The sky above history's greatest moments

Wright Brothers' First Flight

December 17, 1903

Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, USA

Yuri Gagarin – First Human in Space

April 12, 1961

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

Moon Landing

July 20, 1969

Sea of Tranquility, Moon

Concorde's First Flight

March 2, 1969

Toulouse-Blagnac, France

Hubble Space Telescope Launch

April 24, 1990

Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA

Fall of Constantinople

May 29, 1453

Constantinople (Istanbul)

Armistice Day – November 11, 1918

November 11, 1918

Paris, France

D-Day — Normandy Landings

June 6, 1944

Omaha Beach, Normandy, France

Liberation of Paris

August 25, 1944

Paris, France

VE Day – May 8, 1945

May 8, 1945

Paris, France

Storming of the Bastille

July 14, 1789

Bastille, Paris, France

Coronation of Napoleon

December 2, 1804

Notre-Dame Cathedral, Paris, France

Abolition of Slavery in France

April 27, 1848

Paris, France

Treaty of Versailles

June 28, 1919

Palace of Versailles, France

Women's Suffrage in France

April 21, 1944

Paris, France

"I Have a Dream" – Martin Luther King

August 28, 1963

Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C., United States

Fall of the Berlin Wall

November 9, 1989

Brandenburg Gate, Berlin

Release of Nelson Mandela

February 11, 1990

Cape Town, South Africa

Inauguration of Barack Obama

January 20, 2009

Capitol, Washington D.C., United States

Columbus Discovers the New World

October 12, 1492

San Salvador, Bahamas

Eiffel Tower Inauguration

March 31, 1889

Champ de Mars, Paris, France

First Cinema Screening

December 28, 1895

Salon Indien, Grand Café, Paris, France

Sinking of the Titanic

April 15, 1912

North Atlantic, 41°43′N 49°56′W

Woodstock Festival

August 15, 1969

Bethel, New York, United States

Live Aid Concert

July 13, 1985

Wembley Stadium, London, United Kingdom

Royal Wedding of William and Kate

April 29, 2011

Westminster Abbey, London

Paris 1900 Olympic Games

July 14, 1900

Paris, France

First Tour de France

July 19, 1903

Parc des Princes, Paris, France

Hand of God — Maradona

June 22, 1986

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

1998 World Cup Final

July 12, 1998

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

UEFA Euro 2024 Final

July 14, 2024

Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany

Einstein Publishes Special Relativity

June 30, 1905

Bern, Switzerland

Discovery of Penicillin

September 28, 1928

St Mary's Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Channel Tunnel Opening

May 6, 1994

Folkestone/Calais, English Channel

First iPhone Launch

June 29, 2007

San Francisco, California