Sputnik 1
The successful launch of Sputnik 1, the World's first satellite, by the Soviet Union was the first event in what ...
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Mongolfier Brothers – First Manned Flight
Joseph Michel and Jacques Etienne Montgolfier were two brothers who worked in their father's paper mill. They were not particularly ...
Nuclear Power in the United Kingdom
In 1942 the Sellafield Industrial centre was chosen to house a second Royal Ordnance Factory and throughout World War Two ...
Apollo 7
Apollo 7 was the seventh mission in the Apollo Space program and the first manned Apollo mission with a crew ...
Charles Darwin’s Origin of the Species
Charles Darwin's book On the Origin of Species was first published on 24th November 1859 with the title On the ...