2023-05-07 22:26:18
Under Monday, May 8, the book of history records, among other things:
1838: The British Socialists publish their program “People’s Charter” calling for universal and secret suffrage for men over the age of 21.
1918: German troops occupy Rostov-on-Don.
1918: A football match between Austria-Hungary and Switzerland ended 5-1 in Vienna.
1948: First Kashmir War: Pakistani troops fight alongside Muslim rebels once morest the Indian army.
1958: A railway accident near Rio de Janeiro claims more than 150 dead and 300 injured.
1968: In Moscow, the leaders of the USSR, Bulgaria, East Germany, Hungary and Poland discuss the situation in Czechoslovakia, where Communist Party reformers under new party leader Dubček are steering a liberalization course (“Prague Spring”).
1978: Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler are the first people to conquer Mount Everest without oxygen equipment.
1988: French President François Mitterrand is re-elected for a second seven-year term. In the runoff, he defeated his challenger, the neo-Gaullist leader Jacques Chirac, with more than 54 percent of the votes.
2018: Despite massive resistance from European partners, the USA is withdrawing from the nuclear deal with Iran. US President Donald Trump declares that the agreement concluded in Vienna in 2015 is unsuitable for preventing Tehran from building the atomic bomb. The sanctions suspended as part of the agreement are to be fully enforced once more. Tehran is sticking to the nuclear agreement for the time being, as are the other contracting parties Great Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China.
birthdays: Henri Dunant, Switzerland. Humanist and co-founder of the International Red Cross (1828-1910); Fernandel (aka Fernand Contandin), French film comedian (1903-1971); Wilhelm Holczabek, Austria physicians (1918-2001); Pat Barker, British writer (1943); Roddy Doyle, Irish writer (1958).
days of death: Paul Gauguin, French painter (1848-1903); Heimrad Baker, Austria poet (1925-2003); Bryan Forbes, British director (1926-2013); Luigi Malerba, Italian writer (1927-2008); Jeanne Cooper, US actress (1928-2013).
name days: Friedrich, Ida, Wiro, Désirée, Ulrich, Klara, Michael, Wolfhild, Ulrike, Victor.
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