Frenchman André-Jacques Garnerin performed the first high-altitude parachute descent.
10th August 1793: The Louvre museum in Paris opens to the public for the first time
10th August 2019
15th August 1941: Last execution takes place at the Tower of London
15th August 2020
14th August 1980: Lech Wałęsa leads strike in Gdańsk shipyard
14th August 2020
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2019
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018