On Friday, September 24th, the book of history records, among other things:
1706: August II, the strong, renounced the peace of Altranstädt due to Swedish pressure on the Polish crown in favor of Stanislaus Leszczyński.
1921: The Berlin Avus is officially opened with a two-day major car race.
1961: Berlin: Reopening of the Deutsche Oper Berlin.
1971: The British government deported 105 Soviet citizens for espionage.
1996: According to the President of the National Council, Heinz Fischer, the abolition of neutrality should definitely be the subject of a referendum.
1996: The Israeli government’s decision to open underground access to an ancient tunnel not far from the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the third-highest Islamic sanctuary, triggered serious unrest in East Jerusalem, which killed over 90 Palestinians when the Israeli military suppressed it come.
2006: Paolo Bettini triumphs in the road race at the World Cycling Championships in Salzburg. The Olympic champion from Italy prevails after 265 kilometers in the sprint ahead of the German Erik Zabel. As the best Austrian, the Styrian Bernhard Eisel lands in eleventh place.
Birthdays: Geronimo Cardano, Italian mathematician (1501-1576); F. Scott Fitzgerald, US writer (1896-1940); Germain Bazin, French art historian (1901-1990); Michael Jary, German composer (1906-1988); Konstantin Tschernenko, Soviet politician (1911-1985); Veit Relin, east. Actor / Director (1926-2013); Jim Henson, US puppeteer / maker (The “Muppets”) (1936-1990); Alexander Lang, German theater director / actor (1941); Linda McCartney, American. Photographer (1941-1998); Heinz Hoenig, German actor (1951); Pierre Cosso, French actor (1961).
Days of Death: Theophrastus von Hohenheim (Paracelsus), Swiss-East. Doctor / naturalist (1493-1541); Louis Gerhard Freiherr de Geer, Swedish politician (1818-1896); Max Osborn, German publicist (1870-1946); Hermann Bossdorf, German writer (1877-1921); Wilhelm Kamlah, German philosopher (1905-1976); Thomas Stewart, US opera singer (1928-2006).
Name days: Rupert, Mercedes, Virgil, Gerhard, Robert, Gerd, Giselher, German, Theodora, Hermann.