Traffic was stopped on the B507 road in London so The Beatles could pose for their iconic Abbey Road album cover.
21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow
21st June 2019
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution granted powers to President Johnson to use American military force to assist countries in Southeast Asia that were facing so-called ‘communist aggression’.
The bomb exploded 1,900 feet above Hiroshima as planned, with the equivalent to 16 kilotons of TNT. Virtually all buildings within a mile of the blast were flattened.
Scottish independence leader Sir William Wallace was captured by English forces at Robroyston near Glasgow.
Sparkling wine was a problem for Dom Pérignon and his contemporaries because the build-up of carbon dioxide from a secondary fermentation inside the bottle could cause it to explode without warning.
Palos de la Frontera holds the official title as the starting point of Columbus’ transatlantic voyage.
Hannibal’s army inflicted a devastating defeat on the numerically superior Roman army at the Battle of Cannae.
George, Elector of Hanover, became King George I of Great Britain.
In December 1969 the Admiralty Board, which meets in order to administer the Royal Navy, published a written statement that said issuing rum was ‘no longer compatible with the high standards of efficiency required’ and the daily ration was stopped the following year.
La Marseillaise was composed by a French army officer and was originally called the ‘War Song for the Army of the Rhine’ with the aim of rallying soldiers fighting in Strasbourg during the French Revolutionary Wars.
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11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
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11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2020
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2019