The crew of the Apollo 17 spacecraft took the iconic Blue Marble photograph of the earth.
22nd November 1718: The pirate Blackbeard killed by sailors under Robert Maynard
22nd November 2017
Shortly after midnight in Moscow, the Soviets became the first to successfully send a human-made object to the Moon.
On the 25th May 1961, American President John F. Kennedy made the announcement to a joint session of Congress that he had set his sights on a manned moon landing before the end of the decade.
The Outer Space Treaty, which provides the basic framework on international space law, was opened for signatures in the United States, the Soviet Union, and the United Kingdom.
21st January 1793: Louis XVI executed for high treason
21st January 2019
19th January 1915: Zeppelins bomb Great Yarmouth and Kings Lynn
19th January 2019
18th January 1919: The Paris Peace Conference begins
18th January 2019
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2017