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On This Day | 20 July 1944: Stauffenberg And The Plot To Kill Hitler
On this day in Berlin history, Colonel Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg – along with the help of a number of other co-conspirators – attempted to assassinate the Nazi dictator and launch a coup d’état.
On This Day | 19 July 1988: Bruce Springsteen Plays East Germany
19 July 1988: On this day in Berlin history, Bruce Springsteen played the largest ever concert in the history of East Germany.
On This Day | 1 July 1989: The First Love Parade
1 July 1989: On this day in Berlin history, a crowd of around 150 people gathered on west Berlin’s Wittenbergplatz to take part in the very first Love Parade.
On This Day | 22 June 1941: Operation Barbarossa
22 June 1941: On this day in history, Nazi Germany launched Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union. With a force of over 3 million, it is widely recognised as the largest invasion in military history.
On This Day | 22 June 1990: The Removal of Checkpoint Charlie
22 June 1990: On this day in Berlin history, the infamous control post at Checkpoint Charlie was hoisted off its foundations, placed on the back of a lorry and driven away.
On This Day | 29 May 1917: John F. Kennedy Is Born
29 May 1917: On this day in history John Fitzgerald Kennedy, descendant of Irish immigrants and son of an ambassador, would be born into one of the United States’ most formidable political families.