The worst fire in the history of the London Underground killed 31 people at Kings Cross St Pancras station.
21st July 1925: ‘Monkey Trial’ finds John T. Scopes guilty of teaching evolution
21st July 2018
Beginning at a bakery in Pudding Lane, the catastrophic fire blazed for more than three days and destroyed over 13,000 houses, churches and government buildings.
The 999 service was launched in London on 30 June 1937, and initially covered a 12 mile radius from Oxford Street.
The Jaffna Public Library in Sri Lanka was burnt down during a violent rampage by an organised mob of ethnic Sinhalese.
Charles VI of France danced in the Bal des Ardents in which four people died after their costumes caught fire.
The Globe Theatre in London burned to the ground during a performance of Henry VIII.
18th January 1871: Wilhelm I declared German Emperor
18th January 2020
16th January 27 BCE: Octavian becomes Augustus, Roman Emperor
16th January 2020
15th January 1919: Great Molasses Flood kills 21 people in Boston
15th January 2020
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018