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The dissolution of Czechoslovakia (Czech: Rozdělení Československa, Slovak: Rozdelenie Československa), which took effect on December 31, 1992, was the self-determined secession of the federal republic of Czechoslovakia into the independent countries of the Czech Republic (also known as Czechia) and Slovakia.
The Velvet Revolution (Czech: Sametová revoluce) or Gentle Revolution (Slovak: Nežná revolúcia) was a non-violent transition of power in what was then Czechoslovakia, occurring from 17 November to 28 November 1989.
In December 1989—a month after the Velvet Revolution—President Václav Havel announced that the word "Socialist" would be dropped from the country's official name. Conventional wisdom suggested that it would be known as simply the "Czechoslovak Republic", which was its official name from 1920 to 1938 and again during the Third Czechoslovak ...
The non-violent political revolution in Czechoslovakia that led to the velvet divorce, i.e., its dissolution into the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Subcategories This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.
Drone sightings have been reported across the eastern U.S. in states like New Jersey, New York and Maryland.
A family photo of Myra Mills, the great-great-grandmother of retired Boston University professor Michelle Johnson, who traveled to South Carolina and North Carolina to research her family history.
The Slovak Republic and the Czech Republic went their separate ways on 1 January 1993, an event sometimes called the Velvet Divorce, after 74 years of joint existence disrupted only by World War II. [ 76 ] [ 77 ] Slovakia has, nevertheless, remained a close partner with the Czech Republic; the two countries are close European allies and both co ...
In the days after UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was gunned down in New York City, many social media users took it upon themselves to try to solve the mystery of who killed him — and why.