569 Afleveringen

  1. 5th October 1914: First recorded aerial combat victory takes place when a French Voisin shoots down a German Aviatik aircraft

    Gepubliceerd: 5-10-2025

  2. 4th October 1936: The Battle of Cable Street took place in London’s East End

    Gepubliceerd: 4-10-2025

  3. 3rd October 1990: East and West Germany reunified when the German Democratic Republic joins with the Federal Republic of Germany

    Gepubliceerd: 3-10-2025

  4. 2nd October 1766: Nottingham Cheese Riot takes place at the city’s Goose Fair, triggered by rising food prices

    Gepubliceerd: 2-10-2025

  5. 1st October 1928: The USSR introduces the first five-year plan under Joseph Stalin

    Gepubliceerd: 1-10-2025

  6. 30th September 737: Umayyad Caliphate defeated in the Battle of the Baggage

    Gepubliceerd: 30-9-2025

  7. 29th September 1916: John D. Rockefeller becomes the first billionaire according to newspapers in the USA

    Gepubliceerd: 29-9-2025

  8. 28th September 1066: William of Normandy lands in England

    Gepubliceerd: 28-9-2025

  9. 27th September 1908: First Model T Ford automobile rolls out of the Piquette Avenue factory in Detroit

    Gepubliceerd: 27-9-2025

  10. 26th September 1687: An explosion rips through the Parthenon in Athens while it’s being used as a gunpowder magazine

    Gepubliceerd: 26-9-2025

  11. 25th September 1513: Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa becomes the first European to reach the Pacific Ocean from the New World

    Gepubliceerd: 25-9-2025

  12. 24th September 1789: The Judiciary Act becomes law in the United States of America

    Gepubliceerd: 24-9-2025

  13. 23rd September 1862: Otto von Bismarck appointed Minister-President of Prussia by King Wilhelm I

    Gepubliceerd: 23-9-2025

  14. 22nd September 1888: First edition of National Geographic Magazine published

    Gepubliceerd: 22-9-2025

  15. 21st September 1937: J. R. R. Tolkien’s fantasy novel The Hobbit first published in the United Kingdom

    Gepubliceerd: 21-9-2025

  16. 20th September 1378: Western Schism divides the Catholic Church after the contested election of Antipope Clement VII

    Gepubliceerd: 20-9-2025

  17. 19th September 1970: First Glastonbury Festival took place at Worthy Farm in Somerset, known at the time as the Pilton Festival of Pop, Folk, and Blues

    Gepubliceerd: 19-9-2025

  18. 18th September 1932: Actress Peg Entwistle’s body found after jumping from the Hollywood sign

    Gepubliceerd: 18-9-2025

  19. 17th September 1908: Lieutenant Thomas E. Selfridge of the U.S. Army becomes the first person to die in an airplane crash

    Gepubliceerd: 17-9-2025

  20. 16th September 1955: Uprising that topples Juan Perón from power in Argentina begins

    Gepubliceerd: 16-9-2025

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