Cannons fired as the British departed, acting as a signal for General George Washington to ride into the city with Governor George Clinton.
12th April 1917: The Canadian Corps successfully capture Vimy Ridge
12th April 2020
21 people were killed and 182 were injured in the Birmingham pub bombings.
On the 14th November 1990, Margaret Thatcher’s fifteen year leadership of the British Conservative Party was challenged by Michael Heseltine, a former cabinet minister.
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.
When news of the interception of a neutral ship reached Britain at the end of November, the government responded angrily.
The Prospero satellite was launched, making it the first and only British satellite to be launched using a British rocket.
On the 17th October 1814 eight people were killed when nearly one and a half million litres of beer swept out of London’s Horse Shoe Brewery and formed an alcoholic tidal wave that swept down Tottenham Court Road.
On the 29th September 1938, Adolf Hitler, Neville Chamberlain, Benito Mussolini and Édouard Daladier reached an agreement on the Nazi annexation of the Sudetenland areas of Czechoslovakia.
On the 3rd September 1939, the Second World War officially began when France and the United Kingdom – together with Australia and New Zealand – declared war on Germany.
On the 18th August 1612, the trials of nine Lancashire women and two men known as the Pendle Witches began.
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2020
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2019