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Subject: [Leica] Weird question - HELP!
From: philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)
Date: Fri Mar 18 02:25:00 2005

Also, Eisenstein died on the 11th of feb.


> From: Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp@gmx.de>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 11:02:49 +0100
> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Weird question - HELP!
> 
> Hello B.D.,
> 
> 11th February :
> Germany/Austria
> 1902: King Milan II of Serbia died in Vienna
> 1905: Premiere of Anton Bruckners 9th Symphony
> 
> 1919 Friedrich Ebert became first president of the Weimar Republic
> 
> 1942 The "channel dash" German battle sqaudron escape into the North Sea
> 
> 1945 End of the Jalta Conference - of immense importance for post-war 
> Europe
> 
> 
> France :
> 1322 Charles IV murdered
> 1650 Rene Descartes murdered
> 1858 Bernadette Soubirous sees an apparition of The Virgin Mary in
> Lourdes
> 1879 Honore Daumier murdered
> 1911 First night flight above Paris (Pilot Robert Grandseigne)
> 1925: Aristide Bruant dies in Paris
> 1926 Paul Bocuse born in Collonges-au-montd'Or
> 1950 introduction of the guaranteed minimum wage (SMIG)
> 
> A couple of British catastrophies
> 1531  Henry VIII is recognized as the supreme head of the Church of England
> 1975  Mrs. Margaret Thatcher becomes the first woman to lead the British
> Conservative Party.
> 
> Depends on your standpoint, none of these are particularly significant for 
> me,
> maybe Jalta and Friedrich Ebert could be considered to be politically
> important.
> cheers
> Douglas
> 
> B. D. Colen wrote:
>> Does any LUGGER know, or have any idea, what significance 11 February
>> might have, particularly in German or French history?
>> 
>> I realize this is a strange question - and I also realize it has nothing
>> to do with Leicas or photography, but what the heck....
>> 
>> Thanks in advance -
>> 
>> B. D.
>> 
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