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 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
October 25th 1929 - Beginning of Great Depression
October 25th 1929: On "Black Friday", the crash of New York Stock Exchange, the world economic crisis began. It was triggered by misguid ...
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Jahr: 1929
October 26th, 1919 – The last Shah of Persia is born
On October 26th, 1919 the last Shah of Persia, Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi was born. In 1941, during the Second World War, British and S ...
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Jahr: 1919
October 27th, 1917 - Victory of the Central Powers on the Isonzo
October 27th 1917: The Central Powers Germany and Austria-Hungary are victorious against Italian troops on the Isonzo river. It was the ...
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Jahr: 1917
October 28th, 1973 - First oil crisis
The first and most momentous oil crisis was triggered by the Arab-Israeli Yom Kippur War on October 28th, 1973. The Organization of Petr ...
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Jahr: 1973
October 29th, 1976 - Honecker becomes State Council Chairman
On Oct 29th, 1976 Erich Honecker becomes the GDR State Council chairman. He effectively unites all high office positions . He obtained ...
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Jahr: 1976
October 30th, 2008 - Closure of Tempelhof Airport
October 30th, 2008, Berlin’s "Central Airport" Tempelhof closes down. Almost 100 years earlier, in 1909 the first flying machines land ...
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Jahr: 2008
October 31st 1943 - Max Reinhardt dies
On October 31st 1943 Max Reinhardt dies in exile in New York. The Austrian Jew escaped from the Nazis in 1937 and emigrated with his wif ...
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Jahr: 1943
November 1st, 1954 - Algeria war
On November 1st, 1954 the Algerian Liberation Front (FLN) begins an armed struggle against the French troops stationed in the country, t ...
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Jahr: 1954
November 2nd, 1942 - Axis forces clear out of El Alamein
November 2nd, 1942: After initial successes in North Africa, the Axis powers Germany and Italy are forced to clear their positions at El ...
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Jahr: 1942
November 3rd 1918 - Sailors mutiny in Kiel
1918 towards the end of World War I preliminary negotiations for a ceasefire had already been initiated. Nevertheless, the leadership of ...
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Jahr: 1918
November 4th 1989 - Mass rally at the Alexanderplatz in East Berlin
Erich Honecker was replaced as the head of state and party leader by Egon Krenz. But most East Germans wanted more reforms. On November ...
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Jahr: 1989
November 5th 1949 - J.R. Bechers Risen from the ruins ... becomes East Germany's national anthem '
On November 5th 1949 the Central Committee of the SED (or “Socialist United Party”) declares the song "Risen from the ruins ...," t ...
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Jahr: 1949
November 6th 1956 - Dwight D. Eisenhower wins U.S. Presidency
In 1956, after having recovered from a heart attack, Dwight D. Eisenhower once more participates in a presidential election campaign. On ...
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Jahr: 1956
November 7th, 1963 – Miracle of Lengede
November 7th, 1963: In Lengede a miraculous rescue effort of eleven buried miners takes place! On October 24th, 1963, 50 miners are surp ...
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Jahr: 1963
November 7th 1917 - October Revolution in Russia
November 7th 1917: The Day of the so-called “October Revolution” in Russia. After Vladimir Ilyich Lenins return from exile in Switze ...
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Jahr: 1917