Prior to the adoption of universally accepted time zones, the vast majority of settlements around the world observed local mean solar time.
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15th June 1859: The Pig War begins between the USA and Britain
15th June 2020
2nd November 2019
2nd November 1868: New Zealand becomes the first country to use standardised time
9th August 1974: Richard Nixon resigns as President of the USA
9th August 2020
7th August 1964: Gulf of Tonkin Resolution passed by US Congress
7th August 2020
6th August 1945: The USA drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima
6th August 2020
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2019
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018