World History Minute: Czechoslovakia’s ‘Velvet Divorce’
World History Minute: Czechoslovakia’s ‘Velvet Divorce’
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On November 25, 1992, the country of Czechoslovakia was dissolved and split into two nations. It’s a moment in history known as the velvet divorce. Historian John Schmidt reminds what happened.
PHOTO: Taken by Christian Bredfeldt