On the 9th December 1965, American television network CBS first broadcast the animated cartoon A Charlie Brown Christmas.
20th July 1807: The world’s first internal combustion engine is patented in France
20th July 2019
On the 23rd November 1963, the first ever episode of cult science fiction television show Doctor Who was broadcast by the BBC.
On the 19th February 1985, the BBC’s flagship soap opera EastEnders was broadcast for the first time.
On the 23rd September 1974, the world’s first teletext service went live when the BBC began transmitting its Ceefax service.
On the 5th February 1924 the BBC ‘pips’ were broadcast for the first time.
24th January 41 CE: Emperor Caligula killed by the Praetorian Guard
24th January 2020
22nd January 1905: Bloody Sunday massacre in Saint Petersburg
22nd January 2020
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018