Massachusetts Governor Elbridge Gerry signed a bill that redrew electoral boundaries in the first example of ‘gerrymandering’.
21st January 1981: First DeLorean sports car produced (famous as the ‘Back to the Future’ car)
21st January 2018
Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected for an unprecedented third term as President of the United States.
The first United States presidential debate took place between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon.
Every New Zealand woman over the age of 21 was able to vote in the world’s first general election in a self-governing colony.
Abraham Lincoln was elected barely five months before the outbreak of the American Civil War, and was assassinated less than a month before its end.
14th October 1066: Battle of Hastings fought on Senlac Hill
14th October 2019
13th October 1792: Cornerstone laid for the White House
13th October 2019
12th October 1810: First Oktoberfest held in Munich
12th October 2019
11th October 1975: Saturday Night Live is broadcast for the first time
11th October 2019
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2017