Calendar page 2023: November 25
The current calendar page for November 25, 2023:
47th calendar week, 329th day of the year
36 days until the end of the year
Astrological sign: Sagittarius
Name day: Katharina, Margareta
HISTORICAL DATES
2022 - More than 470 wild animal species will be better protected in future, including around 100 shark and ray species. The trade in sharks is also to be more strictly controlled. This is decided at the Cites World Species Conference in Panama.
2021 - Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, 100,119 people in Germany have died from or with the virus, reports the Robert Koch Institute. Around 5.5 million have been infected so far.
2018 - After difficult negotiations, the heads of state and government of the remaining 27 EU member states approve the withdrawal agreement with the UK.
2008 - Former Federal Minister of Economics Wolfgang Clement leaves the SPD. He had been reprimanded by the federal party's arbitration commission the previous day for statements critical of the SPD during the Hessian state election campaign.
1998 - Head of State and Party Leader Jiang Zemin is the first Chinese head of state to arrive in Japan. The focus of the visit is Tokyo's first formal apology for the invasion of China during the Second World War.
1993 - In the face of growing criticism of his person following controversial statements, the Saxon Minister of Justice Steffen Heitmann (CDU) withdraws his candidacy for the office of Federal President.
1988 - CDU politician Rita Süssmuth is elected President of the German Bundestag.
1973 - A general driving ban is introduced in Germany for the first time. The measure was introduced on four consecutive Sundays to mitigate the consequences of the oil crisis.
1903 - The first German expedition to the South Pole, launched in 1901 and led by geographer Erich von Drygalski, ends successfully with the arrival of the ship "Gauss" in Kiel.
BIRTHDAYS
1968 - Tyler Brûlé (55), Canadian journalist, founder of the English-language magazines "Wallpaper" and "Monocle"
1948 - Wolfgang Templin (75), German philosopher and publicist, GDR civil rights activist
1943 - Gerard Mortier, Belgian opera and theater director (artistic director of the Ruhr Triennale 2002-2004, artistic director of the Salzburg Festival 1991-2001), died 2014
1938 - Hans Brenner, Austrian actor ("Todesspiel", "Messer im Kopf"), father of actor Moritz Bleibtreu, died 1998
1933 - Jürgen Kromphardt (90), German economist, member of the Council of the "Five Wise Men" 1999-2004
DAYS OF DEATH
2020 - Diego Maradona, Argentinian footballer, world champion and "World Sportsman of the Year" 1986, born 1960
1968 - Upton Sinclair, American writer and social critic ("The Swamp", "King Coal"), born 1878
Source: www.dpa.com
