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.
11th March 1702: First edition of the Daily Courant, the first daily English-language newspaper
11th March 2019
Prior to the adoption of universally accepted time zones, the vast majority of settlements around the world observed local mean solar time.
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
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.
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018