Vladimir Lenin arrived in Russia after a decade of self-imposed exile.
16th October 1846: First public demonstration of ether anaesthesia
16th October 2020
The Jewish population of Basel were massacred amidst accusations that they were responsible for causing the Black Death.
On the 24th May 1956, the first Eurovision Song Contest took place in Lugano, Switzerland.
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