194th anniversary of British Forces burning Washington DC down

Happy anniversary! I know that Blair apologised on behalf of every British person ever about this in 2002, but this is the trump card that British people have when they meet people from the Mid-West who end up saying "Hey, who won the War of Revolution?", and don't understand when you say "The French." Instead, we get to say, "Yeah, well tell me who burnt down the White House and Capitol Hill and Congress Library?" So be proud, British people, today is your day. Stand tall and reflect on what might had been had we not also been thrashing Napoleon at the same time in Europe and had been able to concentrate fully all the might of the world upon America...

Lichtenstein versus Czech Republic and Slovakia

Apparently, the state of Lichtenstein in Europe refuses to acknowledge the existence of the Czech Republic and Slovakia, and they in turn refuse to recognise Lichtenstein. It all stems from the Second World War, where the Czechs and Slovaks allege the Prince of Lichtenstein profited from an arrangement with the Nazis. So when the war was over, and Czechoslovakia (at the time) was freed from Nazi Germany, to be swallowed by Mother Russia, the government confiscated all of the Prince's property in their country. And also barred Liechtensteiners from entering the country during the Cold War, I suppose in case they tried to mount a Nazi insurrection in order to reclaim the Prince's lands. Lichtenstein did not take kindly to this behaviour (and also allege that the property - 1,600 km² of land - was seized in 1918, whilst Czechs and Slovaks put the date at 1948), and refuses to have any diplomatic relations with the two countries, the former Czechoslovakia treating Lichtenstein as it is treated.