French aristocrat Count Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat set the world’s first officially recognised land speed record.
HistoryPod Extra: Centenary of the Representation of the People Act 1918
6th February 2018
The world speed record for locomotives – steam trains – was set on the 3rd July 1938 by Number 4468 Mallard.
The first Formula One World Championship Grand Prix race took place at the Silverstone circuit in England.
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