Shortly after 8am on the 16th December 1914, the German Imperial Navy attacked the British seaside towns of Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby.
29th July 1588: Decisive Battle of Gravelines during the Spanish Armada
29th July 2018
On the 7th August 1964, the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was passed by the United States Congress.
At 8am on the 3rd August 1492, Christopher Columbus set sail from the Spanish port of Palos de la Frontera on the voyage that would take him to the Americas.
British naval ships attacked the French Navy at Mers-el-Kébir in Algeria during the Second World War.
On the 13th May 1787, the eleven ships of the “First Fleet” set sail under Captain Arthur Phillip from Portsmouth, England, to establish a penal colony in Australia.
23-year old Acting Lieutenant Fletcher Christian led a mutiny on the Royal Navy vessel HMS Bounty.
On the 19th April 1770, the British explorer Captain James Cook first caught sight of Australia.
On the 5th April 1621, the Mayflower – the boat that carried the Pilgrim fathers to America – returned to England from the settlement at Plymouth.
The raid by the Royal Navy and British Commandos was overseen by Combined Operations Headquarters.
Exxon Valdez had only recently departed the Valdez Marine Terminal when the captain, Joseph Hazelwood, left Third Mate Gregory Cousins in charge of steering the vessel while he retired to his quarters.
10th September 1991: Nirvana release ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’
10th September 2020
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2020
19th January 1920: Foundation of the American Civil Liberties Union
19th January 2021
18th January 1919: The Paris Peace Conference begins
18th January 2021
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2020
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2019