2024-03-01 23:06:13
On Saturday, March 2nd, the book of history records, among other things:
1909: The European powers intervene to prevent war between Austria-Hungary and Serbia.
1919: The founding congress of the Third International (Comintern) takes place in Moscow.
1919: Conclusion of negotiations in the “Berlin Protocol” on the unification of German-Austria with the German Reich. On March 12, the decision will be “solemnly reiterated, confirmed and affirmed” by the Constituent National Assembly.
1934: After the ban on free trade unions on February 13th, the government-dependent “Trade Union of Austrian Workers and Employees” (unified union) was established by a regulation from the Dollfuß government (entered into force on May 1st). It is essentially dominated by leading officials of the Christian trade unions.
1939: Cardinal Secretary of State Eugenio Pacelli, the former nuncio in Munich and Berlin, will be elected as successor to Pius XI in a short conclave on his 63rd birthday. (Achille Ratti) was elected Pope and took the name Pius XII. at.
1949: The Boeing B-50 “Lucky Lady” completes the first non-stop flight around the world in 94 hours.
1949: A television station in Philadelphia, USA, begins regularly broadcasting school radio programs.
1969: Maiden flight of the “Concorde”, the first supersonic passenger aircraft, in Toulouse/France.
1969: Fighting breaks out between Soviet and Chinese border troops on the Ussuri, a tributary of the Amur.
2004: The European Space Agency (ESA) is launching the “Rosetta” mission to investigate, among other things, the composition of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The ESA project takes place with Austrian participation.
Birthdays: Friedrich Smetana, Bohemian composer (1824-1884); Sholem Aleichem, Yiddish writer (1859-1916); Alexander Oparin, Russian biochemist (1894-1980); Jennifer Jones, American actress (1919-2009); Wolf in the Maur, eastern. journalist (1924-2005); Marcel Hirscher, former Austrian Skier, two-time Olympic champion and eight-time world champion (1989).
Days of death: Nicolò dell’Arca da Bari, Italian sculptor (1435-1494); Howard Carter, British archaeologist (1873-1939); Arnulf Baring, German historian and journalist (1932-2019); Teddy Ehrenreich, East. jazz musician (1936-2014); Werner Schneyder, Austrian Cabaret artist and author (1937-2019); Dusty Springfield, British pop singer (1939-1999).
Name days: Karl, Agnes, Simplicius, Alwin, Ines, Grimo, Volker, Paulus, Heinrich, Leo, Theodore.
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