The United States entered the First World War after Congress declared war on the German Empire.
21st November 1974: The Birmingham pub bombings kill 21 people and injure 182
21st November 2020
The Nazi Party founded a paramilitary organisation that became the Schutzstaffel, better known as the SS.
While flying over France, the formations experienced high winds that blew them dramatically off course.
On the 24th March 1721, German composer Johann Sebastian Bach dedicated what were to become known as the Brandenburg Concertos to Margrave Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg-Schwedt, the younger brother of King Frederick I of Prussia.
The German ocean liner SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse became the first vessel to transmit a ship-to-shore wireless message.
On the 22nd February 1943, the first three members of the White Rose resistance group were put on trial and executed by guillotine in Germany.
On the 6th February 1958, British European Airways flight 609 crashed at Munich-Riem Airport while carrying the Manchester United football team, supporters and journalists.
Attended by the “Big Three” Allied leaders, the conference saw United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin meet to discuss the government of post-war Europe.
On the 15th January 1919, Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht were killed by members of the Freikorps.
The Christmas Truce saw soldiers on the First World War’s Western Front take part in a series of unofficial ceasefires.
12th April 1945: Harry Truman becomes president of the USA
12th April 2021
10th April 1858: The ‘Big Ben’ bell cast in Whitechapel
10th 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