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.
21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow
21st June 2019
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.
The explosion wiped out services for thousands of residents, while the stench from the open sewers was unbearable.
On the 10th December 1901, the first Nobel Prizes were awarded in Chemistry, Literature, Peace, Physics, and Physiology or Medicine.
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.
The Brunner Mond chemical factory had been built in 1893 to manufacture caustic soda and soda crystals.
HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich
28th June 2015
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2020
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2020
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2019