Gold records were originally presented to artists by their own label, primarily as a form of self-congratulatory publicity.
3rd September 1783: Treaty of Paris ends the American Revolutionary War
3rd September 2017
German pop duo Milli Vanilli were stripped of the Grammy Award for Best New Artist after it emerged that they did not sing any of the vocals on their debut album.
19th January 1915: Zeppelins bomb Great Yarmouth and Kings Lynn
19th January 2019
18th January 1919: The Paris Peace Conference begins
18th January 2019
17th January 1991: Gulf War combat begins with Operation Desert Storm
17th January 2019
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2017