2024-04-17 22:01:01
On Thursday, April 18th, the book of history records, among other things:
1454: In a treaty with Sultan Mehmed II, the Republic of Venice must renounce naval control in the eastern Mediterranean.
1689: The former Lord Chancellor of the expelled King James II Stuart, George Jeffreys, dies in the Tower of London.
1864: During the German-Danish War, Prussian troops stormed the Danes’ fortified positions near Sonderburg (“Düppeler Schanzen”). The victory turns out to be decisive for the war.
1909: Joan of Arc, the Virgin of Orléans, is beatified by Pope Pius X.
1919: A civil air freight service is launched between Paris and Lille for the first time.
1939: Former Reich Chancellor Franz von Papen becomes ambassador to Turkey.
1944: The ballet “Fancy Free” (music by Leonard Bernstein) premieres at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.
1949: The Republic of Ireland (Eire) is proclaimed in Dublin, leaving the Commonwealth.
1954: Colonel Gamal Abdel Nasser becomes Egyptian Prime Minister.
1954: Pope Pius XII calls for the banning of nuclear weapons in an Easter speech.
1974: In protest against excessive meat and milk imports, 6,000 Italian farmers block the Brenner border crossing.
1989: In the ÖVP, the final decision is made on the person of the party chairman: Foreign Minister Alois Mock gives way to Josef Riegler.
2004: The new regulation for the labeling of genetically modified foods comes into force in the European Union.
2004: In the presidential runoff election in Slovakia, former prime minister Vladimír Mečiar lost to his former henchman Ivan Gašparovič.
2014: An avalanche kills 16 Sherpas on Mount Everest who are preparing the route for the upcoming mountaineering season on the highest mountain in the world. The Nepalese mountain guides then cancel all expeditions, and the expedition companies more or less grudgingly agree. Nevertheless, a 40-year-old Chinese woman stands on the summit a month later. She used a helicopter to overcome the accident site on the Khumbu Icefall and then conquered the mountain from the Nepalese south side. The next day, a 13-year-old stands on the summit.
Birthdays: Franz von Suppè (Francesco Ezechiele Ermenegildo Cavaliere Suppé-Demelli), east. Composer (1819-1895); Jan Klusák, Czech. Composer and actor (1934).
Days of death: Marcel Pagnol, French writer (1895-1974); Leopold Lindtberg, Eastern Switzerland. director (1902-1984); Paul Löwinger (jr.), Austrian Writer/director (1949-2009).
Name days: Werner, Mechthilde, Wiggo, Wigbert, Hugo, Valerian, Apollonius, Florian, Aja, Alexander, Victor.
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