Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Đức burned himself to death at a busy crossroads in Saigon.
8th May 1942: The Battle of the Coral Sea ends during the War in the Pacific
8th May 2020
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 2019
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018