Calendar page 2023: November 21
The current calendar page for November 21, 2023:
47th calendar week, 325th day of the year
40 days until the end of the year
Astrological sign: Scorpio
Name day: Amalberg
HISTORICAL DATES
2022 - An earthquake on the Indonesian main island of Java kills more than 320 people and leaves many missing. The quake southeast of the capital Jakarta had a magnitude of 5.6.
2021 - At a Christmas parade in a suburb of Milwaukee (US state of Wisconsin), an SUV crashes into a crowd of people. At least six people die and around 48 are injured. An act of terrorism is ruled out.
2018 - The Bundesliga clubs speak out in favor of abolishing Monday matches. The fan scene had long been protesting against games during the week that were unfriendly to employees.
2013 - Ukraine halts an agreement negotiated with the EU. In addition, all drafts for a special law on the medical treatment of imprisoned opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko in Germany fail in parliament. Mass protests begin.
1995 - In Dayton (Ohio), the presidents of Serbia, Bosnia and Croatia reach an agreement to end the war in Bosnia.
1980 - In Las Vegas (Nevada), 85 people die in a fire at the MGM Grand Hotel.
1963 - In Munich, the National Theater, which was destroyed during the war, is reopened. The neo-classical building is home to the Bavarian State Opera.
1803 - The robber leader Johannes Bückler, known as Schinderhannes, is executed in Mainz along with 19 of his accomplices.
1783 - Under the eyes of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, the Montgolfier brothers' first manned hot-air balloon takes off in Paris. The flight lasts 25 minutes.
BIRTHDAYS
1988 - Eric Frenzel (35), German Nordic combined athlete, gold medal at the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi and 2018 in Pyeongchang
1968 - Inka Bause (55), German pop singer and presenter ("Bauer sucht Frau")
1953 - René Weller, German boxer, European lightweight champion 1984, 1985, died 2023
1948 - Werner Lorant (75), German soccer coach (TSV 1860 Munich 1992-2001)
1943 - Ulrich Strunz (80), German doctor, extreme sportsman and publicist ("Forever young")
DAYS OF DEATH
2022 - Jürgen Nöldner, German footballer, national player of the GDR, born 1941
2013 - Dieter-Julius Cronenberg, German politician (FDP), Vice President of the German Bundestag 1984-1994, born 1930
Source: www.dpa.com
