2024-01-18 23:44:49
On Friday, January 19th, the book of history records, among other things:
379: Emperor Gratian appoints the general Theodosius as successor to the fallen Eastern Emperor Valens. Under Theodosius the Great, who made the Catholic faith a binding religious confession in 380, the Western and Eastern Rome were united for the last time.
639: With the death of King Dagobert I, the Franconian ruling family of the Merovingians lost their political power to the Hausmeier dynasty of the Carolingians, who were finally able to seize the crown in 751.
1829: “Faust, the first part of the tragedy” by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is premiered in the Braunschweig Court Theater.
1859: France and Sardinia sign a mutual assistance pact once morest Austria.
1919: The elections to the German National Assembly result in a three-quarters majority for the parties that strive for a parliamentary-democratic republic.
1974: After three years of construction, the 6.4 kilometer long Tauern Tunnel on the Tauern Motorway is completed.
1974: France is leaving the European monetary union.
1979: The escape of the GDR secret service lieutenant Stiller leads to the exposure and arrest of 25 GDR spies.
1984: Serious unrest breaks out in Morocco following plans by King Hassan II’s regime to increase food prices are revealed. More than 100 dead.
1989: Interior Minister Karl Blecha resigns, but remains politically active as deputy SPÖ chairman for the time being.
1989: The Vienna CSCE follow-up meeting with 35 participating states ends successfully with progress on human rights issues.
1994: Federal President Klestil confirms that his wife Edith has moved out of the official villa on the Hohe Warte. The First Lady is reacting to the head of state’s liaison with the diplomat Margot Löffler.
1994: Vienna’s mayor and state governor Helmut Zilk is released from hospital care seven weeks following the letter bomb attack in which his hand was mutilated and resumes official business in the town hall.
Birthdays: Edgar Allan Poe, US writer (1809-1849); Paul Cézanne, French painter (1839-1906); Hans Hotter, German baritone (1909-2003); Friedrich Hacker, Eastern-US psychiatrist (1914-1989); Jean-François Revel, French writer and philosopher (1924-2006); Phil Everly, US musician (1939-2014); Rudolf Streicher, Austrian Manager and former politician (1939); Katey Sagal, US actress (1954); Thomas Vanek, former Austrian Ice hockey player (1984).
Days of death: Abbas II, the Great, Shah of Persia (1571-1629); William Congreve, British poet (1670-1729); August Heinrich Fr. v. Fallersleben, German scholar and poet (1798-1874); Franz Nabl, Eastern writer (1883-1974); Wolfgang Staudte, German film director (1906-1984); Günter Strack, German actor (“A Case for Two”) (1929-1999); Antonio Mendez, US CIA agent (1940-2019); Herbert Adamec, Eastern actor/director (1943-2009); Ortrud Beginnen, German actress (1938-1999).
Name days: Marius, Knud, Agritius, Ratmund, Heinrich, Kanutus, Dagobert, Sarah, Mario, Pia, Martha, Paul.
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