Thomas Midgeley Jr. discovered that adding tetraethyl lead to gasoline reduced knocking in automobile engines.
10th August 1793: The Louvre museum in Paris opens to the public for the first time
10th August 2019
On the 13th October AD 54, the Roman Emperor Claudius died, supposedly after being poisoned.
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2019
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018