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.
October 7th 1989 - 40th Anniversary of the GDR
October 7th 1989: In the presence of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, the GDR leadership celebrates the 40th Anniversary of the German ...
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Jahr: 1989
October 8th, 1992 - Willy Brandt dies
On October 8th 1992 Willy Brandt dies. His political dream, the reunification of Germany, came true during his lifetime. He had fought ...
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Jahr: 1992
October 9th 1989 - Monday demonstration in Leipzig peace pact with the government
A highlight of the so called “Monday demonstrations” in East Germany, was the demonstration of 70,000 people on October 9th 1989 in ...
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Jahr: 1989
October 10th, 1962 - The Spiegel-affair
October 10th, 1962 marks the beginning of the Spiegel-affair in Germany. Publisher Rudolf Augstein and other editors are said to have di ...
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Jahr: 1962
October 11th 1949 - Wilhelm Pieck becomes the first President of East Germany
On October 11th 1949: Wilhelm Pieck becomes the first president of the German Democratic Republic. Pieck is an icon of the German Commu ...
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Jahr: 1949
October 12th 1960 - Khrushchev shoe banging incident before the UN
After the shooting down of a U.S. spy plane over the Soviet Union had led to a deterioration in relations between the superpowers in May ...
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Jahr: 1960
October 13th, 1949 - Founding of the German Trade Union Federation
On October 13th, 1949 the Founding Congress of the German Trade Union Federation (DGB) elects Hans Böckler as its first chairman. Due t ...
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Jahr: 1949
October 15th 1924 - Landing of the Zeppelin LZ 126 in Lakehurst
October 15th 1924: After 81 hours and after having covered over 8000 km of flight route, the airship pioneer Hugo Eckener lands with Zep ...
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Jahr: 1924
October 16th 1944 - Invasion of Soviet troops into Eastern Prussia
October 16th 1944: An unprecedented exodus of the local German population begins in Eastern Prussia with the arrival of Soviet troops. T ...
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Jahr: 1944
October 16th 1925 - Treaty of Locarno
October 16th 1925: In Locarno, Switzerland, the most important international conference on European security issues after the First Worl ...
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Jahr: 1925
October 17th 1917 - Hindenburg tells people to endure during the First World War
(O-Ton) All the exhortations to hold out by the German High Command, could not bring about a victory in 1917 – the volunteer Adolf Hi ...
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Jahr: 1917
October 18th, 1977 – The GSG9 frees hostage in Mogadishu
October 18th, 1977: At the airport of Mogadishu, all hostages of the Lufthansa airliner "Landshut", who were kidnapped by a commando of ...
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Jahr: 1977
October 18th 1944 - Funeral of Erwin Rommel
October 18th 1944: In an act of state, General Field Marshal Erwin Rommel is laid to rest in Ulm, Germany.. Rommel, one of the most impo ...
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Jahr: 1944
October 19th 1945 - Declaration of Guilt in Stuttgart
On October 18th and 19th of 1945 ecumenical representatives meet in war-torn Stuttgart. They asses the Churchs involvement in the terror ...
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Jahr: 1945
October 20th 1944 - Red Army captures Belgrade
October 20th 1944: Liberation of Belgrade, the capital of Yugoslavia, by the Red Army. It was the climax of the so-called Belgrade opera ...
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Jahr: 1944
October 21st, 1969 - Willy Brandt is elected Chancellor
On Oct 21st, 1969, In Germany Willy Brandt is elected Chancellor for the first time by the delegates of the SPD/FDP coalition. Since 1 ...
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Jahr: 1969
October 22nd 1943 - Bombing of Kassel
On the night of the 22nd to 23rd of October 1943, the RAF bombed the city of Kassel with 444 bombers, because Kassel was a war-strategic ...
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Jahr: 1943
October 23rd, 1956 - National uprising in Hungary
On October 23rd, 1956 the national uprising in Hungary begins with a peaceful mass demonstration of students. More than 10 years before ...
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Jahr: 1956
October 24th 1962 - The beginning of the Cuban Missile Crisis
October 24th 1962: Following the deployment of Soviet missiles to Cuba, the U.S. imposes a naval blockade against Fidel Castros island n ...
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Jahr: 1962