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October
1 in German History October 1, 1756 The Battle of Lobositz takes place in the Seven Years' War (1756-1763) (Siebenjähriger Krieg) between Prussia and Austria and their allies. October 1, 1904 Birth of Otto Robert Frisch in Vienna,
Austria. Frisch was a physicist who did his doctoral work at
the University of Vienna. Working with Niels Bohr in
Copenhagen he observed the conversion of bombarded uranium
into less complex elements. He named the process fission. He
communicated this information to Albert Einstein. Later he
came to the United States and was active in atomic research
at Los Alamos. October 1, 1911 Death of Wilhelm Dilthey in South Tyrol. A philosopher, Dilthey taught at the Universities of Basel, Kiel, Breslau and Berlin. Dilthey was distressed at the deep-seated influence of the natural sciences in contemporary thought. He developed a notion of Geisteswissenschaften. He sought to depart from the methodological ideal of the natural sciences and establish a separate, legitimate methodology for the humanities. Significant works by Dilthey include, Einleitung in die Geisteswissenschaften, and Studien zur Geschichte des deutschen Geistes. October 1, 1939 President Roosevelt receives a letter from Albert Einstein raising the possibility of atomic bombs and warning of signs that Germany might be pursuing them. October 1, 1942 Birth of Günter Wallraf in Burscheid, Germany. Wallraf was one of the leading Catholic scholars on the subject of codetermination. October 1, 1945 Walther Funk, the president of the Reichsbank during WWII is sentenced to life in prison by the Nürnberg trials. He was released in 1957. October 1, 1946 After 216 sessions the Nürnburg War Crimes Court issues verdicts. October 1, 1951 West Germany (BRD) enters GATT. October 1, 1959 A new East German (DDR) flag is introduced. It features the hammer and sickle with a wreath. October 1, 1982 Due to divisions between the parties, the FDP leaves the coalition with the CDU/CSU and a vote of no confidence results in the end of the leadership of the SPD and the end of the service of Chancellor Helmut Schmidt. October 1, 1982 Helmut Kohl becomes the German Bundeskanzler. His political party is the CDU. He is the longest serving chancellor in the Federal Republic of Germany. October 1, 1990 The agreement is signed whereby the Allies of World War II return full sovereignty to Germany as of the agreed to unification date of October 3. Back to Today in German History Calendar |
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