Authorities in the Californian city of Santa Cruz banned rock and roll music at public gatherings.
25th January 1947: Patent filed for the first interactive electronic game
25th January 2020
The closure of Palmer’s Shipyard was a devastating blow to the people of Jarrow, where unemployment had hit 70%.
On the 1st March 1692, the Salem witch trials began when Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne and Tituba were brought before local magistrates in Salem Village, Massachusetts.
On the 16th November 1945, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation – otherwise known as UNESCO – was founded.
12th July 1862: Creation of the Congressional Medal of Honor
12th July 2020
11th July 1922: The Hollywood Bowl opens in Los Angeles
11th July 2020
10th July 1913: Highest recorded temperature on Earth
10th 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
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