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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 Eschede train disaster

On 3 June 1998, the Intercity Express “Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen” derailed at a speed of 200 kilometres per hour on the line between Hanover and Hamburg near Eschede, tearing down a road bridge in the process. [...]

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