Tensions between university students and the locals of Oxford had been building for some time before violence broke out.
1st June 1495: First written reference to Scotch whisky (distilled at @LindoresAbbey)
1st June 2018
On June 11th 1837, the Broad Street Riot broke out in Boston, Massachusetts, between Irish immigrants and existing American citizens known as Yankees.
Chile and Italy met in the 1962 FIFA World Cup, which resulted in ‘the most stupid, appalling, disgusting and disgraceful exhibition of football possibly in the history of the game’.
Troops from the British Indian Army committed the Amritsar Massacre when they opened fire on nonviolent protesters and pilgrims at Jallianwala Bagh.
19th February 1985: BBC broadcasts first episode of EastEnders
19th February 2019
18th February 1930: Elm Farm Ollie becomes the first cow to fly
18th February 2019
17th February 1864: An enemy ship sunk by submarine for the first time
17th February 2019
16th February 1923: Howard Carter unseals Tutankhamun’s burial chamber
16th February 2019
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2017