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Bloody Sunday in Northern Ireland (1972)

On January 30 1972, British troops shoot unarmed protesters in Northern Ireland, killing 13 civilians. It was to be known as the Bogside Massacr...

Armstrong Sets Foot on the Moon (1969)

On July 21 1969, Neil Armstrong takes the first steps on the moon. As he put his left foot down first Armstrong declared: "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind....

Concorde Flies for the First Time (1969)

On March 2 1969, the Anglo-French supersonic Concorde made its first flig...

The Six-Day War Begins (1967)

Also known as the War of 1967, this war was fought between Israeli and the Arab Forces across large areas across the Middle-East. Tension between Israel and her Arab neighbours had been growing for several months. Egypt, known as the United Arab Republic at the time, Jordan and Syria were all involved...

Donald Campbell Dies in Bluebird Crash (1967)

On 4th January 1967, Campbell was killed whilst attempting to set another water speed record in his 'Bluebird K7'. He had already set seven water speed records between 1955 and 1964 with speed increases from 216mph to 276.33mph. The accident happened on Coniston Water, Lancashire, England. The Bluebird...

Coal Tip Buries Hundreds of Children in Aberfan (1966)

A colliery spoil heap collapses onto a school and homes in Aberfan, South Wales, killing 116 children and 28 adult...

Cold War 1990 China releases Tiananmen Square prisoners

The government of the People’s Republic of China announces that it is releasing 211 people arrested during the massive protests held in Tiananmen Square in Beijing in June 1989. Most observers viewed the prisoner release as an attempt by the communist government of China to dispel much of the terrible...

Berlin Wall Erected (1961)

In August 1961, troops in East Germany began to seal the border between East and West Berlin. In doing so they blocked off the escape route for refugees from the East. The barrier ended up being 12 feet high and 66 miles long with a further 41 miles of barbed wire fencing. Over the years, nearly 200...

Remembering the 1988 Lockerbie Bombing

On December 21, 1988, a suitcase bomb exploded aboard New York-bound Pan Am Flight 103, killing all 259 passengers and crewmembers, along with 11 people on the ground in Lockerbie, Scotland. Only one suspect, a Libyan intelligence agent, was ever convicted in connection with the attack, and much...

The Mysterious Disappearance of L’Oiseau Blanc

On May 8, 1927, French pilots Charles Nungesser and François Coli took off from Paris in a biplane named L'Oiseau Blanc, or the White Bird. The World War I veterans were aiming to become the first aviators to make a nonstop transatlantic flight to New York, but after last being spotted over Ireland,...

Beatlemania Arrives (1964)

John Lennon, Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney and George Harrison, arrive at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York in 19...

Martin Luther King Delivers His "I have a dream" speech (1963)

A defining moment in the American civil rights movement, Martin Luther King delivers a speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington on 28 August 19...

Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)

The Cuban Missle Crisis was a confrontation between the Soviet Union, Cuba and the United States in October 1962, during the Cold War. On 28th October 1962, the confrontation ended and the world stepped back from nuclear war . Along with General U Thant, John F Kennedy reached an agreement with Soviet...

Tuesday, 9 May 2017

JFK Assassinated (1963)

On November 22 1963, President John F Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas. ...

Pele's World Cup Final Performance (1958)

June 1958, Sweden v Brazil in the World Cup Final. Brazil were a goal down until a17 year old newcomer, Pele, equalised with a stunning goal. Brazil went on to win 5-2 and Pele became a sporting hero and is considered one of the greatest football players of all ti...

Roger Bannister Breaks the 4 Minute Mile (1954)

On 6 May 1954, Roger Bannister becomes the first man to break the four minute mil...

Launch of First Nuclear Submarine (1954)

The United States launches the world's first nuclear submarine, USS Nautil...

Monday, 8 May 2017

First Man in Space (1961)

Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man in space after completing an orbit of the Earth in his Vostok spacecra...

THE FAMOUS 11

The famous Manchester United Football team whose doom changed the course of football histor...

Manchester United Players Die in Munich Air Crash (1958)

The Munich Air Crash happened on 6 February 1958. On board were the affectionately known 'Busby Babes' - the Manchester United football team. Their plane crashed on its third attempt at take off. Twenty three people died, 21 survive...

Mao's Communists Take Over China (1949)

On October 1st 1949, China was proclaimed a Communist state. Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong took over the reign of Government and proclaimed the establishment of the People's Republic of Chi...

Hiroshima Atomic Bomb (1945)

The first atom bomb to be used as a weapon, "Little Boy" (as was its codename) was dropped on to the flat terrain of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. The bomb vapourised buildings and killed nearly 70,000 people directly but by the end of 1945, nearly 100,000 had died from its protracted effect...

VE Day Celebrations (1945)

After Winston Churchill announced that the war in Europe is over, he declared May 13th 1945 as VE day and the crowds of London went wild with j...

Germans Surrender to Montgomery (1945)

On 4 May 1945 at Lüneburg Heath, near Hamburg, Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery accepted the unconditional surrender of the German forces in the Netherlands, in north west Germany including all islands, and in Denmark and all naval ships in those area...

Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt Meet at Yalta (1945)

On February 12th 1945, a communicate was issued from the Crimean town of Yalta in the Soviet Union that changed the course of history. It was here after 8 days of secret talks, that the victors carved out the future of the post-war period. The Big Three, as they were called, Stalin, Roosevelt and...

D-Day Landings (1944)

On June 6 1944, Allied troops begin their invasion of Europe with the D-Day landings in Normandy. It was the start of the final phase of W...

Fall of Stalingrad (1943)

The greatest battle of WW2 ended on 31st Jan 1943 - the surrender of the German 6th army at Stallingrad. After months besieging the city of Stalingrad without success, the German Army capitulat...

Start Of UK General Strike (1926)

Start Of UK General Strike (1926). The General Strike begins as a response to the British government's attempts to lower wages for mine...

Emily Davison Throws Herself Under The Kings Horse (1913)

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Suzanne Lenglen Breaks Wimbledon Record (1925)

Suzanne Lenglen wins an unprecedented sixth singles title at Wimbledon in the space of seven yea...

QUEEN VICTORIA

Queen Victoria, the only child of Edward, the duke of Kent and King George III's fourth son, and Victoria Saxe-Saalfield-Coburg, sister of Leopold, king of the Belgians, was queen of Great Britain for 63 years. To date, she is the the second longest reigning British...

Tuesday, 2 May 2017

Berlin Airlift Begins (1948)

Following a Soviet blockade of all ground routes into and out of Berlin, American and British forces organise airlifts to maintain food supplies into the isolated city. On June 26 1948, the effort to feed more than two million people in the city of Berlin beg...

ON THIS DAY MAY 2ND 2O11 Osama bin Laden killed by U.S. forces

On this day in 2011, Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States, is killed by U.S. forces during a raid on his compound hideout in Pakistan. The notorious, 54-year-old leader of Al Qaeda, the terrorist network of Islamic extremists, had been...

On This Day May 2nd 1933 Loch Ness Monster sighted

Although accounts of an aquatic beast living in Scotland’s Loch Ness date back 1,500 years, the modern legend of the Loch Ness Monster is born when a sighting makes local news on May 2, 1933. The newspaper Inverness Courier related an account of a local couple who claimed to have seen “an...

Pearl Harbour Attacked (1941)

December 7th 1941 - The Imperial Japanese Navy launches a surprise devastating air attack against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbour, Haw...