South African surgeon Christiaan Barnard performed the world’s first human-to-human heart transplant.
7th January 1785: First aerial crossing of the English Channel completed in a hydrogen balloon
7th January 2020
On the 12th August 1865 Joseph Lister carried out the world’s first antiseptic surgery using the chemical phenol, otherwise known as carbolic acid.
15th February 1971: The UK and Ireland decimalise their currency
15th February 2020
14th February 1990: Voyager 1 creates the ‘Pale Blue Dot’ image of Earth
14th February 2020
13th February 1689: William and Mary become co-regents
13th February 2020
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018