360What happened in 1900?
4 moments from 1900 on 360n60, each told in 60 words or fewer.
- On this day · 2 July 1900
The first Zeppelin airship flies
On 2 July 1900, the first rigid airship built by Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, LZ 1, rose over Lake Constance in Germany, carrying five people for about 18 minutes. Zeppelins later carried passengers across the Atlantic, until the Hindenburg disaster of 1937 ended the airship era.
- 1900 · from The Wright brothers make the first powered flight
First glider tests at Kitty Hawk
- 1900 · from The first modern Olympic Games open in Athens
Women compete for the first time
- 1900 · from The world's first underground railway opens in London
The Paris Métro opens