Washington’s face was the first to be completed, seven years after work began. In July 1939 Roosevelt was the final likeness to be dedicated.
30th September 1935: The Hoover Dam is dedicated by Franklin D. Roosevelt
30th September 2020
The Siege of Yorktown was the last major land battle of the American Revolutionary War in North America.
It had taken Congress eight years to agree on how to fulfil James Smithson’s desire to establish and institution ‘for the increase and diffusion of knowledge’.
The Pig War border confrontation began when Lyman Cutlar shot a British-owned pig on San Juan Island.
On the 13th October 1792 the cornerstone of the White House, which at the time was to be known as the United States Executive Mansion, was laid.
The Moscow–Washington hotline entered operation, providing a direct link between the Kremlin and the Pentagon.
American President George Washington delivered the very first State of the Union address to Congress.
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2019
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018