Thomas Midgeley Jr. discovered that adding tetraethyl lead to gasoline reduced knocking in automobile engines.
22nd November 1718: The pirate Blackbeard killed by sailors under Robert Maynard
22nd November 2017
On the 27th September 1908, the first Model T Ford automobile rolled out of the Piquette Avenue factory in Detroit.
The first NASCAR race took place at the Charlotte Speedway in North Carolina.
The modern 3-point seat belt was created by Swedish inventor Nils Bohlin, who was a safety engineer for car manufacturer Volvo.
The DeLorean DMC-12 sports car was later used as the time machine in Back to the Future.
French aristocrat Count Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat set the world’s first officially recognised land speed record.
The first Formula One World Championship Grand Prix race took place at the Silverstone circuit in England.
On the 8th March 1950, the Volkswagen Type 2 – more commonly known as the ‘transporter’, the ‘bus’ or the ‘camper’ – went into production at the company’s Wolfsburg factory.
23rd January 1556: Most destructive earthquake on record in Shaanxi
23rd January 2019
22nd January 1808: Portuguese royal court relocates to Brazil
22nd January 2019
21st January 1793: Louis XVI executed for high treason
21st January 2019
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2017