The first aerial crossing of the English Channel was conducted by Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries in a gas-filled balloon.
21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow
21st June 2019
Although numerous suspension bridges had been built prior to the Brooklyn Bridge, nothing came close to the almost 1,600 foot span across the East River from Brooklyn to Manhattan.
French aristocrat Count Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat set the world’s first officially recognised land speed record.
Orville piloted the first flight, which lasted for just 12 seconds over a total distance of only 36.5 metres.
It is estimated that up to a quarter of a million different units of measurement were in use throughout France at eve of the Revolution in 1789, and that these differed not only from trade to trade but also from town to town.
Frenchman Georges Claude’s neon lighting at the Paris Motor Show was used to light the front of the large exhibition space at the Grand Palais with red lighting.
Within two decades, Edison’s invention of the phonograph had spawned an entire industry built around the recording, distribution and sale of sound recordings.
UNESCO was created to promote international collaboration in education, science and culture as a way to contribute towards world peace and security.
Within five years the World Wide Web began to be adopted by people and companies that weren’t connected with science or academia, and it has seemingly been dominated by photographs of cats ever since.
American surgeon Dr Mary Walker became the first, and so far only, woman to receive the Medal of Honor.
HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich
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11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2020
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2020
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2019