Datos históricos Junio 2024
Published: Wednesday, May 1st 2024, 09:22
Updated At: Thursday, May 2nd 2024, 01:59
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SAMSTAG, 1. JUNI
- 5 years ago (2019) ... the French philosopher Michel Serres (*1.9.1930) died
- 10 years ago (2014) ... Mick Jagger and his Rolling Stones performed at Zurich's Letzigrund stadium.
- 15 years ago (2009) ... an Air France plane crashed into the sea between Rio and Paris. 228 dead.
- 30 years ago (1994) ... the Federal Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling banning phone use while driving if the driver has to hold the device in his hand or pinch it between his shoulders and cheek.
- 65 years ago (1959) ... Alan Wilder of Depeche Mode was born.
- 65 years ago (1959) ... the British crime writer and esoteric Sax Rohmer, creator of the character of Dr. Fu Manchu, died. (*15.2.1883)
SONNTAG, 2. JUNI
- One year ago (2023) ... two passenger trains derailed in an accident in the eastern Indian state of Odisha. At least 275 people were killed and more than 900 injured. It was one of the worst accidents in rail transportation. The cause was a fault in the signaling system.
... the President of the Swiss Red Cross (SRC), Barbara Schmid-Federer, resigned with immediate effect. She had previously come under criticism following the dismissal of long-serving director Markus Mader. Mader's departure had caused unrest within the organization.
- 10 years ago (2014) ... the 76-year-old Spanish King Juan Carlos abdicated. The crown passed to his 46-year-old son Felipe. He succeeded him as Felipe VI. Juan Carlos was king for 39 years.
- 25 years ago (1999) ... the Jamaican singer Junior Braithwaite, co-founder of The Wailers, died. (*4.4.1949)
- 160 years ago (1864) ... the Ionian Islands became Greek. Until then they had been a British protectorate.
MONTAG, 3. JUNI
- 15 years ago (2009) ... the US actor David Carradine, who became famous in the 1970s as the lead actor in the TV series "Kung Fu", died. Carradine died of autoerotic strangulation; he accidentally hanged himself by his shoelaces in a hotel closet in Bangkok. (*8.12.1936)
- 25 years ago (1999) ... the peace plan of the G8 states was approved by Serbia.
- 40 years ago (1984) ... Jura separatists from the Béliers kidnapped the Unspunnen Stone, a symbol of Bernese identity, from the tourist museum near Interlaken. It was returned in 2001 and stolen a second time in 2005, two weeks before the Unspunnen Festival at the Hotel Victoria-Jungfrau.
- 75 years ago (1949) ... the French writer Philippe Djian ("Betty Blue - 37.2 degrees in the morning") was born.
- 95 years ago (1929) ... the Swiss geneticist and Nobel Prize winner Werner Arber was born.
- 100 years ago (1924) ... the writer Franz Kafka died of heart failure in the Austrian sanatorium Kierling near Klosterneuburg at the age of 40 after several years of illness. He was considered one of the most important representatives of German-language literature of the 20th century. He was buried in the New Jewish Cemetery in Prague-StrašniceIn.
- 125 years ago (1899) ... the "Waltz King" Johann Strauss died
- 130 years ago (1894) ... the "Right to Work" initiative launched by the Social Democrats was rejected by a large majority.
TUESDAY, JUNE 4
- One year ago (2023) ... the Swiss writer and playwright Ruth Schweikert died of breast cancer in Zurich at the age of 57. She became famous with novels such as "Augen zu" (1998), "Ohio" (2005) and "Wie wir älter werden" (2015).
- 20 years ago (2004) ... the Zurich jury convicted the eco-terrorist Marco Camenisch. On March 10, 2017, he was released from prison at the age of 65.
- 80 years ago (1944) ... the French pop singer Ricky Shayne ("Mamy Blue"), who was a star in Germany in the early 1970s, was born.
... the US singer and actress Michelle Phillips, founding member of the band The Mamas and the Papas ("California Dreamin'") was born.
