In response to Soviet military intervention in Afghanistan, Jimmy Carter brought the period of détente to an end.
30th November 1786: Tuscany becomes the first modern state to abolish the death penalty
30th 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.
17th July 1918: Romanov family shot dead by the Bosheviks
17th July 2019
16th July 622: Start date of the Islamic calendar
16th July 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