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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

8th September 1941: Start of the Siege of Leningrad

7th September 1940: The Nazi German Luftwaffe launches The Blitz

6th September 1914: First Battle of the Marne begins with a French counter-offensive against the advancing German army

5th September 1698: Peter the Great of Russia imposes a tax on beards

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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