The industrial revolution, combined with the first of the Enclosure Acts, had seen the earnings of poor farmers plummet.
11th October 1975: Saturday Night Live is broadcast for the first time
11th October 2019
On the 9th March 1841, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that captive Africans who had seized control of the Amistad ship had been taken into slavery illegally and were therefore free under American law.
Dred Scott was a slave owned by John Emerson, an army surgeon from the slave state of Missouri.
Having previously served as a senator and later military governor for the state of Tennessee, Andrew Johnson was chosen by Abraham Lincoln to be his running mate in the election of 1864.
The modern 3-point seat belt was created by Swedish inventor Nils Bohlin, who was a safety engineer for car manufacturer Volvo.
On the 26th January 1998, United States President Bill Clinton appeared at a White House press conference and made a forceful statement that “I did not have sexual relations with that woman”.
On 30 November 1786 Leopold formally abolished the death sentence as well as banning the use of torture.
Prior to the adoption of universally accepted time zones, the vast majority of settlements around the world observed local mean solar time.
The Metropolitan Police, which is often considered to be the first modern police force, began operating in London.
Duke Wilhelm IV of Bavaria signed the Reinheitsgebot, a law to ensure the purity of beer that specified a limited number of ingredients.
5th April 1621: The Mayflower returns to England
5th April 2020
3rd April 1882: Outlaw Jesse James shot by Robert Ford
3rd April 2020
2nd April 1982: Falklands War begins with Argentine invasion
2nd April 2020
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018
