display
Berlin (dpa) - The current calendar sheet for February 1, 2021:
5th calendar week, 32nd day of the year
333 days until the end of the year
display
Aquarius
Name day: Brigitte, Severus, Sigibert
HISTORICAL DATA
display
2020 - The Bundeswehr flies 101 Germans and 25 other citizens from Wuhan, China, affected by the coronavirus, to Frankfurt am Main.
2019 - The US government withdraws from the 1987 INF disarmament agreement.
The day after, Russia also terminates the treaty on the renunciation of medium-range nuclear weapons.
Both accuse themselves of violating the agreement.
2016 - The international account number IBAN finally replaces the account number and bank code.
The "International Bank Account Number" is intended to help speed up transfers, direct debits and card payments across borders.
display
2011 - Denmark sets the course for the construction of an 18 km long Baltic Sea tunnel between Puttgarden on the Schleswig-Holstein island of Fehmarn and the Danish Rødby on Lolland.
2006 - As early as 2029, employees should only receive a full pension at the age of 67.
Federal Social Minister Franz Müntefering (SPD) announced this surprisingly after a cabinet meeting.
2003 - The US space shuttle "Columbia", launched on January 16, breaks up over the state of Texas when it re-enters the earth's atmosphere.
All seven astronauts die.
1991 - With the announcement by President Frederik Willem de Klerk that he intends to repeal the most important racial segregation laws within five months, the end of apartheid is heralded in South Africa.
1946 - The Norwegian Trygve Lie is elected the first Secretary General of the United Nations.
1896 - The world premiere of the opera “La Bohème” by the Italian composer Giacomo Puccini takes place in Turin.
BIRTHDAYS
display
1976 - Katrín Jakobsdóttir (45), Icelandic politician, Prime Minister since 2017
1961 - Armin Veh (60), German soccer coach (Hamburger SV, Eintracht Frankfurt)
1941 - Karl Dall, German comedian, presenter (TV shows: "Dall-As") and entertainer, co-founder of the humorous music group Insterburg & Co, d. 2020
1931 - Boris Yeltsin, Russian politician, President of Russia 1991-1999, died 2007
1901 - Clark Gable, American film actor ("Gone with the Wind"), d. 1960
DAYS OF DEATH
1976 - Werner Heisenberg, German physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics 1932, born in 1901
1966 - Buster Keaton, American actor (silent comedies: "The General", "Steamboat Bill, Jr.", "The Cowboy"), born in 1895
© dpa-infocom, dpa: 210125-99-155476 / 2