On this Day, in 1969: Czech student Jan Palach self-immolated in Prague
On January 16, 1969, 20-year-old Czech student Jan Palach self-immolated on Prague’s Wenceslas Square to protest against the crushing ofContinue Reading
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On January 16, 1969, 20-year-old Czech student Jan Palach self-immolated on Prague’s Wenceslas Square to protest against the crushing ofContinue Reading
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Prague, Czech Republic – The statue of British broker, humanitarian and Holocaust hero Sir Nicholas Winton, located at Prague’s mainContinue Reading
On January 6, 1977, motivated by the arrest of members of the psychedelic band Plastic People of the Universe, theContinue Reading
On January 5, 1968, Slovak reformist Alexander Dubček was elected First Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ), andContinue Reading
On December 30, 1610, the gruesome crimes and serial murders of the Hungarian Countess Elizabeth Báthory were uncovered by CountContinue Reading
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On December 25, 1000 (or possibly on January 1, 1001), the last Grand Prince of the Hungarians, Stephen I, assertedContinue Reading
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On December 13, 1981, in a televised speech addressed to the entire nation, General Wojciech Jaruzelski announced the introduction of martialContinue Reading
On December 10, 1942, the Polish government-in-exile sent an official diplomatic note, signed by Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Raczynski,Continue Reading
On December 6, 1956, political tension between Hungary and the Soviet Union boiled over during a hard-fought water polo OlympicContinue Reading
On December 2, 1805, the Grande Armée of Napoleon defeated a larger Russian and Austrian army led by Tsar AlexanderContinue Reading