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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

1st June 1495: First written reference to Scotch whisky (distilled at @LindoresAbbey)

31st May 1669: Samuel Pepys writes the final entry of his famous diary that records the period of the Restoration

30th May 1381: Outbreak of the Peasants’ Revolt in England

29th May 1453: Sultan Mehmed II conquers Constantinople and defeats the Byzantine Empire

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

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

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

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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