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Historical Events
Events 1 - 81 of 81
1741-12-27 - Prussian forces took Olmutz, Czechoslovakia
1915-10-29 - Thomas Masaryk claims independence for Czechoslovakia
1915-11-14 - Thomas Masaryk demands independence for Czechoslovakia
1918-08-30 - Czechoslovakia forms independence republic
1918-10-18 - Czechoslovakia declares Independence from Austro-Hungarian Empire
1918-10-28 - Czechoslovakia gains independence as Austria-Hungary breaks up
1918-10-30 - Slovakia asks for creation of Czechoslovakian state
1918-11-14 - Republic of Czechoslovakia created with T.G. Masaryk as president
1920-03-28 - Thomas Masaryk elected president of Czechoslovakia
1920-08-10 - Allies recognize Poland, Czechoslovakia & Romania
1920-08-14 - Little Entente formed by Czechoslovakia & Yugoslavia
1927-05-27 - Thomas Masaryk elected Czechoslovakia president
1934-06-10 - Italy beats Czechoslovakia 2-1 (OT) in soccer's 2nd World Cup at Rome
1935-12-18 - Edward Benes becomes president of Czechoslovakia
1938-04-23 - Sudeten Germans in Czechoslovakia demand self government
British war time Prime Minister Winston Churchill
1938-09-21 - Winston Churchill condemns Hitler's annexation of Czechoslovakia
1938-09-30 - Munich Agreement-forced Czechoslovakia to give territory to Germany
1938-10-01 - Germany annexes Sudetenland (1/3 of Czechoslovakia)
1938-10-10 - Germany completed annexation of Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland
1939-03-14 - Nazi Germany dissolves Republic of Czechoslovakia
1939-03-15 - Hitler occupies Bohemia & Moravia (Czechoslovakia); Slovakia independ
1939-03-16 - Germany occupies Czechoslovakia
1939-10-28 - Anti-German demonstrations/strikes in Czechoslovakia
1939-11-15 - Anti-German demonstrations in Czechoslovakia
1940-11-20 - World War II: Hungary, Romania and Slovakia join the Axis Powers.
1942-06-09 - Nazis kill all inhabitants of Lidice Czechoslovakia
1942-06-10 - Massacre at Lidice (Czechoslovakia), Gestapo kills 173
1944-08-29 - Anti German rebellion in Slovakia
1944-10-06 - Soviets march into Hungary & Czechoslovakia
1944-10-18 - Soviet troops invade Czechoslovakia during WW II
1945-05-09 - Czechoslovakia liberated from Nazi occupation (Natl Day)
1945-06-29 - Ruthenia, formerly in Czechoslovakia, becomes part of Ukrainian SSR
1946-05-26 - Klement Gottwald becomes premier of Czechoslovakia
1947-12-10 - USSR & Czechoslovakia sign trade agreement
1948-02-20 - Czechoslovakia's non-communist minister resigns
1948-02-24 - Communist Party seizes complete control of Czechoslovakia
1948-02-25 - Communists seize Czechoslovakia/C Gottwald becomes premier
1948-06-07 - Communist complete takeover of Czechoslovakia; Pres Bernes resigns
1948-06-14 - Klemens Gottwald becomes president of Czechoslovakia
1951-02-26 - Bread rationing in Czechoslovakia
1952-11-20 - Slánský trials begin - a series of Stalinist and anti-Semitic show trials in Czechoslovakia.
1953-03-22 - AntonínZápotockýchosen as president of Czechoslovakia
1953-12-24 - 2 fast express trains crash head-on killing 103 (Czechoslovakia)
1955-05-14 - Warsaw Pact is signed by the Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland & Romania
1957-11-19 - Antonin Novotny appointed president of Czechoslovakia
1960-02-28 - US wins Olympic hockey gold medal by defeating Canada
1960-07-11 - Czechoslovakia adopts Constitution
1962-06-17 - Brazil Beats Czechoslovakia in soccer's 7th World Cup at Santiago
1963-09-22 - Czechoslovakian premier Sikory deposed by Josef Lenart)
1964-06-11 - West Germany seeks talks with Czechoslovakia
1966-11-24 - A Bulgarian plane with 82 people on board crashes near Bratislava, Slovakia.
