On Saturday, January 27th, the book of history records, among other things:
1919: An uprising of revolutionary sailors broke out in Wilhelmshaven, spread to other ports and was suppressed on January 29th.
1924: Yugoslavia renounces the Adriatic port city of Fiume (Rijeka) in favor of Italy.
1929: The Christian Social workers’ leader Leopold Kunschak accuses the Heimwehr of developing into a “danger to the parliamentary system” in Austria.
1939: The crime film “In the Name of the People” starring Rudolf Fernau premieres in Berlin.
1964: French President General Charles de Gaulle announces the recognition of the People’s Republic of China. National Chinese government diplomats in Taiwan must leave Paris the following day.
1989: The Netherlands releases the last two German war criminals imprisoned there after more than 43 years in prison and deports them to the Federal Republic of Germany.
1999: The abortion pill Mifegyne is used for the first time in Austria, at the Korneuburg Hospital in Lower Austria.
Birthdays: Wilhelm II, German Emperor (1859-1941); Édith Cresson, French politician (1934); Federico Mayor Zaragoza, Spanish politician; 1987-1999 UNESCO Director General (1934); Mairead Corrigan-Maguire, Irish peace campaigner; Nobel Peace Prize 1976 (1944); Bridget Fonda, US actress (1964).
Days of death: Endre Ady, Hungarian poet (1877-1919); Paula Ludwig, Eastern poet/painter (1900-1974); Hanns Jelinek, Austrian composer (1901-1969); Karl Löbl, Eastern cultural critic (1930-2014); John Updike, US writer (1932-2009).
Name days: Angela, Elvira, Julian, Theodorich, Dietlinde, Alraune, Gerhard, Johannes, Alruna, Dietrich, Heinrich.