The Clay Street Hill Railroad was successfully tested, becoming San Francisco’s first operational cable car.
6th February 1778: France and the US sign the first treaties that recognise American independence
6th February 2020
The first Orient Express train, known at the time as Express d’Orient, departed Paris.
The industrial revolution, combined with the first of the Enclosure Acts, had seen the earnings of poor farmers plummet.
Mary Celeste had departed New York on 7 November.
The United States Supreme Court upheld the District Court’s ruling in Browder v. Gayle that segregation on public buses and transportation in Alabama was illegal.
15th August 1941: Last execution takes place at the Tower of London
15th August 2020
14th August 1980: Lech Wałęsa leads strike in Gdańsk shipyard
14th August 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