At around 11pm on the 20th August 1968, troops from the USSR, Bulgaria, Poland and Hungary entered Czechoslovakia in an invasion that brought the Prague Spring to an end.
15th June 1859: The Pig War begins between the USA and Britain
15th June 2020
On the 19th August 1991 Mikhail Gorbachev, the President of the Soviet Union, was placed under house arrest in what is known as the August Coup.
9th August 1974: Richard Nixon resigns as President of the USA
9th August 2020
7th August 1964: Gulf of Tonkin Resolution passed by US Congress
7th August 2020
6th August 1945: The USA drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima
6th August 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