First liquid-fuelled rocket launch

First liquid-fuelled rocket launch
Who
Unknown
What
1926/03/16 first
Where
United States (Auburn,Massachusetts)
The earliest launch of a liquid-fuelled rocket (patented 14 Jul 1914) was by Dr Robert Hutchings Goddard (1882-1945) of the USA, at Auburn, Massachusetts, USA on 16 Mar 1926, when his rocket reached an altitude of 12.5m 41ft and travelled a distance of 56m 184ft.