The Battle of the Coral Sea, the first naval battle in which the participating ships never came in sight of each other, ended.
15th June 1859: The Pig War begins between the USA and Britain
15th June 2020
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.
7th August 1964: Gulf of Tonkin Resolution passed by US Congress
7th August 2020
6th August 1945: The USA drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima
6th August 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