On the 27th March 1963, Chairman of the British Transport Commission Dr Richard Beeching published his report entitled The Reshaping of British Railways.
11th October 1975: Saturday Night Live is broadcast for the first time
11th October 2019
On the 9th February 1969, the first test flight of the Boeing 747 ‘Jumbo Jet’ took place.
The worst fire in the history of the London Underground killed 31 people at Kings Cross St Pancras station.
On the 22nd October 1895, the Granville–Paris Express train ran across the station platform, crashed through a 60cm wall, and fell 10 metres to the street below after it overran the buffer stop at the Gare Montparnasse terminus.
The British MP William Huskisson died as a result of a fatal accident on the opening day of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway.
The world speed record for locomotives – steam trains – was set on the 3rd July 1938 by Number 4468 Mallard.
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.
On 2nd May 1952, the world’s first passenger jet aircraft took off to carry 36 passengers from London to Johannesburg.
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.
The United States Supreme Court upheld the District Court’s ruling in Browder v. Gayle that segregation on public buses and transportation in Alabama was illegal.
6th April 1896: The first modern Olympic Games take place
6th April 2020
5th April 1621: The Mayflower returns to England
5th April 2020
3rd April 1882: Outlaw Jesse James shot by Robert Ford
3rd April 2020
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018
