The crew of the Apollo 17 spacecraft took the iconic Blue Marble photograph of the earth.
22nd November 1718: The pirate Blackbeard killed by sailors under Robert Maynard
22nd November 2017
21st January 1793: Louis XVI executed for high treason
21st January 2019
19th January 1915: Zeppelins bomb Great Yarmouth and Kings Lynn
19th January 2019
18th January 1919: The Paris Peace Conference begins
18th January 2019
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2017