1918 Arabs, lead by Lawrence of Arabia, capture Damascus. (15
Years)
1938
Germany annexes the Sudetenland. (10 Years)
1869 Mahatma Gandhi is born. (20 Years)
1932 Iraq becomes independent from Britain. (20 Years)
1883 The Orient Express leaves Paris on its first journey (20 Years)
1910 Portugal declares itself a
republic. (100 Years)
1908 Austria annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina. (25 Years)
1945 Bill Sianis and his pet Billy-goat are ejected from Wrigley Field during the World Baseball Series. Thus the 'Curse of the Billy Goat'
was born. Since the curse the Chicago Cubs have never reached the finals of the World Series. (20 Years)
2003 Arnold Schwarzenegger voted Governor of
California (3 Years)
1769 Captain Cook discovers New Zealand. (100 Years)
1967 Che Guevara is executed in Bolivia (20 Years)
1971 London Bridge sold, dismantled and re-built in Arizona. Note London Bridge, not Tower Bridge (20 Years)
1066 William of Normandy defeats Harold II of England (2 Years)
1307 Over 100
Knights Templar are arrested in France. They are tortured by 'Phillip the Fair' and admit heresy. (100 Years)
1913 439 miners killed in the Senghenydd colliery
in Wales. This was the United Kingdom's worst coal mining disaster. (25 Years)
1823 Charles Macintosh sells his first raincoat in Scotland. (50 Years)
1582 Pope Gregory XIII implements the Gregorian calendar. Widely adopted in Catholic countries, but not UK until 1752. (50 Years)
1869 'Cardiff
Giant' hoax unveiled in Cardiff New York. (50 Years)
1793 Marie Antoinette is guillotined during the French Revolution. (50 Years)
1860 The first Open Golf Championship held in Prestwick Scotland. (30 Years)
1887 Alaska day
commemorating the purchase of Alaska from Russia. (50 Years)
1912 Italy takes possession of Tripoli from the Ottoman Empire. (20 Years)
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