The current calendar page for January 1, 2023

52nd calendar week, 1st day of the year

364 days until the end of the year

Zodiac sign: Capricorn

Namestag: Wilhelm, Fulgentius

HISTORICAL DATA

2021 - Great Britain also exits the EU internal market and customs union. A trade and cooperation agreement with the European Union regulates the consequences of Brexit.

2008 - At the age of 107, the lawyer Erich Kästner dies in Pulheim near Cologne. He was considered the last German participant in the First World War.

2003 - In Germany, the can deposit on beverage cans and non-returnable bottles is introduced. This is intended to stop the trend towards more and more disposable packaging.

1998 - The state post and telephone monopoly in Germany ends. Numerous new providers are entering the market for long-distance and international calls.

1968 - Introduction of value added tax in the Federal Republic: It starts at ten percent as a full rate and five percent as a reduced rate.

1958 - The Act Against Restraints of Competition, also known as the Cartel Act for short, comes into force. It prohibits collusion and alliances between companies in the same industry.

1953 - The first Four Hills Tournament for ski jumpers begins with the New Year's competition in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

1948 - Northwest German Broadcasting (NWDR) is transferred to German administration and becomes a "public-law institution" based on the BBC model.

1903 - In the German Empire, in Austria and Switzerland, a new uniform spelling of the German language comes into force. The new rules are based on Konrad Duden's orthographic dictionary.

BIRTHDAYS

1978 - Nina Bott (45), German actress ("The Best Piece", "Good Times, Bad Times")

1958 - Grandmaster Flash (65), American hip-hop musician ("Flash is back", "The Bridge")

1943 - Richard Sennett (80), American sociologist, representative of the New Left ("The flexible man", "Culture of the new capitalism")

1923 - Willi Weiskirch, German journalist and politician (CDU), military commissioner 1985-1990, died 1996

1863 - Pierre de Coubertin, French historian and sports official, founded the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1894, died 1937

DEATH DAYS

1993 - Anna Wimschneider, German farmer and author ("Herbstmilch"), born 1919

1748 - Johann Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and doctor, who first formulated the law of large numbers is the basis of all statistics, born 1667