The explosion wiped out services for thousands of residents, while the stench from the open sewers was unbearable.
21st November 1974: The Birmingham pub bombings kill 21 people and injure 182
21st November 2020
On the 27th September 1908, the first Model T Ford automobile rolled out of the Piquette Avenue factory in Detroit.
The Brunner Mond chemical factory had been built in 1893 to manufacture caustic soda and soda crystals.
10th April 1858: The ‘Big Ben’ bell cast in Whitechapel
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8th April 1904: France and Britain sign the Entente Cordiale
8th April 2021
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2020
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
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