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6th May 1937: The Hindenburg airship disaster in New Jersey

6th May 2019
Tagged as: Aircraft, Explosion, Germany, Tourism, Transport, USA

On the 6^th May 1937, the German passenger airship LZ 129 Hindenburg experienced a mid-air explosion at Lakehurst, New Jersey and was engulfed in flames in just 32 seconds.

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2nd May 1952: World’s first passenger jet plane takes off from London

2nd May 2019
Tagged as: Aircraft, Britain, South Africa, Technology, Tourism, Transport

On 2^nd May 1952, the world’s first passenger jet aircraft took off to carry 36 passengers from London to Johannesburg.

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6th May 1937: The Hindenburg airship disaster in New Jersey

2nd May 1952: World’s first passenger jet plane takes off from London

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6th September 1522: Victoria becomes the first ship to circumnavigate the world

10th September 1991: Nirvana release ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

1st December 1918: Unification of Transylvania and the Kingdom of Romania

28th January 1393: Charles VI of France and the Bal des Ardents

27th January 1945: Auschwitz-Birkenau liberated by Soviet forces

26th January 1564: Pope Pius IV confirms the decrees of the Council of Trent

25th January 1890: Nellie Bly circumnavigates the world in 72 days

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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