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10th August 1793: The Louvre museum in Paris opens to the public for the first time

10th August 2022
Tagged as: Art, Culture, France, French Revolution, Louvre, Museum, Paris

The Louvre museum in Paris opened to the public in the former palace of the French royal family.

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12th January 1895: Foundation of the National Trust

12th January 2022
Tagged as: Charity, England, Heritage, Museum

On the 12^th January 1895, the National Trust was founded by Octavia Hill, Sir Robert Hunter and Hardwicke Rawnsley.

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10th August 1846: President James K. Polk signs legislation to establish the Smithsonian Institution

10th August 2020
Tagged as: History, Museum, Science, Smithsonian, Washington, Washington DC

It had taken Congress eight years to agree on how to fulfil James Smithson’s desire to establish and institution ‘for the increase and diffusion of knowledge’.

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10th August 1793: The Louvre museum in Paris opens to the public for the first time

12th January 1895: Foundation of the National Trust

10th August 1846: President James K. Polk signs legislation to establish the Smithsonian Institution

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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

6th December 1956: The ‘Blood in the Water’ Olympic water polo match between the USSR and Hungary

5th December 1952: The Great Smog descends on London and last for four days

4th December 1956: The Million Dollar Quartet of Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash held an impromptu jam session at Sun Record Studios

3rd December 1967: The first human-to-human heart transplant is performed

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

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