Tag: Ceaușescu

Podcast

22nd December 1989: Romanian Communist leader Nicolae Ceausescu overthrown

22nd December 2021
Tagged as: 1989, Ceaușescu, Communism, Communist, Execution, Iron Curtain, Politics, Revolution, Romania

Following his overthrow, Ceausescu and his wife were subjected to a show trial on Christmas Day and found guilty of crimes including genocide and illegally gathering wealth before being executed.

Podcast

22nd December 1989: Overthrow of Nicolae Ceaușescu in Romania

22nd December 2018
Tagged as: Ceaușescu, Cold War, Communism, Romania

On the 22^nd December 1989, Romanian Communist leader Nicolae Ceaușescu was overthrown.

Tag: Ceaușescu

22nd December 1989: Romanian Communist leader Nicolae Ceausescu overthrown

22nd December 1989: Overthrow of Nicolae Ceaușescu in Romania

Meta

21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow

HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

31st January 1983: It became compulsory for drivers in the UK to wear a seat belt

30th January 1649: Execution of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland outside the Banqueting House in London

29th January 1942: Desert Island Discs, the longest-running radio show in the UK, first broadcast

28th January 1986: NASA Space Shuttle orbiter Challenger breaks apart 73 seconds after launch from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

8th July 1932: Dow Jones falls to lowest point in the Great Depression

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

Tag: Ceaușescu

Tags

Meta