1968-01-05 - Dubcek succeeds pres Novotny as party leader of Czechoslovakia
1968-03-22 - Jarmila Novotna resigns presidency of Czechoslovakia
1968-03-30 - General Ludvik Svoboda elected president of Czechoslovakia
1968-04-08 - Czechoslovakia Cernik government forms
1968-08-20 - 650,000 Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia
1968-08-21 - Warsaw Pact forces enter Czechoslovakia to end reform movement
1968-10-16 - Czechoslovakia & Russian "accord" rules allies Soviet forces
1969-04-17 - Czechoslovakia's Communist Party chairman Alexander Dubcek deposed
1969-08-23 - France's Une De Mai wins International Trot at Roosevelt Raceway Czechoslovakia (1st American to win cycling race title since 1912)
1970-01-28 - Lubomír Strougal succeeds Cernik as premier of Czechoslovakia
1975-12-21 - 64th Davis Cup: Sweden beats Czechoslovakia in Stockholm (3-2)
1976-06-20 - Czechoslovakia becomes European soccer champ
1978-03-02 - Soyuz 28 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Czechoslovakian) to Salyut 6
1986-07-27 - 24th Tennis Fed Cup: USA beats Czechoslovakia in Prague Czech (3-0)
1989-11-24 - Communist Party resigns in Czechoslovakia
1989-12-10 - President Gustav Husak of Czechoslovakia, resigns
1989-12-29 - Vaclav Havel becomes president of Czechoslovakia
1990-06-09 - Czechoslovakia beats US 5-1 in World Cup soccer
1992-07-20 - Václav Havel resigns as president of Czechoslovakia.
1993-01-01 - Czechoslovakia separates into Czech Republic (Bohemia) & Slovakia
1994-03-16 - Moravcik forms Slovakia government
1994-09-30 - Vladimir Meciars HZDDS wins Slovakia parliamentary election
2001-08-01 - Bulgaria, Cyprus, Latvia, Malta, Slovenia and Slovakia join the European Environment Agency.
2002-11-21 - NATO invites Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia to become members.
2002-12-13 - Enlargement of the European Union: The European Union announces that Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia will become members from May 1, 2004.
2004-03-29 - Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia join NATO as full members.
2004-05-01 - Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia join the European Union, celebrated at the residence of the Irish President in Dublin.
43rd US President George W. Bush
2005-02-23 - Slovakia Summit 2005 begins, marking the first occasion when a sitting American President visits Slovakia; George W. Bush and Vladimir Putin are in attendance.
2007-12-21 - The Schengen Agreement area increases to include 9 European Union member states; Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia on land and sea borders.
2009-01-01 - Slovakia officially adopts the Euro currency and becomes the sixteenth Eurozone country.
Famous Birthdays
Birthdays 1 - 89 of 89
1720-05-15 - Maximilian Hell, Slovakian astronomer (d. 1792)
1850-03-07 - Tomés G Masaryk, Czechoslovakia, Father/Pres of Czech (1918-35)
1884-05-28 - Edvard Benes, premier/president of Czechoslovakia (1921-22, 35-48)
1886-04-17 - Otto Lederer, Czechoslovakia, actor (Jazz Singer)
1890-12-08 - Bohuslav Jan Martinu, Policka Czechoslovakia, composer (Hry o Marti)
1896-01-08 - Jaromir Weinberger, Prague Czechoslovakia, composer (Bird's Opera)
1896-11-23 - Klement Gottwald, premier/president of Czechoslovakia (1946-53)