- 85 years ago (1939) ... the Swiss author Margrit Schriber was born.
- 95 years ago (1929) ... the German actor Günther Strack ("Ein Fall für zwei") was born (†18.1.1999)
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5
- One year ago (2023) ... the Brazilian singer Astrud Gilberto died at the age of 83. She became famous with the bossa nova song "The Girl from Ipanema". She won a Grammy Award in 1965 - the first to be awarded to a Brazilian singer.
- 5 years ago (2019) ... the German author and songwriter Wolfram Eicke died. (Musical "Der Notenbaum", *7.11.1955)
- 20 years ago (2004) ... Ronald Reagan, the 40th President of the USA from 1981 to 1989, died.
- 75 years ago (1949) ... the British author Ken Follett was born ("The Pillars of the Earth")
- 80 years ago (1944) ... the US cryptologist Whitfield Diffie was born. He holds an honorary doctorate from ETH Zurich.
THURSDAY, 6. JUNE
- One year ago (2023) ... the Kakhovka dam and hydropower plant in Ukraine were destroyed during the Russian-Ukrainian war. Up to 80 villages downstream were threatened by flooding. Around 16,000 people lived in the critical zone.
... The French painter and graphic artist Françoise Gilot, Picasso's muse, lover and the only woman to give the painter the slip, died. She became famous in 1964 with her autobiography "Life with Picasso", which described her time from 1943 to 1953.
- 5 years ago (2019) ... the Swiss actor Carl Schell, brother of Maximilian and Maria Schell, died. (*14.11.1927)
... the US musician Dr. John (*20.11.1941) died
- 35 years ago (1989) ... the European rocket "Ariane" transported the first German telecommunications satellite "Kopernikus" into space.
- 75 years ago (1949) ... the US detective novelist Linda Barnes (Carlotta Carlyle series) was born.
- 80 years ago (1944) ... the Allies landed in Normandy.
... the German electronic music pioneer and Tangerine Dream founder Edgar Froese was born (†20.1.2015)
- 180 years ago (1844) ... George Williams founded the YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association) in London together with other young men.
FRIDAY, JUNE 7
- 5 years ago (2019) ... the Aargau comic artist Reto Gloor died as a result of multiple sclerosis (*17.11.1962)
... the Zurich painter Max Rüedi (*29.3.1925) died
- 75 years ago (1949) ... the former Swiss cyclist Albert Zweifel was born.
- 80 years ago (1944) ... the Spanish one-hit wonder Miguel Rios ("A Song of Joy", 1970) was born.
- 95 years ago (1929) ... the Vatican became an independent state.
SAMSTAG, 8 JUNI
- 10 years ago (2014) ... Pope Francis, Israeli President Shimon Peres and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas prayed for peace in the Middle East in the Vatican Gardens.
- 75 years ago (1949) ... George Orwell's "1984" was published
- 85 years ago (1939) ... twin brothers Gerhard and Günter Amendt, both sociologists, were born. Gerhard is an exponent of the men's movement, Günter (†12.3.2011) specialized in the topics of sexuality and drugs.
SONNTAG, 9 JUNI
- One year ago (2023) ... the US judiciary brought charges against former President Donald Trump in the affair surrounding secret government documents. It was the first time that an ex-president of the USA had been indicted at federal level. Trump was charged with more than 35 criminal offenses. Among other things, the Republican was accused of deliberately keeping national defense information and conspiracy to obstruct the investigation.
- 50 years ago (1974) ... the Guatemalan writer, poet and diplomat Miguel Ángel Asturia died. He had been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1967. In his work, he worked with the myths and legends of the indigenous peoples of his homeland.
- 90 years ago (1934) ... Walt Disney's cartoon character Donald Duck made his first appearance: the almost eight-minute film "The Wise Little Hen" premiered in the USA. The duck became the biggest star in the world of comics and animated films in the following decades after several adaptations.
