On the 2nd January 1981, serial killer Peter Sutcliffe – otherwise known as the Yorkshire Ripper – was arrested by police.
20th July 1807: The world’s first internal combustion engine is patented in France
20th July 2019
Giacomo Matteotti, an Italian socialist politician, was kidnapped and then murdered by members of the Fascist party.
On the 10th May 1941 Deputy Fuhrer of the German Party, Rudolf Hess, flew from Germany to Scotland on a mission to strike a peace deal with the British government.
Colonel Thomas Blood attempted to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London.
On the 4th May 1932, Al Capone began life as a convict in Atlanta Federal Penitentiary.
On the 14th March 1950, the FBI launched its list of Ten Most Wanted Fugitives.
On the 30th August 1918, Bolshevik leader Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov – better known as Lenin – was the victim of a failed assassination plot.
Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre on the 21st August 1911.
The last execution at the Tower of London took place on the 15th August 1941. Josef Jakobs was a German spy who was arrested after he signalled for help after breaking his ankle when he parachuted into Britain.
Find out more at http://www.josefjakobs.info/
On the 9th August 1974, Richard Nixon resigned as President of the United States of America while facing impeachment and the almost certain removal from office due to the Watergate Scandal.
24th January 41 CE: Emperor Caligula killed by the Praetorian Guard
24th January 2020
22nd January 1905: Bloody Sunday massacre in Saint Petersburg
22nd January 2020
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018