1929: Byrd flies over South Pole
American explorer Richard E. Byrd and three companions make the first ever flight over the South Pole. Byrd first won international attention in 1926, when he flew within 150 miles of the North Pole. In 1929, he led a large and well-equipped expedition to Antarctica, setting up a base camp called Little America on the face of the Ross Ice Shelf. From there, flights were made across the Antarctic continent. After his successful flight over the
Pole, he led four more expeditions to the remote continent and mapped close to one million square miles with his flights.
1999
In a historic step, 10 members are elected onto the executive of the
Northern Ireland Assembly.
1993
In Britain, it emerges that the government have been conducting secret talks with the IRA.
1985
4 people are killed as a leaking gas pipe causes a block of flats to explode in Glasgow, Scotland.
1975
Ex-formula One world champion Graham Hill dies as a plane he is flying crashes in south-east England.
1967
The American Secretary of State for Defence, Robert S. McNamara, announces that he will resign to assume the presidency of the
World Bank. 1963
A Trans-Canada Airlines plane crashes minutes after take off from Montreal airport,
Canada, killing all 118 people on board.
1963
U.S. President Lyndon Johnson establishes the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of President Kennedy.
1961
NASA launches Mercury-Atlas 5 into space with Enos – a chimpanzee – onboard.
1950
The
Korean War: A U.S. led
UN force is forced to retreat from
North Korea coming under heavy attack from Chinese troops.
1899
Spanish football club FC Barcelona is founded.
1890
In
Japan, the Meiji Constitution comes into effect.
1864
U.S.
cavalry troops, commanded by Colonel Chivington, massacre 150 unarmed
Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians at Sand
Creek in Colorado.
1850
The Punctation of Olmütz, often referred to as the “humiliation of Olmütz”, saw
Prussia agree to give up its role as leader of the
German states and the re-establishment of an Austrian dominated German Confederation.
