2023-08-16 22:31:48
Under Thursday, August 17, the book of history records, among other things:
1648: Beginning of the Battle of Preston in which Oliver Cromwell defeats the Scots loyal to the king. (In 1649 he had the captured English King Charles I executed).
1743: Peace Treaty of Åbo (Turku) between Sweden and Russia, which annexes large parts of Finland.
1893: Riots in Prague once morest the imperial government, organized by the Young Czechs and their secret society “Omladina”.
1908: The world’s first animated film – “Fantasmagoria” – premieres in Paris. The film, drawn by Émile Cohl, consists of 2,000 images and lasts two minutes.
1943: With the occupation of the city of Messina, evacuated by Axis troops, the Allies complete the conquest of Sicily.
1953: Premiere of the opera “The Trial” by Gottfried von Einem at the Salzburg Festival.
1958: A first American moon rocket attempt fails. The projectile explodes 77 seconds following launch.
1978: First crossing of the Atlantic in a balloon: three Americans land near Paris following a six-day journey.
1988: Pakistani President Zia ul-Haq, several high-ranking military officers and the US ambassador to Pakistan are killed in a presidential plane crash.
1993: A 13-year-old has sparked an investigation into the US pop star by accusing Michael Jackson of sexually abusing him.
1998: Bill Clinton is the first president in US history to face questions from a “grand jury”. He admits to sexual contact with ex-White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
1998: As the first Austrian bank, CA is at the center of a threat of legal action by Holocaust victims.
birthdays: Karl Ritter von Czyhlarz, East Bohemia. jurist (1833-1914); Robert de Niro, US actor (1943); Herta Müller, Romanian-German writer; Nobel Prize in Literature 2009 (1953); Belinda Carlisle, US pop singer (1958).
days of death: Conrad Aiken, US writer (1889-1973); Mohammad Zia ul-Haq, Pakistan. Politician (1924-1988).
name days: Jutta, Hyazint, Liberat, Bertram, Guda, Karlmann, Clara, Benedikt, Gudrun, Elias, Eusebius.
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