President Harry S. Truman issued Executive Order 9981 that abolished racial segregation in the U.S. military.
9th November 1918: Wilhelm II abdicates as Kaiser of Germany
9th November 2018
US President Harry S. Truman ordered air and naval forces to assist South Korea against an invasion by North Korea.
On the 5th March 1946, Winston Churchill described the post-war division of Europe as an “iron curtain” in his “Sinews of Peace” address at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri.
On the 24th September 1946, Clark Clifford and George Elsey presented a report to President Truman in which they recommended “restraining and confining” Soviet influence
22nd September 1888: First edition of National Geographic Magazine published
22nd September 2020
21st September 1937: The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien is first published
21st September 2020
19th September 1970: The First Glastonbury Festival takes place in Somerset
19th September 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