The United States apparently gained the nickname ‘Uncle Sam’ when it was featured in a local newspaper article.
26th March 1830: The Book of Mormon first went on sale at E. B. Grandin’s book store
26th March 2020
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.
On the 5th July 1948, healthcare provision in the UK was nationalized when the National Health Service was launched.
On the 7th June 1628, the Petition of Right was approved by King Charles I.
27th September 1908: First Model T Ford produced in Detroit
27th September 2020
26th September 1960: Kennedy and Nixon take part in their first televised debate
26th September 2020
25th September 1513: European ‘discovery’ of the Pacific Ocean
25th September 2020
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2019
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018