What happened today X years ago?

geschichtskalender

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 last German conscripts take their solemn vows

Conscription had been a feature of life for all young German men in both the West (since 1956) and East (after 1962), and the practice continued even after the end of the Cold War [...]

Continue reading
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December