2023-05-04 22:52:34
Under Friday, May 5, the book of history records, among other things:
1648: The Cossack Bohdan Chmielnicki defeats a Polish army in the Battle of the Blue Waters and thus becomes a national hero of the Ukrainians in the fight once morest foreign rule.
1888: Because of an act of violence once morest political opponents, the German nationalist agitator Georg Ritter von Schönerer was sentenced to four months in prison and lost his title of nobility, his reserve officer rank and the right to vote and stand as a candidate.
1958: Production of the 102nd element, Nobelium (No), is announced in Berkeley, California. The artificial radioactive chemical element is created by a group of American researchers by bombarding curium with carbon nuclei.
1978: In Italy, the “Red Brigades” announce the assassination of the Christian Democratic party leader and ex-Prime Minister Aldo Moro, who was kidnapped in March. The politician’s body was found in the trunk of a car in central Rome on May 9.
1988: French police forcefully free 23 hostages in the overseas territory of New Caledonia. Two police officers and 19 hostage-takers are killed in the operation.
1998: Accession of Russia to the European Convention on Human Rights and the Convention once morest Torture. The Russian Foreign Minister Yevgeny Primakov deposited the ratification documents for the two agreements with the Strasbourg Council of Europe. At the same time, he recognizes the Russian population’s right to individual complaints.
2013: The Salzburg state election brings a change of power. The SPÖ, which was hit by the local speculation scandal, lost 15.6 percentage points and, with 23.8 percent, fell to second place behind the ÖVP, which also suffered losses, but was the strongest force with 29 percent. Governor Gabi Burgstaller (SPÖ) announces her withdrawal on the evening of the election. The surprise of the election evening will be the Greens, which – led by Astrid Rössler, chairman of the speculation investigation committee – will more than double and reach 20.2 percent. The FPÖ also recorded gains of 17 percent. The Stronach team enters the state parliament with 8.3 percent at the first attempt.
birthdays: Soren Kierkegaard, Danish. theologian/philosopher (1813-1855); Karl Marx, German philosopher (1818-1883); Henri Konan Bédié, President of Côte d’Ivoire 1993-1999 (1934); Sir Michael Palin, British actor, author; Monty Python” member (1943); Kurt Kotrschal, Austrian biologist, behavioral scientist 2010 “Scientist of the Year” (1953); Adele (actually A. Laurie Blue Adkins), British pop, soul, jazz and R&B -Singer and songwriter (1988).
days of death: Walter Max Ulyate Sisulu, South Africa. politicians and civil rights activists; 1949-1954 Secretary General of the African National Congress ANC (1912-2003); Sarah Kirsch, German writer (1935-2013).
name days: Jutta, Gotthard, Angelus, Franz, Sigrid, Pius, Marquard, Irene, Theodor, Hillarius, Tarbula.
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