On the 18th February 1930, Nellie Jay – better known as Elm Farm Ollie – became the first cow to fly in an aeroplane.
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2020
ENIAC was soon put to use running calculations to help build a hydrogen bomb, and continued to operate until 1955.
On the 2nd February 1852, the world’s first modern public toilets opened in London.
Blackwell graduated first in her class and became the first woman to achieve a medical degree in the United States.
Justice Harry Blackmun wrote the majority opinion that the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution gives women in the United States the ‘fundamental’ freedom choice in family matters, including whether or not to have an abortion.
Nuclear propulsion enabled Nautilus to smash numerous records including those for both submerged speed and distance, and became the first submarine to transit the North Pole in August 1958.
The broadcast included performances of Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci featuring acclaimed Italian tenor Enrico Caruso.
Dr James Hiram Bedford became the first human to be cryonically preserved.
The report drew three main conclusions focused on the effect of smoking on the functioning of the respiratory system.
Benjamin Franklin, the American polymath, accidentally electrocuted himself while attempting to kill a turkey.
14th October 1962: U-2 spy plane captures images of Cuban missile sites
14th October 2020
3rd November 1534: English Parliament passes the Act of Supremacy
3rd November 2018
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2020
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2019