2023-12-30 23:43:32
On Sunday, December 31st, the book of history records, among other things:
1893: The first football game is played in Austria-Hungary: In Prague, Viktoria Berlin beats the Regatta rowing club 7:O.
1948: Dutch troops in Indonesia declare that they have taken control of all of Java. The US says that the events in Indonesia would not affect the Netherlands’ participation in the Marshall Plan.
1958: The three Western powers protest once morest the Soviet Berlin ultimatum of November 27th and declare that they continue to regard all agreements reached as valid.
1958: End of the “International Geophysical Year”, in which around 60,000 scientists and technicians worldwide took part. The main areas of research were the upper layers of the Earth’s atmosphere, Antarctica and solar physics.
1968: The Soviet supersonic passenger aircraft Tu-144 takes off on its first flight.
1983: The Sultanate of Brunei in northern Borneo, a British protectorate since 1886, becomes independent under Sultan Sir Hassanal Bolkiah.
1998: The euro is established as the common currency of eleven EU states, including Austria. As acting chairman of the European Council of Finance and Economics Ministers, Rudolf Edlinger handed over the official certificate in Brussels.
2003: Despite strong protests, the current truck transit agreement between Austria and the EU is expiring. From January 1, 2004, foreign trucks can drive through Austria with almost no quota. The ecopoints previously required for trips and the limit of 1.61 million transit trips per year are a thing of the past.
2008: Deadly end to a New Year’s Eve celebration: At least 59 people are killed in a fire at a nightclub in Bangkok.
Birthdays: Simon Wiesenthal, Eastern Writer and leader of the Jewish Documentation Center (1908-2005); John Denver, US country and folk singer (1943-1997); Ben Kingsley, British actor (1943); Donna Summer, US singer (1948-2012).
Days of death: George Lewis, US jazz musician (1900-1968); Sieglinde Wagner, Eastern. opera singer (1921-2003); Irina Korshunow, German writer (1925-2013); Donald Westlake, US author (1933-2008); (Editorial notes: The dates for Irina Korshunov are correct. She actually died on her 88th birthday.).
Name days: Silvester, Melanie, Kolumba, Baltwin, Gottlob, Katharina, Paloma, Lona, Theresia, Sebastian.
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