1936 Fascist Nationalists  rebel  against the Spanish Republic; launching the curtain riser to world war II.

1955 saw Disneyland  open

1945 Potsdam  Conference saw Stalin split from his allies.

1918 the Bolsheviks assassinated  the Romanovs

1683 The great Siege of Vienna opened, leading to Europe's rise and the decline of the Ottomans.

1453's Battle of Castillon closes the 100 year's war.