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On This Day in History - October 16, 1946

October 16, 1946 OTD Nuremberg Trials: One by one, the ten remaining German war criminals on death row after the Nuremberg Trials were hanged in a gymnasium on the premises of the Nuremberg Palace of Justice. Taking the place of Hermann Göring as first in line was Joachim von Ribbentrop, 53, the... read more

On This Day - March 16, 1939

March 16, 1939 #OTD The dismemberment of Czechoslovakia was completed with the proclamation of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. Pictured: German troops at Wenceslas Square, Prague, March 1939.

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Died On This Day

June 18, 1942 #OTD Jan Kubiš, Czech soldier, one of a team of Czechoslovak British-trained paratroopers sent to eliminate acting Reichsprotektor (Realm-Protector) of Bohemia and Moravia, Reinhard Heydrich, in 1942 as part of Operation Anthropoid. During the attack, Kubiš threw the bomb that... read more

Died On This Day

June 18, 1942 #OTD Jozef Gabčík, Slovak soldier in the Czechoslovak Army involved in the Operation Anthropoid, the assassination of acting Reichsprotektor (Imperial-Protector) of Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, Reinhard Heydrich. (Born: 1912), died on this day in Prague, Occupied... read more

Born On This Day

May 21, 1863 #OTD Archduke Eugen of Austria, Archduke of Austria and a Prince of Hungary and Bohemia. He was the last Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights from the Habsburg dynasty. Eugen was the son of Karl Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria (son of Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen) and of his wife... read more