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.
November 26th, 1832 - The worlds first tramway '
At the World Exhibition in Paris in 1900, the "rolling sidewalk" is "all the rage" of public transportation. But it remains a peculiar " ...
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Jahr: 1832
November 27th 1918 - State takes on school supervision in Prussia
November 27th 1918: Prussia issues a decree by which the school chaplains are permanently removed as school supervisors and replaced by ...
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Jahr: 1918
November 27th, 1975 - Juan Carlos becomes king of Spain
Following Francos death on November 27th 1975 Juan Carlos ascends to the Spanish throne. Dictator Francisco Franco had appointed Juan Ca ...
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Jahr: 1975
November 28th 1943 - Tehran conference
On November 28th 1943: The Tehran Conference begins. U.S. President Franklyn D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill m ...
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Jahr: 1943
November 29th, 1947 - UN decides on partition plan for Palestine
The UN partition plan for Palestine was adopted on November 29th, 1947 by the UN General Assembly Resolution 181. The plan divided Pales ...
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Jahr: 1947
November 30th 1874 - Winston Churchill is born
November 30th 1874: Winston Churchill is born. Churchill is considered one of Great Britains most important politicians of the 20th Cent ...
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Jahr: 1874
December 1st 1973 - Ben Gurion dies
On December 1st 1973: David Ben Gurion dies. He was the first Prime Minister of Israel. For 15 years he guided the young Jewish state. ...
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Jahr: 1973
December 2nd 1938 - Arrival of Jewish refugee children in England
December 2nd 1938: Nearly a month after the infamous Kristallnacht, the Nazi November- pogrom in Germany, the first transport of Jewish ...
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Jahr: 1938
December 3rd, 1967 - First successful heart transplant
On December 3rd, 1967 an age-old dream of mankind comes true: The South African surgeon Christian Barnard performs the first successful ...
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Jahr: 1967
December 3rd 1896 - Carlo Schmid is born
On December 3rd 1896 Carlo Schmid is born. In 1933 the Nazis exclude the Doctor of Law and Lecturer of International Law at the Universi ...
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Jahr: 1896
December 4th 1892 - Franco is born
On December 4th 1892, Francisco Franco is born. Born into a military family, he chooses a military career and becomes commander of the a ...
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Jahr: 1892
December 5th 1941 - Soviet counteroffensive during the Battle of Moscow
December 5th 1941: With a massive counter attack the Soviet High Command brings the German attack on Moscow to halt. Stalin uses no fewe ...
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Jahr: 1941
December 6th, 1941 - U.S. President Roosevelt orders construction of the atomic bomb
In 1941 U.S. President Roosevelt is still not ready to take military action, even at the urging of the British to enter the war against ...
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Jahr: 1941
December 7th 1941 - Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
December 7th 1941, a Sunday: Far off the coast of Hawaii a Japanese naval unit which includes six aircraft carriers moves at very slow s ...
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Jahr: 1941
December 8th, 1980 - John Lennon shot dead
On the evening of December 8th, 1980 the entrance of the Dakota Building in New York City becomes the scene of a bloody crime. John Lenn ...
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Jahr: 1980
December 8th 1941 - US declares war on Japan
December 8th 1941: A nation in shock. Probably nobody had expected the surprise attack by the Japanese air force on the naval base at Pe ...
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Jahr: 1941
December 9th 1946 - Nuremberg trials
On December 9th 1946, the trial of 20 doctors and three non-physicians, accused of organizing and implementing criminal medical policies ...
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Jahr: 1946
December 10th 1948 - UN Declaration of Human Rights
On December 10th 1948 - The General Assembly of the United Nations in New York announces the "Universal Declaration of Human Rights". In ...
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Jahr: 1948
December 11th 1948 - Founding of the FDP
On December 11th 1948 the liberal parties and movements of the West German occupation zones unite in Heppenheim, Bergstrasse under the b ...
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Jahr: 1948