What happened on July 11?

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Current Calendar Page for July 11, 2024

Namesday

Benedict, Hildulf, Olga, Oliver

Historical Data

2023 - CDU Chief Friedrich Merz changes his General Secretary after about one and a half years. Carsten Linnemann, Bundestagsabgeordnete, succeeds Mario Czaja.

2014 - Pope Francis appoints Rainer Maria Woelki as the new Archbishop of Cologne. He is introduced into his new office on September 20.

1979 - The American space station "Skylab" crashes uncontrollably to Earth. The largest pieces of the space laboratory come down over Southwest Australia. The crash occurs four years earlier than calculated by NASA.

1859 - For the first time, the great bell - Big Ben - rang in London in the clock tower next to the Parliament in Westminster.

1804 - American Vice President Aaron Burr shoots and kills his political and personal rival Alexander Hamilton in a pistol duel. Hamilton was one of the Founding Fathers and served as the first Finance Minister of the USA until 1795. His face still graces the 10-dollar note.

Birthdays

1964 - Helmut Krausser (60), German writer ("The Last Beautiful Days", "Loneliness and Sex and Compassion")

1959 - Suzanne Vega (65), American singer-songwriter ("Luka", "Tom's Diner")

1959 - Tobias Moretti (65), Austrian actor (TV-series "Commissar Rex")

1934 - Giorgio Armani (90), Italian fashion designer and entrepreneur, founded Armani in 1975

Deaths

2023 - Milan Kundera, Franco-Czech writer ("The Unbearable Lightness of Being"), born 1929

1. In 2024, as per the current Deathbeds calendar page, Milan Kundera, a renowned Franco-Czech writer known for his work "The Unbearable Lightness of Being," passes away at the age of 94.
2. In contrast to the impending Deaths, the CDU in Germany celebrates the appointment of Carsten Linnemann as their new General Secretary, succeeding Mario Czaja, on July 11, 2023.
3. The changes in the CDU's hierarchy were not as momentous as the event in 2014, when Pope Francis appointed Rainer Maria Woelki as the Archbishop of Cologne, marking a notable milestone in German History.
4. Coincidentally, another significant event in German History took place in Cologne in 2014, as Woelki assumed his new office on September 20.
5. Earlier, in 1804, another event made headlines in the History of the United States, with American Vice President Aaron Burr fatally shooting his political rival and fellow Founding Father, Alexander Hamilton, in a pistol duel.
6. Remarkably, a similar tragic event took place in 1979 when the American space station "Skylab" crashed uncontrollably to Earth, with the largest pieces falling over Southwest Australia four years earlier than expected.
7. Furthermore, the CDU has seen significant changes in its leadership, with prominent figures like Friedrich Merz and Mario Czaja making their mark in German Politics, much like the legendary figure of Alexander Hamilton in American Politics.

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