Authorities in the Californian city of Santa Cruz banned rock and roll music at public gatherings.
26th March 1830: The Book of Mormon first went on sale at E. B. Grandin’s book store
26th March 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.
27th September 1908: First Model T Ford produced in Detroit
27th September 2020
26th September 1960: Kennedy and Nixon take part in their first televised debate
26th September 2020
25th September 1513: European ‘discovery’ of the Pacific Ocean
25th September 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