The crew of the Apollo 17 spacecraft took the iconic Blue Marble photograph of the earth.
10th December 1768: First edition of the Encyclopaedia @Britannica published (Corrected)
10th December 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.
25th September 1956: Inauguration TAT-1, the first transatlantic telephone cable
25th September 2017
18th March 1314: Execution of last Knights Templar Grand Master
18th March 2019
16th March 1968: My Lai Massacre committed by US troops
16th March 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