Under Wednesday, March 1st, the book of history records among other things:
1768: In Bar (Podolia), the Polish nobility formed a confederation with the aim of eliminating Russian foreign rule.
1918: The Imperial and Royal flagship “Szent István” is sunk by two Italian torpedo boats off the Croatian island of Premuda.
1918: In London, an assassination attempt by Irish volunteers on British Prime Minister David Lloyd George fails.
1928: French airline Latécoère opens the first regular passenger service across the ocean from Paris to Buenos Aires.
1938: Jewish companies in Germany are excluded from awarding public contracts.
1938: The show trial in the USSR against the politician and economic theorist Nikolai Bukharin begins.
1938: The company “Samsung” (“three stars”) is founded in Daegu by Lee Byung-chull as a grocery store. The “Samsung Group” is today the largest South Korean conglomerate and one of the world’s largest companies in terms of sales and market strength. The flagship of the group is “Samsung Electronics”, the largest television and mobile phone manufacturer in the world.
1973: First meeting of the ORF reform commission set up by Federal Chancellor Bruno Kreisky.
1983: The first Swatch watch is presented to the public in Zurich. It advances to become one of the most successful watches of all time. Two new collections with up to 30 different models are presented every year.
1983: The environment ministers of the EC decide to stop the import of seal skins (effective October 1, 1983).
2003: Avian influenza is spreading. The disease, which can also be transmitted to humans, has been confirmed in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. The EU imposes export bans, millions of animals have to be killed.
2003: The Turkish parliament rejects the stationing of 62,000 US soldiers on Turkish territory with a view to an Iraq invasion.
2008: The storm “Emma” in Central Europe left a trail of devastation: Four dead, 19 injured and damage estimated at 65 million euros are the consequences.
2008: Austrian drivers can also be fined by the Austrian authorities for traffic violations in an EU country. The EU framework decision, which has been in force for a year, comes into force in national law a year late. In all EU countries, except Germany, the regulation affects traffic fines from 70 euros.
birthdays: Georg Simmel, German sociologist and philosopher (1858-1918); Erik Frey, Austria actor (1908-1988); Jacques Rivette, French film director (1928-2016); Manfred Karge, German actor (1938); Tupua Tamasese Tupuola Taisi Tufuga Efi, Samoan politician; President 2007-2017 (1938); Katerina Jacob, German actress (1958); Thomas Anders (own name: Bernd Weidung), German pop musician (1963).
days of death: Girolamo Frescobaldi, Italian composer (1583-1643); Gabriele d’Annunzio, Italian poet (1863-1938); Felice Casorati, Italian painter (1886-1963); Miltiades Caridis, Eastern Conductor German-Greek origin (1923-1998); Ulli Herzog, German radio play director, author and speaker; “Benjamin Blümchen”, “Bibi Blocksberg” (1938-2003).
name days: Albin, David, Roger, Suitberg, Bertrand, Albine, Rüdiger, Leontina, Felix, Hadrian, Theodor.