- 95 years ago (1929) ... the US rhythm and blues singer Johnny Ace was born. After four number 1 hits, he died at the age of just 25 while playing drunken Russian roulette on Christmas Eve. ("Pledging my love", †25.12.1954) Many musicians, such as Polo Hofer & Die Schmetterband, have composed tributes to Johnny Ace.
- 140 years ago (1884) ... the foundation stone for the Reichstag building was laid in Berlin. It served as a parliament building, but was badly damaged during the Second World War. It was then used for exhibitions and special events. In 1999 it became the seat of the German Bundestag.
MONTAG, 10 JUNI
- One year ago (2023) ... Theodore J. Kaczynski, the so-called "Unabomber", died in a prison in North Carolina at the age of 81. He had terrorized the USA from 1978 to 1995 with his attacks using homemade bombs. The highly intelligent mathematician attacked academics, business people and others, killing three people and injuring 23. His declared aim was the collapse of the modern social order.
- 20 years ago (2004) ... the US musician Ray Charles died of liver cancer in Beverly Hills at the age of 73. The singer, songwriter and pianist was also known as the "High Priest of Soul". He shaped the development of rhythm and blues, blues, country and soul. He sold a total of around 90 million records.
- 25 years ago (1999) ... NATO stopped air strikes on targets in Yugoslavia.
- 30 years ago (1994) ... the US conceptual artist Edward Kienholz, one of the leading neo-Dadaist artists, died. (*23.10.1927)
- 75 years ago (1949) ... the Norwegian Nobel Prize winner for literature Sigrid Undset (*20.5.1882) died
- 80 years ago (1944) ... members of the Waffen SS carried out the largest massacre of civilians in Western Europe in the French village of Oradour-sur-Glane, northwest of Limoges. 642 people were killed. Only 35 inhabitants survived.
- 95 years ago (1929) ... the German actor Harald Juhnke ("The Drinker") was born. (†1.4.2005)
- 100 years ago (1924) ... fascist forces in Italy kidnapped and killed the Mussolini critic Giacomo Matteotti.
DIENSTAG, 11 JUNI
- 15 years ago (2009) ... the WHO declared swine flu a pandemic in Geneva.
- 30 years ago (1994) ... Article 175 of the German Criminal Code, which had criminalized male homosexuality, was repealed.
- 65 years ago (1959) ... the British actor Hugh Laurie ("Dr. House") was born.
... British gynecologist Grantly Dick-Read, the pioneer of natural childbirth, died. The Dick-Read method, which is still practiced today, was the first attempt to break the cycle of fear, tension and pain and avoid the use of medication to combat pain.
... British engineer Christopher Cockerell presented the first hovercraft of the type commonly used today, the "hovercraft".
- 75 years ago (1949) ... Frank Beard, the drummer of ZZ Top, was born.
- 85 years ago (1939) ... the British racing driver Jackie Stewart was born.
... the US drummer Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, also known as Mississippi Bigfoot, was born. According to his own statements, he has played with 2500 musicians and can be heard on more than 4000 recordings. This would make him the most recorded drummer in the world.
- 160 years ago (1864) ... the German composer Richard Strauss was born. He was the author of over 250 musical works ("Salome" 1905, "Elektra" 1909, "Der Rosenkavalier" 1911).
MITTWOCH, 12. JUNI
- One year ago (2023) ... the former Italian Prime Minister and media entrepreneur Silvio Berlusconi died at the age of 86. He was Prime Minister of Italy four times between 1994 and 2011 and one of the richest Italians. The founder of the right-wing populist Forza Italia was also known for his affairs and sex parties. In 2013, he was banned from holding public office for six years for tax fraud.
... the takeover of the major bank Credit Suisse by its even larger competitor UBS was completed. The banks had been pressured by the authorities to merge after CS lost the confidence of the markets despite being well capitalized and struggled to survive due to massive outflows of client money.
- 5 years ago (2019) ... the US actress Sylvia Miles, an icon from Andy Warhol's circle, died. She is known for once pouring spaghetti over a critic's head. (*9.9.1924)
- 30 years ago (1994) ... the Federal Act on Swiss Troops for Peacekeeping Operations ("Blue Helmet Bill") was rejected at the ballot box by 57.2 percent.
