2023-06-09 22:10:38
Under Saturday, June 10, the book of history records, among other things:
1358: A French peasant uprising breaks out near Compiègne in protest against the high taxes. Parisian citizens support the revolt.
1793: The first botanical garden, the “Jardin des Plantes”, is founded in Paris.
1848: The Austrian troops under Field Marshal Count Radetzky take Vicenza.
1868: Prince Michael Obrenović of Serbia is murdered in the forest of Topčider near Belgrade by followers of the rival exile dynasty Karađorđević. He is succeeded to the throne by his nephew Milan Obrenović (who assumes the title of king in 1882).
1908: The world’s first aviation club, the “Aeronautical Society”, is founded in New York.
1918: The Austro-Hungarian battleship “Szent István”, built in 1910, is hit by Italian torpedoes in the Adriatic Sea, nine nautical miles southwest of the island of Premuda, and sinks after two and a half hours. 89 men drown, 1,005 can be saved.
1923: The French occupation authorities impose a state of siege on Dortmund.
1943: World War II: Allied Air Forces begin their “Combined Bomber Offensive” against Germany – 2000 tons of bombs are dropped on Dusseldorf; Bochum, Krefeld, Gelsenkirchen and Cologne are also bombed.
1943: The Hungarian hypnotist and journalist László Bíró applies for a patent for the ballpoint pen he invented.
1948: In Athens, the Romanian King Michael I, who was forced to abdicate and was expelled from his country in December 1947, is married to Princess Anna of Bourbon-Parma, a niece of the Austrian ex-Empress Zita.
1968: Italy wins the repeat of the final for the first official title of European football champion in Rome 2-0 against Yugoslavia.
1998: Astana is proclaimed the new capital of Kazakhstan.
2008: A passenger plane explodes after landing at the airport in the Sudanese capital Khartoum and bursts into flames. 30 people die, but most of the 200 people on board are saved.
birthdays: Theo Lingen, German-Austrian actor (1903-1978); Robert Adolf Stemmle, German director and writer (1903-1974); Robert Maxwell (actually Jan Ludvik Hoch), British publisher (1923-1991); Branko Mikulić, Yugoslav. politician (1928-1994); Carl Dahlhaus, German music researcher (1928-1989); Maurice Bernard Sendak, US draftsman (1928-2012); Faith Evans, US-amer. R&B singer (1973).
Date of death: Arigo Boito, Italian opera composer and librettist (1848-1918); Pierre Loti (actually Julien Viaud), French writer (1850-1923); William Motter Inge, US playwright (1913-1973); Chinggis Aitmatov, Kyrgyz. Writer (1928-2008).
name days: Heinrich, Diana, Margareta, Hildebrand, Onuphrius, Bard, Bogumil, Olivia, John, Maurinus.
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