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 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
July 3rd 1935 - Volkswagen prototype
On July 3rd 1935: Ferdinand Porsche introduces the first Volkswagen prototype. Later he develops various versions of the "KDF-car", whic ...
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Jahr: 1935
July 4th, 1954 – Germanys National Team wins the World Cup
July 4th, 1954: At the Wankdorfstadion of Bern in Switzerland, major underdogs Germany, beat Hungary which had been deemed un-defeatable ...
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Jahr: 1954
July 4th 1926 - Founding of the Hitler Youth
July 4th 1926: On the occasion of the 2nd Nuremberg Rally of the Nazi Party in Weimar the Hitler Youth, shown here, was established. Bei ...
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Jahr: 1926
July 5th 1962 - Algeria declared its independence from France
July 5th 1962: Algeria declares its independence from France. President Charles de Gaulle had two days earlier proclaimed the independen ...
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Jahr: 1962
July 6th 1959 - George Grosz dies
In the 1920s George Grosz is one of the early founders of Dadaism and member of the “Red Group of Berlin ". The sensing the takeover o ...
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Jahr: 1959