2023-09-05 22:19:07
Under Wednesday, September 6, the book of history records, among other things:
1688: Under the command of Elector Maximilian II Emanuel of Bavaria, the troops of Emperor Leopold I conquer Belgrade, which has been held by the Turks since 1521.
1838: In Milan, Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria is crowned King of Lombardo-Venetia with the Iron Crown.
1863: The German physicist Philipp Reis demonstrates a telephone to Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria in the Goethehaus in Frankfurt am Main. In this demonstration, he transmits musical tones.
1953: Start of VHF operation in Austria via the Kahlenberg and Klagenfurt transmitters.
1968: The African state of Swaziland becomes independent.
1993: An initially anonymous SPÖ MP accuses Minister of Social Affairs Hesoun in a magazine of having grabbed her décolleté.
2003: Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) is resigning from his post. Parliament President Ahmed Korei (Abu Ala) is proposed as his successor.
2003: An Israeli rocket attack on the founder of the radical Hamas movement, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, in Gaza fails.
2008: The nuclear power India may introduce nuclear technology in the future, although it has not signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. At the instigation of the USA, the group of export countries for nuclear technology (NSG), to which Austria also belongs, decides in Vienna to end the 34-year supply freeze.
2008: New York director Darren Aronofsky wins the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival for his film The Wrestler, starring Mickey Rourke.
birthdays: Dennis Oppenheim, US artist (1938-2011); Roger Waters, British musician (Pink Floyd) (1943); Herwig Mitteregger, Austria Rock Musician (1953).
days of death: Anny Konetzni, Austria singer (1902-1968); Axel von Ambesser (actually Axel Eugen v. Austria), German actor (1910-1988); Akira Kurosawa, Japan. film director (1910-1998); Anita Page, US actress (1910-2008); Claudio Scimone, Italian conductor (1934-2018); Burt Reynolds, US actor (1936-2018).
name days: Magnus, Beate, Theobald, Ilse, Gundolf, Alexius, Bernhard, Bertram, Stephan, Zacharias.
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