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  • 1818: The First Performance of Silent Night was not far from Hitler’s Birthplace

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    1818: The First Performance of Silent Night was not far from Hitler’s Birthplace

    1818: The First Performance of Silent Night was not far from Hitler’s Birthplace

    On Christmas Eve in 1818, the most famous Christmas carol Silent Night (Stille Nacht in the German origin ...

    On Christmas Eve in 1818, the most famous Christmas carol Silent Night (Stille Nacht in the German original) was performed for the first time. This took place at the St. Nicholas parish church in the ...

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  • 1791: The Mysterious Death of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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    1791: The Mysterious Death of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    1791: The Mysterious Death of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    On this day, at 1:00 am, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died under mysterious circumstances, at the age of only ...

    On this day, at 1:00 am, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died under mysterious circumstances, at the age of only 35 years. A short time before his death, Mozart was suffering from an unknown illness. Till the ...

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  • 2000: Horrifying: 155 People Burned to Death in Tunnel

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    2000: Horrifying: 155 People Burned to Death in Tunnel

    2000: Horrifying: 155 People Burned to Death in Tunnel

    On this day one of the worst disasters in the history of ski resorts occurred. A funicular which carried ...

    On this day one of the worst disasters in the history of ski resorts occurred. A funicular which carried 167 people caught fire as it passed through a tunnel in the Austrian ski resort of Kaprun. Out ...

    November 11, 2019
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  • 1852: Austro-Hungarian Field Marshal who Started the Great War

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    1852: Austro-Hungarian Field Marshal who Started the Great War

    1852: Austro-Hungarian Field Marshal who Started the Great War

    Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, one of the people most responsible for starting World War I, was born on thi ...

    Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, one of the people most responsible for starting World War I, was born on this day. He was namely the Chief of the Austro-Hungarian General Staff in 1914. From that positio ...

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  • 1916: Austrian Archduke who was to become King of Poland

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    1916: Austrian Archduke who was to become King of Poland

    1916: Austrian Archduke who was to become King of Poland

    On this day in 1916, a joint declaration by German Emperor Wilhelm II and Austro-Hungarian Emperor and Ki ...

    On this day in 1916, a joint declaration by German Emperor Wilhelm II and Austro-Hungarian Emperor and King Francis Joseph I promised the creation of the Kingdom of Poland on the territory they had oc ...

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  • 996: First Mention of Austria’s Original Name

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    996: First Mention of Austria’s Original Name

    996: First Mention of Austria’s Original Name

    The document in which the name of Austria is mentioned for the first time in history has been dated to to ...

    The document in which the name of Austria is mentioned for the first time in history has been dated to today’s date in 996. The original term was Ostarrichi and comes from the German word Osterriche, ...

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  • 1740: Maria Theresa Accedes the Throne

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    1740: Maria Theresa Accedes the Throne

    1740: Maria Theresa Accedes the Throne

    The famed Hungarian queen and Austrian archduchess, Maria Theresa, acceded to the throne on this day. Of ...

    The famed Hungarian queen and Austrian archduchess, Maria Theresa, acceded to the throne on this day. Of course, this happened after the death of Emperor Charles VI – he didn't have any sons, so that ...

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  • 2008: Jörg Haider Dies Driving VW Phaeton

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    2008: Jörg Haider Dies Driving VW Phaeton

    2008: Jörg Haider Dies Driving VW Phaeton

    This day in 2008 marked the death of Jörg Haider, governor of the Austrian federal state of Carinthia (Kä ...

    This day in 2008 marked the death of Jörg Haider, governor of the Austrian federal state of Carinthia (Kärnten). Haider was a very popular, but controversial politician. He was at first a member of th ...

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