Under Thursday, September 5, the Book of History records, among other things:
1514: Sultan Selim I conquers the Persian city of Tabriz.
1774: Delegates from 13 American colonies meet in Philadelphia for the First Continental Congress. They call for civil disobedience against England.
1899: Christine Hardt from Dresden receives a patent for the “women’s bodice as a breast support” she developed, a kind of forerunner of the brassiere.
1914: First World War: Great Britain, France and Russia agree in the Triple Entente Treaty of London not to conclude a separate peace.
1914: The advance of German troops in France is stopped by a French counteroffensive.
1929: French Prime Minister Aristide Briand presents the plan for the “United States of Europe” (customs and economic union) to the League of Nations in Geneva.
1934: In Nuremberg, Hitler opens the Nazi Party Congress “Triumph of the Will” (documented by Leni Riefenstahl). He declares: “There will be no more revolutions in Germany for the next thousand years.”
1939: In Poland, German troops conquer the fortress of Graudenz and the cities of Bydgoszcz, Katowice and Kalisz. The United States declares its neutrality in the war that broke out on September 1.
1944: The Soviet Union declares war on Bulgaria. Soviet troops begin to invade, and the government in Sofia requests a ceasefire on the same day.
1949: Greek Civil War: After costly battles, the royal army conquers the last strongholds of the communist partisan groups, the Vitsi and Grammos massifs. Around 5,000 partisans flee across the border to Albania.
1994: The World Population Conference opens in Cairo. The aim of the meeting is to find ways to combat global population growth. The Vatican and some Islamic states have massive objections to birth control measures.
1994: Vienna’s mayor and governor Helmut Zilk proposes SPÖ state party chairman Michael Häupl as his successor.
Birthdays: Caspar David Friedrich, German painter (1774-1840); Wilhelm Graetzer, Austrian-Argentine composer (1914-1993); Ricardo de la Espriella Toral, 37th President of Panama 1982-1984 (1934); Clay Regazzoni, Swiss racing driver (1939-2006); George Lazenby, Australian dressman and actor (James Bond 1969) (1939); Urban Gwerder, Swiss author (1944-2017); Pat McQuaid, former Irish cyclist (1949); Frank Schirrmacher, German journalist; co-editor of the FAZ (1959-2014); Josef Penninger, Austrian geneticist; 2002-2018 IMBA director (1964).
Deaths: Pieter Breughel the Elder, Dutch painter (1525/30-1569); Giovanni Giuliani, Italian sculptor (1663-1744); Lothar Müthel, German actor and theater director (naA 4.9.) (1896-1964); Wenzel Lüdecke, German film producer (1917-1989); Walther Reyer, Austrian chamber and film actor (1922-1999); Karel Černý, Czech set designer; Oscar winner (1922-2014); Anny Felbermayer, Austrian opera singer (1924-2014); Francisco Toledo, Mexican painter (1940-2019).
Name days: Roswitha, Albert, Laurentius, Justus, Hercules, Bertin, Gerald, Maria Theresia, Hermine, David.
2024-09-04 22:57:36