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1954: CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) Founded

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1954: CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) Founded

CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, was founded on this day in 1954. Originally, the ac ...

CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, was founded on this day in 1954. Originally, the acronym CERN was a French term for “Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire”, which means th ...

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1850: Cesar Ritz – The Name that Symbolizes Hotel Luxury

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1850: Cesar Ritz – The Name that Symbolizes Hotel Luxury

This famous hotelier was highly appreciated, because he had a principle that the customer is always right ...

This famous hotelier was highly appreciated, because he had a principle that the customer is always right. If one of the guests conveyed any complaint about the food, it would immediately be replaced ...

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1971: Why did Swiss Women Wait so Long for their Right to Vote?

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1971: Why did Swiss Women Wait so Long for their Right to Vote?

Switzerland was one of the last European countries to grant women the right to vote (the small Liechtenst ...

Switzerland was one of the last European countries to grant women the right to vote (the small Liechtenstein was the only one to introduce it later). The reason for that was partly the conservatism of ...

February 07, 2016
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1349 – Burning of the Jews in Switzerland

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1349 – Burning of the Jews in Switzerland

The Jews were burned, and the surviving orphans were forcibly converted to Christianity. In a time when ...

The Jews were burned, and the surviving orphans were forcibly converted to Christianity. In a time when the Great Plague (“Black Death”) killed 30-60% of the population in Europe, superstitious citiz ...

January 09, 2016
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1847: Switzerland had a Civil War similar to the America’s

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1847: Switzerland had a Civil War similar to the America’s

On this day a civil war, also known as the Sonderbund War, ended in Switzerland. The whole thing is not w ...

On this day a civil war, also known as the Sonderbund War, ended in Switzerland. The whole thing is not well-known in European history, but it is actually very interesting because it is reminiscent of ...

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2005: Founder of Taizé Community Murdered by Knife during Prayer

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2005: Founder of Taizé Community Murdered by Knife during Prayer

Taizé is an international ecumenical monastic society, popular among Christians of various denominations, ...

Taizé is an international ecumenical monastic society, popular among Christians of various denominations, including Catholics. Taizé promotes the unification of Christians and is particularly focused ...

August 16, 2015
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1291: Switzerland Founded by Three Small Cantons in the Alpine Forests

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1291: Switzerland Founded by Three Small Cantons in the Alpine Forests

This day, 1291 is considered the symbolic founding date of Switzerland. This was the date of the signing ...

This day, 1291 is considered the symbolic founding date of Switzerland. This was the date of the signing of a charter through which a Confederation of the first three Swiss cantons – Schwyz, Uri and U ...

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1905: Albert Einstein Introduces the Special Theory of Relativity

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1905: Albert Einstein Introduces the Special Theory of Relativity

The first article in which Albert Einstein described his special theory of relativity, "On the Electrodyn ...

The first article in which Albert Einstein described his special theory of relativity, "On the Electrodynamics of bodies in motion" (German: Zur Elektrodynamik bewegter Körper), was published in “Anna ...

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