Today in history A daily changing presentation of historical facts illustrated by items from the collections of IISH, NEHA and Press Museum. http://www.iisg.nl/today/en/ Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:43:01 +0100 http://www.iisg.nl/iisglogo35.gif IISH http://socialhistory.org/en en 14 March 1920: General Strike in Berlin http://www.iisg.nl/today/en/14-03.php 13 March 1958: Kim Il Sung Goes Shopping http://www.iisg.nl/today/en/13-03.php http://north-korea.narod.ru/anecdotes.htm) the North Korean leader visited a department store on March 13, 1958. Kim Il Sung (1912-1994) bought a pair of socks of inferior quality so that he would not stand out among the people.
]]> 12 March 1639: A Present of Flowers http://www.iisg.nl/today/en/12-03.php The grateful recipient who wrote these lines added the print to a beautiful book with images of tulips that was already in his or her possession. It is now included in the Special Collections of the NEHA at the IISH.]]> 11 March 1967: Italian Beatnik arrested http://www.iisg.nl/today/en/11-03.php 10 March 1966: Mounted police horses get LSD http://www.iisg.nl/today/en/10-03.php 9 March 1961: Che lectures for two hours http://www.iisg.nl/today/en/09-03.php 8 March 1921: Feminist Sisters http://www.iisg.nl/today/en/08-03.php