Calendar page 2023: November 14
The current calendar page for November 14, 2023:
46th calendar week, 318th day of the year
47 days until the end of the year
Astrological sign: Scorpio
Name day: Alberich, Nicholas, Sidonius
HISTORICAL DATES
2008 - Ann Dunwoody becomes the first four-star general in US military history.
2003 - The decommissioning of the Stade power plant in Lower Saxony marks the start of the nuclear phase-out decided by the red-green federal government. The nuclear reactor had been commissioned 31 years previously.
1993 - The Neue Wache is opened in Berlin as the Federal Republic's central memorial to the victims of war and tyranny.
1990 - Germany and Poland sign the German-Polish border treaty, in which, among other things, the Oder-Neisse line is confirmed as Poland's western border.
1973 - Princess Anne, the daughter of Queen Elizabeth II, and Captain Mark Phillips are married in London's Westminster Abbey. The marriage is divorced in 1992.
1943 - 25-year-old Leonard Bernstein conducts a concert by the New York Philharmonic Orchestra at Carnegie Hall as a replacement for maestro Bruno Walter, who is ill. It is the beginning of his world career as a conductor.
1938 - The National Socialists ban Jewish children in Germany from attending public schools.
1918 - The Polish politician Josef Pilsudski becomes the provisional head of state of his newly independent country. He is confirmed in office after elections in February 1919.
1823 - Bremen citizens found an art association to build up an art collection. The association opens the Kunsthalle Bremen in 1849, the first independent home for a civic collection in Germany.
BIRTHDAYS
1993 - Samuel Umtiti (30), French footballer, became world champion with the French national team in 2018
1948 - Klaus Dauderstädt (75), German trade unionist, chairman of the civil servants' association ddb 2012-2017
1948 - Klaus Tolksdorf (75), German lawyer, President of the Federal Court of Justice (BGH) 2008-2014
1948 - King Charles III (75), British King since September 8, 2022
1938 - Horst Köhler (85), German equestrian athlete, most successful dressage rider in the GDR
DAYS OF DEATH
2018 - Rolf Hoppe, German actor ("Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel", "Der Bruch"), born 1930
2008 - Christel Goltz, Austrian opera singer, soprano, member of the Vienna State Opera 1951-1970, greatest successes as "Salome", born 1912
Studying this year's calendar, one can see that November 14, 2023, marks several significant historical events. For instance, in 1993, the Neue Wache was opened as a memorial to victims of war and tyranny in Berlin. Additionally, 1823 saw the establishment of an art association in Bremen, leading to the opening of the Kunsthalle Bremen in 1849, the first independent art museum in Germany.
Source: www.dpa.com
