2023-04-23 22:02:50
Under Monday, April 24, the book of history records, among other things:
1898: Outbreak of the Spanish-American War.
1918: First tank battle in military history: 13 German tanks attack three British tanks near Villers-Bretonneux in France.
1918: Heavy battles between Italian and Austro-Hungarian naval forces in the Adriatic Sea off the Albanian port of Valona (Vlora).
1923: In Italy, the ministers of the People’s Party resign from the government of fascist leader Benito Mussolini.
1923: The I and the It is published by Sigmund Freud.
1978: Top representatives of 18 conservative and Christian-democratic parties set up the “European Democratic Union” (EDU) in Salzburg.
1983: In the National Council elections, the SPÖ loses the absolute majority it has held without interruption since 1971. On the night of the election, Chancellor Bruno Kreisky announced his withdrawal from government politics following 13 years in office and advised his party to form a small coalition with the Freedom Party.
1993: City Councilor for the Environment Michael Häupl is elected as the successor to Hans Mayr as Viennese SPÖ state party chairman.
1998: In the third attempt, the Russian lower house (State Duma) elected the 35-year-old reformer Sergei Kiriyenko as prime minister on the proposal of President Boris Yeltsin.
2013: In Bangladesh, a high-rise building containing several textile factories collapses near the capital Dhaka. 1,127 people are killed. The factories also produced clothing for large fashion groups operating in Europe. In the weeks that followed, repeated protests once morest working conditions erupted in Bangladesh. Investigations show that the collapsed complex was illegally expanded by three floors.
birthdays: William I of Orange, governor of the Netherlands/founder of independent Holland (1533-1584); Edmund Cartwright, British inventor (1743-1823); Theodor Körner (Edler v. Siegringen), Austria. Federal President 1951-57 (1873-1957); Jaroslav Hašek, Czech poet (1883-1923); Helmuth Lohner, Austria Actor, director and theater manager (1933-2015); Wolfgang Rudolf Langenbucher, German communication scientist (1938).
days of death: Alfred Vierkandt, German sociologist (1867-1953); Gustl Bayrhammer, German actor (1922-1993); Rolf Stommelen, US racing driver (1943-1983).
name days: Helmuth, Adalbert, Fidelis, Wilfried, Egbert, Theodor, Georg, Albert, Marian, Honorius, Virginia, Karl.
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