On the 1st October 1928, the Soviet Union introduced Joseph Stalin’s first five-year plan.
22nd November 1718: The pirate Blackbeard killed by sailors under Robert Maynard
22nd November 2017
The industrial revolution, combined with the first of the Enclosure Acts, had seen the earnings of poor farmers plummet.
On the 21st July 1970, construction was completed on the Aswan High Dam in Egypt.
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