The body of actress Peg Entwistle was found in a ravine below the Hollywoodland sign in Los Angeles.
10th December 1799: France adopts the metric system for weights and measures
10th December 2017
The Hollywood Bowl opened in Bolton Canyon near Los Angeles.
The Globe Theatre in London burned to the ground during a performance of Henry VIII.
On the 9th May 1887, Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West Show opened in London at the American Exhibition in West Brompton.
Theatre in England had been banned by the Puritan Long Parliament in 1642 but, following the restoration of the monarchy under Charles II, the ban was lifted.
On the 30th October 1938, Orson Welles directed and narrated a radio adaptation of The War of the Worlds as part of the Mercury Theatre on the Air.
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2017