The Globe Theatre in London burned to the ground during a performance of Henry VIII.
10th April 1971: US table tennis team ushers in ping pong diplomacy
10th April 2020
Theatre in England had been banned by the Puritan Long Parliament in 1642 but, following the restoration of the monarchy under Charles II, the ban was lifted.
Beginning at a bakery in Pudding Lane, the catastrophic fire blazed for more than three days and destroyed over 13,000 houses, churches and government buildings.
15th July 1975: The Apollo Soyuz Test Project lifted off
15th July 2020
14th July 1789: Storming of the Bastille
14th July 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