The Battle of the Coral Sea, the first naval battle in which the participating ships never came in sight of each other, ended.
12th October 1915: British nurse Edith Cavell was executed by a German firing squad
12th October 2018
The Canadian Corps successfully captured Vimy Ridge in the First World War.
On the 14th January 1943, the Casablanca Conference began in Morocco.
On the 1st January 1942, the Declaration by the United Nations was agreed and signed by the representatives of four major Allied nations during the Second World War.
31st October 1517: Martin Luther reputedely posts his 95 Theses
31st October 2020
30th October 1961: The Tsar Bomba detonated by the USSR
30th October 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