On this day in 1989, the Brandenburg Gate reopened, becoming one of the most powerful symbols of Germany’s path toward reunification.
The landmark had been...
A December premiere that made history
On 18 December 1892, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s ballet The Nutcracker was presented for the first time at the Mariinsky Theatre in...
On 15 December 1955, the armed anti-colonial campaign of EOKA (1955–59) recorded its first guerrilla death in combat: Charalambos (Haralambos) G. Mouskos, a member...
Born from the ashes of World War II
On 11 December 1946, UNICEF was founded as the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund, created to...
