In response to Soviet military intervention in Afghanistan, Jimmy Carter brought the period of détente to an end.
21st November 1974: The Birmingham pub bombings kill 21 people and injure 182
21st November 2020
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 April 1919: British troops commit the Amritsar Massacre
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12th April 1945: Harry Truman becomes president of the USA
12th April 2021
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2020
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
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9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2019