1902-02-19 - Hugo Haas, Brno Czechoslovakia, actor/director (2 Smart People)
1903-05-15 - Anny Ondra, Czechoslovakia, actress (Blackmail, Manxman)
1904-11-10 - Steven Geray, Uzhored Czechoslovakia, actor (French Line)
1907-09-23 - Jarmila Novotna, soprano (Met Opera)/pres of Czechoslovakia (1957-68)
1907-11-21 - Charles Korvin, Czechoslovakia, actor (Berlin Express, Ship of Fools)
1911-02-26 - Josef Smrkovsky, Czechoslovakia MP chairman
1912-02-11 - Rudolf Firkusny, Napajedla Czechoslovakia, pianist (Julliard)
1913-05-01 - Walter Susskind, Praha (Prague) Czechoslovakia, conductor
1914-06-29 - Rafael Kubelik, Bychory Czechoslovakia, conductor (Cornelia Farooli)
1917-01-17 - Oskar Morawetz, Svetla Czechoslovakia, composer
1917-09-28 - Vaclav Kaslik, Czechoslovakia, opera composer/conductor
1919-09-24 - Vaclav Nelhybel, Polanka Czechoslovakia, composer (Everyman)
1921-07-17 - František Zvarík, Slovakian actor
1921-08-07 - Karel Husa, Prague Czechoslovakia, composer (Trojan Women)
1922-07-15 - Jiri Lederer, Czechoslovakia, journalist/dissident
1924-09-27 - Josef Skvorecky, Czechoslovakia, writer and publisher (End of the Nylon Age, The Cowards) (d. 2012)
1929-08-08 - Josef Suk, Prague Czechoslovakia, violinist (Artist of Merit-1977)
1930-08-05 - Michal Kováč, President of Slovakia
1934-01-04 - Rudolf Schuster, President of Slovakia
1936-10-05 - Vaclav Havel, writer/pres Czechoslovakia (1989-92)
1939-11-12 - Lucia Popp, Slovakian soprano (d. 1993)
1941-03-27 - Ivan Gašparovič, President of Slovakia
1943-11-02 - Oldrich Pelcak, Czechoslovakia, cosmonaut
1948-08-11 - Jan Palach, Czechoslovakian student protester (d. 1969)
1948-09-26 - Vladimir Remek, Czechoslovakia, cosmonaut (Soyuz 28)
1960-03-07 - Ivan Lendl, Czechoslovakia, tennis champion (US Open 1985-87)
1960-10-28 - Robert Pukalovic, hockey defenseman (Team Slovakia 1998)
1962-02-19 - Hana Mandlikova, Prague Czechoslovakia, tennis player (1985 US Open)
1963-09-14 - Jaromir Dragan, Liptovsky CZE, hockey goalie (Team Slovakia 1998)
1964-01-31 - Oto Hascak, hockey forward (Team Slovakia 1998)
1964-05-09 - Miloslav Mecir, Czechoslovakia, tennis player (Olympic-gold-1988)
1965-01-04 - Jergus Baca, Liptovsky Mikulas CZE, IHL defenseman (Team Slovakia 98)
1965-06-05 - Edward Hartman, Skalica CZE, hockey goalie (Team Slovakia)
1965-06-22 - Ľubomír Moravčík, Slovakian footballer
1966-02-28 - Jan Varholik, Kosice CZE, hockey defenseman (Team Slovakia)
1966-04-04 - Stanislav Medrik, Nitra CZE, hockey defenseman (Team Slovakia)
1967-11-26 - Karol Rusznyak, hockey forward (Team Slovakia 1998)
1967-12-07 - Vaclav Chalupa, Czechoslovakia, rower (Henley Royal Regatta 1989)
1968-01-06 - Vlastimil Plavucha, Banska Bystrica CZ, hockey forward (Team Slovakia)
1968-01-23 - Lubomir Kolnik, Skalica CZ, hockey forward (Team Slovakia, Espoo)
1968-08-10 - Miroslav Mosner, hockey defenseman (Team Slovakia 1998)
1968-11-06 - Vlast Plavucha, hockey forward (Team Slovakia 1998)
1968-11-18 - Lubomir Sekeras, Liptovsky CZE, hockey defenseman (Team Slovakia)
1968-12-28 - Jozef Dano, Skalica CZE, hockey forward (Team Slovakia 1998)
1969-01-02 - Robert Svehla, Martin Cze, NHL defenseman (Florida Panthers, Slovakia)
1970-02-28 - Jan Varholik, hockey defenseman (Team Slovakia 1998)
1970-06-11 - Roman Kontsek, hockey forward (Team Slovakia 1998)