... Austria decided to join the EU in a referendum.
- 40 years ago (1984) ... Pope John Paul II visited Switzerland.
- 95 years ago (1929) ... Anne Frank was born. († February or early March 1945 in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp)
- 100 years ago (1924) ... George Herbert Walker Bush, 41st President of the United States of America (1998 to 1993), was born. He died in 2018. His sons are the 43rd US President George W. Bush and the former Governor of Florida, Jeb Bush.
THURSDAY, 13. JUNE
- 25 years ago (1999) ... the new Asylum Act was adopted, as was the federal decree on urgent measures in the area of asylum and foreigners (stricter provisions against undocumented migrants) and, surprisingly, the dispensing of heroin by doctors. The abolition of the IV quarter pension and the introduction of maternity insurance did not find favor with the electorate; the latter failed for the third time.
- 80 years ago (1944) ... Ban Ki Moon was born. He was the 8th Secretary-General of the UN from January 1, 2007 to December 31, 2016.
- 85 years ago (1939) ... the Austrian ski coach Karl Freshner was born.
... the German-American magician and tamer Siegfried Fischbacher, member of the magic duo "Siegfried & Roy", was born. He died of pancreatic cancer in Las Vegas on January 13, 2021 at the age of 81.
FREITAG, 14 JUNI
- One year ago (2023) ... a refugee boat with between 500 and 700 people on board sank southwest of the Greek coastal town of Pylos. Only a good hundred people could be rescued. After the boat was unable to continue its journey, a mass panic is said to have broken out, causing the ship to capsize.
- 10 years ago (2014) ... pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine shot down a military aircraft with a missile. 49 people, mainly soldiers, were killed. The Ilyushin IL-76 transport plane was approaching an airport in the city of Lugansk, where pro-Russian paramilitaries had declared a "people's republic".
- 25 years ago (1999) ... the former Vice President Thabo Mbeki was elected by South Africa's parliament as Nelson Mandela's successor as the new president.
... Belgium issued a ban on the sale of all Coca-Cola drinks.
- 75 years ago (1949) ... the US author Harry Turtledove was born. He specializes in alternate history and is considered its most important representative.
... the British drummer Alan White from Yes was born.
- 160 years ago (1864) ... the German psychiatrist Alois Alzheimer was born. He described a dementia that was later referred to as Alzheimer's disease.
SAMSTAG, 15 JUNI
- One year ago (2023) ... a torrent of falling debris almost reached the Grisons mountain village of Brienz shortly before midnight. Around 1.2 million cubic meters of rock had come loose. No one was injured. The village and its 83 inhabitants had previously been evacuated by order of the authorities.
... Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky gave a speech to the Swiss Federal Assembly. In the video broadcast, he accused Russia of war crimes following the war of aggression it launched against Ukraine the previous year. Zelensky suggested that Switzerland hold a global peace summit. The SVP, the country's largest party, boycotted the speech for reasons of neutrality.
- 5 years ago (2019) ... the Italian director Franco Zeffirelli (*12.2.1923) died He was known for his Shakespeare adaptations and his film "Jesus of Nazareth", among other things. Zeffirelli was distantly related to Leonardo da Vinci.
- 30 years ago (1994) ... the Greek composer Manos Chatzidakis died ("Ta Paidia tou Peiraia", film music for "Sonntags nie", "Topkapi", "Memed, mein Falke", ballet music for Maurice Béjart *23.10.1925)
- 70 years ago (1954) ... the US actor James Belushi ("My partner with the cold snout") was born.
- 75 years ago (1949) ... the German actress Simone Rethel was born. She was married to Johannes Heesters, 46 years her senior, from 1992 until his death in 2011.
- 90 years ago (1934) ... the Swiss folk musician Peter Zinsli was born. With his Schwyzerörgeli as his main instrument, he was regarded as the figurehead of Bündner Ländlermusik. He died on December 3, 2011.
