The DeLorean DMC-12 sports car was later used as the time machine in Back to the Future.
21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow
21st June 2019
U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower apologised to Ghanaian finance minister Komla Agbeli Gbedemah after he was refused service in a Delaware restaurant.
The closure of Palmer’s Shipyard was a devastating blow to the people of Jarrow, where unemployment had hit 70%.
Peter the Great’s decision to ban beards was unpopular, not only because it was a significant challenge to tradition but also because shaving a beard was interpreted by some Orthodox Christians as being sinful.
On the 8th July 1932, the Dow Jones Industrial Average – a key indicator of the value of America’s biggest companies – fell to its lowest point during the Great Depression that began with the Wall Street Crash.
The EEC, sometimes referred to as the Common Market, survived until 2009 when it was absorbed into the European Union.
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.
The early introduction of three of the six new coins, together with an extensive publicity campaign, contributed greatly to the smoothness of Decimal Day when it finally came about in 1971.
France and the United States signed the first two treaties ever negotiated by the American government, and which formally recognised the independence of the United States.
Although the income tax was abolished in 1802, it was reinstated and repealed another two times before being made permanent.
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11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2022
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2022
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
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