On the 20th May 1873, Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis secured the patent for riveted blue jeans.
23rd October 1911: Italian Carlo Piazza pilots the first aircraft to be used in war
23rd October 2017
Richard and Maurice McDonald opened the first McDonald’s restaurant in San Bernardino, California.
On May 12th 1949, the Soviet Union ended its blockade of West Berlin.
The 8th May 1945 was Victory in Europe Day – a public holiday to celebrate the end of the Second World War.
The British ship RMS Lusitania sank after being attacked by the German U-boat U-20 off the coast of Ireland.
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 the 4th May 1932, Al Capone began life as a convict in Atlanta Federal Penitentiary.
France agreed to sell 828,000 square miles of territory that stretched from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains, and which doubled the size of the United States.
On the 20th April 1965, workers began painting skylight windows at the Houston Astrodome to limit glare from the sun.
The Bay of Pigs Invasion was launched by the CIA-sponsored paramilitary group Brigade 2506.
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2017