On the 27th September 1908, the first Model T Ford automobile rolled out of the Piquette Avenue factory in Detroit.
3rd May 1915: John McCrae composes the war poem ‘In Flanders Fields’
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The first United States presidential debate took place between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon.
On the 25th September 1513, Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa became the first European to successfully lead an expedition to the Pacific Ocean from the New World.
The Judiciary Act was passed by the United States Congress and signed into law by President George Washington.
On the 17th September 1978 the Camp David Accords, which led to the first ever peace treaty between Israel and an Arab state, were signed by Egyptian President Anwar El Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin.
American rock band Nirvana released the critically acclaimed single “Smells Like Teen Spirit”.
On the 9th September 1947, the first computer ‘bug’ was found in the Harvard Mark II electromechanical computer.
Thomas Edison began operating the first permanent commercial electrical power plant in New York.
On the 28th August 1963, American Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his iconic ‘I Have a Dream’ speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC.
On the 9th August 1974, Richard Nixon resigned as President of the United States of America while facing impeachment and the almost certain removal from office due to the Watergate Scandal.
15th October 1923: Rentenmark introduced in Weimar Germany
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14th October 1962: U-2 spy plane captures images of Cuban missile sites
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13th October 54: Emperor Claudius dies in mysterious circumstances
13th October 2018
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
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9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2017