On the 4th June 1913, suffragette Emily Wilding Davison was hit by King George V’s racehorse at the Epsom Derby after she stepped onto the track.
18th October 1565: European and Japanese naval forces fight for the first time
18th October 2018
The racehorse Red Rum won an historic third Grand National at Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool.
4th December 1956: Million Dollar Quartet record at Sun Studios
4th December 2020
2nd December 1804: Napoleon crowns himelf Emperor of the French
2nd December 2020
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