A Charlie Brown Christmas went on to win both a Peabody Award and the Emmy Award for Outstanding Children’s Program.
21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow
21st June 2019
An Unearthly Child was the first of a four-part serial that saw actor William Hartnell take the role of the time-travelling Doctor Who.
Within two decades, Edison’s invention of the phonograph had spawned an entire industry built around the recording, distribution and sale of sound recordings.
The public saw the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel for the first time when Pope Julius II celebrated All Saints Day mass.
Announcements were made before, during and after the radio broadcast that the events in War of the Worlds were fictitious, but it was clear that these warnings went unheeded by many.
Elvis Presley appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show, the USA’s most popular television show, for the first time.
On the 19th June 1978, the Garfield comic strip was first published.
On the 17th June 1885, the Statue of Liberty arrived in New York Harbour on board the French steam ship Isère.
On the 30th March 1939, Batman made his first appearance when Detective Comics #27 went on sale.
Despite a reward of $10 million, and extensive investigations by the FBI, none of the works have ever been recovered and nobody has ever been arrested for the robbery.
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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