1862 Auguste Lumière - French photographic pioneer, who with his brother Louis, developed a motion picture camera and projector called Cinématographe, which is where the word “cinema” came from. They made the first film, Lunchbreak at the Lumière Factory, in 1895

I love the way the candlestick, in Beauty & the Beast was named after him.

1977 The supersonic Concorde made its first landing in New York City after 19 months of delays caused by residents concerned about the supersonic aircraft's noise

My aunt Abbey, 80, married George, 80 and he took her on the Concord for a European trip. That must have been the most fantastic honeymoon - well, for 80-year-olds.