Velvet and After · event 1 of 6

17 November 1989

Národní třída. Riot police attack a student march on Národní. A false rumour that a student has been killed turns it into a general movement, and the government falls within eleven days.

The Velvet and After era

  1. 17 November 1989
  2. 25 November 1989
  3. 29 December 1989
  4. 1 January 1993
  5. 13 August 2002
  6. 1 May 2004

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