2023-09-24 22:15:47
On Monday, September 25th, the book of history records, among other things:
1493: Christopher Columbus begins his second voyage to the New World (until June 11, 1496).
1918: The Turkish troops are withdrawing east of the Jordan towards Amman. The rebellious Arabs under the Hashemite Prince Faisal join the British.
1938: Czechoslovakia refuses to cede the Sudeten German territories to the German Reich on October 1st.
1938: At the international tennis championships in Forest Hills, the American Donald Budge beat his compatriot Gene Mako in the final and became the first player to secure the so-called “Grand Slam”.
1948: Chancellor Leopold Figl calls on the Allies not to continue denying Austria admission to the UN. “It is simply absurd that we are still being denied the state treaty,” explains the head of government in a foreign policy speech.
1963: In the Dominican Republic, the military overthrew elected President Juan Bosch.
1973: The US space station Skylab-2 returns to Earth with three astronauts following 59 days.
1978: In the worst aircraft accident in the USA to date (a Boeing 727 and a Cessna 172 collided in the air), 150 people died in San Diego.
1978: The Swiss tabloid “Tat” is closed following an editors’ strike.
2003: In Nigeria, Amina Lawal, who was sentenced to death by stoning for alleged adultery, is acquitted in an appeal.
2008: The US Congress is putting together a $700 billion aid package for the ailing financial institutions. The aim is to initially buy up bad loans. In October, European countries will help their banks with capital injections worth billions, a procedure also adopted by the USA. However, the huge package does not manage to stop the fall in stock market prices or prevent financial problems at other institutions.
2018: The SPÖ committees designate Pamela Rendi-Wagner as the new party leader. The former health minister, who has only been a member of the SPÖ for one and a half years, also takes over the management of the parliamentary club and makes her confidant Thomas Drozda the federal manager. For him, Max Lercher has to give way to the Styrian regional group, much to the annoyance of his team. The previous managing director of the club, Andreas Schieder, loses his position, but a short time later he is nominated as the SPÖ’s top candidate for the European elections following Christian Kern resigns following gentle pressure from the new party leadership.
Birthdays: Claude Perrault, French builder (1613-1688); Jean-Philippe Rameau, French composer (1683-1764); Martin Johann Schmidt, Eastern painter (1718-1801); Mark Rothko, US painter (1903-1970); Eugen Suchoň, Czechoslovak. composer (1908-1993); Mijalko Todorović, junior politician (1913-1999); Anna Ehrlich, Eastern. Author, historian and lawyer (1943); Robert Gates, former US Secretary of Defense (1943); Will Smith, US actor (1968).
Days of death: John Broadus Watson, US psychologist (1878-1958); Leopold III, King of Belgium (1901-1983); Adalbert Brunke, South African Bishop (1912-2013); Franco Modigliani, Italian economist (1918-2003); Joachim Unmack, German actor (1923-1998); Elisabeth Borchers, German writer (1926-2013); Friedhelm Döhl, German composer (1936-2018).
Name days: Klaus, Nikolaus, Firmin, Richardis, Hermanfried, Kleophas, Aurelia, Nils, Sergius, Gottfried, Irmfried.
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