United States President Woodrow Wilson suffered a stroke that left him paralyzed on his left-hand side.
21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow
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The Chinese Communists in the People’s Liberation Army had been fighting the second stage of a long and costly civil war against the Nationalist forces of Chiang Kai-shek, known as the Kuomintang, since shortly after the end of the Second World War.
Radio 1’s target demographic was, and has continued to be, the 15-29 year old age group which means the music it broadcasts has evolved throughout the station’s history.
Seen by many as the ultimate act of failed appeasement, the Munich Agreement was tabled on 29 September and signed in the early hours of the next day.
Fleming found that a petri dish containing staphylococci bacteria had been contaminated with an unidentified fungus. The bacteria around the fungus had been destroyed, whereas bacteria that were further away survived.
The Model T was enormously successful, and at one point half of all automobiles on the road were not just Ford cars but Model Ts.
The first United States presidential debate took place between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon.
Balboa’s journey involved battling with native tribes and forging a way through thick jungle, before reaching the mountain range along the Chucunaque River from where he first saw the Pacific Ocean on the morning of 25 September.
The Judiciary Act was passed by the United States Congress and signed into law by President George Washington.
The first recorded naval battle featuring artillery took place in the first naval engagement of the Hundred Years’ War.
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9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
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1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
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