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On this day 19 December

14. 12. 2017In 1915, German psychiatrist and neuropathologist Alois Alzheimer dies. He is credited with identifying the first published case of presenile dementia, later identified as Alzheimer's disease.

https://www.rtvslo.si/radio-si/on-this-day/19-december/440502

On this day 13 December

13. 12. 2017In 1797 German poet, leading representative of Young Germany, Heinrich Heine is born. In 1903 the ice cream cone is patented. The first ice cream cone was produced in 1896 by Italo Marchiony.

https://www.rtvslo.si/radio-si/on-this-day/13-december/440358

On this day 1 November

31. 10. 2017In 835, at the behest of Pope Gregory IV, All Saints' Day is changed from 13. May to 1. November.

https://www.rtvslo.si/radio-si/on-this-day/1-november/436652

News Today is Sovereignty Day

25. 10. 2017Slovenia is marking Sovereignty Day today. It remembers the day in 1991 when the last Yugoslav soldiers left newly-independent Slovenia. There will be a ceremony in Pivka today.

https://www.rtvslo.si/radio-si/news/today-is-sovereignty-day/436094

On this day 26 October

22. 10. 2017In 1863, the Red Cross is founded. In Geneva, representatives from sixteen countries met and on the initiative of the Swiss gentleman Jean-Henri Dunant this charity organization was founded.

https://www.rtvslo.si/radio-si/on-this-day/26-october/435815