Although the scale of panic selling did slow down, the market continued its downward trajectory for over 2 years.
21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow
21st June 2019
Einstein, who was Jewish, was undertaking a visiting professorship at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena when Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor on 30 January 1933.
The White House was built as part of the development of the Federal City – a national capital founded under the terms of the 1790 Residence Act.
President George Washington wrote to Congress, stating that the military was something on which the “honor, safety and well being of our Country so evidently and essentially depend.”
Known as Transatlantic No. 1 or TAT-1, the £120 million system actually consisted of two identical cables to allow transmission in each direction.
The San Francisco Bulletin printed his decree in full, sparking media interest that led to him becoming a celebrity in the city.
On the 14th September 1814, the poem that was to provide the lyrics for the United States’ national anthem was written by 35 year-old Francis Scott Key.
Alexander Hamilton was made the first United States Secretary of the Treasury by President George Washington.
Elvis Presley appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show, the USA’s most popular television show, for the first time.
The Treaty of Paris, which ended the American Revolutionary War, was signed by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America.
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11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2020
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2020
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2019