Abraham Lincoln was issued a patent for his invention to lift boats over shoals and other obstructions in a river.
21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow
21st June 2019
The Donner Party departed Independence, Missouri on their ill-fated journey to California.
The French government sold the entire Louisiana Territory, which included an area that now forms part of fifteen separate states, at less than 3 cents per acre.
Painting the windows of the Astrodome significantly improved the situation for the players, but in turn led to the grass inside dying from a lack of light. It was replaced with an artificial alternative, which became known as AstroTurf.
Whether Revere referred to the approaching army as ‘regulars’ or ‘Redcoats’ is unclear, but his cry had the intended consequence of signalling the march of troops towards the Massachusetts village of Concord.
The United States table tennis team heralded the era of ‘ping pong diplomacy’ by becoming the first official American delegation to visit China in 20 years.
Times Square in New York was given its name shortly after the offices of The New York Times moved to the area.
To the ship’s crew the voyage to the New World was just a delivery contract between the Pilgrims and the ship’s master, Christopher Jones.
The withdrawal of the last regular American troops from South Vietnam ended eight years of direct US military involvement in Vietnam.
Irish soldiers serving in the British Army led the first recorded Saint Patrick’s Day parade which, due to the high number of Irish immigrants in New York, quickly became an annual tradition.
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11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
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9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
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