The Battle of Monte Cassino began when Allied forces launched the first of four attacks against the Gustav Line in Italy.
21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow
21st June 2019
21 people were killed and a further 150 were injured after 2.3 million gallons of molasses swept through North End in Boston, Massachusetts after a storage tank collapsed.
On the 14th January 1943, the Casablanca Conference began in Morocco.
On the 8th January 1918, United States President Woodrow Wilson made a speech to Congress in which he outlined his principles for world peace, known as the Fourteen Points.
American inventor Samuel Colt received the first government order for his revolver firearms from Captain Samuel Walker of the Texas Rangers.
Although the patent for the game was awarded to Darrow, it is now widely recognised that he was just one of many people who developed the complex design and rules that we now know as Monopoly.
The Exorcist is one of the highest-grossing films of all time, but originally opened in just twenty-six American cinemas.
The poem is significant for being the first source to give the names of Santa’s reindeer, as well as establishing the image of the jolly fat Santa that we know today.
On the 21st December 1913, the first modern crossword puzzle was printed in the New York World newspaper.
Orville piloted the first flight, which lasted for just 12 seconds over a total distance of only 36.5 metres.
HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich
28th June 2015
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2020
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2020
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018
