Pedro Lascuráin began the shortest presidential term in history when he became President of Mexico for less than an hour.
18th October 1565: European and Japanese naval forces fight for the first time
18th October 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.
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