Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Đức burned himself to death at a busy crossroads in Saigon.
2nd July 1881: American President James A. Garfield shot by Charles J. Guiteau
2nd July 2017
The world’s earliest dated printed book, a copy of the Diamond Sutra, was created in China.
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2017