1908: The Imperial All-Russia Aero Club is founded and raises money through public subscription by imperial decree.

1920: President Woodrow Wilson appoints Orville Wright to the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA).

1959: The first jet passenger service across the United States is begun by American Airlines using Boeing 707 jet airliners.

1964: Unmanned Apollo 1 Saturn launcher test attains Earth orbit.

1976: Zeiss planetarium in Hague destroyed by fire.

1984: Space Shuttle 41-B (STS-11) Challenger launched.

2005: Nonstop flights between mainland China and Taiwan take off for the first time since 1949.

2016: First flight of the Boeing 737-8 MAX