The 999 service was launched in London on 30 June 1937, and initially covered a 12 mile radius from Oxford Street.
4th September 1882: Thomas Edison opens the world’s first power plant on Pearl Street in New York
4th September 2018
The Battle of Bannockburn began on the 23rd June 1314, leading to one of the most important Scottish victories of the First War of Scottish Independence that was fought intermittently from 1296 until 1328.
On the 15th June 1215, Magna Carta – one of the most famous documents in the world – was approved by King John when he added his seal to it in a field at Runnymede near Windsor in England.
The Battle of Naseby, a decisive engagement of the English Civil War, was fought between the Royalist army of King Charles I and the Parliamentarian New Model Army.
Norse raiders attacked the holy island of Lindisfarne off the Northumbrian coast in an event that is generally accepted as the start of the ‘Viking’ period of British history.
On the 7th June 1628, the Petition of Right was approved by King Charles I.
On the 30th May 1431, Joan of Arc was executed by being burned at the stake.
The 22nd May 1455 marked the start of the Wars of the Roses, when the First Battle of St Albans was fought between Richard, Duke of York, and King Henry VI.
The first Formula One World Championship Grand Prix race took place at the Silverstone circuit in England.
Colonel Thomas Blood attempted to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London.
9th December 1965: Charlie Brown Christmas first broadcast
9th December 2019
7th December 1941: Attack on Pearl Harbor
7th December 2019
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018