1992 Great Britain - - Windsor Castle
1992 : Fire damages a major part of Windsor Castle and a number of important works of art, books and furniture are lost some through fire damage but also many through water damage caused by the 35 fire engines that fought the fire . The 900 year old castle is about 20 miles west of London in the city of Windsor and is used by the queen as a weekend retreat.
1995 UK - - Diana Princess
Diana Princess is interviewed on British Television by Martin Bashir for the Panorama programme about her life with the Royals, her separation and Prince Charles relationship and affair with his long term friend Camilla Parker-Bowles . During the one hour interview the princes admitted to an affair with her riding instructor, James Hewitt. For the first time on television she also talked about her struggle with depression and bulimia. Following the Revelations of both Princess Diana on Panorama and an earlier interview by Prince Charles with Jonathan Dimbleby where he admitted having an affair they were formally divorced with a decree nisi on August 28th 1996.
1945
Germany - - Nuremburg Trials1945 : The Nuremburg Trials with an International Military Tribunal made up of four judges one from each country United States, Soviet Union, Britain and France begin when charges against twenty of Germany's Nazi leaders who have been charged with war crimes including committing crimes against humanity.
1922 Germany - - Cabinet Resigns
1922: A week prior to this date, the cabinet serving under Chancellor Wirth had resigned. This had caused a governmental crisis which had been resolved to some extent, but not entirely .
1931 Italy - - Peace keeping
1931 Both the countries of Italy and American joined in their efforts towards peace-keeping. They were said to be of "One Idea" regarding this matter.
1944 World War II - - Austria
Russian and American-made tanks had advanced on routes into the countries of Austria and Czechoslovakia. They were headed towards Lucenec, one of the most prominent Nazi communication locations in this region.
1947 Great Britain - - Queen Marries
1947 : Princess Elizabeth, the future queen of England, marries Philip Mountbatten in Westminster Abbey.
1953 Poland - - Calls For Support
The country of Poland called upon neighboring countries for support. Part of this support would be granted by Germany. There was concern that this new army would be German-dominated and cause a new world war. Communications were requested of countries such as France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Norway, Denmark, and the Netherlands regarding the gathering of troops. The country of Poland also joined Russia in the demand for a "Big Five" conference, concerning the future of Germany.
1959 U.S.A. - - Ford Anglia 105E
The first British Ford to be marketed to Americans was the Ford Anglia 105E with a new overhead valve engine and a four-speed gearbox, it was like nothing else on the road with it distinctive rear-sloping back window, frog-like headlights, and stylish colors.
1960 Peru - - Tidal Waves
1960 : Violent tidal waves had swept through Peru. Two people were killed and nine people were listed as missing.
1962 U.S.A. - - U.S. Blockade Cuba Ends
President Kennedy, calls off the U.S. blockade of Cuba in return for promised removal of Soviet bombers from the island.
1962 U.S.A. - - Discrimination in Housing
President John F. Kennedy issues Executive Order 11063, which should bring an end to discrimination in housing. The order was never enforced as each individual housing and funding agency were left to police themselves,
1968 U.S.A. - - Mine Explosion
1968: Methane gas explosions in a West Virginia coal mine kills 78 men .
1973 Libya - - Khadafy
1973: Col. Moammar Khadafy, the young leader of Libya, criticized the six-point Middle East peace plan initiated by the United States. Khadafy was pro-war, and thought the only other possible solution to the problems Middle East was to let Palestinians return to their homes. He also proposed that Jews entering Israel after 1948 return to their other countries of which they were a citizen. He thought this was the only solution for peace.
1974 U.S.A. - - AT&T
The Justice Department files an anti-trust suit against the American Telephone and Telegraph Co. AT&T in an attempt to break up the corporation.
1975 Spain - - Francisco Franco
Generalissimo Francisco Franco, Western Europe's last surviving dictator, dies after a month-long battle for life.
1978 UK - - Jeremy Thorpe
1978 : The former leader of the Liberal party Jeremy Thorpe is charged with David Holmes, George Deakin and John le Mesurier of conspiracy to murder Jeremy Thorpe's former homosexual lover Norman Scott to protect his political career.
1979 Saudi Arabia - - Muslims Seize Grand Mosque
400 Armed Sunni Islamic Muslims, fundamentalist dissidents of the Al-Masjid, Seize the Grand Mosque taking pilgrims present for the annual hajj ( pilgrimage to Mecca )hostage. The attack came on the final day of the hajj, and due to the large number ( fifty thousand worshippers ) most are released but the insurgents kept over 6,000 hostages. Saudi authorities evacuate the city of Mecca and over the next two weeks a number of attacks were mounted on the Grand Mosque resulting in the death of many insurgents, National Guard members and hostages. In early December after more than 2 weeks of shootings the remaining members of the group finally surrender after more than 250 are killed.
1985 Switzerland - - US Soviet Meeting
1985: Soviet Leader Gorbachev and U.S. President Reagan just concluded their talks, some of which were semi-private and others which were public. Staff members worked until all hours of the night deciding what to make of these discussions. On the same day, U.S. and Soviet First Ladies Nancy Reagan and Raisa Gorbachev buried a message in a Red Cross Building cornerstone. This action was done to symbolize the promotion of peace and harmony. Soviet-U.S. Peace Talks Concluded, Outcome being Analyzed
1985 U.S.A. - - Windows 1.01
Microsoft's launches it's first version of a multi tasking graphical user interface GUI for the PC ( this allowed the user to run multiple windows with multiple programmes switching between one and another. Windows 1.01 was the very first version of Windows launched. Windows 1.01 and all older versions of Windows prior to Windows 95 required MSDOS installed on the computer and the user would install Windows from floppy discs.
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