Over 500,000 protesters marched on Washington D.C. as part of the national Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam.
28th June 1880: Australian outlaw Ned Kelly arrested following a violent shoot out
28th June 2017
The first United States presidential debate took place between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon.
Henry Kissinger, Richard Nixon’s National Security Advisor, made a secret trip to China to meet with Premier Zhou Enlai.
Ohio National Guardsmen shot and killed four Kent State University students.
The United States table tennis team heralded the era of ‘ping pong diplomacy’ by becoming the first official American delegation to visit China in 20 years.
On the 29th March 1973, the last American troops withdrew from South Vietnam.
18th February 1930: Elm Farm Ollie becomes the first cow to fly
18th February 2019
17th February 1864: An enemy ship sunk by submarine for the first time
17th February 2019
16th February 1923: Howard Carter unseals Tutankhamun’s burial chamber
16th February 2019
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2017