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24th July 1927: Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing is unveiled

24th July 2022
Tagged as: Belgium, Britain, Commonwealth, First World War, France, Memorial

On the 24^th July 1927, the Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing was unveiled in the Belgian city of Ypres.

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22nd June 1948: MV Empire Windrush arrives at Tilbury Docks in London from Jamaica

22nd June 2022
Tagged as: Britain, British Empire, Commonwealth, Empire, Jamaica, London, Nationalism, Race

MV Empire Windrush arrived at Tilbury Docks in London carrying 492 West Indian immigrants.

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12th December 1963: Kenya gains independence from the United Kingdom

12th December 2021
Tagged as: Africa, Britain, British Empire, Commonwealth, Imperialism, Independence, Kenya, Mau Mau, United Kingdom

Kenya had been under British rule since the 19th Century, and since becoming a colony in 1920 African demands for a greater role in politics had grown.

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24th July 1927: Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing is unveiled

22nd June 1948: MV Empire Windrush arrives at Tilbury Docks in London from Jamaica

12th December 1963: Kenya gains independence from the United Kingdom

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21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow

HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

5th December 1848: President James K. Polk sparks the California Gold Rush as a result of his State of the Union Address

4th December 1971: A fire during a concert at the Montreux Casino inspires the song “Smoke on the Water” by Deep Purple

3rd December 1775: The first national US Grand Union Flag flown for the first time on the ship ‘Alfred’

2nd December 1805: The Battle of Austerlitz sees Napoleon Bonaparte’s Grande Armée defeat Russia and Austria

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

8th July 1932: Dow Jones falls to lowest point in the Great Depression

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