First Pig to Fly 1909

'I am the first pig to fly.' - November 4th, 1909. The first historically recorded flight of a pig took place on British soil, at Leysdown in Kent on November 4th, 1909. The pig was carried aloft by J.T.C. Moore-Brabazon, later the First Lord Brabazon of Tara, in his personal French-built Voisin aero plane.

German and British Troops Playing Football 1914

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German and British troops forget about the war for a moment and play football in the Christmas Truce of 1914 in WWI