Sailing Alone Around The World

Sailing Alone Around The World

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Zeppelin Takes Flight

Airships had flown since the 1850s, but the first rigid airship to comfortably carry passengers - the Zeppelin - had its maiden voyage at Lake Constance on 2nd July, 1900. The passion project of German aristocrat Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, the ‘golden age’ craft were freezing ...  Show more

The First Tour De France 🚲

Around sixty cyclists set off from a cafĂŠ in Montgeron, just outside Paris, on 1st July, 1903: the start of the first ever Tour de France. The event began as a circulation-boosting scheme by newspaper L'Auto; struggling to compete with its rival Le VĂŠlo, they launched the race as ...  Show more

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