- 120 years ago (1904) ... the paddle steamer "General Slocum" caught fire on New York's East River. 1021 of the 1350 people on board - members of a church congregation from "Little Germany" - lost their lives.
SONNTAG, 16. JUNI
- One year ago (2023) ... Swiss cyclist Gino Mäder suffers head injuries after falling into a ravine on the Albula Pass the day before during the Tour de Suisse. The overall class rider, who grew up in Wiedlisbach BE, was 26 years old. He was regarded as an up-and-coming young talent.
- 5 years ago (2019) ... the German director Rolf von Sydow (*18.6.1924, "Wie hätte Sie's denn gern?") died
- 25 years ago (1999) ... the Japanese Ministry of Health approved the sale of the contraceptive pill.
- 65 years ago (1959) ... the US actor George Reeves (*5.1.1914) died. He became famous in the 1950s as Superman in a TV series. He died of a gunshot wound the day before his wedding. In the 2006 feature film "The Hollywood Conspiracy" with Ben Affleck and Adrien Brody, the theory that Reeves' death was not a suicide was investigated.
- 70 years ago (1954) ... the Football World Cup opened in Bern, which ended on July 4 with Germany's victory over Hungary, the "Miracle of Bern".
- 75 years ago (1949) ... the Argentinian singer Jairo was born.
MONTAG, 17 JUNI
- 5 years ago (2019) ... the US millionaire heiress, designer and actress Gloria Vanderbilt (*20.2.1924) died. She marketed designer jeans and perfume, among other things, and her trademark was a white swan.
- 15 years ago (2009) ... the German-British sociologist, politician and publicist Ralf Dahrendorf died. ("Homo Sociologicus. An attempt at the history, meaning and critique of the category of the social role", *1.5.1929)
- 30 years ago (1994) ... Christo and Jeanne-Claude wrapped the Reichstag.
... ex-football star O.J. Simpson was arrested in Los Angeles as a suspect in the murder of his ex-wife and her friend after a dramatic car chase.
- 80 years ago (1944) ... the Swiss film director and Oscar winner Xavier Koller ("Journey of Hope") was born in Schwyz.
... the Republic of Iceland was founded.
- 85 years ago (1939) ... Hanna Johansen, German-Swiss writer ("Universalgeschichte der Monogamie ", "Der schwarze Schirm"), was born.
... the last person to be publicly beheaded in France was the German serial killer Eugen Weidman.
- 85 years ago (1939) ...the Polish director and film author Krzysztof Zanussi ("Persona non grata", "The Year of the Quiet Sun", "Bluebeard") was born.
DIENSTAG, 18. JUNI
- One year ago (2023) ... the Swiss electorate voted 59.1% in favor of a climate protection law. This contains milestones for achieving the net-zero target for greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 and funding programs for the replacement of fossil fuel heating systems and for innovations.
... five people died when the deep-sea submarine Titan imploded during a dive to the wreck of the passenger steamer Titanic, which sank in 1912. Among those on board the uncertified tourist ship were French Titanic expert Paul-Henry Nargeolet, the founder of the submarine operator, Stockton Rush, and British aviation entrepreneur and billionaire Hamish Harding.
- 65 years ago (1959) ... the actress Ethel Barrymore (*15.8.1879) died. She belonged to the great Barrymore acting dynasty and was Drew Barrymore's great-aunt.
... the German rock musician Ricky van Helden was born.
- 70 years ago (1954) ... the US secret service CIA overthrew the elected Guatemalan president Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán. His father, Jakob Arbenz, came from Andelfingen in the canton of Zurich.
- 95 years ago (1929) ... the German philosopher Jürgen Habermas was born.
- 100 years ago (1924) ... the German director Rolf von Sydow ("Tatort", "Durbridge") was born.
MITTWOCH, 19. JUNI
- One year ago (2023) ... the Indian low-cost airline Indigo ordered 500 A320 aircraft from Airbus. The order was worth 55 billion dollars. IndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers explained that it was the largest deal in civil aviation.
