The broadcast included performances of Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci featuring acclaimed Italian tenor Enrico Caruso.
21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow
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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.
On the 1st June 1967, the Beatles released Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, their 8th studio album.
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.
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11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
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9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
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1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
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