student life

Work finished on Mount Rushmore sculpture, 1941

First aerial bombing, 1911

BBC Television Service started broadcasting, 1936

Last hanging at Tyburn gallows, 1783

Entrance to the tomb of King Tutankhamun discovered, 1922

Nixon won presidential election, 1968

First Sex Pistols gig, 1975

Jesús García saved the town of Nacozari, 1907

First issue of Rolling Stone published, 1967

Stanley found Livingstone, 1871

Signing of the Armistice ended the Great War, 1918

Sir Thomas Fairfax died, 1671

First manmade object to orbit another planet, 1971

First manmade object to orbit another planet, 1971

Philosopher G.W.F. Hegel died, 1831

UNESCO established, 1945

Suez Canal opened, 1869

Pelé scored his 1000th goal, 1969

Recording of Funky Drummer, 1970

First appearance of Sweeney Todd, 1846

Blackbeard killed, 1718

American Woman Suffrage Association formed, 1869

Hollywood blacklist instituted, 1947

The Great Storm of 1703

Première of Strauss' Also sprach Zarathustra, 1896

Most points scored by one player in NFL game, 1929

Capital punishment abolished in Tuscany, 1786

Restoration of the Portuguese monarchy, 1640

Oldest surviving synagogue in North America dedicated, 1763

Elvis` comeback special aired on TV, 1968

Montreux Casino fire, 1971

Montreux Casino fire, 1971

Battle of Leuthen, 1757

First edition of Encyclopædia Britannica published, 1768

First German steam-hauled railway opened, 1835

Greeks vote to abolish monarch, 1974