The first Orient Express train, known at the time as Express d’Orient, departed Paris.
21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow
21st June 2019
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.
The Clay Street Hill Railroad was successfully tested, becoming San Francisco’s first operational cable car.
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11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
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11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2022
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2019