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On this day 16 September

27. 8. 2017In 1849, part of the railway Vienna -Trieste from Celje to Ljubljana is opened. Ljubljana railway station at the same time becomes a major freight terminal.

https://www.rtvslo.si/radio-si/on-this-day/16-september/430990

27. 8. 2017In 1855, in Blankenburg, German archaeologist Robert Koldewey is born. Between 1899 and 1917 he researched Babylon and proved that this biblical place really existed, and moreover south of Baghdad.

https://www.rtvslo.si/radio-si/on-this-day/10-september/430983

On this day 6 September

23. 8. 2017In 1522, the Spanish seafarer Juan Sebastian del Cano finished the first trip around the world.

https://www.rtvslo.si/radio-si/on-this-day/6-september/430696

On this day 4 September

21. 8. 2017In 1781, the city of Los Angeles is founded. In 1844, in the newspaper Lublanske novice for the first time is published the proposal that Ljubljana should become the capital of Slovenia.

https://www.rtvslo.si/radio-si/on-this-day/4-september/430530

On this day 30 August

10. 8. 2017In 1775, Janez Nepomuk Hradecky is born. Between 1820 and 1846 he was mayor of Ljubljana. In 1797, the English novelist Mary Shelley, known for the novel Frankenstein, is born.

https://www.rtvslo.si/radio-si/on-this-day/30-august/429769

On this day 24 August

9. 8. 2017In 79, Mount Vesuvius erupts and covers Pompeii with a 5 metre deep blanket of lava and ash. The city was only discovered accidentally 1592.

https://www.rtvslo.si/radio-si/on-this-day/24-august/429647

On this day 16 August

8. 8. 2017In 1858, the President of the United States James Buchanan sends the first telegram via a transatlantic telegraph cable to the British Queen Victoria.

https://www.rtvslo.si/radio-si/on-this-day/16-august/429551