22nd June 1941: Operation Barbarossa begins as German forces and their allies invade the Soviet Union during the Second World War
22/06/2026
By the end of 1940 Hitler had authorised the invasion of the USSR, with the intention of securing agricultural land and raw materials, alongside the eradication of ...
21st June 1919: German High Seas naval fleet scuttled in Scapa Flow, resulting in 52 ships being sunk
21/06/2026
Concerned that the entire fleet might be shared out between the victors as the spoils of war Admiral von Reuter, the German officer in charge of the interned fleet, decided to purposely sink the ...
20th June 1789: Tennis Court Oath sworn by the French National Assembly in which they vowed not to separate until a written constitution had been established
20/06/2026
The Deputies of the French Third Estate swore not to separate until a written constitution had been established for the ...
19th June 1846: First officially recorded baseball game takes place in Hoboken, New Jersey
19/06/2026
On 19 June 1846, the Knickerbocker Base Ball Club travelled across the Hudson River to play against the New York Nine at Elysian Fields in Hoboken, New ...
18th June 1815: Battle of Waterloo heralds the final defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte
18/06/2026
Combined British and Prussian military forces defeated the French, but Wellington himself said that the battle was ‘the nearest-run thing you ever saw in your ...
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