The ship’s insurers refused to pay out for the deaths of the slaves and the ensuing court cases found that the killing of slaves was legal in some situations.
21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow
21st June 2019
21 people were killed and 182 were injured in the Birmingham pub bombings.
The worst fire in the history of the London Underground killed 31 people at Kings Cross St Pancras station.
Thatcher became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom following the General Election of 1979 but by the late 1980s her popularity, along with that of her party, was plummeting.
On the 11th November 1918, fighting on the First World War’s Western Front ended when representatives from the Allies and Germany signed the Armistice of Compiègne.
The Sex Pistols supported pub rock band Bazooka Joe and played a few cover songs on equipment borrowed from the headliners, but the plug was pulled after twenty minutes.
Prior to the adoption of universally accepted time zones, the vast majority of settlements around the world observed local mean solar time.
The Prospero satellite was launched, making it the first and only British satellite to be launched using a British rocket.
At 9.15am on the 21st October 1966, 116 children and 28 adults were killed when a colliery spoil tip above the Welsh village of Aberfan collapsed.
The new broadcasting company was a consortium of the UK’s leading radio manufacturers, and was jointly funded through a royalty on the sale of radio sets sold by the member producers and a license fee.
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11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2022
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2022
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2019