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20th January 1850: Robert McClure departs on the first expedition to transit the Northwest Passage

20th January 2026
Tagged as: Arctic, Exploration, Sea, Voyage

Robert McClure departed England with HMS Investigator to lead the first expedition to transit the Northwest Passage.

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12th May 1926: Norge airship makes the first verified flight over the North Pole

12th May 2024
Tagged as: Aircraft, Airship, America, Amundsen, Arctic, Exploration, Flight, Italy, Norge, North Pole, Norway, United States, USA

After more than 16 hours of flight, at 1.25 am Greenwich time on 12 May, 1925, the Norge successfully reached the North Pole, making it the first confirmed expedition to do so.

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20th January 1850: Robert McClure departs on the first expedition to transit the Northwest Passage

12th May 1926: Norge airship makes the first verified flight over the North Pole

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21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow

HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

6th October 1927: The Jazz Singer starring Al Jolson, the first major “talkie” movie, premieres in New York City

5th October 1962: James Bond and The Beatles each make their debut with Dr. No and Love Me Do

4th October 1582: Pope Gregory XIII implements the Gregorian calendar

3rd October 1952: Britain conducts Operation Hurricane, its first test of an atomic bomb

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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