Over 500,000 protesters marched on Washington D.C. as part of the national Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam.
21st July 1925: ‘Monkey Trial’ finds John T. Scopes guilty of teaching evolution
21st July 2018
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 January 1871: Wilhelm I declared German Emperor
18th January 2020
16th January 27 BCE: Octavian becomes Augustus, Roman Emperor
16th January 2020
15th January 1919: Great Molasses Flood kills 21 people in Boston
15th January 2020
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018