Richard and Maurice McDonald opened the first McDonald’s restaurant in San Bernardino, California.
25th December 1914: The Christmas Truce takes place at sections along the Western Front
25th December 2020
The world’s earliest dated printed book, a copy of the Diamond Sutra, was created in China.
The money allowed for the purchase of approximately 3,000 volumes from England that were housed in the north wing of the Capitol building.
An overwhelmingly positive reaction in season one meant that Simpsons shorts were featured in every episode of the next two seasons before being spun off into a standalone half-hour series in 1989.
Tally’s Electric Theatre in Los Angeles proved incredibly popular with the public, and sparked a revolution in cinema history.
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Ninety-six Liverpool Football Club fans died and hundreds more were injured in a crush at Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield.
WrestleMania grossed a reported $12 million and, although reviews of the first event were mixed, it marked the start of the longest-running professional wrestling competition in history.
On the 30th March 1939, Batman made his first appearance when Detective Comics #27 went on sale.
On the 24th March 1721, German composer Johann Sebastian Bach dedicated what were to become known as the Brandenburg Concertos to Margrave Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg-Schwedt, the younger brother of King Frederick I of Prussia.
By the time the concert began at 10pm on 21 March there were thousands of people outside the arena unable to get in who resorted to breaking through the doors.
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