1799 – Napoleon Bonaparte becomes dictator (1st consul) of France

1904 – 1st airplane flight to last more than 5 minutes

1967 – 1st unmanned Saturn V flight to test Apollo 4 reentry module

1967 – Surveyor 6 soft lands on Moon

1967 – The unmanned Saturn V rocket is launched on its first successful test flight into Earth orbit

1989 – East Berlin opens its borders, German wall falls