On the 10th December 1901, the first Nobel Prizes were awarded in Chemistry, Literature, Peace, Physics, and Physiology or Medicine.
22nd November 1718: The pirate Blackbeard killed by sailors under Robert Maynard
22nd November 2017
21 people were killed and 182 were injured in the Birmingham pub bombings.
The Tsar Bomba, the most powerful explosive weapon ever created, was detonated by the USSR.
Archibald Brown was murdered by his son, who placed an anti-tank grenade under the seat of his bath chair.
On the 28th January 1986, the NASA Space Shuttle orbiter Challenger broke apart 73 seconds after it lifted off from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida.
The Brunner Mond chemical factory had been built in 1893 to manufacture caustic soda and soda crystals.
On the 6th May 1937, the German passenger airship LZ 129 Hindenburg experienced a mid-air explosion at Lakehurst, New Jersey and was engulfed in flames in just 32 seconds.
23rd January 1556: Most destructive earthquake on record in Shaanxi
23rd January 2019
22nd January 1808: Portuguese royal court relocates to Brazil
22nd January 2019
21st January 1793: Louis XVI executed for high treason
21st January 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