Under Saturday, January 22, the book of history records, among other things:
1517: Turkish troops take Cairo.
1552: Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset and brother of Queen Jane, who died in 1537, is beheaded in London for treason.
1762: Premiere of the drama “Turandot” by Carlo Gozzi in Venice.
1887: The “Wiener Volksbildungsverein” is founded and is today the oldest adult education center in Austria.
1902: Archduchess Elisabeth, the only child of Crown Prince Rudolf, married Prince Otto von Windisch-Graetz in Vienna.
1912: In the Netherlands, the Hague International Opium Conference ends with the adoption of the Convention to Restrict Drug Trafficking in the World.
1917: A German U-boat sinks a Swedish coal truck en route from Britain to Sweden.
1922: Pope Benedict XV dies in the Vatican, whose eight-year pontificate was marked by peace initiatives and relief efforts during the First World War.
1927: The match between Arsenal London and Sheffield United will be broadcast for the first time on British radio.
1932: The Berlin electronics company Siemens&Halske is presenting a process that switches on the electrical lighting at a certain level of twilight.
1957: Israeli troops complete their withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula, but the troop presence in the Gaza Strip remains intact.
1962: The film “Jules and Jim” by François Truffaut celebrates its premiere in France. Truffaut tells of a friendship between two men and a woman.
1972: Great Britain, Ireland, Norway and Denmark sign the documents of their accession to the EC on January 1, 1973 in Brussels.
1992: Albania recognizes Slovenia and Croatia as sovereign states and at the same time demands an “independent Republic of Kosovo” for the Albanian majority population of the southern Serbian province, robbed of its autonomy by Belgrade.
2012: The actor, theater maker and musical pioneer Rolf Kutschera dies at the age of 96. The long-time director of the Theater an der Wien made the Anglo-American musical at home in Vienna and prepared the ground for the subsequent success of the genre with box office hits such as “My Fair Lady”, “The Man from La Mancha”, “Hello Dolly” and “Evita”. Musicals in Austria.
birthdays: Leopoldine, Empress of Brazil (née Archduchess of Austria) (1797-1826); Hjalmar Schacht, German financial politician (1877-1970); Belgrave ES Ninnis, British polar explorer (1887-1912); Marcel Dassault, French aircraft builder/industrial (1892-1986); Nis Johan Petersen, Dan. poet (1897-1943); Rosa Ponselle, US opera singer (1897-1981); Rainer Brambach, Switzerland. poet (1917-1983); Piper Laurie, US actress (1932); Ingrid Puganigg, Austria writer (1947); Jenny Jürgens, German singer (1967); Martin Koch, former Austrian Ski Jumper (1982).
days of death: Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset, British statesman (1500-1552); Elizabeth of Habsburg, Queen of France (wife of Charles IX, daughter of Emperor Maximilian II) (1554-1592); Pope Benedict XV (Giacomo della Chiesa) (1851-1922); Claire Waldoff, German actor/cabaret artist (1884-1957); Robert Vitrac, French dramatist (1899-1952); Menelaus Lundemis, Greek writer (1915-1977); Rolf Kutschera, Austria Actor (1916-2012).
name days: Vinzenz, Elisabeth, Anastasius, Walter, Dietlinde, Gaudenz, Dominikus, Irene, Timotheus.