Thomas Midgeley Jr. discovered that adding tetraethyl lead to gasoline reduced knocking in automobile engines.
21st November 1974: The Birmingham pub bombings kill 21 people and injure 182
21st November 2020
On the 27th September 1908, the first Model T Ford automobile rolled out of the Piquette Avenue factory in Detroit.
Henry Hale Bliss, a Manhattan real estate salesman, was helping a female companion name as Miss Lee disembark a southbound 8th Avenue trolley car at West 74th Street and Central Park West in New York City.
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.
Alice Huyler Ramsey became the first woman to drive an automobile across a continent when she completed a 59-day road trip from New York to San Francisco.
The first Formula One World Championship Grand Prix race took place at the Silverstone circuit in England.
Rolls-Royce Limited was established by Charles Rolls and Henry Royce.
10th April 1858: The ‘Big Ben’ bell cast in Whitechapel
10th April 2021
8th April 1904: France and Britain sign the Entente Cordiale
8th April 2021
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2020
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2019