Batman was created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger, and first appeared in a story called ‘The Case of the Chemical Syndicate’ along with Commissioner Gordon.
21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow
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The concertos may have never even been performed because Christian Ludwig didn’t have good enough musicians to play the complex pieces.
Only two tracks on Dylan’s debut album were his own compositions and it failed to hit the Billboard 100. The album sold less than 5,000 copies in its first year and earnt Dylan the nickname ‘Hammond’s Folly’ from record executives.
Andrew Watson’s father, Peter Miller Watson, was the manager of a sugar plantation in British Guiana while his mother was a local woman called Anna (or Hannah) Rose.
The Daily Courant, the first daily English-language newspaper, was published in London.
Mattel’s iconic Barbie doll made its debut at New York Toy Fair.
The Persian poet and philosopher Nasir Khusraw began a seven-year journey through the Islamic world that he recorded in the Safarnama.
The band, whose name has sadly been lost, were auditioning Hendrix to join them but after an exuberant first-set performance opted not to invite him back on stage for the second set.
EastEnders was first broadcast on 19 February 1985 as part of new BBC One controller Michael Grade’s ‘relaunch’ of the channel. The first episode secured an audience of 17 million.
Dominican friar Girolamo Savonarola led the burning of thousands of objects in the Bonfire of the Vanities.
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11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
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11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
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9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
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