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26th May 1897: Bram Stoker’s Gothic horror novel Dracula first published

26th May 2022
Tagged as: Books, Bram Stoker, Culture, Dracula, Literature, Romania, Vampire

Although not the first ever vampire novel, Dracula was enormously influential in defining modern ideas of vampires, and for forever associating them with Romania.

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26th May 1897: Bram Stoker’s gothic horror novel Dracula published

26th May 2019
Tagged as: Fiction, Ireland, Literature, Romania, Vampire

On the 26^th May 1897, Bram Stoker’s Gothic horror novel Dracula was first published.

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26th May 1897: Bram Stoker’s Gothic horror novel Dracula first published

26th May 1897: Bram Stoker’s gothic horror novel Dracula published

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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

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

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

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

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