Record · Twentieth century · Europe
Why did the Treaty of Versailles satisfy no one?
Signed June 28, 1919, it took Germany's land and army and fixed its liability; Germany called it a Diktat, Keynes Carthaginian, the U.S. Senate refused it.
· 1919Twentieth century Europe
Europe in the twentieth century (1914 – 2000). Two world wars, decolonisation and the technologies that made the present. These articles cover the century within living memory.
Record · Twentieth century · Europe
Chernobyl at 01:23:40, April 26, 1986: the Unit 4 test in INSAG-7
At 01:23:04 on April 26, 1986, a turbine rundown test began at Chernobyl Unit 4; 45 seconds later a fuel channel ruptured. INSAG-7, Pripyat and the counts.
· 1986
Record · Twentieth century · Europe
6:50 p.m., November 9, 1989: 'sofort, unverzüglich' and the Wall opens
At 6:50 p.m. Günter Schabowski read a draft travel rule live and said it took effect 'sofort, unverzüglich.' By 11:30 p.m. Bornholmer Straße was open.
· 1989