2024-01-16 23:30:39
On Wednesday, January 17th, the book of history records, among other things:
1904: Anton Chekhov’s play “The Cherry Orchard” premieres at the Moscow Art Theater.
1929: The first German-language sound film – a 383 meter long short film entitled “The Last Song” – premieres in Berlin.
1954: The politician Milovan Đilas, who was previously considered the second man after Tito, is expelled from the Yugoslav Politburo and removed from all other positions.
1984: The Conference on Confidence Building and Disarmament in Europe (KVAE) opens in Stockholm.
1994: An earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale shakes the Los Angeles area. At least 61 people are killed and more than 8,000 people are injured. The damage is around $30 billion. A curfew is imposed to prevent looting.
2009: Israel ends a three-week offensive in the Gaza Strip with a unilateral ceasefire. A day later, Hamas announced a seven-day ceasefire. The fighting claimed at least 1,300 lives.
2019: Sonja Klima, ex-wife of the former SPÖ Chancellor Viktor Klima and president of the Ronald McDonald Children’s Aid, will be the new head of the Spanish Riding School in Vienna. The supervisory board decides in favor of her, although the four-member advisory board only considers the rider and administrative manager of the riding arena, Herwig Radnetter, to be suitable. The decision leads to protests.
Birthdays: Werner March, German architect (1894-1976); Al Capone, US crime boss (1899-1947); Freddie Frinton, English comedian (“Dinner for One”) (1909-1968); Gretl Schörg, Eastern. actress/singer (1914-2006); Françoise Hardy, French singer (1944); Fabio Luisi, Italian conductor (1959); Raoul Schrott, Eastern Writer (1964).
Days of death: Ray Stark, US film director (1915-2004); Margret Dietrich, German-Austrian Theater scholar (1920-2004).
Name days: Anton, Engelbert, Gamelbert, Beatrix, Rosalind, Leonie, Julian, Rigomar, Josef.
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