Operation Dynamo, better known as the evacuation of Dunkirk, began.
21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow
21st June 2019
Operation Dynamo, better known as the evacuation of Dunkirk, began.
The secret Sykes-Picot Agreement between Britain and France, formally known as the Asia Minor Agreement, was ratified.
On the 13th May 1787, the eleven ships of the “First Fleet” set sail under Captain Arthur Phillip from Portsmouth, England, to establish a penal colony in Australia.
The Indian Mutiny, also known as the First War of Indian Independence, began in Meerut.
VE Day was declared a public holiday in Britain and was marked with jubilant scenes across the world, much as the end of the First World War had been met with cheers and dancing.
The British ship RMS Lusitania sank after being attacked by the German U-boat U-20 off the coast of Ireland.
The Easter Rising began in Dublin, with the aim of securing an independent Irish Republic.
Johnson’s finished dictionary contained 42,773 words, each of which featured a number of notes on their specific usage.
Troops from the British Indian Army committed the Amritsar Massacre when they opened fire on nonviolent protesters and pilgrims at Jallianwala Bagh.
The bell has chimed the hours almost non-stop since it first rang in July 1859, over a year after the bell itself was cast at the Whitechapel Bell Foundry.
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