- 10 years ago (2014) ... Crown Prince Felipe became King Felipe VI of Spain. He succeeded his father Juan Carlos, who had officially abdicated the day before.
- 15 years ago (2009) ... the Indian musician and composer Ali Akbar Khan died. At the invitation of Yehudi Menuhin, he introduced Indian classical music to the West in the 1950s. Ali Akbar Khan composed the music for Bernardo Bertolucci's "Little Buddha" and other films. Together with sitar player Ravi Shankar, he played at the 1971 Concert for Bangladesh. (*14.2.1922)
- 25 years ago (1999) ... Sion was denied the bid for the 2006 Winter Olympics. Turin got it.
- 70 years ago (1954) ... the US actress Kathleen Turner ("The War of the Roses") was born.
- 85 years ago (1939) ... the caricaturist Horst Haitzinger ("Globetrotter") was born in Austria.
- 130 years ago (1894) ... the Swiss SP politician and trade unionist Hans Oprecht was born. Together with his brother Emil, the party president and National Councillor was one of the leading figures in the anti-fascist movement in Switzerland. He was President of the SRG from 1960 to 1964. He died on June 21, 1978.
THURSDAY, 20. JUNE
- 10 years ago (2014) ... Switzerland lost 5:2 to France at the World Cup in Brazil.
- 15 years ago (2009) ... the new Acropolis Museum in Athens, designed by Swiss architect Bernard Tschumi, was opened.
- 75 years ago (1949) ... the US singer/songwriter Lionel Richie was born.
FREITAG, 21 JUNI
- One year ago (2023) ... President Alain Berset announced his resignation at the end of the year. The 51-year-old SP politician from Fribourg left the national government after 12 years. He is best remembered politically as Minister of Health during the coronavirus pandemic.
- 25 years ago (1999) ... the German author Karl Krolow, one of the most important poets of his time, died.
- 70 years ago (1954) ... the Austrian author Robert Menasse ("Trilogy of Enthusiasm") was born.
- 75 years ago (1949) ... the Irish-Swiss jazz guitarist Christy Doran was born in Greystones/Ireland.
- 80 years ago (1944) ... the British rock musician Ray Davies, co-founder of the band The Kinks ("All Day and all of the Night") was born.
- 95 years ago (1929) ... the German actor Traugott Buhre was born. He celebrated his great theater successes above all with the directors Claus Peymann and Andrea Breth. (†26.7.2009)
SAMSTAG, 22 JUNI
- 60 years ago (1964) ... the American author Dan Brown ("The Da Vinci Code") was born. The thriller author, whose works revolve around art, science and religion, is considered one of the most successful writers of all time.
- 65 years ago (1959) ... the French musician Nicola Sirkis, founder of Indochine and twin brother of Stéphane Sirkis, who died in 1999, was born.
- 75 years ago (1949) ... the US actress Meryl Streep was born.
- 80 years ago (1944) ... the German director Helmut Dietl (films "Rossini", "Schtonk!", TV series "Kir Royal") was born. (†30.3.2015)
- 95 years ago (1929) - 90 years ago (1929) ..... ike his parents, he was murdered by the Nazis.
SONNTAG, 23 JUNI
- One year ago (2023) ... Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Russian paramilitary Wagner Group, marched towards Moscow with thousands of fighters. He demanded the departure of Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasinov. One day later, he called off the march. Prigozhin and his fighters went into exile in Belarus. Two months later, he died in a mysterious plane crash.
- 15 years ago (2009) ... the actress Hanne Hiob, daughter of Bert Brecht, died. (*12.3.1923)
- 25 years ago (1999) ... the ban on the sale of Coca-Cola drinks in Belgium, France, Holland and Luxembourg was lifted.
- 65 years ago (1959) ... the French writer Boris Vian, jazz trumpeter, chansonnier, actor, translator, key member of the Collège de Pataphysique and head of the jazz record department at Philips, died. In Switzerland, he is known for the song "Le déserteur", which Franz Hohler translated into Swiss German under the title "Der Dienschtverweigerer". (*10.3.1920)
- 80 years ago (1944) ... the Swiss author Peter Bieri alias Pascal Mercier ("Night Train to Lisbon") was born.
