Thursday the 24th October 1929, known as Black Thursday, is generally accepted as the first day of the Wall Street Crash.
4th September 1882: Thomas Edison opens the world’s first power plant on Pearl Street in New York
4th September 2018
The closure of Palmer’s Shipyard was a devastating blow to the people of Jarrow, where unemployment had hit 70%.
On the 26th September 1923, German Chancellor Gustav Stresemann ended passive resistance in the Ruhr and resumed the payment of First World War reparations.
Alexander Hamilton was made the first United States Secretary of the Treasury by President George Washington.
On the 21st July 1970, construction was completed on the Aswan High Dam in Egypt.
Duke Wilhelm IV of Bavaria signed the Reinheitsgebot, a law to ensure the purity of beer that specified a limited number of ingredients.
On the 11th January 1923, French and Belgian troops marched into Germany and occupied the industrial Ruhr area.
On the 9th January 1799, modern income tax was introduced for the first time. William Pitt the Younger, the British Prime Minister, announced the tax the previous December as a way to pay for the wars against France.
On the 23rd October 1739 England declared war on Spain in what became known as the War of Jenkins’ Ear.
On the 19th October 1935, the League of Nations voted to impose sanctions on Italy after it invaded Abyssinia.
7th December 1941: Attack on Pearl Harbor
7th December 2019
5th December 1934: Wal-Wal Incident between Italy and Abyssinia
5th December 2019
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018