{"id":15318,"date":"2025-01-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-31T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deutschlandmuseum.de\/history\/what-happened-on-this-day-in-history\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T12:06:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T11:06:12","slug":"historical-anniversaries","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/staging.deutschlandmuseum.de\/en\/history\/historical-anniversaries\/","title":{"rendered":"What happened today X years ago?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"15318\" class=\"elementor elementor-15318 elementor-14649\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93ab05a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"93ab05a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a16ffc0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-template\" data-id=\"a16ffc0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"template.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-template\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"container\" data-elementor-id=\"11433\" class=\"elementor elementor-11433\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47b5b4a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"47b5b4a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f19e36c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7f19e36c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69d8e2af e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"69d8e2af\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35524e27 e-con-full dm-template-headline e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"35524e27\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71cf523e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"71cf523e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What happened today X years ago?<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e39bd8 elementor-widget__width-inherit dm-post-image elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5e39bd8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.deutschlandmuseum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/geschichtskalender-qyoj4elywacedlflrfbmu0ddd03mnrg1dn4hkynkmo.jpg\" title=\"geschichtskalender\" alt=\"geschichtskalender\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f504722 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f504722\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7bd7f99 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7bd7f99\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52987c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"52987c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">365 days of German history<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fafcd63 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fafcd63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Every day is historic! Do you want to know which key events took place in history on your date of birth? Or are you preparing for the next school presentation or Trivial Pursuit evening? The historical calendar from the Deutschlandmuseum shows you what happened in German history on each day of the year: major events, historical anniversaries, significant inventions, important birthdays and much more.    <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fdaef9e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fdaef9e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-405141e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"405141e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7370174 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"7370174\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\">    <div class=\"dm-history-single-preview\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.deutschlandmuseum.de\/geschichte\/kalender\/1972-04-29-erste-schwulendemonstration-in-deutschland\/\" class=\"cover history-event-image\">\n                            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"cover-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.deutschlandmuseum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/this-day-in-history-badge-1.png\" alt=\"Erste Schwulendemonstration in Deutschland Badge\">\n            \n                            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"cover-img\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.deutschlandmuseum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/29041977_Schwulendemo-1.jpg\" alt=\"Erste Schwulendemonstration in Deutschland\">\n            \n            <div class=\"headline\">\n                <span>First gay demonstration in Germany<\/span>\n            <\/div>\n\n            <div class=\"history-date\">\n                <span class=\"month\">Apr<\/span>\n                <span class=\"day\">29<\/span>\n                <span class=\"year\">1972<\/span>\n            <\/div>\n\n            <div class=\"more\">\n\n            <\/div>\n        <\/a>\n                <div class=\"content \">\n                            <div class=\"today\">\n                    <span>Today<\/span>\n                <\/div>\n                        <h3 class=\"headline\">\n                First gay demonstration in Germany            <\/h3>\n                            <p>\n                    Section 175 of the German Criminal Code had forbidden \u201cunnatural fornication\u201d between men since 1872 and mandated a prison sentence for offenders. 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