2023-04-22 22:55:01
Under Sunday, April 23, the book of history records, among other things:
1633: The Swedish chancellor, Axel Oxenstierna, allies himself with the evangelical estates in Heilbronn.
1838: With the arrival of the ships “Sirius” and “Great Western” from England in New York, scheduled steamboat traffic across the Atlantic begins.
1908: The North Sea Agreement between the German Reich, Great Britain, France, the Netherlands and Sweden is concluded in Berlin. The Powers guarantee the integrity of their territories on the North Sea.
1938: By decree of Reich Marshal Hermann Göring, the notes of the Austrian National Bank are declared invalid with effect from April 25 and must be exchanged for Reichsmarks by December 31 at the latest.
1948: With the exception of the personal trains of the military governors, rail and passenger traffic between the German western zones and Berlin is prohibited, and the city can only be supplied by air.
1988: A car bomb exploded in Beirut’s busy Tabbaneh district, killing 54 and injuring more than 100.
2003: For the first time since Turkey’s 1974 invasion of Cyprus, Turkish Cypriot authorities are allowing their citizens to travel to the Greek south of the divided Mediterranean island and allowing entry for Greek Cypriots.
2003: Palestinian President Yasser Arafat and his designated Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) agree on the composition of the new cabinet.
2018: Britain’s Duchess Kate gives birth to a baby boy at St. Mary’s Hospital in London. Louis Arthur Charles is the couple’s third child and is fifth in line to the British throne.
birthdays: Marcus Hansiz, Austria Jesuit (according to other sources April 25) (1683-1766); Max Planck, German physicist; Nobel Prize 1918 (1858-1947); Dagobert Frey, Austria art historian (1883-1962); Myron Waldman, US animator (1908-2006); Shirley Temple, US film star (1928-2014); Robby Naish, US windsurfing legend (1963); Prince Louis, son of British Crown Prince William (2018).
days of death: Yitzhak Ben Zvi, Israel. President (1884-1963); Konstantin Karamanlis, Greek politician (1907-1998); Gregory of Rezzori, East. writer (1914-1998); James Earl Ray, US assassin (Martin Luther King) (1928-1998); Kurt Klinger, Austria Writer (1928-2003).
name days: Georg, Jörg, Adalbert, Gerhard, Georgia, Georgine, Wilhelmine, Jürgen, Gerd, Felix, Johannes.
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