The first aerial crossing of the English Channel was conducted by Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries in a gas-filled balloon.
21st July 1925: ‘Monkey Trial’ finds John T. Scopes guilty of teaching evolution
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18th January 1871: Wilhelm I declared German Emperor
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16th January 27 BCE: Octavian becomes Augustus, Roman Emperor
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15th January 1919: Great Molasses Flood kills 21 people in Boston
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11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
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1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
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