On the 6th December 1956, the “Blood in the Water” water polo match took place between the USSR and Hungary.
10th June 1924: Italian politician Matteotti kidnapped and murdered by Fascists
10th June 2017
The International Olympic Committee was founded at the Sorbonne in Paris.
On the 6th April 1896, the first modern Olympic Games opened in Athens.
Shortly after midnight on the morning of the 6th September 1972, nine Israeli Olympic athletes were killed by Palestinian terrorists from the Black September group in the Munich massacre.
Romanian gymnast Nadia Comăneci scored the first ever perfect 10 in Olympic history on the uneven bars at the Summer Games in Montreal.
16th December 1914: German Navy attack Scarborough
16th December 2018
14th December 1911: Roald Amundsen reaches the South Pole
14th December 2018
13th December 902: Æthelwold’s revolt against Edward the Elder is defeated
13th December 2018
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2017