On the 17th June 1885, the Statue of Liberty arrived in New York Harbour on board the French steam ship Isère.
3rd April 1860: The first Pony Express service went into operation
3rd April 2019
US President Ronald Reagan made a speech in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin in which he called on the USSR’s leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, to ‘Tear down this wall!’
The first instalment of the Star Wars film series was released in cinemas in the United States of America.
On the 20th May 1873, Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis secured the patent for riveted blue jeans.
Richard and Maurice McDonald opened the first McDonald’s restaurant in San Bernardino, California.
The British ship RMS Lusitania sank after being attacked by the German U-boat U-20 off the coast of Ireland.
On the 4th May 1932, Al Capone began life as a convict in Atlanta Federal Penitentiary.
France agreed to sell 828,000 square miles of territory that stretched from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains, and which doubled the size of the United States.
On the 20th April 1965, workers began painting skylight windows at the Houston Astrodome to limit glare from the sun.
On the night of 18th April 1775, Paul Revere rode from Charleston to Lexington with his message that “the Regulars are coming!”
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2017