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July 10 in German History
--------------------------------- July 10, 1819
Birth of Alfred Ritter von Arneth in
Vienna, Austria. He is known for his organization and
publication of documents on Austrian history from the Vienna
state archives.
July 10, 1839
Birth of Adolphus Busch near Mainz,
Germany. He immigrated to the United States and cofounded a
brewery, Anheuser-Busch (makers of Budweiser today).
July 10, 1846
Birth of Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche in
Röcken, Germany. She was the sister of the philosopher,
Friedrich Nietzsche. She rewrote and distorted much of his
philosophy after his death.
July 10, 1851
Birth of Friedrich von Wieser in Vienna,
Austria. Von Wieser was a principal figure in the Austrian
school of economics.
July 10, 1852
Birth of Alfred von Kinderlen-Wächter in
Stuttgart, Germany. He was a central political figure in the
second Moroccan crisis before WWI.
July 10, 1867
Birth of Maximilian, Prince of Baden in
Baden-Baden, Germany. He was called on to serve as chancellor
in 1918. It was he who announced the abdication of the Kaiser
on November 9, 1918 and then himself resigned in favor of
Friedrich Ebert.
July 10, 1874
July 10, 1874 University of Basel considers
admission of women to doctoral programs. The proposal was
rejected, but one of the professors, Friedrich Nietzsche,
argued strongly for the admission of women and voted in favor
of the admission of women. To be sure that posterity would
know where he stood, he requested that his vote be noted in
the official record of the meeting.
July 10, 1883
Birth of Johannes Blaskowitz in
Peterswalde, Germany. Blaskowitz was a field marshal in World
War II who spoke out against SS activities and as a result
was relieved of command, but was called to command again
before the end of the war. At war's end he was tried for war
crimes but committed suicide.
July 10, 1893
Death of Werner Egk in Inning, Germany.
Egk, a composer, studied with Carl Orff in Munich. He
composed music for radio plays in Munich. Beginning in 1935
he composed a number of operas. Among his operas are Die
Zaubergeige, (1935), and Peer Gynt (1938). He also
composed ballets.
July 10, 1895
Birth of the composer, Karl Orff, in
Munich, Germany. His most widely known work is Carmina
Burana.
July 10, 1902
Birth of Kurt Aber in Künigshütte,
Germany. He won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1950 for a
method of synthesizing organic compounds.
July 10, 1902
Birth of Gunther Weisenborn in Velbert,
Germany.
July 10, 1940
A German air attack initiates the Battle of
Britain.
July 10, 1943
The Allied attack on Europe begins with the invasion of Sicily.
July 10, 2003
The last one of the original VW Beatles is built at the assembly
plant in Mexico. The Ferdinand Porsche designed
car had been produced for 69 years. 21 million had been built.
July 10, 2004
TV actress, Inge Meysel dies at age 94. During the previous
40 years she had starred in over 100 TV productions.
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