The White House was built as part of the development of the Federal City – a national capital founded under the terms of the 1790 Residence Act.
21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow
21st June 2019
James A. Garfield, the 20th President of the United States, was shot by Charles J. Guiteau at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C.
The money allowed for the purchase of approximately 3,000 volumes from England that were housed in the north wing of the Capitol building.
After intense debate Senators voted 48 to 8 to seat Revels as the first African-American in the United States Senate.
The 555-foot tall Washington Monument was dedicated at a ceremony featuring President Chester Arthur alongside fellow politicians, engineers and freemasons.
Although the organization’s numbers have fallen in recent years, it still has an estimated 2.2 million members.
Would-be assassin Richard Lawrence was found ‘not guilty by reason of insanity’ and was committed to an asylum.
Over 500,000 protesters marched on Washington D.C. as part of the national Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam.
The Greenwich Meridian became the international standard for zero degrees longitude, ensuring continuity with most existing nautical charts.
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.
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11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2020
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2020
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
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