The Globe Theatre in London burned to the ground during a performance of Henry VIII.
11th March 1702: First edition of the Daily Courant, the first daily English-language newspaper
11th March 2019
The International Olympic Committee was founded at the Sorbonne in Paris.
Authorities in the Californian city of Santa Cruz banned rock and roll music at public gatherings.
On 15th May 1928, the first animated cartoon to feature Mickey and Minnie Mouse was shown to a theatre audience.
West Germany’s Federal Archives revealed that forensic tests proved the Hitler Diaries were forgeries.
On the 1st May 1952, Mr Potato Head first went on sale.
On the 23rd April 1985 the Coca-Cola Company introduced “the new taste of Coca-Cola”, when they replaced the original Coca-Cola formula with a new version.
On 15th April 1755, Samuel Johnson published “A Dictionary of the English Language” in London.
Times Square in New York was given its name shortly after the offices of The New York Times moved to the area.
Put on for an audience of 200 invited attendees at the “Society for the Development of the National Industry”, the reaction to the moving black-and-white pictures caught the brothers by surprise.
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018