Velvet and After · event 2 of 6

25 November 1989

Three-quarters of a million on Letná. The largest gathering in Czechoslovak history. Alexander Dubček appears in public for the first time in twenty years, alongside Havel. A general strike two days later ends the government’s position.

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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