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The German Emergency Acts were passed, amending the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany to allow for the restriction of certain freedoms in the event of an emergency, and marking a major political defeat for the German student movement. 1969: 21 October: Willy Brandt of the SPD was elected chancellor of West Germany. 1970: 5 June
9 November 1989: The fall of the Berlin Wall ended the separation of Germany and started a series of events that ultimately led to German reunification. November 9th was originally considered to be the date for German Unity Day , but because it was also the anniversary of Kristallnacht , this date was considered inappropriate as a national holiday.
13 July – Luz Long, German long jump athlete (born 1913) 21 July – Theodor von Guérard, German jurist and politician (born 1863) 5 August – Liane Berkowitz, German resistance fighter of the Red Orchestra organisation (born 1923) 2 September – Wilhelm Geiger, German Orientalist in the fields of Indo-Iranian languages (born 1856)
View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions Read; Edit; View history; General ... 2025 events in Germany by month (2 C) C. Cancelled events in Germany ...
Luther's translation of the Bible into High German was also decisive for the German language and its evolution from Early New High German to Modern Standard German. [181] The publication of Luther's Bible was a decisive moment in the spread of literacy in early modern Germany , [ 181 ] and promoted the development of non-local forms of language ...
3 February — World War II: Largest-ever USAAF daylight bombing raid on Berlin carried out by one thousand bombers and nearly 600 escort fighters of the Eighth Air Force; 8 February — World War II: A combined British and Canadian front, consisting of 50,000 soldiers with 500 tanks and 1,034 guns, enters Reichswald, southeast of Nijmegen.
13 October — Germany, in a note to Brussels, guarantees the inviolability and integrity of Belgium so long as the latter abstains from military action against Germany 5 November — In the Reich Chancellery , Adolf Hitler holds a secret meeting and states his plans for acquiring "living space" for the German people (recorded in the Hossbach ...
1 August — The 1936 Summer Olympics open in Berlin, Germany, at the end of the first ever Olympic torch relay. [3] It is also the first occasion in world history when a sporting event is given television coverage. The first German volunteers on the nationalist side of the Spanish civil war leave for Spain. [4] 30 August — Ernest Nash flees ...