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365 days of German history

Every day is historic! Do you want to know which key events took place in history on your date of birth? Or are you preparing for the next school presentation or Trivial Pursuit evening? The historical calendar from the Deutschlandmuseum shows you what happened in German history on each day of the year: major events, historical anniversaries, significant inventions, important birthdays and much more.

The People’s Uprising in the DDR

East Germans were already disgruntled with their poor living conditions, and their discontent boiled over in 1953 following an announcement that workers would be required to put in 10% more work for no extra pay. [...]

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