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1875: Death of Ferdinand I of Austria

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1875: Death of Ferdinand I of Austria

The former Austrian Emperor and Hungarian-Croatian King Ferdinand I (of the Habsburg-Lorraine dynasty) di ...

The former Austrian Emperor and Hungarian-Croatian King Ferdinand I (of the Habsburg-Lorraine dynasty) died on this day in 1875. His great-grandmother was the famous Empress Maria Theresa, and he reig ...

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1942: Ambush Assassination of the Powerful Nazi Reinhard Heydrich

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1942: Ambush Assassination of the Powerful Nazi Reinhard Heydrich

On this day one of the most famous assassinations in World War II happened. Reinhard Heydrich, one of the ...

On this day one of the most famous assassinations in World War II happened. Reinhard Heydrich, one of the most notorious Nazis, whom Hitler himself called "the man with the iron heart”, was attacked. ...

May 27, 2020
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1348: The First German University was Actually Founded in Prague

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|Date: April 07, 2020
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1348: The First German University was Actually Founded in Prague

On this day in the Middle Ages, a bull was issued to the first university on what was once territory of G ...

On this day in the Middle Ages, a bull was issued to the first university on what was once territory of Germany. It is interesting the university was located in Prague – the famous “Charles University ...

April 07, 2020
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1969: Self-immolation in Prague (Jan Palach)

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1969: Self-immolation in Prague (Jan Palach)

On this day in Prague a Czech student Jan Palach set himself on fire as a sign of protest against the Sov ...

On this day in Prague a Czech student Jan Palach set himself on fire as a sign of protest against the Soviet intervention in that country. Namely, the Soviets in 1968 crushed the so-called Prague Spri ...

January 16, 2020
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