Historical Anniversaries Videoclips
Our Calendar of Historical Anniversaries in English: A videoclip for each day of the year presenting an historical event. Licensing for all media and channels.
July 21st, 1969 - U.S. moon landing - U.S. wins space race
On July 21st, 1969 at 3:54 A.M., the following images flicker across television screens all over Europe: the U.S. space shuttle “Apoll ...
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Jahr: 1969
July 29th 1889 - Ernst Reuter is born
Ernst Reuter was born on July 29th 1889. Immediately following his election as mayor of Magdeburg in 1931 the Social democrat stands up ...
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Jahr: 1889
July 30th 1914 - General mobilization
On 30 July 1914 Tsar Nicholas II orders the general mobilization of Russian troops. It will be the beginning of his demise. The outbreak ...
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Jahr: 1914
August 1st 1936 - Opening of Olympic Games in Berlin
August 1st 1936 - The first Olympic Games on German soil begin in Berlin. Hitler personally greets the athletes in the Olympic Stadium a ...
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Jahr: 1936
August 1st 1914 - Beginning of World War I
August 1st 1914 - the German Empire declares war on Russia - it is the beginning of a chain reaction that will trigger the First World W ...
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Jahr: 1914
August 2nd 1934 – Paul von Hindenburg dies
Paul von Hindenburg dies on August 2nd 1934. In 1925, the conservative veteran of World War I, who in 1919 still propagates the myth o ...
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Jahr: 1934
August 3rd 1968 - Paul Löbe dies
Paul Löbe dies on August 3rd 1968. From 1925 he is the socialist president of the Reichstag until he is replaced by Hermann Goering in ...
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Jahr: 1968
August 4th 1944 - Arrest of Anne Frank
August 4th 1944: After a denunciation of the Security Service (SD) Anne Frank and her family are discovered hiding behind a rotating she ...
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Jahr: 1944
August 5th, 1962 - Marilyn Monroe dies
August 5th, 1962: Marilyn Monroe is dead. She is found naked and lifeless in the bedroom of her house. The Hollywood legend died at age ...
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Jahr: 1962
August 5th, 1934 - Roosevelt announces New Deal
The stock market crash of 1929 was followed by a world economic crisis, the "Great Depression". During this crisis, Roosevelt won the 1 ...
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Jahr: 1934
August 6th 1945 - Hiroshima Atomic Bomb
August 6th,1945 - Preparations for the deployment of the first American atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. With this act, th ...
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Jahr: 1945
August 7th, 1964 - Beginning of the Vietnam War
On August 7th, 1964 U.S. Congress decides to take military action in Vietnam, in order to protect the pro-American government in the sou ...
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Jahr: 1964
August 7th 1929 - World tour of airship LZ 127
August 7th 1929: The most successful German transport airship LZ 127 "Graf Zeppelin" starts on its spectacular American world trip. Unde ...
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Jahr: 1929
August 9th, 1974 - U.S. President Richard Nixon resigns - Watergate affair
On August 9th, 1974 the unthinkable happens in Washington: A U.S. president resigns because of his involvement in criminal activities: R ...
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Jahr: 1974
August 9th 1945 - Atomic bomb on Nagasaki
August 9th 1945: The U.S. bomber "Bockscar" takes off to drop the atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Nagasaki. the primary target orig ...
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Jahr: 1945
August 10th, 1920 - End of the Ottoman Empire
August 10th, 1920: With the signing of the Peace Treaty of Sèvres, between the victorious powers of World War II and Sultan Mehmed VI., ...
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Jahr: 1920
August 11th, 1919 - Weimar Constitution is announced
On August 11th, 1919 the Weimar Constitution was signed by the Reich President Friedrich Ebert and promulgated. (original sound bite) S ...
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Jahr: 1919
August 12th 1940 -Prelude to the Battle of Britain
August 12th – With the bombing of a British radar station the German Luftwaffe initiates the Battle of Britain. Luftwaffe chief Herman ...
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Jahr: 1940
August 13th 1961 - Beginning of the construction of Berlin Wall
August 13th 1961 – Through the construction of the Berlin Wall by East German Brigade groups and border police, the division of German ...
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Jahr: 1961