2023-12-28 23:33:12
On Friday, December 29th, the book of history records, among other things:
1923: The arrest of the leaders prevents a planned communist uprising in the Spanish capital Madrid.
1933: The Romanian Prime Minister Ion Duca falls victim to an assassination attempt by the banned fascist “Iron Guard” in Sinaia. King Carol II appoints Constantin Angelescu as his successor.
1948: A British ultimatum to Israel brings regarding a cessation of hostilities in the Middle East.
1948: Yugoslavia’s Prime Minister Marshal Tito announces an independent path to socialism, turning away from the Soviet model.
1963: The British government is sending troops to Cyprus to quell the civil war-like unrest that has broken out between Greek and Turkish Cypriots in the British crown colony that became independent in 1960.
1983: Princess Caroline of Monaco, daughter of Prince Rainier III, marries the Italian industrialist’s son Stefano Casiraghi for the second time.
2008: On the third day of Israeli air strikes on targets in the Gaza Strip, the fronts continue to harden. Israel escalates attacks and rejects calls for a ceasefire. A Hamas representative also rejects peace negotiations. Israel’s Defense Minister Ehud Barak says Israel is waging a “war to the bitter end” once morest the Palestinian organization. The airstrikes were not directed once morest the Palestinian people, but once morest Hamas, said Barak.
Birthdays: Pierre Werner, Luxembourg politician (1913-2002); Friedrich Jahn, Eastern restaurateur (“Wienerwald”) (1923-1998); Jon Voight, US actor (1938); Peter Runggaldier, South Tyrolean ex-ski racer (1968).
Days of death: Willy Birgel, German actor (1891-1973); Ted Lapidus, French fashion designer (1929-2008); Wojciech Kilar, Polish composer (1932-2013); Axel Corti, Eastern director (1933-1993); Freddie Hubbard, US jazz trumpeter (1938-2008); Earl Hindman, US actor (1942-2003).
Name days: Thomas, Tamara, David, Otwald, Lothar, Jonathan, Reginbert, Markellus, Winthir.
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