a gas-filled balloon.
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9th November 1918: Wilhelm II abdicates as Kaiser of Germany
9th November 2018
7th January 2020
7th January 1785: First aerial crossing of the English Channel completed in a hydrogen balloon
23rd September 1949: President Truman announces the USSR’s first nuclear test
23rd September 2020
22nd September 1888: First edition of National Geographic Magazine published
22nd September 2020
21st September 1937: The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien is first published
21st September 2020
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
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1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
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