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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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2nd September 31 BCE: Marc Antony and Cleopatra defeated by Octavian at the Battle of Actium

20th March 1602: The Dutch East India Company established

3rd July 1940: British navy attacks the French fleet at Mers-el-Kébir

8th January 1790: George Washington delivers the first State of the Union Address

30th September 1935: The Hoover Dam is dedicated by Franklin D. Roosevelt

29th September 1938: The Munich Conference agrees the Nazi annexation of the Sudetenland

28th September 1781: The Siege of Yorktown begins in the American Revolutionary War

27th September 1908: First Model T Ford produced in Detroit

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

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

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