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Category: History
Damir Matausic, sculptor and medal designer
The medal designer creates this system gradually as a symbolic sublimation of history. The central circle of values – the national culture – has been analitically articulated by Matausic. I would say: An incredible artist.
Mijo Jurić: Osamnaesto Proljeće
Na svim stranama osjećalo se zajedništvo i odlučnost u borbi za samostalnost. Sloga i solidarnost postajale su dio nas. Pokrenuta je akcija prikupljanja novca za gradnju autoceste Zagreb – Split, koju smo već bili nazvali Autocesta kralja Tomislava. Ljudi su davali od srca, neki i preko granica svojih mogućnosti. Govorilo se već i o članstvu Hrvatske u UN-u, o samostalnom nastupanju hrvatskih športaša itd…1971.
Genocide's most wanted: Countries, and people, shouldn't be allowed to get away with genocide
8,000 men and boys were taken by Bosnian Serb forces from a town named Srebrenica Wanted for Genocide Karadzic MladicGenocide’s most wanted Countries, and people, shouldn’t be allowed to get away with…
Marta Mestrovic Deyrup: Digital Scholarship, Access for a Connected World
Keynote Address: Croatian Academy of America Annual Meeting, February 24, 2007. When I was asked to speak to you about the topic of digital scholarship, I thought at once about the activities of the Croatian Academy of America in particular in regards to its publication, the Journal of Croatian Studies. The journal, which began publication in 1960.
Joseph Haydn – Austrian and Croatian composer
Jospeh Haydn (1738-1803) used numerous themes from Croatian musical folklore in his enormous opus. He named one of his songs Volkslied , before it became the anthem (“Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser” – God Save the Emperor Franz). So, whenever you hear the German national anthem, remember its Croatian roots. An outstanding English scholar Sir William Hadow published a monograph in London in 1897, dealing with a Croatian composer – Joseph Haydn.
Croatian Gallery 2006
We invite you to an excursion to Croatian Gallery 2006 . It shows that Croatia is not at all a small country. Did you know that a mechanical and fountain pen have been constructed in Croatia? And the name of pen was given in honour of the inventor – E. Penkala.
George "Catfish" Metkovich – Outfielder and First Baseman
Got the nickname “Catfish” from his Boston teammates, after he stepped on a catfish while trying to pull the hook out of its mouth and a barbed fin went through the crepe sole of his shoe, incapacitating him during Spring training.
Croatian Gallery 2005
Croatian Gallery 2005 is a web collection of photos and articles representing some of the most interesting features of Croatian history, culture and science. It shows that Croatia is not at all a small country, as many say. Its contributions in many fields of human activities are outstanding.
Amateur Radio Club Koprivnica Celebrates 60 Years
60 Years of Amateur Radio in Koprivnica 9A60K CROATIA – Special Event Station Members of the Amateur Radio Club Koprivnica (9A8K) will be active with the special anniversary callsign 9A60K to celebrate…
January 15th Croatia’s International Day of Recognition
The new Baska Tablet was introduced on the set of a special edition of HRT on January 15, 1992 for the day that Croatia was internationally recognized by 30 countries in Europe and the world.
Admiral Lunney continues with Peter Tomich's story in The American Legion
2.5 million copies sold. Story about Croatian American hero Peter Tomich. Thank you Admiral Lunney and The American Legion.
William Feller, outstanding Croatian – American mathematician
William Feller (Zagreb, 1906 – New York, 1970), graduated in mathematics from the University of Zagreb (1925), earned his PhD in Göttingen (1926), since 1939 living in the USA. One of the founders of Probability Theory as a scientific discipline. Many mathematical notions bear his name. Author of a one of the best math textbooks of the 20th century. Recipient of the National Medal of Science, USA.
Tens of thousands gather for 15th anniversary of Vukovar siege 1991 – 2006
Vukovar, a city of 44,600, was captured by the Yugoslav army and Serb rebels in November 1991, at the end of a three-month siege. Buildings were razed, more than 1,000 civilians were massacred and 22,000 were expelled. On Friday a museum dedicated to the siege was opened in the basement of a hospital which came under attack almost daily.
Albert Einstein's protest against the murder of Milan Sufflay in Zagreb in 1931
75 years since an appeal of Albert Einstein and Heinrich Mann to the League of Nations against the murder of Croatian scholar Dr Milan Sufflay in Croatian captial Zagreb in 1931 at the age of 52
Tesla Motors – Electric Car
With the Tesla Roadster, you get great acceleration and the highest energy efficiency at the same time. All while requiring no special driving skills to enjoy it. This makes the Tesla Roadster six times as efficient as the best sports cars while producing one-tenth of the pollution.
“Croatia My Love" – the truth about the Homeland War in Croatia
“Croatia My Love”, the film, depicts the truth about the Homeland War in Croatia. The proceeds from the sale of entry tickets to Jakov Sedlar’s film, “Croatia My Love” (“Hrvatska ljubavi moja”) will be paid into a ‘foundation fund for the truth about the Homeland War in Croatia’, located in Zagreb.
Rainbow over the city of Zagreb, October 20th 2006 @ 7 AM Just before sunrise
An attempt to explain the double rainbow can be found in Isaac Newton’s book “The Optics”, on p 147. No surprise. But the surprise is that on that page Newton cites a Croatian Jesuit, humanist and scientist Marc Antun Dominis (1560-1624). He spent six years in London, being invited by the English King James I. He lived at the Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury and was appointed to be the Windsor Dean and the King’s chancellor.
THE BANJA LUKA DIOCESE FROM 1881 TO 2006
THE BANJA LUKA DIOCESE IN WORD AND PICUTRE FROM 1881 TO 2006, on the occasion of 125 years since founding the Diocese, a monumental and important book written by Franjo Maric and Anto Orlovic
A Croatian glagolitic book written in 1395 in Prague, Czechia, kept in France
The Reims Evangelistary, or The Coronation Book, a Croatian glagolitic book written in 1395 in Prague, Czechia, kept in Reims in France since the 16th century, with which French kings were sworn in during the coronation in the Reims cathedral, among them Louis XIV