2023-08-04 22:37:24
Under Saturday, August 5, the book of history records, among other things:
1858: The first transatlantic cable between Great Britain and the USA with a length of 3,754 kilometers is completed. However, the telegraph line only works for one month.
1888: Bertha Benz and her two sons start the first long-distance journey in automotive history from Mannheim to Pforzheim. During this 106 km journey in a petrol-driven Benz Patent Motorwagen with a 1-cylinder, four-stroke engine and 1.5 hp, you will reach a maximum speed of 20 km/h, thereby demonstrating the vehicle’s suitability for everyday use.
1908: During the first zeppelin accident in aviation history, “LZ 4” was destroyed by an explosion near Echterdingen on the night of August 5th.
1913: French Prime Minister Barthou presents British Prime Minister Asquith with the first concrete plans for the construction of a Channel Tunnel. (The project of the century is realized in 1994.)
1918: The US tanker “OB Jennings” is sunk by a German submarine 185 kilometers off the coast of Virginia.
1943: British troops conquer Catania, the Allies control the Strait of Sicily. On the Eastern Front, the Soviets take Byelgorod and Orel.
1948: The Romanian Parliament passes a religious law that entails the disenfranchisement of the Greek-Catholic (United) Church and its forced incorporation into the Orthodox Church.
1953: POW exchange begins in Korea.
1963: The foreign ministers of the USA, Great Britain and the USSR sign an agreement on the partial cessation of nuclear weapons tests (nuclear test ban agreement) in Moscow.
1968: Federal Chancellor Josef Klaus breaks the ground for the Adria-Vienna Pipeline.
1973: Palestinian terrorists kill four and injure 55 in an attack at Athens airport.
1983: In Upper Volta, the former head of government, Captain Thomas Sankara, overthrew President Ouédraogo, who also came to power in a coup in 1982.
2003: A suicide attack on the Marriott Hotel in the Indonesian capital Jakarta kills 12 people and injures more than 150.
2013: In Turkey, the mammoth trial of the alleged conspiracy group Ergenekon is coming to an end following almost five years: Twelve of the 275 accused of alleged coup plans once morest the Islamic conservative head of government Erdoğan are sentenced to life imprisonment, including the former chief of staff İlker Başbuğ. Almost 40 of the accused were released, the others, including 12 journalists, received prison sentences of between two and 50 years.
birthdays: Colin McRae, Scottish rally driver (1968-2007); Marine Le Pen, French politician (1968).
days of death: Alfred Heinrich Pellegrini, Switzerland. painter (1881-1958); Annie Rosar, East Actress (1888-1963); Victor Hasselblad, Swedish inventor (1906-1978); Eugen Suchoň, Czechoslovak. composer (1908-1993); Johann Sklenka, Austria actor (1911-1983); Todor Zhivkov, Bulgarian. politician (1911-1998); Robert Häusser, German photographer (1924-2013); Bruno Dallansky, Austria actor (1928-2008); Colin Higgins, US film director (1941-1988); George Duke, US jazz musician (1946-2013); Shawn Burr, US ice hockey player (1966-2013).
name days: Oswald, Abel, Dominika, Stanislaus, Eva-Maria, Hermann, Afra.
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