The broadcast included performances of Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci featuring acclaimed Italian tenor Enrico Caruso.
29th July 1588: Decisive Battle of Gravelines during the Spanish Armada
29th July 2018
It has since been adapted into numerous formats and is still printed in more than 40 countries.
On the 6th November 1975, the Sex Pistols played their first gig at St. Martin’s College of Art in London.
Washington’s face was the first to be completed, seven years after work began. In July 1939 Roosevelt was the final likeness to be dedicated.
On the 19th September 1970 the first Glastonbury Festival took place at Worthy Farm in Somerset.
Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre on the 21st August 1911.
On the 16th September 1978, filming began on Monty Python’s Life of Brian.
Michelangelo’s David is considered to be one of the greatest examples of Renaissance sculpture.
Elvis Presley appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show, the USA’s most popular television show, for the first time.
The Louvre museum in Paris opened to the public in the former palace of the French royal family.
10th September 1991: Nirvana release ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’
10th September 2020
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2020
19th January 1920: Foundation of the American Civil Liberties Union
19th January 2021
18th January 1919: The Paris Peace Conference begins
18th January 2021
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2020
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2019