The British MP William Huskisson died as a result of a fatal accident on the opening day of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway.
21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow
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Mallard set the record of 125.88mph on a stretch of slightly downhill railway track at Stoke Band, south of the town of Grantham.
Built by George and Robert Stevenson in Newcastle, and transported to Whitstable by sea, Invicta was the first steam locomotive to haul passengers on a public railway line.
Not all the recommendations were implemented, but the subsequent Beeching Cuts resulted in the closure of 2,128 stations, thousands of miles of track, and the loss of up to 70,000 jobs.
The Type 2 finally debuted on 12 November and by the end of its first year over nine and a half thousand vehicles had rolled off the production line.
On the 9th February 1969, the first test flight of the Boeing 747 ‘Jumbo Jet’ took place.
On the 8th August 1963, a gang of 15 men attacked a Royal Mail train heading from Glasgow to London and stole over £2.6million in cash.
On the 6th 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.
The flight lasted for 15 minutes and 22 seconds and reached a maximum altitude of 116 miles before returning to earth for splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean.
At 3.51pm on the afternoon of the 25th January 1890, American journalist Nellie Bly arrived in New Jersey after completing a 72 day, 24,899-mile journey around the world.
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11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
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26th September 1960: Kennedy and Nixon take part in their first televised debate
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11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
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1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
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