1970-12-02 - Rene Pucher, Presov CZE, hockey forward (Team Slovakia)
1970-12-24 - Marian Smerciak, Martin CZE, hockey defenseman (Team Slovakia 1998)
1970-12-26 - Radka Zrubakova, Bratislava Slovakia, tennis star (1994 Futures-GER)
1971-01-08 - Branislav Janos, hockey forward (Team Slovakia 1998)
1971-09-08 - Jan Pardavy, hockey forward (Team Slovakia)
1971-10-12 - Pavol Rybar, hockey goaltender (Team Slovakia 1998)
1972-01-01 - Ivan Droppa, hockey defenseman (Team Slovakia 1998)
1972-02-18 - Lubomir Rybovic, Kosice CZE, hockey forward (Team Slovakia)
1972-06-20 - Jozef Stumpel, Nitra CZE, NHL forward (Team Slovakia, Boston)
1972-10-08 - Stanislav Varga, Slovakian footballer
1972-12-05 - Stanislav Jasecko, hockey defenseman (Team Slovakia 1998)
1972-12-15 - Stanislav Jasecko, Spisska Nova Ves, hockey defenseman (Team Slovakia)
1973-03-01 - Igor Murin, Trencin CZE, hockey goaltender (Team Slovakia 1998)
1973-08-02 - Karina Habsudova, Bojnice Slovakia, tennis star (1995 Futures Czech)
1973-10-26 - Robert Petrovicky, Kosice CZE, NHL forward (Team Slovakia, Dallas)
1974-03-04 - Karol Kucera, Bratislava Slovakia, tennis star (1995-Rosmalen)
1974-08-10 - Miro Simonovic, hockey goaltender (Team Slovakia 1998)
1974-08-12 - Peter Pucher, hockey forward (Team Slovakia 1998)
1974-10-12 - Miroslav Satan, Topolcany CZE, NHL forward (Team Slovakia, Edmonton)
1976-01-06 - Richard Zednik, Bystrica CZE, NHL forward (Team Slovakia, Wash)
1976-08-11 - Lubomir Visnovsky, Topolcany CZE, hockey defenseman (Team Slovakia)
1977-03-07 - Ludmila Richterova, Kosice Slovakia, tennis star (1995 Bournemouth)
1977-07-03 - Ludmila Richterova, Kosice Slovakia, tennis star
1978-01-04 - Dominik Hrbatý, Slovakian tennis player
1978-11-22 - Magdalena Grzybowska, Poznan Pol, tennis star (1995 Futures Slovakia)
1978-12-15 - Henrietta Nagyova, Nove Zamky Slovakia, tennis star (ITF/Cali-COL)
1979-06-24 - Petra Němcová, Czechoslovakian-born model
Tennis Star Martina Hingis (1980-09-30)
1980-09-30 - Martina Hingis, Kosice Slovakia, tennis star (1997 Aust/US/Wimb)
1982-06-17 - Marek Svatoš, Slovakian ice hockey player
1983-04-23 - Daniela Hantuchová, Slovakian tennis player
1983-08-13 - Ľubomír Michalík, Slovakian footballer
1984-04-08 - Júlia Liptáková, Slovakian model
1984-12-15 - Martin Skrtel Slovakian Footballer
1987-06-01 - Zoltán Harsányi, Slovakian footballer
1989-05-06 - Dominika Cibulkova, Slovakian tennis player
Famous Deaths
Deaths 1 - 11 of 11
1792-04-14 - Maximilian Hell, Slovakian astronomer (b. 1720)
1937-09-14 - Tomáš Masaryk, 1st President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1850)
1948-09-03 - Eduard Benesj, president Czechoslovakia (1921-22, 35-48), dies
1953-03-14 - Klement Gottwald, premier/president of Czechoslovakia, dies at 56
1974-01-14 - Josef Smrkovsky, Czechoslovakia parliament chairman, dies at 62
1983-10-12 - Jiri Lederer, Czechoslovakia journalist/dissident, dies at 61
1985-05-01 - George Pravda, Czechoslovakian actor, dies at 68
1991-11-18 - Gustav Husak, president of Czechoslovakia (1975-89), dies at 78
1992-11-07 - Alexander Dubcek, premier Czechoslovakia (1968-69), dies at 70
1992-11-08 - Alexander Dubcek, pres of Czechoslovakia (1968-69), dies
1994-10-19 - Oldrich Cernik, Czechoslovakia premier (1968-70), dies at 72
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