On the 27th March 1963, Chairman of the British Transport Commission Dr Richard Beeching published his report entitled The Reshaping of British Railways.
11th October 1975: Saturday Night Live is broadcast for the first time
11th October 2019
By the start of the 17th century merchants from the Dutch Republic had begun to undertake voyages to the ‘Spice Islands’ of the Indian Ocean.
The economic bubble that is also referred to as the ‘dot-com boom’ was the result of investors speculatively pouring money into the numerous internet companies that were founded in the mid- to late-1990s.
Vladimir Lenin introduced the New Economic Policy at the 10th Communist Party Congress.
On the 16th November 1945, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation – otherwise known as UNESCO – was founded.
6th April 1896: The first modern Olympic Games take place
6th April 2020
5th April 1621: The Mayflower returns to England
5th April 2020
3rd April 1882: Outlaw Jesse James shot by Robert Ford
3rd April 2020
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018
