2023-06-11 22:36:40
Under Monday, June 12, the book of history records, among other things:
1643: The “Long Parliament” in London convenes the Westminster Synod (until 1653), which decides on the Westminster Confession, catechisms and an order of worship.
1798: French troops under Napoleon Bonaparte land in Malta on their way to Egypt and conquer the island in two days.
1848: Pentecost Uprising in Prague: clash between Czech nationalists and imperial troops.
1968: South West Africa, administered by South Africa in violation of international law, is given the name Namibia by a UN resolution.
1973: The Prime Minister of Rhineland-Palatinate, Helmut Kohl, is elected as the successor to Rainer Barzel as CDU chairman.
1978: In New York, six-time woman murderer David Berkowitz (“Son of Sam”) is sentenced to 315 years in prison.
1988: Under the motto “By women for women”, Ilse Dippmann starts the first “Austrian women’s run” in the Laxenburg Palace Park.
1998: With the presentation of the UNESCO certificate, Hallstatt becomes a “World Heritage Site”.
2003: In the UN Security Council, the USA asserted its claim for immunity for US soldiers before the International Criminal Court.
2008: The Irish reject the EU Treaty of Lisbon in a referendum. The treaty, which was supposed to end the Union’s institutional crisis, can only come into force if all 27 EU countries agree.
2013: The commission investigating the incidents in the former Viennese children’s home at Schloss Wilhelminenberg confirms in its final report that children and young people have been exposed to physical and psychological violence for decades. The commission, chaired by judge Barbara Helige, came to the conclusion, among other things, that “massive sexual abuse” took place.
birthdays: Sir David Gill, Brit. Astronomer (1843-1914); Helmut Geiger, dt. Bank manager (1928-2020).
days of death: Clemens Holzmeister, Austria Architect (1886-1983); Fidelio Friedrich Finke, German composer (1891-1968); Sir Herbert Edward Read, British writer (1893-1968); Gregory Peck, US actor (1916-2003).
name days: Leo, Alice, Odulf, John, Basilides, Gerbald, Aeschylus, Guido, Marinus, Isaac.
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