On the 2nd April 1982, the Falklands War began when Argentina launched an amphibious invasion of the Falkland Islands.
11th October 1975: Saturday Night Live is broadcast for the first time
11th October 2019
On the 29th March 1973, the last American troops withdrew from South Vietnam.
The last invasion of Britain by a hostile foreign force began when French troops under the command of the Irish-American Colonel William Tate landed near the Welsh town of Fishguard.
Port Arthur was a fortified naval base in the south of Manchuria that had been leased to Russia since 1898.
On the 1st February 1968, American photojournalist Eddie Adams took a photograph of South Vietnamese National Police Chief General Nguyễn Ngọc Loan executing Viet Cong officer Nguyễn Văn Lém in Saigon.
The Second Boer War saw the British Empire fight against the Afrikaans-speaking Dutch settlers of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State.
The Battle of Monte Cassino began when Allied forces launched the first of four attacks against the Gustav Line in Italy.
Dr William Brydon of the British East India Company Army was the only survivor of an army of 4,500 men and 12,000 camp followers to reach safety at Jalalabad in Afghanistan.
On the 27th November 1095, Pope Urban II launched the First Crusade with an impassioned speech at the Council of Clermont.
On the 15th November 1917, Georges Clemenceau was appointed Prime Minister of France for the second time.
5th April 1621: The Mayflower returns to England
5th April 2020
3rd April 1882: Outlaw Jesse James shot by Robert Ford
3rd April 2020
2nd April 1982: Falklands War begins with Argentine invasion
2nd April 2020
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018
