English facts

English facts

5 September 

2000

Tuvalu became the 189th member of the United Nations.

Head of state: King Charles

Money: Australian dollar

Capital: Funafuti

Population: 11,900

Position: one of most secluded and smallest isles in the world

Sinking islands due to rising sea level

September 12

A lot of national holidays in the USA:

National Gym Day

National Chocolat Milkshake Day

National Video Games Day

National Day of Encouragement

National Police Woman Day

19 September

2022

State funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. 

She died at the age of 96.

She reigned for 70 years and 214 

days.

13 January

1969

Johnny Cash records a live album of his performance in front of 2,000 inmates at Folsom Prison in California

26 September

1907 

New Zealand became a Dominion, 

meaning that they became 

independent from the UK.

Dominium means ownership.

2 October

2019 

Scotland became the first country 

in the UK to make it a criminal 

offence for parents to smack their 

children. 

What are the other countries?

The Great Fire of London

 

6 September, 1666 

After St Paul's Cathedral and much of the city had been burned down over four days, the Great Fire of London is finally extinguished.

12 December

1901

Marconi sends the first transatlantic radio signal, from Poldhu in Cornwall, UK to Newfoundland, Canada