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

6th May 2021
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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21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow

HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

31st January 1983: It became compulsory for drivers in the UK to wear a seat belt

30th January 1649: Execution of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland outside the Banqueting House in London

29th January 1942: Desert Island Discs, the longest-running radio show in the UK, first broadcast

28th January 1986: NASA Space Shuttle orbiter Challenger breaks apart 73 seconds after launch from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida

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

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

8th July 1932: Dow Jones falls to lowest point in the Great Depression

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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