A U-2 spy plane captured images of the construction of a missile site on Cuba, triggering the Cuban Missile Crisis.
27th May 1703: The foundation of St Petersburg by Tsar Peter the Great
27th May 2017
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2017