July 23

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July 23, 1562

Götz von Berlichingen (with the iron hand) dies at Hornberg Castle. (Ref.: Goethe's play about him)

July 23, 1878

Death of Karl, Freiherr von Rokitansky in Vienna, Austria. Rokitansky was a pathologist. Rokitansky's systematic analysis of disease, which he based on 100,000 autopsies, set the science of pathology on a firm footing and established the New Vienna Medical School as a world leader. He discovered Rokitansky's disease (liver), differentiated between lobular pneumonia and lobar pneumonia, set the micropathology of pulmonary emphysema, and was the first to describe spondylolisthesis. His outstanding work is Handbuch der pathologischen Anatomie.

July 23, 1884

Birth of Emil Jannings (birth name: Theodor Friedrich Emil Janez) in Rorschach, Switzerland. Jannings was a globally known movie actor. His most noted film was doubtlessly Der blaue Engel, in 1930.

July 23, 1886

Birth of Walter Schottky in Zürich, Switzerland. A physicist at the Universities of Würzburg and Rostock, his research in solid state physics and electronics led to a number of discoveries which are named after him. The Schottky effect, the Schottky defect and the Schottky barrier are examples.

July 23, 1899

Birth of Gustav Heinemann in Schweim, Germany. Heinemann was the President of Germany from 1969-1974.

July 23, 1914

The foreign minister of Austria-Hungary, Leopold Berchtold, presents an ultimatum to Serbia after the assassination of Franz Ferdinand. The terms of the ultimatum are such that Serbia will not accept them. (Berchtold actually wanted a preventative strike against Serbia.) The resultant clash between Austria-Hungary and Serbia ignited World War I.

July 23, 1952

The states of East Germany (DDR) are restructured into 14 districts.

July 23, 1952

The European Coal and Steel Treaty (EGKS-Vertrag) comes into force.

July 23, 2000

Death of Archbishop Johannes Dyba of Fulda. Archbishop Johannes Dyba was born in Berlin in 1929. He studied law and philosophy in Bamburg, at Duke University in the U.S.A., and at the University of Heidelberg. He completed his doctorate at the University of Heidelberg. He then began his studies for the priesthood at the University of Bonn. He was ordained a priest in 1959. He was then sent to study canon law at the Lateran University and the Papal Diplomatic Academy in Rome. He completed his doctorate in canon law in 1962. After 1967 he worked in the papal nuncios offices in Buenos Aires, Den Haag, Kinshasa and Cairo. In 1979 he was named an archbishop. He then became the apostolic pronuncio in Liberia, Gambia, Guinea and Sierra Leone. In 1983 he was named bishop of Fulda. He was the military bishop of the German army.

Erzbischof Johannes Dyba wurde 1929 in Berlin geboren. Er studierte Philosophie und Rechtswissenschaft in Bamberg, an der Duke-Universität in den USA und in Heidelberg. Er promovierte in Heidelberg 1954. 1953 begann er seine theologischen Studien an der Universität Bonn. Er wurde 1959 zum Priester geweiht. Er wurde zum Studium des Kirchenrechts an der Lateran-Universität und zum Besuch der Puapstlichen Diplomatenakademie nach Rom entsandt. Er promovierte zum Doktor des kanonischen Rechts 1962. Nach 1967 war er in den Apolstolischen Nuntiaturen in Buenos Aires, Den Haag, Kinshasa und Kairo tätig. 1979 wurde er zum Erzbiscof ernannt. Danach war er apostolischer Pronuntius in Liberia, Gambia, Guinea und Lierra Leone. 1983 wurde er zum Bischof von Fulda ernannt. Er war zugleich katholischer Militärbischof für die deutsche Bundeswehr.