2023-12-13 23:47:34
On Thursday, December 14th, the book of history records, among other things:
1918: In Great Britain, women are allowed to take part in general elections for the first time. Countess Constance Markievicz, who was naturalized in Ireland, was the only woman among 17 candidates to make it into the London Parliament, but never took her seat.
1918: Premiere of Puccini’s opera triptych “The Coat”, “Gianni Schicchi” and “Sister Angelika” at the New York Metropolitan Opera.
1958: The rebuilt military academy in Wiener Neustadt is ceremoniously opened in the presence of Federal President Adolf Schärf.
1963: The Leobersdorf-Wöllersdorf motorway section will be opened to traffic. This means that 37.2 kilometers of the A2 from Vienna have been completed.
1968: Vorarlberg is founded by Pope Paul VI. a separate diocese. Bruno Wechner becomes the first Bishop of Feldkirch.
1968: In Brazil, General Artur da Costa e Silva establishes an absolute military dictatorship.
1978: The USA and China agree to establish full diplomatic relations, US President Jimmy Carter breaks off relations with Taiwan.
2003: The City Airport Train (CAT) begins operations. The journey time from the Wien-Mitte station to Schwechat Airport is 16 minutes.
2008: Russian Kremlin critics led by former world chess champion Garry Kasparov founded the opposition alliance “Solidarity”. A rally planned in Moscow was immediately banned and numerous demonstrators were arrested.
2008: Five weeks before the end of his term in office, US President George W. Bush pays a surprise farewell visit to Iraq. At a press conference, an Iraqi TV reporter insulted Bush as a “dog” and threw his shoes at him, becoming world famous as the “Shoe Thrower of Baghdad.”
Birthdays: Jean le Charlier de Gerson, French Catholic. theologian, writer, musician and mystic (1363-1429); Nostradamus, French mathematician and astrologer (1503-1566); Hans Hömberg, German writer (1903-1982); Leonardo Boff, Brazil. theologian (1938); Marianne Fritz, Eastern writer (1948-2007); Vijay Amritraj, Indian Film actor, entrepreneur and former tennis player (1953); Vanessa (Anne) Hudgens, American actress, singer and model (1988).
Days of death: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, German composer (1714-1788); Charles III King of Spain 1759-1788, as Carlo V King of Sicily, as Carlo VII King of Naples and Sicily 1735-1759 (1716-1788); Vinzenz Miller zu Aichholz, eastern. Industrialist and patron (1827-1913); Otto Zoff, Eastern writer (1890-1963); Erich Ollenhauer, German politician (1901-1963); Margarete Klose, German opera singer (naA 1905; 1902-1968); Myrna Loy, US film actress (1905-1993); Jeanne Crain, US actress (1925-2003); Peter O’Toole, Irish. Actor (1932-2013).
Name days: Konrad, Spiridion, Volkwin, Nikasius, Franziska, Berthold, Heron, Lucius, Viator.
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