The National Assembly of Romanians of Transylvania and Hungary declared the unification of Transylvania and the Kingdom of Romania.
21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow
21st June 2019
The National Assembly of Romanians of Transylvania and Hungary declared the unification of Transylvania and the Kingdom of Romania.
King Michael I of Romania led a coup d’état that removed the Nazi-aligned government of Ion Antonescu.
Romanian gymnast Nadia Comăneci scored the first ever perfect 10 in Olympic history on the uneven bars at the Summer Games in Montreal.
On the 4th July 1950, Radio Free Europe – founded the previous year to transmit uncensored information to audiences behind the Iron Curtain – completed its first broadcast.
The Treaty of Trianon was signed between Hungary and most of the Allies of the First World War.
Although not the first ever vampire novel, Dracula was enormously influential in defining modern ideas of vampires, and for forever associating them with Romania.
Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy formed the Triple Alliance.
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.
On June 16th 1958, Hungarian Communist politician Imre Nagy was executed.
On the 26th May 1897, Bram Stoker’s Gothic horror novel Dracula was first published.
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