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1907: Penkala Patents his Fountain Pen

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1907: Penkala Patents his Fountain Pen

On this day Slavoljub Eduard Penkala patented the first solid-ink fountain pen. It was only a starting p ...

On this day Slavoljub Eduard Penkala patented the first solid-ink fountain pen. It was only a starting point in the further development of the mechanical pencil, which is colloquially often called a ...

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1990: First Multiparty Parliament in Croatia

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1990: First Multiparty Parliament in Croatia

The parliament was still called the Parliament of the Socialist Republic of Croatia at the time. After th ...

The parliament was still called the Parliament of the Socialist Republic of Croatia at the time. After the first multiparty parliamentary elections were held in Croatia, the parliament assembled in Za ...

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1947: The von Trapp Family – “The Sound of Music”

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1947: The von Trapp Family – “The Sound of Music”

The famous Georg von Trapp died on this day in 1947. The musical “My Sound of Music" was based on a true ...

The famous Georg von Trapp died on this day in 1947. The musical “My Sound of Music" was based on a true story. Namely, the young Maria (Julie Andrews), who firstly wanted to become a nun, and Georg v ...

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1992: Croatia Accepted into the UN

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1992: Croatia Accepted into the UN

Croatian president Tuđman held a speech, saying the entrance to the hall of the UN’s General Assembly was ...

Croatian president Tuđman held a speech, saying the entrance to the hall of the UN’s General Assembly was made from Croatian stone. On this day a Croatian delegation led by President Franjo Tuđman vis ...

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1945: Betrayal in a Castle near Bleiburg

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1945: Betrayal in a Castle near Bleiburg

On this day the tragic events of the 1945 are commemorated, when the British soldiers refused to accept t ...

On this day the tragic events of the 1945 are commemorated, when the British soldiers refused to accept the soldiers of Independent State of Croatia (a German puppet state led by the fascist Ustaše mo ...

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1990: First Multiparty Elections in Croatia

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1990: First Multiparty Elections in Croatia

Croatia was at that time part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The first multiparty parli ...

Croatia was at that time part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The first multiparty parliamentary elections in Croatia were held on this day in 1990. Croatia was at that time part of t ...

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1919: Servant of God Franjo Kuharić Born as the 13th Child in his Family

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1919: Servant of God Franjo Kuharić Born as the 13th Child in his Family

The Croatian Cardinal Franjo Kuharić was born on this day in the village of Upper Pribic near Krasic. The ...

The Croatian Cardinal Franjo Kuharić was born on this day in the village of Upper Pribic near Krasic. The region is now called the “Valley of the Cardinals” (Cardinal Aloysius Stepinac was born in nea ...

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1871: Birth of Mirko Seljan – Croatian Explorer of Africa and South America

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1871: Birth of Mirko Seljan – Croatian Explorer of Africa and South America

Mirko and his brother Stjepan spent a long time in Ethiopia, where they were decorated by Emperor Menelik ...

Mirko and his brother Stjepan spent a long time in Ethiopia, where they were decorated by Emperor Menelik II. They founded a settlement named Seljanville. Mirko Seljan, a Croat who together with his b ...

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