[[19th Century|1897]] - [[Physics|Physicist]] John Cockcroft is born. He, alongside [[October 06|Ernest Walton]], won the Nobel Prize in [[1951]] for [[Nuclear Fission|splitting the atom]]. <br>
[[1919]] - The first trans-Atlantic flight (from Newfoundland to Lisbon) is completed by US Navy ''NC-4'' aircraft. <br>
[[1897]] - [[Physics|Physicist]] John Cockcroft is born. He, alongside [[October 06|Ernest Walton]], won the Nobel Prize in [[1951]] for [[Nuclear Fission|splitting the atom]]. <br>