Under Friday, June 11th, the book of history records, among other things:
1251: Major fire in the city of Lübeck.
1571: The Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana opens its doors in Florence.
1921: The opera “King David”, which established Arthur Honegger’s international recognition, premiered in Mézière (Switzerland).
1936: Ernst Toller’s comedy “No More Peace” will be premiered in London’s Gate Theater.
1971: A fashion hit that is considered by women to be the epitome of freedom and courage is conquering the European market: hot pants.
1996: Economics Minister Johannes Ditz (ÖVP) announces his resignation at the end of the month.
2001: After the victory of the right-wing parties in the Italian parliamentary elections, the media entrepreneur Silvio Berlusconi is sworn in by President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi as the new head of government.
2006: The only 20-year-old Spaniard Rafael Nadal wins the French Open in tennis for the second time in a row. The second in the world rankings defeated the number one seeded Swiss Roger Federer in the “dream final”, who had to wait for his first tournament victory at the Stade Roland Garros, with 1: 6.6: 1.6: 4.7: 6 (4th place) ).
2016: At a demonstration by right-wing extremists in Vienna, a 17-year-old German was seriously injured in the head by being thrown from a stone from a roof.
Birthdays: John Constable, engl. Painter (1776-1837); Nicolaas Petrus van Wyk Louw, south. Author (1906-1970); Shia LaBeouf, American actor (1986).
Days of Death: Corrado Alvaro, Italian writer (1895-1956); Brigitte Helm, German actress (1908-1996).
Name days: Barnabas, Paula, Roselina, Hilderich, Rimbert, Johannes, Adelheid, Theodosia, Rosemarie.
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