On this Day, in 1940: 728 Poles were sent to Auschwitz in the concentration camp’s first mass transport
On June 14, 1940, Nazi authorities organised the first mass transport to the Auschwitz I concentration camp, deporting more thanContinue Reading
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On this Day, in 1391: the Bethlehem Chapel was founded in Prague
On May 24, 1391, the Bethlehem Chapel was founded in Prague’s Old Town as the first preaching chapel in Europe,Continue Reading
On this Day, in 1955: the Warsaw Pact came into existence in Central and Eastern Europe
On May 14, 1955, eight countries including the Soviet Union, Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary, signed the Warsaw Treaty, bringing intoContinue Reading
On this Day, in 1911: Czech aviation pioneer Jan Kašpar completed a historic long-distance flight to Prague
On May 13, 1911, Czech aviator Jan Kašpar successfully flew from Pardubice to Prague in what was, at the time,Continue Reading
On this Day, in 2004: the four Visegrad countries joined the EU in a historic enlargement to the east
On May 1, 2004, the so-called “Visegrad 4” (V4) countries of the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary were partContinue Reading
On this Day, in 1713: “Slovak Robin Hood” Juraj Jánošík was executed aged 25
On March 17, 1713, Slovak highwayman and “Robin Hood” robber Juraj Jánošík was executed at the age of 25, soonContinue Reading
On this Day, in 1978: Vladimír Remek became the first non-Soviet, non-American astronaut to go to space
On March 2, 1978, Czech cosmonaut Vladimír Remek became the first and only Czech to fly to space, and theContinue Reading
On this Day, in 1998: the Czech ice hockey team beat Russia to win its first Olympic gold
On February 22, 1998, an all-star Czech ice hockey team beat Russia in the finals of the Nagano Winter GamesContinue Reading
On this Day, in 1946: Czechoslovakia started the forced deportation of ethnic Germans
On January 25, 1946, the government of a newly restored Czechoslovakia started the forced deportation of ethnic Germans and HungariansContinue Reading
On this Day, in 1421: Jan Žižka defeated the imperial forces at the Battle of Kutná Hora
On December 21, 1421, thanks to what some historians believe to be the first mobile artillery manoeuver in history, HussiteContinue Reading
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