French aristocrat Count Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat set the world’s first officially recognised land speed record.
21st July 1925: ‘Monkey Trial’ finds John T. Scopes guilty of teaching evolution
21st July 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.
18th January 1871: Wilhelm I declared German Emperor
18th January 2020
16th January 27 BCE: Octavian becomes Augustus, Roman Emperor
16th January 2020
15th January 1919: Great Molasses Flood kills 21 people in Boston
15th January 2020
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018