The very first V-1 flying bomb exploded near a railway bridge in Mile End, London, killing eight civilians.
21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow
21st June 2019
The Prospero satellite was launched, making it the first and only British satellite to be launched using a British rocket.
Wernher von Braun initially developed rockets for the United States Army, but was later made director of the Marshall Space Flight Center where he oversaw the design of the Saturn V rocket that launched the Apollo spacecraft to the Moon.
On the 13th June 1944 the first German attack on Britain using the V-1 flying bomb, otherwise known as the ‘doodlebug’, took place.
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11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
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11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
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9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2019