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1898: During the Spanish-American War, US troops conquer the Philippine capital, Manila, and the Spaniards capitulate.
1908: French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot embarks on a two-year Antarctic expedition. He discovers Charcot Island, later named following him.
1913: The Englishman Harry Brearley from Sheffield succeeds in manufacturing stainless steel.
1923: In Germany, Gustav Stresemann becomes the head of the government. He is both Reich Chancellor and Foreign Minister.
1928: For the first time, a plane equipped with floats is launched from a ship, the “Île-de-France”, with a catapult.
1943: The Allied Air Force flies its first attack on Austria. The destination is the aircraft factory in Wiener Neustadt. 77 people die.
1948: The prime ministers of the three western zones of Germany designate Bonn as the seat of the Parliamentary Council.
1948: Austria is unanimously admitted to UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
1948: Yugoslavia withdraws its economic experts from Albania. They are dismantling the Tirana power station that was built with their help and tearing up 40 kilometers of rails on the Tirana-Durrës railway line.
1958: The German-Belgian border treaty signed on September 24, 1956 is ratified. “Klein-Bollenien” returns to Germany.
1978: At least 175 people are killed in a bomb attack on Palestinian offices in Beirut.
1988: On the occasion of a new production of Elias Canetti’s play “The Wedding” at the Salzburg Festival, there is heavy booing for the director Axel Corti.
1993: More than 90 people are killed when a six-storey hotel collapses in Thailand.
2003: Italian lottery jackpot is cracked following almost six months, with 66 million euros this is the largest in European lottery history up to that point.
birthdays: Heinrich Goldemund, Austria. Architect, town planner and construction manager (1863-1947); John L. Baird, British television pioneer (1888-1946); Jean Borotra, French tennis legend (1898-1994); Leonor Fini, Italian painter (1908-1996); Macarios III., Greek-Orthod. Archbishop and President of Cyprus (1913-1977); Frederick Sanger, British biochemist; Nobel Prize 1958 (1918-2013); Oswald voice, Austria sculptor (1923-2014); Humbert Fink, Austria publicist (1933-1992); Kathleen Battle, US opera singer (1948); Édouard Michelin, French Manager (1963-2006).
days of death: Giovanni da Bologna, Flemish-Italian. sculptor (1529-1608); Eugène Delacroix, French painter (1798-1863); August Bebel, German politician (1849-1913); Paul Kemp, German actor (1899-1953); Julien Green, US writer (1900-1998); Ed Townsend, US singer and songwriter (1926-2013); Lothar Bisky, German politician (PdS/Die Linke) (1941-2013).
name days: Kassian, Gertrud, Radegund, Pontianus, Hippolyt, Marco, Wigbert, Innozenz, Landulf, Maximus C.
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