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1718: Emperor Charles VI enters into the London Quadruple Alliance with the British, French and Dutch to curb Spanish expansion in Italy.
1918: In France, German troops clear the Marne Salient with the city of Soissons.
1918: In Albania, the Austro-Hungarian troops reach the town of Berat.
1943: In the Treblinka extermination camp, around 1,000 prisoners revolted, which was brutally suppressed.
1973: On the Isle of Man, three boys cause a major fire at a holiday resort, killing 49.
1993: The ÖVP moves from the Palais Todesco to an office building near the town hall.
2008: Carinthian governor Jörg Haider returns to Austrian federal politics following eight years and becomes the new chairman of the “Bündnis Zukunft Österreich” (BZÖ).
2018: Apple is the first company in the world to break the one trillion dollar mark (854.99 billion euros) in market value.
birthdays: Leopold Gmelin, German chemist (1788-1853); Edward A. Freeman, Engl. historian (1823-1892); Constantine I, King of Greece (1868-1923); Theodor Wolff, German writer and publicist (1868-1943); Vladimir Count d’Ormesson, French diplomat (1888-1973); Shimon Peres, Israel. Politician, 2007-2014 President (1923-2016); Lydia Mischkulnig, Austria author (1963); Stefan Effenberg, German ex-soccer player (1968); Daniele Nardello, Italian ex-cyclist (1973); Thomas Stipsits, Austria Cabaret artist and actor (1983).
days of death: Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (1727-1788); Jean-Pierre Melville, French film director (1917-1973); Mel Ferrer, US actor, director, author, film producer and theater manager (1917-2008).
name days: Stefan, Eusebius, Portiunkula, Alfons, Elfriede, Gustav, Gundaker, Serena, Adrienne, Rainer, Elias.
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