Elvis Presley appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show, the USA’s most popular television show, for the first time.
21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow
21st June 2019
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.
The broadcast included performances of Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci featuring acclaimed Italian tenor Enrico Caruso.
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.
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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