A U-2 spy plane captured images of the construction of a missile site on Cuba, triggering the Cuban Missile Crisis.
18th October 1565: European and Japanese naval forces fight for the first time
18th October 2018
On the 9th October 1967 the Marxist revolutionary icon, Ernesto “Che” Guevara was executed in Bolivia after being caught by CIA-assisted forces during his attempt to provoke a revolution.
On the 9th March 1841, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that captive Africans who had seized control of the Amistad ship had been taken into slavery illegally and were therefore free under American law.
At 9:00 am on the 28th October 1962, the Cuban Missile Crisis ended when Soviet Premier Khrushchev agreed to remove Russian nuclear missiles from the island of Cuba.
The Bay of Pigs Invasion was launched by the CIA-sponsored paramilitary group Brigade 2506.
On the 3rd January 1961, the United States of America severed its diplomatic relationship with Cuba and closed the American embassy in Havana.
4th December 1956: Million Dollar Quartet record at Sun Studios
4th December 2020
2nd December 1804: Napoleon crowns himelf Emperor of the French
2nd December 2020
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2020
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2019