Christopher Columbus used knowledge of a forthcoming lunar eclipse to fool Jamaican natives into providing his stranded crew with provisions.
6th September 1522: Victoria becomes the first ship to circumnavigate the world
6th September 2018
On the 29th November 1781, the crew of the slave ship Zong threw the first of at least 132 African slaves overboard in a massacre intended to allow them to cash in their insurance policy.
MV Empire Windrush arrived at Tilbury Docks in London carrying 492 West Indian immigrants.
10th September 1991: Nirvana release ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’
10th September 2020
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2020
27th January 1945: Auschwitz-Birkenau liberated by Soviet forces
27th January 2021
25th January 1890: Nellie Bly circumnavigates the world in 72 days
25th January 2021
24th January 1908: Robert Baden-Powell publishes Scouting for Boys
24th January 2021
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