20th Century
First Battle of Ypres 1914
The medieval town of Ypres stands on the main route between France and the Belgian Channel ports. In 1914 the...
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The Fosbury Flop
Dick Fosbury was an American athlete who had perfected a new method of jumping which involved running towards the bar,...
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Hungarian Revolution
Following the death of Josef Stalin in 1953 many European communist countries developed liberal reformist factions. In Hungary the reformist...
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Israel-Jordan Peace Treaty 1994
The Prime Minister of Israel, Yitzhak Rabin, and King Hussein of Jordan signed a peace treaty ending the 48 year...
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Orson Wells War of the Worlds
War of the Worlds is a novel written by H G Wells. It first appeared as a serialisation in 1897...
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The Battle of Cambrai
The Battle of Cambrai was a World War One Western Front battle that lasted from November 20th to December 7th...
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Assassination of John F Kennedy
In the autumn of 1963, President Kennedy was making a tour of Texas to try to raise support and funding...
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Nancy Astor First UK Female MP
Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor was born in 1879 in Virginia, United States. Her father was a former plantation owner who...
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The Flying Scotsman Locomotive
The London and North East Railway (LNER) 4472 Flying Scotsman was built in 1923 at Doncaster. It was seen as...
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