- 95 years ago (1929) ... the Swiss director Claude Goretta ("La dentellière") was born. (†20.2.2019)
... the US country singer June Carter, wife of Johnny Cash, was born. (†15.5.2003)
- 130 years ago (1894) ... the International Olympic Committee was founded in Paris with its headquarters in Lausanne.
MONTAG, 24 JUNI
- 65 years ago (1959) ... the German guitarist and violinist Markus Wienstroer was born. He has worked on over 40 albums and collaborated with Andrea Berg, Wolfgang Petry, Claudia Jung, Roland Kaiser and Heino, among others.
- 70 years ago (1954) ... the German author Eugen Ruge ("In Times of Diminishing Light") was born in the Soviet Union.
- 75 years ago (1949) ... the British musician John Illsley, co-founder of Dire Straits, was born.
... the German RAF terrorist Brigitte Mohnhaupt was born. In 1982, she was sentenced to five life sentences and an additional 15 years for nine counts of murder and multiple attempted murder. She was released from prison on March 25, 2007.
- 80 years ago (1944) ... the British guitarist Jeff Beck (albums "There and Back", "Flash"), ex-member of the band The Yardbirds, was born.
- 85 years ago (1939) ... the German action artist HA Schult ("Trashpeople") was born.
- 100 years ago (1924) ... the future CVP Federal Councillor Kurt Furgler was born. He was a member of the Swiss government from 1972 to 1986. Furgler is considered the "father of the canton of Jura". The "Lex Furgler" restricted the sale of real estate to foreigners. Furgler died on July 23, 2008.
DIENSTAG, 25 JUNI
- 30 years ago (1994) ... the successful German Youtuber Felix von der Laden, alias Dner, was born. He has a total of over 4 million subscribers on his two channels.
- 95 years ago (1929) ... the German-American children's book author and illustrator Eric Carle ("Die kleine Raupe Nimmersatt") was born.
MITTWOCH, 26 JUNI
- One year ago (2023) ... it was announced that Northern Bald Ibis chicks had hatched in Switzerland for the first time in 400 years. There were two animals in Rümlang ZH. The nest was located on a windowsill of a Harley-Davidson branch.
- 5 years ago (2019) ... the US actor Max Wright, best known as Willie Tanner in "Alf", died. (*2.8.1943)
- 30 years ago (1994) ... the German actor Leonard Carow ("War Horse") was born.
- 50 years ago (1974) ... the barcode was introduced for the first time in the US state of Ohio. In a branch of the Marsh supermarket chain, the first product marked with a barcode, a ten-pack of Juicy Fruit (chewing gum) from the manufacturer Wrigley, was recorded and sold by a scanner checkout.
- 60 years ago (1964) ... postal codes were introduced in Switzerland. Switzerland was the third country after Germany (1941) and the USA (1963) to introduce a postal code system.
- 65 years ago (1959) ... the German actor and director Leander Haussmann was born.
- 70 years ago (1954) ... the German actor and musician Miroslav Nemec (Detective Inspector Ivo Batic in Munich's "Tatort") was born in Zagreb/Croatia.
THURSDAY, JUNE 27
- One year ago (2023) ... the Munich Regional Court convicted ex-Audi boss Rupert Stadler of fraud in the diesel engine manipulation scandal. He received a suspended prison sentence of one year and nine months. Stadler had confessed to stopping the sale of manipulated cars too late. The diesel scandal uncovered in 2015 shook the entire industry and caused billions in damage.
- 10 years ago (2014) ... the US soul musician Bobby Womack ("Fly me to the Moon", *4.3.1944) died
- 15 years ago (2009) ... the US actress and singer Gale Storm died. She has four stars on the Walk of Fame, one each for her achievements in radio, music, television and film. Gale Storm was a casting show winner: at 17, she won a one-year contract with a film studio in the "Gateway to Hollywood Contest".
