The first Formula One World Championship Grand Prix race took place at the Silverstone circuit in England.
27th May 1703: The foundation of St Petersburg by Tsar Peter the Great
27th May 2017
French aristocrat Count Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat set the world’s first officially recognised land speed record.
The world speed record for locomotives – steam trains – was set on the 3rd July 1938 by Number 4468 Mallard.
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2017