The Siege of Yorktown was the last major land battle of the American Revolutionary War in North America.
26th March 1830: The Book of Mormon first went on sale at E. B. Grandin’s book store
26th March 2020
On the 27th September 1908, the first Model T Ford automobile rolled out of the Piquette Avenue factory in Detroit.
The first United States presidential debate took place between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon.
On the 25th September 1513, Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa became the first European to successfully lead an expedition to the Pacific Ocean from the New World.
The Judiciary Act was passed by the United States Congress and signed into law by President George Washington.
‘The eventual development of this new force by other nations was to be expected. This probability has always been taken into account by us’.
The first edition of the National Geographic Magazine was published by the National Geographic Society.
On the 21st September 1937, J. R. R. Tolkien’s fantasy novel The Hobbit was first published in the United Kingdom.
Female tennis player Billie Jean King beat Bobby Riggs, a former World No. 1 men’s player, in the ‘Battle of the Sexes’.
On the 19th September 1970 the first Glastonbury Festival took place at Worthy Farm in Somerset.
27th September 1908: First Model T Ford produced in Detroit
27th September 2020
26th September 1960: Kennedy and Nixon take part in their first televised debate
26th September 2020
25th September 1513: European ‘discovery’ of the Pacific Ocean
25th September 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