Ishi, believed to be the last surviving member of the indigenous Yahi tribe, emerged from the wilderness in California.
9th November 1918: Wilhelm II abdicates as Kaiser of Germany
9th November 2018
The Salad Bowl Strike, the largest farm worker strike in U.S. history, began in California’s Salinas Valley.
The Hollywood Bowl opened in Bolton Canyon near Los Angeles.
The highest temperature ever recorded on Earth was measured at Furnace Creek in Death Valley, California.
Authorities in the Californian city of Santa Cruz banned rock and roll music at public gatherings.
The Donner Party departed Independence, Missouri on their ill-fated journey to California.
Richard and Maurice McDonald opened the first McDonald’s restaurant in San Bernardino, California.
21st September 1937: The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien is first published
21st September 2020
19th September 1970: The First Glastonbury Festival takes place in Somerset
19th September 2020
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