The first instalment of the Star Wars film series was released in cinemas in the United States of America.
3rd February 1961: Operation Looking Glass begins its 29-year Cold War flight above the USA
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13 million people tuned in, securing it the second-highest audience share, but the film garnered an almost universally-negative response.
On the 23rd November 1963, the first ever episode of cult science fiction television show Doctor Who was broadcast by the BBC.
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
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1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
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9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
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