1916: Italian troops land in the Albanian port of Durazzo (Durrës).
1921: The Academy of Work, the first German university for the “people of work”, is founded in Frankfurt am Main.
1926: Abdulaziz III. Ibn Saud, Emir of the Nejd and leader of the puritan Islamic-Sunni Wahhabi movement, has himself proclaimed joint ruler of Nejd and Hejaz by his troops from Mecca after the Hashemite dynasty was driven out. (In 1932 the two principalities are united to form the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.)
1961: In a referendum in France and Algeria, 72.3 percent are in favor of de Gaulle’s Algeria policy.
1976: In Beijing, after several months of illness, China’s long-time Prime Minister Zhou Enlai dies.
1991: FPÖ leader Jörg Haider is threatening a “Free State of Carinthia” because of “total disregard” for federalism by the federal government.
1996: Former French President François Mitterand dies in Paris at the age of 79.
1996: Jacques-Yves Cousteau’s famous research vessel “Calypso” sinks in the port of Singapore.
1996: The “Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts” of ex-Beatle Paul McCartney is the first European pop university to start teaching.
2006: Carinthia’s governor Jörg Haider crazy monolingual place-name signs in Bleiburg in order to circumvent the implementation of the VfGH ruling on bilingual signs. The Constitutional Court later declared this action to be inadmissible.
2006: The “Theater an der Wien”, which opened in 1801 in Vienna’s 6th district, is reopened and run as a stagione opera house.
2016: The Mexican police have reported the arrest of drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán. In July 2015, he escaped from a maximum security prison through a 1.5-kilometer tunnel. “El Chapo” is to be delivered to the USA. The authorities in the states of Texas and California accuse him of murder and drug trafficking.
Birthdays: Jaromír Weinberger, Czech. Composer (1896-1967); Walter Dirks, dt. Publisher / Writer (1901-1991); Serge Poljakoff, frz. Painter russ. Herk. (1906-1969); Franz Zelwecker, east. Composer (1911-1998); Leonardo Sciascia, ital. Writer (1921-1989); Bill Graham, American actor / producer (1931-1991); Robby Krieger, US musician (“The Doors” guitarist) (1946); David Silva, span. Soccer Player (1986).
Days of Death: Paul Verlaine, frz. Poet (1844-1896); Robert S. Baden-Powell, brit. General, Founder of the Boy Scouts (1857-1941); Pierre Jean Jouve, frz. Poet (1887-1976); Paul Vialar, frz. Writer (1898-1996); Zhou Enlai, Chinese. Politician (1898-1976); Pierre Fournier, frz. Cellist (1906-1986); François Mitterrand, frz. Statesman (1916-1996); Jiří Dienstbier, Czech. Politician (1937-2011).
Name days: Severin, Erhard, Gudula, Luzian, Paula, Gudrun, Garibald, Heinrich, Laurenz, Dominika.
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