On the 24th May 1956, the first Eurovision Song Contest took place in Lugano, Switzerland.
3rd October 1918: Tsar Boris III of Bulgaria comes to the throne
3rd October 2017
Vladimir Lenin arrived in Russia after a decade of self-imposed exile.
The Jewish population of Basel were massacred amidst accusations that they were responsible for causing the Black Death.
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2017