2023-09-16 22:51:56
On Sunday, September 17th, the book of history records, among other things:
1678: Peace of Nijmegen between France and Spain, which must cede the Free County of Burgundy and 16 Flemish cities.
1848: The subsequent acceptance of the Prussian-Danish armistice in Malmö by the Frankfurt National Assembly provokes a new wave of revolution. Ten thousand demonstrators protest on the Pfingstweide near Frankfurt against the “betrayal of the German people”, but the left-wing MPs refuse to leave parliament in the Paulskirche.
1868: An uprising that breaks out in Cádiz leads to the flight of the Spanish Queen Isabella II to Paris.
1908: Guatemalan dictator Manuel Estrada Cabrera is seriously injured in an assassination attempt.
1918: British troops enter Haifa.
1923: Max Brod’s novel “Life with a Goddess” is published.
1938: The leader of the Sudeten German Party, Henlein, sets up a “Sudeten German Freikorps” with Hitler’s approval.
1948: Jewish extremists murdered the Swedish Count Folke Bernadotte near Jerusalem, who was mediating between Israelis and Arabs on behalf of the United Nations.
1978: Egyptian President Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Begin sign the Camp David Peace Accords in the presence of US President Carter.
1983: Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko cancels his participation in the UN General Assembly because the USA refuses to allow him to land because of the shooting down of a South Korean jumbo.
1993: The last Russian troops leave Poland.
1998: The Basque separatist organization ETA (“Euskadi Ta Askatasuna”) declares an “indefinite and total ceasefire”. The ceasefire ends in November 1999.
2003: The US government makes it clear that there is no evidence that deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was involved in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
Birthdays: Käthe Kruse, German artisan (1883-1968); Frank O’Connor, Irish short story writer (1903-1966); Franz Grothe, German composer (1908-1982); Mira Lobe, Eastern writer (1913-1995); Chaim Herzog, Israel. general and politician (1918-1997); Hank Williams, US country musician (1923-1953); Andrea Eckert, Eastern actress and documentary filmmaker (1958); Janez Janša, Slovenian politician and former prime minister (1958); Anastacia (Lyn Newkirk), US singer (1968).
Days of death: Emil Ludwig, German-Swiss. writer (1881-1948); Egon Caesar Conte Corti, Eastern. writer (1886-1953); Eiji Toyoda, Japanese automobile entrepreneur (1913-2013); Hilde Güden, Eastern. Chamber singer (1917-1988); Heinz Fahnler, Austrian Referee/journalist (1942-2008).
Name days: Hildegard, Robert, Reinald, Ariadne, Lambert, Columba, Heraklid, Konon, Luzia.
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