In a program that won broad support, America committed to providing $400 million in assistance to Greece and Turkey.
3rd February 1961: Operation Looking Glass begins its 29-year Cold War flight above the USA
3rd February 2021
The International Olympic Committee was founded at the Sorbonne in Paris.
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.
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