05-12-2009, 06:15 PM
1655: English troops take Jamaica from the Spanish, making it a hub for rum production and slave trading.
1926: The only General Strike in British history fizzles to an end after nine days, but the miners stay out.
1949: Soviet forces lift the blockade of Berlin, during which the 'Berlin Airlift' made 278,228 supply flights.
1926: The only General Strike in British history fizzles to an end after nine days, but the miners stay out.
1949: Soviet forces lift the blockade of Berlin, during which the 'Berlin Airlift' made 278,228 supply flights.