The first Orient Express train, known at the time as Express d’Orient, departed Paris.
17th January 1944: Allies launch the Battle of Monte Cassino during the Second World War
17th January 2018
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018