[International appeasement policy against the German Reich from the perspective of the Soviet ambassador in London, continuous as OTD Aug-Oct 1938-41] 26 August 1938 "The anti-Czechoslovak campaign in Germany is growing daily. Henlein rejects all concessions. For his own part, he would […]

"11.Juli 2002, kurz vor Mitternacht. David Bowie in der 'Harald Schmidt Show. Zur Promotion für das neue Album gibt es Geschichten aus dem alten Berlin. Bowie erzählt vom gemeinsamen Besuch mit Iggy Pop in einem 'Punk Club', und zwar am Jahrestag des Mauerbaus (es war der 12/13. August 1978) […]

[V.E. Day 1945, French Colonialism, Algerian Nationalism, Massacre] 8 May 1945 During the VE Day celebrations in Europe, parts of the Muslim community in war-weary¹ Algeria also took to the streets. In Sétif and Guelma, some 5,000 people joined the celebrations after two years of poor harvests […]

[My Lai Massacre, Vietnam War, Written account of war crimes committed by the US troops] On 16 March 1968, 504 people were killed by American soldiers in Son My, a collection of hamlets nestled between the central Vietnamese coast and a ridge of misty […] [Original post on infosec.exchange]

Nearly 30 years after the DVD format was launched in 1995, the DVD Consortium, later known as the DVD Forum, a voluntary association of hardware manufacturers, software companies and other users of the Digital Versatile Disc ("DVD") format, will cease […] [Original post on infosec.exchange]

[Assassination of Patrice Lumumba, European colonialism, genocide, US foreign policy, Cold War] 17 January 1961, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo "The boy from Onalua, the studious bookworm, the colonial prisoner, the leader of the MNC, the […] [Original post on infosec.exchange]

Am 30. November 1989 wurde der Vorstandssprecher der Deutschen Bank, Alfred Herrhausen, bei einem Bombenanschlag ermordet. Zu der Tat bekannte sich die RAF. Die Täter wurden bis heute nicht ermittelt. "Vor bald 35 Jahren wurde Ihr Patenonkel Alfred […] [Original post on infosec.exchange]