On the 6th December 1956, the “Blood in the Water” water polo match took place between the USSR and Hungary.
10th December 1799: France adopts the metric system for weights and measures
10th December 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.
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2017