2023-07-04 22:56:29
Under Wednesday, July 5, the book of history records, among other things:
1778: War of Bavarian Succession: Prussian and Saxon troops invade Bohemia. With the campaign, Prussian King Frederick II wanted to prevent Lower Bavaria and the Upper Palatinate from falling to the House of Habsburg after the older Wittelsbach line had died out.
1918: On Monte Solarolo, the Italians suffer a heavy defeat against Imperial and Royal troops.
1918: The “Spanish flu”, which is rampant in large parts of Europe, also reaches Austria. The serious infectious disease claims tens of thousands of lives.
1933: After the Center Party and the Bavarian People’s Party dissolved themselves, Hitler’s NSDAP is the only legal party in Germany.
1943: The Liberation Army of the Greek National Front (ELAS) submits to the supreme command of the Allies in the Middle East in Cairo.
1943: On the Eastern Front, German troops launch Operation Zitadelle, an offensive against the Kursk salient. The German divisions are brought to a halt in the deep Soviet defenses. Due to the simultaneous landing of the Western Allies in Sicily, “Zitadelle” was canceled on Hitler’s orders.
1948: In Great Britain, the National Health Service Act and the national insurance scheme, prepared by the Labor government, come into force.
1953: Devastating floods in southern India have left more than 300,000 homeless.
1963: The Franco-German Youth Office is founded in Paris.
1973: After the resignation of Felix Slavik, the former SPÖ club chairman and education minister Leopold Gratz is elected mayor and governor of Vienna.
1973: Syrian President Hafez al-Assad opens the first stage of the Euphrates Dam.
1988: Scandal-ridden US Attorney General Edwin Meese, a Republican accused of violating anti-corruption laws, is resigning.
1998: On the 36th anniversary of Algeria’s independence, an Arabization law comes into force that makes Arabic the sole official language in the North African country (Tuareg and Berber languages are not taken into account).
2003: A suicide attack by two women during a rock concert in Moscow claims 17 lives. The Russian authorities suspect Chechen extremists to be behind the attack.
birthdays: Thomas Pitt, British merchant, governor of Madras (1653-1726); George Borrow, British writer (1803-1881); Augustin Wolfgang Reslhuber, Austria. astronomer, meteorologist and cath. Theologian; (according to other information June 5th) (1808-1875); Cecil John Rhodes, British colonial politician (1853-1902); Hans Lang, Austria composer (1908-1992); Warren Oates, US actor (1928-1982); Pierre Mauroy, French politician, Prime Minister 1981-84, former President of the Socialist International (SI) (1928-2013); Michael Heltau, Austria chamber actor, doyen of the Burgtheater (1933); Vera Oelschlegel, German singer, director (1938); Tzipi Livni, Israeli politician (1958); Markus Brier, Austria Golfer (1968).
days of death: Georges Bernanos, French writer (1888-1948); Harry James, US jazz musician, bandleader (1916-1983); Hans (“Hennes”) Weisweiler, German footballer (1919-1983); Claude Lanzmann, French journalist and director (1925-2018); Karl Stix, Austria Politician; SPÖ; 1991-2000 Governor of Burgenland (1939-2003).
name days: Charlotte, Anton, Wilhelm, Anselm, Method, Eberhard, Letitia, Zaccaria, Albrecht, Eusebius, Cyrilla.
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