2024-02-17 23:06:40
On Sunday, February 18th, the book of history records, among other things:
1229: Frederick II receives Jerusalem (where he crowns himself) with Bethlehem and Nazareth by treaty from the Egyptian Sultan al-Malik al-Kamil in the 5th Crusade. In 1244, Jerusalem was lost forever to Christians.
1829: Church wedding of Archduke Johann with the postmaster’s daughter Anna Plochl, who was made Baroness of Brandhofen and later Countess of Merano by her brother-in-law, Emperor Franz I.
1969: Arab terrorists bombard an El-Al airliner at Zurich airport: one dead, several injured.
1979: In a referendum, Swiss voters narrowly rejected the popular initiative put forward by opponents of nuclear power.
1984: Italy and the Vatican sign a new concordat: Catholicism is no longer the state religion in Italy, Rome is no longer the “Holy City”.
2004: The explosion of a freight train loaded with chemicals in Iran kills 320 people.
Birthdays: Jack Palance, US actor (1919-2006); Günther Schramm, German actor (1929); Len Deighton, British writer (1929); Aldo Ceccato, Italian conductor (1934); John Travolta, US actor (1954); Sigisbert Dolinschek, Eastern. Politician (1954); Matt Dillon, US actor (1964).
Days of death: Khubilai Khan, Mongolian Prince and Chinese ruler (1215-1294); Josef Adam von Mölk, Eastern. Fresco and altarpiece painter (around 1714-1794); Maria Franziska von Trapp, last member of the singing Trapp family (1914-2014); Franz Marischka, Eastern. Director (1918-2009).
Name days: Simon, Susanne, Bernadette, Konstantia, Simeon, Florian, Engelberta, Angelikus, Concordia, Leo, Agatha.
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