Female tennis player Billie Jean King beat Bobby Riggs, a former World No. 1 men’s player, in the ‘Battle of the Sexes’.
9th November 1918: Wilhelm II abdicates as Kaiser of Germany
9th November 2018
The body of actress Peg Entwistle was found in a ravine below the Hollywoodland sign in Los Angeles.
On the 17th September 1978 the Camp David Accords, which led to the first ever peace treaty between Israel and an Arab state, were signed by Egyptian President Anwar El Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin.
Shortly after midnight in Moscow, the Soviets became the first to successfully send a human-made object to the Moon.
American rock band Nirvana released the critically acclaimed single “Smells Like Teen Spirit”.
On the 9th September 1947, the first computer ‘bug’ was found in the Harvard Mark II electromechanical computer.
Ishi, believed to be the last surviving member of the indigenous Yahi tribe, emerged from the wilderness in California.
On the 28th August 1963, American Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his iconic ‘I Have a Dream’ speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC.
On the 27th August 1928, Germany, France and the United States signed the General Treaty for Renunciation of War as an Instrument of National Policy – otherwise known as the Kellogg-Briand Pact.
On the 9th August 1974, Richard Nixon resigned as President of the United States of America while facing impeachment and the almost certain removal from office due to the Watergate Scandal.
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
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1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018