On the 4th March 1789, the United States constitution went into effect when the first US Congress met.
21st November 1974: The Birmingham pub bombings kill 21 people and injure 182
21st November 2020
On the 14th November 1990, Margaret Thatcher’s fifteen year leadership of the British Conservative Party was challenged by Michael Heseltine, a former cabinet minister.
The United States apparently gained the nickname ‘Uncle Sam’ when it was featured in a local newspaper article.
On the 9th August 1974, Richard Nixon resigned as President of the United States of America while facing impeachment and the almost certain removal from office due to the Watergate Scandal.
The oldest continuous elected legislative assembly in the New World, the House of Burgesses in Virginia, convened for the first time.
On the 2nd July 1964, American President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act into law at the White House.
On the 20th June 1789 at Versailles in France, the National Assembly swore the Tennis Court Oath in which they vowed not to separate until a written constitution had been established for the country.
On the 27th May 1199 King John was crowned at Westminster Abbey.
On 5th May 1260, Kublai Khan was declared Emperor of the Mongolian Empire.
On the 13th March 1881, Tsar Alexander II of Russia was assassinated in a St Petersburg street by a member of the People’s Will revolutionary movement.
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