French aviator Louis Charles Joseph Blériot made the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air aircraft.
28th January 1393: Charles VI of France and the Bal des Ardents
28th January 2021
Captain Matthew Webb became the first person to successfully swim across the English Channel.
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2020
14th October 1962: U-2 spy plane captures images of Cuban missile sites
14th October 2020
3rd November 1534: English Parliament passes the Act of Supremacy
3rd November 2018
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