The first NASCAR race took place at the Charlotte Speedway in North Carolina.
16th March 1190: The Jewish population of York massacred in a pogrom
16th March 2020
On the 15th December 1933, the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution came into effect, repealing the Eighteenth Amendment which had made the sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol illegal.
On the 14th February 1929, seven men with connections to Chicago’s North Side Gang were gunned down in the Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre.
3rd August 1492: Christopher Columbus sets sail from Spain
3rd August 2020
1st August 1981: Cable music television channel MTV is launched
1st 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