https://timey.org/tags/hindenburg/ Recent content in Hindenburg on Timey.org Hugo en-us Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://timey.org/this-day-in-history-may-6/ Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://timey.org/this-day-in-history-may-6/ May 6 has a way of producing events that mark the end of one era and the reluctant beginning of another. 1937 — The Hindenburg Burns at Lakehurst At 7:25 p.m. on May 6, 1937, the German airship Hindenburg caught fire while attempting to dock at Naval Air Station Lakehurst, New Jersey. The hydrogen-filled zeppelin was on its first transatlantic crossing of the season. It had crossed from Frankfurt in just under three days.