On the 29th February 1940, American actress Hattie McDaniel became the first African-American to win an Oscar at the Academy Awards.
21st November 1974: The Birmingham pub bombings kill 21 people and injure 182
21st November 2020
10th April 1858: The ‘Big Ben’ bell cast in Whitechapel
10th April 2021
8th April 1904: France and Britain sign the Entente Cordiale
8th April 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