The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party split into the Bolshevik and Menshevik factions.
22nd July 1992: Pablo Escobar escapes from the luxury La Catedral prison
22nd July 2017
The Great Stand on the Ugra River marked the start of the decline of the Great Horde.
On the 1st October 1928, the Soviet Union introduced Joseph Stalin’s first five-year plan.
The Siege of Leningrad, one of the longest and most destructive sieges in history, began.
On the 5th September 1698, Tsar Peter I of Russia – otherwise known as Peter the Great – imposed a tax on beards.
On 23rd August 1939, Vyacheslav Molotov and Joachim von Ribbentrop – the Soviet foreign minister and the German foreign minister – signed the Treaty of Non-aggression between Germany and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, otherwise known as the Nazi-Soviet Pact.
On the 19th August 1991 Mikhail Gorbachev, the President of the Soviet Union, was placed under house arrest in what is known as the August Coup.
The North Pacific Fur Seal Convention, the first international treaty that dealt with wildlife conservation issues, was signed.
The secret Sykes-Picot Agreement between Britain and France, formally known as the Asia Minor Agreement, was ratified.
On the 11th May 1997, the IBM computer Deep Blue became the first computer to defeat a reigning world chess champion under tournament conditions when it beat Garry Kasparov 3½-2½ over six matches.
20th November 1945: First Nuremberg Trial begins
20th November 2018
18th November 1916: Battle of the Somme ends
18th November 2018
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2017