Today in history
22:34Today in history
Birthdays:
Events:
| 1896 | Marconi patented the wireless |
| 1897 | Queen Victoria celebrated her Diamond Jubilee |
| 1910 | The first passengers were carried on the Zeppelin airship |
| 1940 | The French signed an armistice at Compiegne |
| 1941 | Battle of Britain - the RAF shot down 26 Nazi planes during the day |
| 1978 | Pluto's moon, Charon, was discovered by James Christy |
| 1980 | The Soviet Union began removing troops from Afghanistan |
| 1984 | The first ever Virgin Atlantic flight took place |
| 1990 | Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin was officially removed |
| 1995 | Prime Minister John Major resigned as leader of the Conservatie Party |
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