2023-12-22 23:45:38
On Saturday, December 23rd, the book of history records, among other things:
1728: Emperor Charles VI and King Wilhelm I of Prussia conclude the Treaty of Berlin, a secret agreement on the Pragmatic Sanction (Austrian succession) and the Prussian claims to the Duchy of Berg.
1938: The film “Louder Lies” (Heinz Rühmann’s directorial debut) with Herta Feiler premieres in Berlin.
1953: The former Soviet intelligence chief and deputy prime minister Lavrentiy Pavlovich Beria is executed.
1963: The Greek passenger ship “Lakonia” sinks in the North Atlantic, killing 128 people.
1968: North Korea is releasing 82 crew members of the American intelligence ship Pueblo after eleven months after a “guilty plea” that the US describes as inaccurate.
1973: The oil states in the Persian Gulf decide to double the price of crude oil on January 1, 1974.
1988: Pope John Paul II receives the chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization, Arafat, in a private audience.
Birthdays: Hedwig Bleibtreu, Eastern. actress (1868-1958); Paul Lipson, US actor (1913-1996); Lotar Olias, German composer (1913-1990); Helmut Schmidt, German politician (SPD), Federal Chancellor 1974-82 (1918-2015); Pink Winter, Eastern concentration camp survivors (1923-2005); Günther Schifter, Austrian radio presenter (1923-2008); Akihito, 125th Emperor of Japan (1933); Silvia, Queen of Sweden (née Sommerlath) (1943).
Days of death: Mary Field, British children’s film pioneer (1896-1968); Mikhail Kalashnikov, Russian lieutenant general and weapons designer (1919-2013).
Name days: Viktoria, Johannes, Hartmann, Dagobert, Ivo, Thorlack, Gregor, Eugen, Menas, Margot.
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