The first United States presidential debate took place between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon.
2nd September 31 BCE: Marc Antony and Cleopatra defeated by Octavian at the Battle of Actium
2nd September 2018
On the 17th September 1978 the Camp David Accords, which led to the first ever peace treaty between Israel and an Arab state, were signed by Egyptian President Anwar El Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin.
The United States apparently gained the nickname ‘Uncle Sam’ when it was featured in a local newspaper article.
President William McKinley was assassinated by an anarchist during a meet-and-greet.
On the 16th August 1819, the Peterloo Massacre occurred at St Peter’s Field in Manchester when a group of over 60,000 protesters were charged by cavalry.
On the 9th August 1974, Richard Nixon resigned as President of the United States of America while facing impeachment and the almost certain removal from office due to the Watergate Scandal.
The first women’s rights convention in the United States began in Seneca Falls, New York.
The 30th June 1934 saw the Nazis carry out a purge of their own party, when Hitler ordered the SS to murder leading figures of the SA or Brownshirts along with critics of the Nazi regime such as former chancellor von Schleicher.
On the 20th June 1789 at Versailles in France, the National Assembly swore the Tennis Court Oath in which they vowed not to separate until a written constitution had been established for the country.
The Indian Mutiny, also known as the First War of Indian Independence, began in Meerut.
30th September 1935: The Hoover Dam is dedicated by Franklin D. Roosevelt
30th September 2020
27th September 1908: First Model T Ford produced in Detroit
27th September 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