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.
March 3rd 1918 - The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
On March 3rd 1918 Soviet Russia and the "Central Powers" (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey) signed a separate peace treaty, ...
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Jahr: 1918
March 4th, 1933 - Roosevelt takes office
On March 4th, 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt begins his first term as U.S. president. He was the only president of the United States, who, ...
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Jahr: 1933
March 5th 1953 – Stalin dies
March 5tth 1953: Josef Stalin is dead. With the death of the Soviet leader shown here, ended an era that was marked by show trials, mass ...
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Jahr: 1953
March 6th 1984 - Martin Niemoller dies
On March 6th 1984 Martin Niemoller dies. The theologian remains active in the peace movement until his death. As co-initiator of the "Kr ...
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Jahr: 1984
March 7th 1936 - Occupation of the Rhineland
March 7th 1936 : Adolf Hitler orders the occupation of the demilitarized Rhineland. The invasion, which violated both of the provisions ...
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Jahr: 1936
March 7th 1945 - Capture of the bridge of Remagen by U.S. soldiers
It was a World War II myth: The Bridge of Remagen. Built during World War I to bring more troops and war materials to the Western Front ...
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Jahr: 1945
March 8th – International World Womens Day
March 8th: International Womens Day - proclaimed in 1921 by the Second Women's Conference in Communist Moscow largely due to the initia ...
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Jahr: 1921
March 9th, 1945 – Tokyo bombing
In November 1944 the United States began with the bombing of the Japanese capital Tokyo. The conquest of Pacific Islands, ever so close ...
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Jahr: 1945
March 10th, 1959 - Tibet uprising
China had occupied Tibet in 1950. During the 1950s the Tibetan resistance against China grew. Attacks by Tibetans on the Chinese army oc ...
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Jahr: 1959
March 11th 1985 - Mikhail Gorbachev becomes general secretary of the CPSU
March 11th 1985: Mikhail Gorbachev becomes General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party. Gorbachev heads the reconstruction of the So ...
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Jahr: 1985
March 12th 1938 - occupation of Austria
March 12th 1938: A month after he appointed himself commander of the armed forces Adolf Hitler orders the occupation of Austria. In vain ...
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Jahr: 1938
March 13th 1920 - Kapp Putsch
March 13th 1920: The so-called Kapp Putsch brakes out in Berlin. Cause was the dissolution of the volunteer corp organizations by the go ...
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Jahr: 1920
March 15th 1939 - German invasion of Czechoslovakia
March 15th 1939: German troops march on Czechoslovakia. A brief prelude to the start of World War II, for Hitler a triumph repeated over ...
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Jahr: 1939
March 16th 1935 - Re-introduction of conscription in Nazi Germany
March 16th 1935: Adolf Hitler announces the reintroduction of conscription in the German Reich. This act, which, such as the operation o ...
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Jahr: 1935
March 17th 1969 - Golda Meir becomes Israeli Prime Minister
March 17th 1969: Golda Meir is elected prime minister of Israel. Originally from Kiev to – seen here during a U.S. visit – she had h ...
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Jahr: 1969
March 18th 1961 - Franz-Josef Strauss
March 18th 1961: The Christian Social Union in Bavaria elects Franz-Josef Strauss as their President. At the federal level, Strauss, the ...
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Jahr: 1961
March 19th 1949 – Decision to form a constitution for the GDR
March 19th 1949: The formal decision of forming a constitution for the German Democratic Republic was initiated by the Socialist Unity P ...
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Jahr: 1949
March 20th 1925 - Chiang Kai Shek takes over leadership of the Kuomintang
March 20th 1925: In China Chiang Kai Shek becomes head of the Nationalist Party Kuomintang. Originally forming a united front, along wit ...
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Jahr: 1925
March 21st 1871 - Otto von Bismarck becomes Chancellor
In January 1871 Otto von Bismarck - in the Palace of Versailles – launches the Prussian-German National State. On March 21st 1871 th ...
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Jahr: 1871