Famous days, drawn from their real weather and sky
Finals, landings, first steps and first nights since 1940, each drawn from the weather recorded that day and the sky above the place.
- The night man first walked on the Moon · 20 July 1969 · Houston
- The night the Berlin Wall opened · 9 November 1989 · Berlin
- France 3, Brazil 0: the night France won the World Cup · 12 July 1998 · Saint-Denis
- France 4, Croatia 2: France's second World Cup · 15 July 2018 · Moscow
- D-Day: the landings in Normandy · 6 June 1944 · Colleville-sur-Mer
- The day Paris was liberated · 25 August 1944 · Paris
- 8 May 1945: victory in Europe · 8 May 1945 · Paris
- The midnight India became independent · 15 August 1947 · New Delhi
- The first ascent of Everest · 29 May 1953 · Mount Everest
- The coronation of Elizabeth II · 2 June 1953 · London
- The first human in space · 12 April 1961 · Baikonur
- The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show · 9 February 1964 · New York
- England 4, West Germany 2: the 1966 World Cup final · 30 July 1966 · London
- Concorde's first flight · 2 March 1969 · Toulouse
- The first day of Woodstock · 15 August 1969 · Bethel
- 10 May 1981: Mitterrand elected · 10 May 1981 · Paris
- The wedding of Charles and Diana · 29 July 1981 · London
- France 2, Spain 0: France wins Euro 1984 · 27 June 1984 · Paris
- Live Aid at Wembley · 13 July 1985 · London
- The day Nelson Mandela walked free · 11 February 1990 · Paarl
- The night Germany was reunified · 3 October 1990 · Berlin
- The evening the Soviet Union ended · 25 December 1991 · Moscow
- The opening of the Barcelona Olympics · 25 July 1992 · Barcelona
- The opening of the Channel Tunnel · 6 May 1994 · Coquelles
- South Africa wins the 1995 Rugby World Cup · 24 June 1995 · Johannesburg
- The midnight Hong Kong changed hands · 1 July 1997 · Hong Kong
- The first night of the year 2000 · 1 January 2000 · Paris
- France 2, Italy 1: the golden goal of Euro 2000 · 2 July 2000 · Rotterdam
- The night the euro arrived · 1 January 2002 · Paris
- Italy wins the 2006 World Cup final · 9 July 2006 · Berlin
- Election night in Grant Park · 4 November 2008 · Chicago
- Spain wins the 2010 World Cup · 11 July 2010 · Johannesburg
- The wedding of William and Catherine · 29 April 2011 · London
- The opening of the London Olympics · 27 July 2012 · London
- Germany wins the 2014 World Cup at the Maracanã · 13 July 2014 · Rio de Janeiro
- The evening the Paris Agreement was adopted · 12 December 2015 · Le Bourget
- Portugal wins Euro 2016 at the Stade de France · 10 July 2016 · Saint-Denis
- Argentina 3, France 3: the 2022 World Cup final · 18 December 2022 · Lusail
- The coronation of Charles III · 6 May 2023 · London
- The opening of the Paris Olympics on the Seine · 26 July 2024 · Paris