In response to Soviet military intervention in Afghanistan, Jimmy Carter brought the period of détente to an end.
22nd November 1718: The pirate Blackbeard killed by sailors under Robert Maynard
22nd November 2017
The Battle of the Baggage saw the defeat of an army from the powerful Umayyad Caliphate by Turgesh forces.
Dr William Brydon of the British East India Company Army was the only survivor of an army of 4,500 men and 12,000 camp followers to reach safety at Jalalabad in Afghanistan.
23rd January 1556: Most destructive earthquake on record in Shaanxi
23rd January 2019
22nd January 1808: Portuguese royal court relocates to Brazil
22nd January 2019
21st January 1793: Louis XVI executed for high treason
21st January 2019
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2017