2023-07-20 22:13:22
Under Friday, July 21, the book of history records, among other things:
1588: A British fleet under the command of Sir Francis Drake attacks the Spanish Armada in the English Channel.
1718: Peace of Passarowitz between Emperor Karl VI. and the Turkish Sultan Ahmed III. Austria gets parts of Serbia with Belgrade and Little Wallachia – largest expanse of the country in its history.
1773: Pope Clement XIV abolishes the Jesuit Order (restored by Pius VII in 1814).
1798: General Napoleon Bonaparte defeats the Mameluke army at the Battle of the Pyramids.
1858: France’s Emperor Napoleon III. promises Piedmont-Sardinia help for a war once morest Austria.
1973: Lillehammer affair: The Israeli Mossad special unit Caesarea murders the completely uninvolved Ahmed Bouchiki in Lillehammer because they believe him to be Ali Hassan Salameh, one of the masterminds of the Munich hostage-taking in 1972.
1988: Iranian revolutionary leader Ayatollah Khomeini agrees to UN-brokered ceasefire with Iraq.
2008: One of the most wanted suspected war criminals, former Bosnian Serb President Radovan Karadžić, is arrested in Belgrade. Karadžić, who was indicted by the UN tribunal in The Hague and might not be found for around 13 years, worked as a doctor in the Serbian capital under a false identity.
2008: With the adoption of a new constitution, the absolute monarchy in Bhutan has formally ended following 100 years.
2013: After the Dutch monarch, the Belgian king is also stepping down: following almost 20 years on the throne, 79-year-old Albert II signs the certificate of abdication in the royal palace in Brussels, and shortly therefollowing his 53-year-old son Philippe takes the oath of office in front of parliament.
birthdays: Lovis Corinth, German painter/graphic artist (1858-1925); Hans Fallada, German writer (1893-1947); Guido Zernatto, Austria writer (1903-1943); Rudolph Arthur Marcus, US chemist; Nobel Prize 1992 (1923); Wilfried Daim, Austria Psychologist (1923-2016); Brigitte Reimann, German writer (1933-1973); Les Aspin, US Secretary of Defense (1938-1995); Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam), British musician (1948) (according to other sources, July 1, 1948); Josh Hartnett, US actor (1978).
days of death: Robert (George) Young, US actor (1907-1998); Alan Bartlett Shepard, US entrepreneur and astronaut (1923-1998); Heinz Meier, German actor (1930-2013); Ugo Riccarelli, Italian writer (1954-2013).
name days: Daniel, Lorenz, Julia, Laurentius, Stilla, Helga, Praxedis, Arbogast, Gaston, Hermann, Daniela, David.
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