1937 ⟶ Hindenburg Airship Disaster

May 6: German zeppelin Hindenburg crashes in Lakehurst, New ...
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🎈 Theodor Kober Designs the First Zeppelin

The first Zeppelin is designed by Theodor Kober.⟶
Theodor Kober Designs the First Zeppelin (1900)
AviationTransportationIndustrial Revolution
GermanyGermany

✈️ Wright Brothers Achieve First Sustained Powered Flight

First sustained and controlled heavier-than-air powered flight achieved by an airplane flown at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina by Orville and Wilbur Wright. See Claims to the first powered flight.⟶
Wright Brothers Achieve First Sustained Powered Flight (1903)
AviationFlightTransportation
United StatesUnited States

✈️ Lindbergh's First Nonstop Flight from New York to Paris

May 20 – 21: Charles Lindbergh performs the first nonstop flight from New York City to Paris; becomes a world hero.⟶
Lindbergh's First Nonstop Flight from New York to Paris (1927)
AviationTransportationCommunicationGlobal Impact
United StatesUnited StatesFranceFrance

💥 Hindenburg Airship Disaster

May 6: German zeppelin Hindenburg crashes in Lakehurst, New Jersey, ending the airship era.⟶
Hindenburg Airship Disaster (1937)
AviationDisasterInterwar PeriodCommercial AviationTransportation
United StatesUnited StatesGermanyGermany

✈️ Boeing 707 Makes Maiden Flight

December 20: First flight of the Boeing 707.⟶
Boeing 707 Makes Maiden Flight (1957)
AviationCommercial AviationJet AgeAir TravelTransportation
United StatesUnited States

🤖 Joseph Weizenbaum Develops the ELIZA Chatbot

Joseph Weizenbaum, a German computer scientist at MIT, completes ELIZA, the first chatbot.⟶
Joseph Weizenbaum Develops the ELIZA Chatbot (1966)
Artificial IntelligenceComputer ScienceNatural Language ProcessingSoftware Development
United StatesUnited StatesGermanyGermany