Mattel’s iconic Barbie doll made its debut at New York Toy Fair.
21st November 1974: The Birmingham pub bombings kill 21 people and injure 182
21st November 2020
On the 5th September 1698, Tsar Peter I of Russia – otherwise known as Peter the Great – imposed a tax on beards.
The bikini swimsuit was introduced for the first time, four days after an atomic test at the Bikini Atoll.
On the 20th May 1873, Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis secured the patent for riveted blue jeans.
10th April 1858: The ‘Big Ben’ bell cast in Whitechapel
10th April 2021
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
9th November 2019