Pedro Lascuráin began the shortest presidential term in history when he became President of Mexico for less than an hour.
9th November 1918: Wilhelm II abdicates as Kaiser of Germany
9th November 2018
The shortest papacy in history ended after just twelve days following the death of Pope Urban VII, shortly after he introduced Europe’s first smoking ban.
Leon Trotsky was fatally wounded with an ice axe by Spanish communist Ramón Mercader.
21st September 1937: The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien is first published
21st September 2020
19th September 1970: The First Glastonbury Festival takes place in Somerset
19th September 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