On May 29th, 1917 John F. Kennedy was born. In 1961, at age 43 he was elected President and became the youngest elected President in history. His family life with his wife Jacqueline Jackie...

On May 30th, 1968 the German Bundestag adopted the emergency legislation. The parties in the ruling coalition, the CDU and the SPD, had a two-thirds majority. Only 53 SPD delegates voted and the...

31. May 1916: With the start of the Battle of Jutland between the German Navy and the British Royal Navy, the greatest naval battle of World War I began. It would also be the last battle of the...

After his resignation as prime minister in 1946 and the collapse of his campaign against the constitution of the 4th Republic, Charles de Gaulle withdraws back to Colombey at the beginning of the...

June 2nd 1972: In Frankfurt on the Main the leadership Red Army Faction was arrested in a spectacular police operation. Officials of the Federal Criminal Police and the state police of Hesse...

Josephine Baker is born in the United States on June 3rd 1906. In 1925, the American dancer is quickly becoming famous in Paris. Her exuberant performances becomes a representation of the "Roaring...

June 4th 1941: Tthe last German Emperor Wilhelm II dies in Doorn, Holland. He had gone into exile here after his resignation in November of 1918. His funeral was a macabre spectacle. While Nazi...

June 5th 1945: The four victorious powers, the US, Great Britain, France and the Soviet Union take over power of government in Germany. The country was divided into four zones and maintained by the...

June 6th 1944 : Allied invasion of Normandy. With the largest landing operation of World War II, in which both, American, British and Canadian units participated, a crucial breakthrough on the path...

In 1950, the Korean War gives the first impetus for a discussion of German defense contributions. From this arises a heated debate on the rearmament of Germany during the course of the 50's....