On the 13th June 1944 the first German attack on Britain using the V-1 flying bomb, otherwise known as the ‘doodlebug’, took place.
HistoryPod Extra: Centenary of the Representation of the People Act 1918
6th February 2018
US President Ronald Reagan made a speech in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin in which he called on the USSR’s leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, to ‘Tear down this wall!’
On June 11th 1837, the Broad Street Riot broke out in Boston, Massachusetts, between Irish immigrants and existing American citizens known as Yankees.
Alcoholics Anonymous, which operates through local groups that follow a 12-step rehabilitation program to help people overcome alcoholism, is now estimated have around two million members worldwide.
The ‘Final Act’ of the Congress of Vienna was signed on the 9th June 1815, nine days before Napoleon’s final defeat at the Battle of Waterloo.
The missile was fired from the deck of the submarine USS Barbero towards the Naval Auxiliary Air Station in Mayport, Florida, and completed its 700-mile flight in just 22 minutes.
Elvis Presley purchased Graceland for $102,500 in 1957 when he was 22 years old.
Alexis St. Martin, who had been shot in the stomach, was first treated by US Army surgeon William Beaumont who became known as the ‘Father of Gastric Physiology’.
The Marshall Plan provided aid to 16 Western European nations, distributing more than $13 billion of aid over a four year period.
The camels proved themselves to be both fast and strong, easily outperforming the horses and mules that the Army had used up until that point.
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
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1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
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9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2019