Today in History.....

[Frenchgerman]

27th February

arson of the German Parliament in 1933

which was the first step leading to sizing, illegal, total control of the German state administration and society

 

[Frenchgerman]

2nd march

Pacelli elected pope on this day in 1939. He died October 9th 1958.

 

[haiducii]

On this day: 21st March

In 1949, Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek was born in Ljubljana, Slovenia. He is a senior researcher at the Institute of Sociology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, and a visiting professor at a number of American Universities (Columbia, Princeton, New School for Social Research, New York University, University of Michigan). He is a cultural critic and philosopher who is internationally known for his innovative interpretations of Jacques Lacan. He has been called the ‘Elvis Presley’ of philosophy as well as an 'academic rock star'.

 

[gorgik9]

So Zizek has his birthday today...Since my birthday is tomorrow, maybe he's my Evil Twin?

Zizek can be a tad funny, but all of his Hegelianism, Lacanianism, and Leninism - no thanks!

Philosophy is - as Wittgenstein showed us - about DISsolving conceptual problems, NOT about SOLVING them. Philosophy is the Sulphuric Acid to our conceptual confusions...

 

[haiducii]

On this day: 22nd March

In 1924 the Slovene poet, translator and editor Ivan Minatti was born in Slovenske Konjice, Slovenia. He is one of the best representatives of Slovene Intimism. He used nature as a source of deep symbols and metaphors for the man and his life. His work meant a radical break with the collectivist post-war poetry and the start of a personal poetry, making Minatti one of the breakthrough Slovene poets of the 20th century. Minatti won the Preseren Fund Award in 1964 for his poetry collection You Must Love Someone (Slovene: Nekoga moraš imeti rad).

 

[haiducii]

On this day: 23rd March

March 23 is National Puppy Day, a special day dedicated to our four-legged, furry friends. It’s a special day to celebrate the magic and unconditional love that puppies bring to our lives. But more importantly, according to the National Puppy Day website, it’s a day to help save orphaned puppies across the globe and educate the public about the horrors of puppy mills, as well as further our mission for a nation of puppy-free pet stores.

 

[Frenchgerman]

1st april 1815

yesterday, april 1st was the 200th anniversary of Bismarck, he was, as Prime Minister of Prussia, at the origine of the German Unity ...

 

[Frenchgerman]

april 6th 1944

yesterday, april 6th commemoration of the roundup of 44 jewish children and their adult protectors at Izieu.
All were killed at arrival in the extermination camps.

 

[haiducii]

On this day: 8th April

In 1990, the first democratic elections in Slovenia took place and were won by DEMOS (Democratic Opposition of Slovenia), the united opposition movement (Slovenian Democratic Union, Social Democratic Party of Slovenia, Slovenian Christian Democrats, Liberal Party, the Greens of Slovenia and the Slovenian Farmers’ Association), led by dr. Joze Pucnik.

 

[Frenchgerman]

haiducii, I was a day late ... and you're a day to early ...

 

[Frenchgerman]

april 8th

death of Margareth Thatcher
death of Pablo Picasso
death of Wilhelm von Humboldt


birth of Kofi Anan
birth of Jacques Brel


Vermont legalize same sex marriage

first day of boycott and sabotage in Buchenwald (concentration camp) leading to the capture of the SS gardians and in fine to the liberation of this camp (april 11th)

 

[Frenchgerman]

april 9th

Nazi-Germany starts the invasion of the two neutral countries Danmark and Norway (1940)

1945 : execution of some of the leaders of German resistance against Hitler : Admiral Canaris (resistent), Dietrich Bonhoeffer (lutherian priest, participant of the attemted assassination on July 20th), Ludwig Gehre (officer, participant of the attemted assassination on July 20th), Hans Oster (General Major, participant of the attemted assassination on July 20th), Karl Sack (attorney, participant of the attemted assassination on July 20th), Theodor Strünck (attorney, participant of the attemted assassination on July 20th),
Georg Elser (carpenter, he tried to assassinate Hitler with a bomb on November 8th 1939)
Hans von Dohnanyi (resistent)

capitulation of Königsberg (1945)


1872 : birth of Leon Blum

1804 : death of Jacques Necker, secretary of finances for Louis XVI

 

[haiducii]

On this day: 14th April

On Easter Sunday, 14 April 1895, Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia was hit by a devastating earthquake measuring 8 or 9 on the Mercalli scale.

 

[gorgik9]

@ haiducii

I'm a bit confused : the scale most often used to measure earthquakes, isn't that the Richter scale? I don't think I've ever heard of the Mercalli scale...

 

[gb2000ie]

@ haiducii

I'm a bit confused : the scale most often used to measure earthquakes, isn't that the Richter scale? I don't think I've ever heard of the Mercalli scale...

Actually- the Richter Scale has been retired, it has been replaced with the Moment Magnitude Scale. Both Richter and Moment Magnitude scales measure how much shaking there is - effectively measuring the cause of the damage.

The Mercalli Scale takes the opposite view, and grades earthquakes by how much damage the shaking does.

More: http://refhide.com/?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercalli_intensity_scale

 

[gorgik9]

Actually- the Richter Scale has been retired, it has been replaced with the Moment Magnitude Scale. Both Richter and Moment Magnitude scales measure how much shaking there is - effectively measuring the cause of the damage.

The Mercalli Scale takes the opposite view, and grades earthquakes by how much damage the shaking does.

More: http://refhide.com/?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercalli_intensity_scale

Thanks a lot for the great info:thumbs up:

 

[Frenchgerman]

april 18th

1955 : death of Albert Einstein

1906 : San Francisco earthquake

1951 : Paris treaty, founding the CECA, predecesor of the EEC nad therefor the EU.

 

[Frenchgerman]

april 19th

1943 : Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
1995 : Oklahoma City bombing
2005 : election Pope Benedict XVI

1978 : birth of James Franco

1881 : death of Benjamin Disraeli
1882 : death of Charles Darwin (Darwinism, theorie of the evolution)
1906 : death of Pierre Curie (Nobel Price in Physics)
1967 : death of Konrad Adenauer (first federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany)

 

[Frenchgerman]

april 20th

1889 : birth of Hitler, mass murderer and starter of the WWII

He was personnally responsible (by giving the order) for the death of more than 6M Jews, 500 thousands of Sinti and Roma, the handicapped, homosexuals, opponents of war, pacifists, etc pp.

with his war declaration, he is also responsible for more then 50M war victims ...

 

[haiducii]

On this day: 23rd April

In 2005, the very first YouTube video was uploaded to the web. The 19-second, heavily pixelated "Me at the zoo" video was uploaded by YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim, with the username "jawed" on April 23, 2005, at 8:27 p.m. Shot at the San Diego Zoo, the video features Karim talking about the elephants.