Under Thursday, March 9, the book of history records, among other things:
1848: In Frankfurt am Main, the Bundestag of the 39 members of the German Confederation (founded in 1815) adopts the federal colors black, red and gold.
1888: After the death of his father Wilhelm I, Friedrich III. German Emperor and King of Prussia, but dies of throat cancer on June 15 (“99-Day Emperor”).
1903: The first congress to combat venereal diseases begins in Frankfurt am Main.
1908: During the British Nimrod expedition, a team of five succeeds in climbing Mount Erebus (3,794 meters) in Antarctica for the first time.
1933: The third President of the National Council, Sepp Strafner (Greater German People’s Party), revokes his resignation and convenes the National Council for March 15 for a meeting, which the police prevent at the behest of the government under Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss.
1933: The Bulgarian communist Georgi Dimitrov is arrested in Berlin in connection with the Reichstag fire. The subsequent trial once morest him turns into a debacle for the Nazi rulers, and Dimitrov is acquitted.
1938: In his last public appearance, Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg announced a referendum on Austria’s independence for March 13 in a speech in Innsbruck.
1948: The deposed general secretary of the Hungarian Smallholders’ Party, Béla Kovács, is sentenced to four years in prison by a Soviet military court for “conspiracy”.
1953: The new Soviet Prime Minister Georgi Malenkov is committed to peaceful coexistence of the socialist and capitalist states.
1973: The population of Northern Ireland decides in a referendum to remain with Great Britain.
1978: The Belgrade CSCE follow-up meeting ends with the adoption of a final document that makes no mention of human rights.
1988: Premiere of the film comedy “Ödipussi” by and with Loriot (Vicco von Bülow) simultaneously in both parts of Berlin.
2003: Hundreds of thousands are demonstrating once more worldwide once morest an American campaign in Iraq.
birthdays: Jean-Baptiste Kléber, French General (1753-1800); Ludwig Gumplowicz, Polish-Austrian lawyer and sociologist; one of the founding fathers of European sociology (1838-1909); Mickey Spillane, US crime writer (1918-2006); André Courrèges, French fashion designer, inventor of the miniskirt (1923-2016); Walter Kohn, US physicist Origin; Nobel Prize 1998 (1923-2016); Robert James (“Bobby”) Fischer, US chess player (1943-2008); Herbert Tumpel, Austria Chamber official and social economist; 1997-2013 President of the Chamber of Labor for Vienna (AK) (1948-2018); Lucas Neill, Australia. Ex-soccer player (1978).
days of death: Wilhelm I, German Emperor, King of Prussia (1797-1888); Frank Wedekind, German playwright/lyricist/narrator (1864-1918); Nis Johan Petersen, Dan. poet (1897-1943); Hugo Adolf Bernatzik, Austria ethnologist (1897-1953); Sir Roy Forbes Harrod, British political economist (according to other sources March 8) (1900-1978); Kurt Georg Kiesinger, German politician; CDU; 1966-1969 Chancellor (1904-1988); Ulf Svante von Euler, Swedish physiologist, Nobel Prize 1970 (1905-1983); Michael Haslinger, Austria politician (1906-1998); Bob Crosby, US band leader (1913-1993); Alfred Reiterer, Austria actor (according to other sources March 10) (1934-2008); Bernard Dowiyogo, President of Nauru (1976-1974 and 1992-1995) (1946-2003).
name days: Franziska, Bruno, Reinhard, Prudentius, Dominic, Barbara, Gregor, Katharina Eugen.
