2023-12-01 23:06:11
On Saturday, December 2nd, the book of history records, among other things:
1813: Prince William VI of Orange enters Amsterdam as William I, King of the Netherlands, after the uprising against the French occupation.
1823: US President James Monroe announces the Monroe Doctrine: America does not want to interfere in European affairs, Europe must not interfere in American affairs.
1848: Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria abdicates. The emperor’s younger brother, Archduke Franz Karl, abdicates the throne in favor of his eighteen-year-old son Franz Joseph.
1883: In Vienna the Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90, premiered by Johannes Brahms.
1908: Riots break out in Bohemia.
1988: Benazir Bhutto is sworn in as Prime Minister of Pakistan. She is the first woman to head a government of an Islamic state.
1993: In Colombia, drug lord Pablo Escobar, who escaped from prison, is shot dead by police.
1998: The Semmering Railway, built by Carl Ritter von Ghega, is the first railway to be declared a World Heritage Site by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee.
2008: For the first time in this millennium, a federal government is being sworn in without counter-demonstrations. Werner Faymann’s (SPÖ) cabinet includes 14 ministers and four state secretaries.
Birthdays: Alexander N. Yakovlev, Soviet politician, historian and economist (1923-2005); Maria Callas, US opera singer of great origin (1923-1977); Jörg Demus, Austrian pianist (1928-2019); Antonín Panenka, former Czech footballer (1948); Lucy Liu, US actress (1968); Jan Ullrich, former German cyclist (1973); Monica Seles, former Serbian-US tennis player (1973); Nelly Furtado, Kan.-Port. Singer (1978); Alfred Enoch, British-Brazilian. Actor (1988).
Days of death: Franz Schönthan, Eastern. Writer and director (1849-1913); Reimmichl (formerly Sebastian Rieger), Austrian writer (1867-1953); Edmond de Rostand, French playwright (1868-1918); Johan Nordahl Brun Grieg, Norway. Poet and resistance fighter (1902-1943); Hilli Reschl, Eastern actress (1926-2018); Odetta Gordon, US singer (1930-2008); Pablo Escobar, Colombia Drug lord (1949-1993).
Name days: Bibiana, Lucius, Brunhilde, Aurelia, Paulina, Johannes, Jan, Habakkuk, Silverius, Sigrun.
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