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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 Allied Control Council begins its work

Four weeks after the unconditional surrender of the German armed forces, the victorious Allies declared that they had taken over all power from the German civil authorities. [...]

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