In response to Soviet military intervention in Afghanistan, Jimmy Carter brought the period of détente to an end.
6th November 1860: Abraham Lincoln elected as the 16th President of the USA
6th November 2017
On the 4th November 1979, the Iran hostage crisis began when a group of Iranian students from a group called the Muslim Student Followers of the Imam’s Line stormed the American Embassy in Tehran.
On the 17th September 1978 the Camp David Accords, which led to the first ever peace treaty between Israel and an Arab state, were signed by Egyptian President Anwar El Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin.
13th September 1501: Michelangelo begins work on his statue of David
13th September 2019
12th September 1919: Hitler joins the German Workers Party
12th September 2019
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2017