- 25 years ago (1999) ... the US actor Chandler Riggs, known from the TV series "The Walking Dead", was born.
- 80 years ago (1944) ... the Swiss composer Werner Wehrli died. (*8.1.1892).
FREITAG, 28 JUNI
- 5 years ago (2019) ... the German actress Lisa Martinek, who appeared in many TV productions, died. She suffered a cardiac arrest at the age of 47 while diving on Elba. (*11.2.1972)
- 25 years ago (1999) ... the Austrian actress Hilde Krahl died. (*10.1.1917)
- 130 years ago (1894) ... a federal decree provided for the establishment of a Swiss National Library in Bern.
SAMSTAG, 29. JUNI
- 5 years ago (2019) ... the Swiss footballer Florijana Ismaili (YB and Nati) died at the age of 24 while swimming in Lake Como. (*1.1.1995)
... The Argentinian humorist cartoonist Guillermo Mordillo, whose trademarks were bulbous-nosed men and giraffes with overlong necks, died. (*4.8.1932).
- 5 years ago (2019) ... the South Korean actress Jeon Mi-seon died at the age of 48 in a hotel room in South Korea, presumably by suicide. (*7.12.1970)
- 10 years ago (2014) ... Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi proclaimed the "caliphate" in the an-Nuri mosque in Mosul and named his fighting organization "Islamic State" (IS). He proclaimed himself the "leader of all believers" and now called himself "Emir al-Mu'minin". IS temporarily controlled territories in Syria and Iraq.
- 15 years ago (2009) ... the former American stockbroker Bernard Madoff was sentenced to 150 years in prison in New York for the biggest investment fraud in criminal history.
- 25 years ago (1999) ... Abdullah Öcalan was sentenced to death in Turkey.
- 30 years ago (1994) ... the Austrian serial killer Jack Unterweger hanged himself in his cell after being sentenced to life imprisonment. Unterweger used the same complicated knot for himself that he used to strangle his victims. He had already been sentenced to life imprisonment for murder in 1973. While in prison, he began to write and became a favorite of the literary scene. Prominent intellectuals stood up for him and he was released in 1990. He then went on a reading spree, killing eleven prostitutes in Austria, Prague and Los Angeles. For a long time, nobody noticed that he was performing in the city in question on the day of the crime.
- 60 years ago (1964) ... the Danish pop singer Gitte Haenning ("Ich will 'nen Cowboy als Mann") was born. In the 1950s, she was Scandinavia's best-known child star, and in the 1960s she also became a star in Germany, initially as part of a duo with Rex Gildo. In the 1980s she began to perform more serious music, mainly from musicals, and from the 1990s also jazz.
- 95 years ago (1929) ... the Italian author and resistance fighter Oriana Fallaci was born. ("Letter to a child never born", †15.9.2006)
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- One year ago (2023) ... Brazil's highest court barred former President Jair Bolsonaro from all public office until 2030. According to the electoral court, the right-wing populist had abused his power as president and stirred up doubts about the electoral system.
- 15 years ago (2009) ... the German dancer and choreographer Pina Bausch (*27.6.1949) died
... Yemenia Flight 626 on its way from Sanaa in Yemen to Moroni (Comoros) crashed into the Indian Ocean on its approach to the main island of Grande Comore. There were 153 people on board, one girl was rescued after drifting on a piece of wreckage in the sea for eight hours.
- 30 years ago (1994) ... Diego Maradona was banned from the World Cup in the USA for violating doping regulations.
- 50 years ago (1974) ... the Swiss ski racer Roger Staub died. He was Olympic champion in the giant slalom in Squaw Valley in 1960. He was also a nine-time Swiss champion. He died when his delta glider crashed from a height of 150 meters during a test flight in Verbier VS.
- 75 years ago (1949) ... the British musician Andy Scott from The Sweet was born.
- 130 years ago (1894) ... Tower Bridge was officially opened.
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