2023-05-27 22:45:40
Under Sunday, May 28, the book of history records, among other things:
1358: In France, a peasant revolt (“Jacquerie”) breaks out once morest the increased taxes for the construction of fortifications and is bloodily suppressed by the nobility.
1858: In the Treaty of Aigun, Russia and China regulate the border demarcation on the Amur: China has to cede large areas.
1918: In the Tonale section, Austrian units thwart Italian attacks.
1933: The large RAVAG transmitter on the Bisamberg is put into operation.
1938: Paul Hindemith’s opera “Mathis der Maler” premieres in Zurich.
1948: Interior Minister Oskar Helmer changes the management of the Economic Police and has its headquarters relocated from the Soviet zone. The KPÖ loses its last top position in the police force.
1953: The GDR government orders the increase in labor standards for industrial workers by a general ten percent.
1958: In a message to Parliament, French President René Coty announces his intention to appoint General Charles de Gaulle to head the government. At the same time, Coty announces his resignation if MPs refuse to trust the general.
1978: The Swiss reject a car-free Sunday in a referendum.
1993: The German constitutional court declares the new regulation of the abortion law to be unconstitutional. According to the judgment, terminating the pregnancy in the first three months is illegal, but not punishable.
1993: The Bavarian state parliament elects former interior minister Edmund Stoiber (CSU) to succeed Max Streibl as prime minister.
1998: In a referendum, the Danes approve the EU Treaty of Amsterdam with a narrow majority.
1998: Pakistan detonates nuclear warheads at Chagai in response to 11 May Indian attempts.
2008: The monarchy is abolished in Nepal following 240 years. The Constituent Assembly in Kathmandu overwhelmingly proclaims the Himalayan state a republic. King Gyanendra is deposed.
2008: The Supreme Court of Ethiopia sentenced former President Mengistu Haile Mariam to death in absentia for genocide.
birthdays: Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, French physician and inventor (1738-1814); Ian Fleming, British writer (1908-1964); Marko M. Feingold, Austria entrepreneurs; 1979-2019 President of the Jewish Community in Salzburg (1913-2019); Wolfgang Schmitz, Austria financial politician (1923-2008); György Ligeti, Hungarian composer (1923-2006); Kylie Minogue, Australia. Singer (1968).
days of death: Kees van Dongen, French-Dutch painter (1877-1968); Jens Skou, Dan. biophysicist; Nobel Prize 1997 (1918-2018); Eddi Arent, German actor and comedian (1925-2013); Hanns-Martin Schneidt, German conductor (1930-2018).
name days: Wilhelm, Rudhard, Germanus, Liane, Lya, Lia, Wilhelmine, Viktor, Augustine.
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