The Persian poet and philosopher Nasir Khusraw began a seven-year journey through the Islamic world that he recorded in the Safarnama.
21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow
21st June 2019
The first Orient Express train, known at the time as Express d’Orient, departed Paris.
The first traveller’s cheques, in the form of a ‘circular note’ issued by a bank, went on sale in London.
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11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2020
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2020
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2019