In response to Soviet military intervention in Afghanistan, Jimmy Carter brought the period of détente to an end.
10th December 1768: First edition of the Encyclopaedia @Britannica published (Corrected)
10th December 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.
25th September 1956: Inauguration TAT-1, the first transatlantic telephone cable
25th September 2017
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2017