The crew of the Apollo 17 spacecraft took the iconic Blue Marble photograph of the earth.
30th November 1786: Tuscany becomes the first modern state to abolish the death penalty
30th November 2017
The Prospero satellite was launched, making it the first and only British satellite to be launched using a British rocket.
Shortly after midnight in Moscow, the Soviets became the first to successfully send a human-made object to the Moon.
17th July 1918: Romanov family shot dead by the Bosheviks
17th July 2019
16th July 622: Start date of the Islamic calendar
16th July 2019
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2017