Germany reunified
After four decades of Cold War division and with pressure from the German chancellor Helmut Kohl, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev agreed to a unified Germany within NATO, leading to Germany’s reunification this day in 1990. 1990.
Republican Kevin McCarthy was voted out as speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, the first time in history a speaker was removed from office. 2023.
American singer and songwriter Gwen Stefani, who came to fame in the 1990s as the lead singer for the rock–ska band No Doubt before starting a solo career, was born. 1969.
Italian forces led by Emilio De Bono, under orders from Benito Mussolini, invaded Abyssinia (Ethiopia) in hopes of building a “new Roman Empire.” 1935.
Prince Maximilian of Baden, internationally known for his moderation and honourability, was appointed chancellor of Germany. 1918.
German journalist and pacifist Carl von Ossietzky, who was awarded the 1935 Nobel Prize for Peace while incarcerated in a concentration camp, was born in Hamburg, Germany. 1889.
