On the 18th February 1930, Nellie Jay – better known as Elm Farm Ollie – became the first cow to fly in an aeroplane.
23rd October 1911: Italian Carlo Piazza pilots the first aircraft to be used in war
23rd October 2017
Frenchman André-Jacques Garnerin performed the first high-altitude parachute descent.
French aviator Louis Charles Joseph Blériot made the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air aircraft.
Elise Raymonde Deroche was the daughter of a Parisian plumber.
On the 17th December 1903, American brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright successfully made the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight.
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2017