The International Olympic Committee was founded at the Sorbonne in Paris.
15th June 1859: The Pig War begins between the USA and Britain
15th June 2020
On the 29th May 1453 the troops of the Ottoman Empire under Sultan Mehmed II successfully took control of Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire.
On the 17th May 1902, an ancient analogue computer known as the Antikythera mechanism was first identified by Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais.
On the 6th April 1896, the first modern Olympic Games opened in Athens.
The Peloponnesian League, led by Sparta, defeated Athens in the Peloponnesian War.
7th August 1964: Gulf of Tonkin Resolution passed by US Congress
7th August 2020
6th August 1945: The USA drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima
6th August 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