Austrian politician and diplomat (1918–2007). Kurt Waldheim was born on 21 December 1918 in what is now Austria. Kurt Waldheim is remembered as a politician, diplomat and autobiographer, a citizen of Austria and Nazi Germany. Positions held included President of Austria and the United Nations Secretary-General.
Before and after
- from 1 December 1918 to 27 April 1992Yugoslavia
- from 1 December 1918 to 30 June 1930Occupation of the Rhineland
- from 5 December 1918 to 11 August 1920Latvian War of Independence
- 11 December 1918Birth of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
- 21 December 1918Birth of Kurt Waldheim
- 23 December 1918Birth of Helmut Schmidt
- 25 December 1918Birth of Anwar Sadat
- from 31 December 1918 to 5 January 1919Battles for Vilnius
- 1919Founding of International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
More in Wars, politics & history
- 4 June 1917Pulitzer Prize
- 1919Paris Peace Conference
- 3 March 1923Time
- 30 September 1938Munich agreement
- from 1 September 1939 to 6 October 19391939 Invasion of Poland
- 1944Golden Globes
The era
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