A hundred years ago - 25/07/1918

Hi Steemians,

every day I will try to provide the most important events of the day a hundred years ago.
If I forgot something that should be mentioned, let me know.
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25/07/1918

• The Soviet government officially announces the assassination of the tsarist family on July 16 in Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk.
  
  
• Admiral Paul von Hintze, new State Secretary of Foreign Affairs, sends a message of thanks to the German-Irish Society for congratulating him on his appointment as successor to Richard von Kuhlmann. Hintze emphasizes that the German Reich supports the independence aspirations of the Irish people.
  
  
• The council of the Upper Bavarian community Oberammergau announces that the next Passion plays will take place at the earliest in 1920, if the political conditions allow it.