On the 19th June 1978, the Garfield comic strip was first published.
25th May 1977: The first Star Wars film is released in cinemas
25th May 2019
On the 17th June 1885, the Statue of Liberty arrived in New York Harbour on board the French steam ship Isère.
On the 1st June 1967, the Beatles released Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, their 8th studio album.
On the 30th March 1939, Batman made his first appearance when Detective Comics #27 went on sale.
On the 6th November 1975, the Sex Pistols played their first gig at St. Martin’s College of Art in London.
The public saw the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel for the first time when Pope Julius II celebrated All Saints Day mass.
On the 5th October 1962, two cultural icons made their first appearance when Dr No – the first of the James Bond series of films – hit cinema screens on the same day as the Beatles released their debut single Love Me Do.
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.
17th July 1918: Romanov family shot dead by the Bosheviks
17th July 2019
16th July 622: Start date of the Islamic calendar
16th July 2019
15th July 1834: The Spanish Inquisition disbanded
15th July 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