Massachusetts Governor Elbridge Gerry signed a bill that redrew electoral boundaries in the first example of ‘gerrymandering’.
28th June 1880: Australian outlaw Ned Kelly arrested following a violent shoot out
28th June 2017
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.
19th February 1985: BBC broadcasts first episode of EastEnders
19th February 2019
18th February 1930: Elm Farm Ollie becomes the first cow to fly
18th February 2019
17th February 1864: An enemy ship sunk by submarine for the first time
17th February 2019
16th February 1923: Howard Carter unseals Tutankhamun’s burial chamber
16th February 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