On Saturday, March 30th, the book of history records, among other things:
1914: After a controversial operation by the British Army against Ulster Unionists, Army Minister John Seely has to announce his resignation in London.
1949: A treason trial begins against 17 former politicians, diplomats and journalists before the Czechoslovak State Court in Prague. The most prominent defendant is ex-Deputy Prime Minister Petr Zenkl, former head of the left-liberal People’s Socialist Party (Benes Party) and mayor of Prague.
1964: King Saud of Saudi Arabia is deposed. He must transfer the regency to his brother Crown Prince Faisal.
1989: At the Oscars in Hollywood, the film “Rain Man” performed best with four awards.
1994: The Croatian government and the Krajina Serbs agree to a ceasefire.
1994: Austria is the first of the four accession candidates to formally conclude the EU negotiations.
1999: Kosovo War: A mediation initiative by Russian Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov fails in Belgrade.
2004: The EU agrees on minimum standards for the recognition of asylum seekers.
2009: The Austrian oil company OMV is surprisingly withdrawing completely from MOL after its failed attempt to take over its Hungarian competitor MOL in August 2008.
2009: Rick Wagoner, the head of the struggling US automaker General Motors, is resigning at the request of the White House.
2009: The new passports, whose security chip also stores the owner’s fingerprints electronically, are being introduced. The fingerprints are stored exclusively on the chip, in addition to the previous personal data.
Birthdays: Paul Verlaine, French poet (1844-1896); Sergei Vladimirovich Ilyushin, Soviet aircraft designer (1894-1977); Sir Ernst (Hans Josef) Gombrich, British art historian, Eastern. origin (1909-2001); Alexander Trojan, Eastern Castle actor (1914-1992); McGeorge Bundy, US politician (1919-1996); Milko Kelemen, Croatian composer (1924-2018); Hans Hollein, Eastern architect (1934-2014); Achim Freyer, German set designer and director (1934); Arend Oetker, German entrepreneur (1939); Peter Kienast, Eastern Bobsledder (1949-1991); Tracy Chapman, US singer (1964); Troy Bayliss, Australian. Motorcycle Racer (1969); Jürgen Pinter, Eastern cross-country skier (1979); Norah Jones, US singer (1979); Emilia Warenski, East. Young actress (2004).
Days of death: Adam Ries, German mathematician (1492-1559); Pietro Antonio Locatelli, Italian composer (1695-1764); José María Velasco Ibarra, Ecuador. Politician and President (1893-1979); Karl Rahner, German theologian (1904-1984); Karl Walter Diess, East. Actor (1928-2014).
Name days: Amadeus, Roswitha, Quirin, Dietmut, Patto, Widow, Guido, Bodo, Johannes, Angela, Gregor.