On the 6th February 1958, British European Airways flight 609 crashed at Munich-Riem Airport while carrying the Manchester United football team, supporters and journalists.
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2020
Attended by the “Big Three” Allied leaders, the conference saw United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin meet to discuss the government of post-war Europe.
The first instalment of Robert Baden-Powell’s Scouting for Boys triggered the Boy Scout movement.
The Paris Peace Conference convened to establish the terms of the peace after the First World War.
On the 1st January 1942, the Declaration by the United Nations was agreed and signed by the representatives of four major Allied nations during the Second World War.
The Christmas Truce saw soldiers on the First World War’s Western Front take part in a series of unofficial ceasefires.
Shortly after 8am on the 16th December 1914, the German Imperial Navy attacked the British seaside towns of Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby.
Approximately six hours after Germany’s declaration of war, the United States declared war on Germany.
Cannons fired as the British departed, acting as a signal for General George Washington to ride into the city with Governor George Clinton.
21 people were killed and 182 were injured in the Birmingham pub bombings.
14th October 1962: U-2 spy plane captures images of Cuban missile sites
14th October 2020
3rd November 1534: English Parliament passes the Act of Supremacy
3rd November 2018
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