60 competitors began the race at Montgeron, south of Paris, of whom 39 were private entrants.
21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow
21st June 2019
The Globe Theatre in London burned to the ground during a performance of Henry VIII.
Authorities in the Californian city of Santa Cruz banned rock and roll music at public gatherings.
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band won four Grammy Awards following its release and is widely regarded as one of the most influential albums ever recorded.
The Jaffna Public Library in Sri Lanka was burnt down during a violent rampage by an organised mob of ethnic Sinhalese.
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
Although not the first ever vampire novel, Dracula was enormously influential in defining modern ideas of vampires, and for forever associating them with Romania.
On 15th May 1928, the first animated cartoon to feature Mickey and Minnie Mouse was shown to a theatre audience.
Ranked as the 259th most powerful computer in the world, Deep Blue was able to evaluate 200 million separate chess positions per second.
West Germany’s Federal Archives revealed that forensic tests proved the Hitler Diaries were forgeries.
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11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2020
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2020
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2019
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
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