History
On this day in 1779: Spain declares war on Great Britain
On a momentous day in June 1779, the Spanish Crown made a decision that would fundamentally alter the course of...
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Berlin becomes capital once more as Bundestag votes for historic shift
On 20 June 1991, the German Bundestag voted in a narrow but decisive decision to move the capital of Germany...
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On this day in 1942: Paul McCartney born
On a quiet morning in wartime Liverpool, history was being made in the most ordinary of ways. Shortly after two...
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On this day in 1972: The Watergate Break-in
On the night of June 17, 1972, five men attempted what seemed like an ordinary burglary at the Watergate Office...
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On this day in 1844: Charles Goodyear received a patent for the process of rubber vulcanization.
On 15 June 1844, American inventor Charles Goodyear was granted US Patent No. 3,633 for the process of vulcanising rubber...
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On this day in 1947: India Congress accepted the British plan for the partition of India
On a sweltering summer day in New Delhi, the All-India Congress took a decision that would forever alter the course...
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On this dai in 1940: German forces march into Paris
On the morning of 14 June 1940, the sounds of German-accented voices echoed through the streets of Paris as loudspeakers...
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On this day in 1865: Irish poet William Butler Yeats was born.
Few literary figures embody the soul of a nation quite like William Butler Yeats. A poet, dramatist and political voice,...
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On this day in 1991: Jeltsin’s victory ushers in a new era for Russia
On 12 June 1991, history tilted on its axis as Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin became the first democratically elected president of...
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AA: Two desperate men create history’s most successful recovery programme
On 10 June 1935, in a modest home in Akron, Ohio, two strangers sat down for a conversation that would...
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