On the 17th August 1982, the very first commercial compact disc was produced in the German town of Langenhagen.
21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow
21st June 2019
The 29th June 2008 shaped the technological landscape we live in today, when Apple released the very first iPhone.
ENIAC was soon put to use running calculations to help build a hydrogen bomb, and continued to operate until 1955.
American electrical engineer Jack Kilby demonstrated the world’s first integrated circuit while working at Texas Instruments.
Pale Blue Dot, the most distant photograph ever taken of Earth, was created by the Voyager 1 space probe.
Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr was the director of research at DuMont Laboratories in New Jersey where he was exploring the use of cathode ray tubes in television sets.
On the 3rd December 1910, the first neon light went on show at the Paris Motor Show.
HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich
28th June 2015
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2020
15th September 1935: Nazi Germany introduces the discriminatory ‘Nuremberg Laws’
15th September 2021
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2020
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2019