On Wednesday, October 27th, the book of history records, among other things:
1576: Archduke Rudolf (II) is elected King and Roman Emperor at the Regensburg Reichstag and is crowned in Regensburg Cathedral on November 1st.
1806: Napoleon’s troops march into Berlin, the whole of northern Germany is occupied by the French.
1871: The first Italian parliament opens in Rome.
1901: After a robbery in Paris, the perpetrators use a car to escape for the first time.
1956: France and West Germany sign the Saar Treaty in Luxembourg.
1966: The UN General Assembly withdraws South Africa’s trust mandate for the former German South West Africa (Namibia).
1966: The People’s Republic of China is testing its first nuclear warhead missile.
1971: The Democratic Republic of the Congo, formerly the Belgian Congo, is renamed “Zaire” on the initiative of dictator Mobutu.
1986: The Ethiopian Foreign Minister Goshu Wolde announced his resignation in New York and criticized his government.
1991: Parliamentary elections in Poland do not result in a clear majority: 29 parties move into the new Sejm. The former communists become the second strongest force behind the Democratic Union of ex-Prime Minister Mazowiecki.
1991: Presidential elections, declared illegal by Russia, are held among the Chechen population of Checheno-Ingushetia, and General Djochar Dudayev emerges victorious.
1996: After years of conflict over economic development (Hainburg power station), the alluvial forest becomes the “Donau-Auen National Park”. The national park is officially opened with the signing of a state treaty between the Republic of Austria and the federal states of Vienna and Lower Austria.
2006: The St. Louis Cardinals win the Major League Baseball (MLB) World Series for the tenth time. With a 4-2 home win over the Detroit Tigers, the Cardinals prevail 4-1 in the “Best of Seven” final series.
2011: The heads of state and government of the euro countries agree on three points to stabilize the euro zone. The euro rescue package EFSF will be expanded from 440 billion euros to one trillion euros through “leverage”.
Birthdays: James Macpherson, Scottish poet (Ossian translator) (1736-1796); Isaac Singer, US sewing machine manufacturer (1811-1875); Leif Erickson, US film actor (1911-1986); Kazimierz Brandys, Polish writer (1916-2000); Karl Sekanina, east. Politician (1926-2008); Peter Martins, US ballet director (1946).
Days of Death: Franz Kutschera, east. Actor (1909-1991); George Granville Barker, British poet (1913-1991).
Name days: Frumentius, Wolfhart, Sabine, Hernard, Christina, Kirsten, Kerstin, Tina, Vinzenz, Nestor, Hermelina.