On the 10th December 1901, the first Nobel Prizes were awarded in Chemistry, Literature, Peace, Physics, and Physiology or Medicine.
6th September 1522: Victoria becomes the first ship to circumnavigate the world
6th September 2018
21 people were killed and 182 were injured in the Birmingham pub bombings.
The Oregon State Highway Division blew up a dead whale that had washed up on a beach.
The Tsar Bomba, the most powerful explosive weapon ever created, was detonated by the USSR.
38 people died and hundreds more were wounded in the Wall Street bombing in New York.
Archibald Brown was murdered by his son, who placed an anti-tank grenade under the seat of his bath chair.
On the 28th January 1986, the NASA Space Shuttle orbiter Challenger broke apart 73 seconds after it lifted off from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida.
The Brunner Mond chemical factory had been built in 1893 to manufacture caustic soda and soda crystals.
On the 6th May 1937, the German passenger airship LZ 129 Hindenburg experienced a mid-air explosion at Lakehurst, New Jersey and was engulfed in flames in just 32 seconds.
10th September 1991: Nirvana release ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’
10th September 2020
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2020
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