Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
3rd April 1860: The first Pony Express service went into operation
3rd April 2019
On the 3rd September 1939, the Second World War officially began when France and the United Kingdom – together with Australia and New Zealand – declared war on Germany.
Every New Zealand woman over the age of 21 was able to vote in the world’s first general election in a self-governing colony.
Prior to the adoption of universally accepted time zones, the vast majority of settlements around the world observed local mean solar time.
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2017