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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.

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Fighting for freedom on the Hindu Kusch
Jan 12 2001

Fighting for freedom on the Hindu Kusch

Following the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, in which hijacked aircraft were crashed into the Twin Towers in New York and the Pentagon, killing 3,000 people, NATO invoked Article 5 of its treaty for the first time. [...]

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