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4th March 1890: The Forth Bridge in Scotland opened by the future King Edward VII

4th March 2022
Tagged as: Bridge, Edinburgh, Edward VII, Forth Bridge, Railways, Science, Scotland, Technology

The Forth Railway Bridge stretches almost 2.5km across the Firth of Forth, a large estuary area to west of Edinburgh.

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3rd January 1870: Construction begins on the Brooklyn Bridge

3rd January 2022
Tagged as: America, Bridge, Engineering, New York, Science, Technology

Although numerous suspension bridges had been built prior to the Brooklyn Bridge, nothing came close to the almost 1,600 foot span across the East River from Brooklyn to Manhattan.

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4th March 1890: The Forth Bridge in Scotland opened by the future King Edward VII

3rd January 1870: Construction begins on the Brooklyn Bridge

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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

1st December 1919: Lady Nancy Astor becomes the first female Member of Parliament to take her seat in the House of Commons

30th November 1803: Balmis Expedition sets sail to vaccinate inhabitants of Spanish colonies against smallpox

29th November 1929: Richard E. Byrd completes the first flight over the South Pole

28th November 1925: The Grand Ole Opry, the longest-running radio show in the USA, broadcast for the first time

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

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

8th July 1932: Dow Jones falls to lowest point in the Great Depression

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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