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Apollo 11 was launched into space on a Saturn V SA-506 rocket from Cape Kennedy with the hope that they would be the first men to land on the moon. Their journey took a few days. Commander Neil Armstrong and Pilot Buzz Aldrin landed the lunar module “Eagle” on the moon on the 20th of July.
Over 120 years after it was built, the Blackwall Tunnel remains the main river crossing East of Tower Bridge, connecting the East End to South
1749 First time George Frederic Handel’s Fireworks music was played in Green Park London
A vote of No Confidence in the Conservative party Leader is triggered by sufficient letters being sent to the Chairman of 1922 Committee, what happened in
American Oil Tycoon Robert P. McCulloch reopens London Bridge in America Oil Tycoon Robert P. McCulloch purchases London Bridge and has it shipped brick by
2017 Big Ben will stop chiming
1930 Princess Margaret was born on this day
1940 The Hardest Day: WW2 Battle of Britain
1931 at 7 pm the Airship Graf Zeppelin LZ127
2nd September The Great Fire of London started 1666
The future queen of the United Kingdom on the 19th November 1947 marries Philip Mountbatten. Elizabeth married at the age of 21 to Philip, a Greek
Remembering Ken Dodd who was born on the 8th November 1927, one of the longest running artists to have played at the London Palladium
1986 – the sudden deregulation of the financial markets On the 27th October 1986, the London Stock Exchange rules changed, the day was forever known
The Return of Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom The Wartime leader returned to being Prime Minister a second time after the
The 1st Battle of Ypres, World War One on the 19th October 1914 Première Bataille des Flandres, Erste Flandernschlacht Ypres The First World War, the war to
Hidden away in the inside foyer of the Hilton London Wembley, is a museum level impressive display of football and music memorabilia. The Hilton London
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