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6th May 1937: Hindenburg Disaster sees the German passenger airship LZ 129 engulfed in flames following a mid-air explosion

6th May 2023
Tagged as: Aircraft, Airship, America, Explosion, Germany, Hindenburg, Hydrogen, New Jersey, United States, USA, Zeppelin

The landing ropes were dropped at 7.21pm, and shortly afterwards the Hindenburg was engulfed by flames.

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25th January 1890: American journalist Nellie Bly arrives in New Jersey after completing a 72-day solo journey around the world

25th January 2023
Tagged as: America, Circumnavigation, Exploration, New Jersey, New York, Travel, United States, USA

With £200 in English gold and banknotes, and a single bag that was smaller than modern carry-on luggage, Bly departed from Hoboken Pier in New Jersey on board the Augusta Victoria steamship on 14 November 1889.

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6th May 1937: Hindenburg Disaster sees the German passenger airship LZ 129 engulfed in flames following a mid-air explosion

25th January 1890: American journalist Nellie Bly arrives in New Jersey after completing a 72-day solo journey around the world

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21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow

HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

6th December 1648: “Pride’s Purge” stops MPs sympathetic to King Charles I of England from entering the House of Commons

5th December 1848: President James K. Polk sparks the California Gold Rush as a result of his State of the Union Address

4th December 1971: A fire during a concert at the Montreux Casino inspires the song “Smoke on the Water” by Deep Purple

3rd December 1775: The first national US Grand Union Flag flown for the first time on the ship ‘Alfred’

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

8th July 1932: Dow Jones falls to lowest point in the Great Depression

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