The Donner Party departed Independence, Missouri on their ill-fated journey to California.
9th November 1918: Wilhelm II abdicates as Kaiser of Germany
9th November 2018
More than 150 Native Americans from the Lakota tribe were killed by U.S. soldiers in the Wounded Knee Massacre.
21st September 1937: The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien is first published
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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
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