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.
June 15th 1888 - Accession to the throne of Kaiser Wilhelm II
June 15th 1888: Kaiser Wilhelm II ascends the throne in Germany. William, seen here in shots from later times, had lost his father and ...
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Jahr: 1888
June 16th 1977 - Wernher von Braun dies
On June 16th 1977 Wernher von Braun dies. Von Braun was arrested by the Allies as a war criminal in 1945. But during the beginnings of a ...
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Jahr: 1977
June 17th 1953 - Popular uprising in the GDR
June 17th 1953: Hardly any other event has shaped Inter-German post-war history as much as this day. Popular uprisings broke out at more ...
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Jahr: 1953
June 18th 1940 - Charles de Gaulle calls for resistance
In May 1940, Charles de Gaulle is appointed as the youngest general in the French army. A little later he flys to London and there, in B ...
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Jahr: 1940
June 19th 1927 - Rudolf Caracciola wins first car race at the Nurburgring
June 19th 1927: Rudolf Caracciola wins the first automobile race at the Nurburgring. It was not his first victory. The year prior he had ...
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Jahr: 1927
June 21st 1948 - Introduction of the Deutschmark (in the western zones of occupation)
June 21st 1948 - In the three Western occupation zones of Germany the Deutschmark is introduced as the new currency. It replaced the old ...
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Jahr: 1948
June 22nd 1941 - Invasion of the Soviet Union
June 22nd, 1941: Without a declaration of war Hitlers Wehrmacht invades the Soviet Union. It is Nazi Germany's largest campaign of World ...
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Jahr: 1941
June 23rd 1894 - Establishing of the Olympic Committee
On June 23rd 1894 the 13 founding members from different countries found the International Olympic Committee at the initiative of Pierre ...
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Jahr: 1894
June 24th, 1966 - "The Beatles" opened their tour of West Germany, Japan and the Philippines with two concerts at the Munich circus Krone-Bau
On June 24th, 1966 "The Beatles" opened their tour of West Germany, Japan and the Philippines with two concerts at the Munich circus Kro ...
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Jahr: 1966
June 24th 1948 - Beginning of the Soviet blockade of Berlin
June 24th 1948: After the failed attempt to impose a uniform currency in all sectors of Berlin, the Soviet occupation forces blocked all ...
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Jahr: 1948
June 25th, 2009 - Michael Jackson dies
On June 25th, 2009 a message travels around the world and quickly spreads on the Internet as well: The "King of Pop" is dead! Michael J ...
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Jahr: 2009
June 25th 1950 -Start of the Korean War
On June 25th 1950: U.S. President Harry S. Truman decides to intervene in the Korean War, which began the same morning with the entry o ...
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Jahr: 1950
June 26th 1948 - Truman orders the Berlin Airlift
On June 26th 1948 President Harry S. Truman give the order to the American Military Governor Lucius Clay to create an “air bridge” ...
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Jahr: 1948
June 26th 1935 - Adoption of the Reichs Labor Service Laws'
June 26th 1935: With the adoption of the "Law for the German Reichsarbeitsdienst (or “Reichs Labor Service") young men in Germany who ...
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Jahr: 1935
June 28th 1919 - Signing of the Treaty of Versailles
June 28th 1919: The victorious powers of World War I gather in France to sign a treaty which will go down in history – The Treaty of V ...
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Jahr: 1919
June 29th, 1941 - Hermann Goering, is named Hitlers successor '
June 29th, 1941: Reich Marshal Hermann Goering, seen here at a birthday party, is named by decree of Adolf Hitler as his successor in th ...
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Jahr: 1941
June 30th 1934 – The Night of the Long Knives
June 30th 1934: With a lightning strike Adolf Hitler eliminates the leadership of the SA and orders the liquidation of their leader Erns ...
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Jahr: 1934
July 1st 1911 – The Agadir Crisis
Morocco, July 1st 1911: Triggered by the competing French and German colonial interests, a serious crisis occurs. After Emperor Wilhelm ...
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Jahr: 1911
July 2nd 1900 - Launch of the first zeppelin
July 2nd 1900: Maiden flight of the first Zeppelin airship in Germany, and the beginning of a process that at a great expense and numero ...
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Jahr: 1900