This Day in History - The Hindenberg Disaster

Hindenburg disaster: 6 May 1937 - This Day in History
On this day in 1937, while landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, on its first transatlantic crossing of the year, the German dirigible Hindenburg burst into flames and was destroyed, killing 36 of the 97 persons aboard.

Also today:

1840: The “penny black” stamp, issued in Great Britain, went into circulation as the first prepaid postage stamp in history.

1915: American motion-picture actor and director Orson Welles was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

1931: American baseball star Willie Mays was born in Westfield, Alabama.

1954: Roger Bannister of Britain became the first athlete to run a mile in less than four minutes.

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