May 29: The day Ionel Fernic was born, “The Tabadurul Blue Zari”. He is the author of the romance “I love the woman”
On May 29, 572 years have passed since Constantinople was conquered by the Ottoman Empire. The same day was born the composer Ionel Fernic and John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th president of the US.
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1453: The fall of Constantinople
The fall of Constantinople is the name under which the conquest of the capital of the Byzantine Empire is known by the forces of the Ottoman Empire, under the command of Sultan Muhamm (Mehmed) II. The siege of Constantinople was preceded for a long time (1282-1453) of decay and agony of the Byzantine state.
On April 5, 1453, the entire Ottoman army, led by Sultan Mehmed II, was in front of the walls of Constantinople. After several large assaults and losses, it was concluded that a good way to enter the city would be the digging of tunnels, in parallel with increasing the attacks.
The fall of Constantinople Photo: Wikipedia
The Byzantine defenders received the decisive blow on May 29, 1453, when Constantinople was definitively conquered by the Ottomans, writes Mehmet Ali Ekrem in the “History of the Ottoman Empire and Southeast European (1300-1918)”.
The conquest of Constantinople was a shock to Christian Europe. More concerned about their internal problems, neither the Kingdom of England, nor the Kingdom of France, nor the Roman-German Empire came to aid. Pope Pius II tried to trigger a crusade for the recapture of Constantinople, but without success.
Constantinople has become the new capital of the Ottoman Empire. After his conquest, Mehmet II urged the Turks from all his possessions to sit in the city, giving them help to raise their houses and shops.
1901: Ionel Fernic was born, Aviator Tabadur
Ionel Fernic was born on May 29, 1901 in Târgoviște, but he spent his childhood and adolescence in Galati.
“Tabadurul Blue Zarii”, Ionel Fernic (1901-1938) was a character who marked the beginning of the 20th century in Romania. Composer of over 400 slags, an aviator medalist by Carol II, writer and newspaper, fierce left behind romances and tangos successfully today.
Many of the romances and tangos that delight us from generations, with great success and today, belong to Fernic. “I love the woman “,” lie “,” in the shade of the old walnut “,” Why did you tell me you love me “ or “You remember, lady “, Sales by Cristian Vasile, Zavaidoc, Jean Moscopol, Ioana Radu, Gică Petrescu, are just a few of the 400 songs composed by Fernic, true whispers of his time and of the present.
In the 37 years of life, Ionel Fernic had a short but very spectacular destiny. He lost his life in a plane accident on July 22, 1938, as a passenger of a flight on the Warsaw-Bucharest-Saloniki route. He was coming to Bucharest to participate in the funeral of Queen Mary.
1917: John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th US President (1961-1963) was born
John F. Kennedy became the president of the United States in 1961. He is considered one of the most charismatic state leaders in history.
John F. Kennedy Photo: Archive
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, also known as John F. Kennedy, JFK or Jack Kennedy, was the 35th president of the United States. He was in office from 1961 until his assassination, which occurred on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas.
Kennedy was shot during a visit to Dallas by Lee Harvey Oswald. The assassin of the US President was killed a few days after the attack by Jack Ruby. The question that is asked and currently is why Oswald has been silent.
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Mihail Sebastian is the author of the famous novels “The accident” and “The city with acacia” and of the theater plays “Steaua without name” and “The game of vacation”. He was, in his era, renegade by the Jews, considered “defender of the extreme right”, but also “supporter of the communists”.
On the real name Iosif Hechter, Mihail Sebastian was born in Braila in a Jewish family. He followed the university and philosophy university studies in Bucharest. He worked as a secretary at a law firm and then as a lawyer. The entry into the literature was made by Nae Ionescu, the president of his baccalaureate commission.
Mihail Sebastian Photo: Archive
Since 1940 he knew the anti -Semitic persecution. I was forbidden to publish as a journalist and to restore the lawyer's license. Due to the fact that he was a Jew, his pieces were forbidden. In order to be able to stage the “no -name Star”, Mihai Sebastian was used by a pseudonym: Victor Mincu. The writer was chosen with the title of “unlikely Jew” being condemned by anti-Semites for his origin, but also by the Jews who considered him a traitor and close to the Communist Party in 1944.
On May 29, 1945, around 3 pm, Mihail Sebastian was hit by a truck on Regina Maria Boulevard in Bucharest and died at the age of 37. The writer had in his pocket the text of the conference he was going to hold at the university.
1958: Actress Annette Bening was born
Annette Bening was born in Topeka, Kansas. He studied acting at Patrick Henry High School and worked as a cook on a ship to maintain himself. He entered the College of San Diego Mesa and continued his artistic studies at San Francisco University. From those years she has been known for her extraordinary talent and for the excellent interpretation of the role of Lady Macbeth in Shakespeare's play.
Throughout his career, Annette Bening has brought on the screen many memorable performances, including the four films in which she was nominated for Oscar: “American Beauty”, “The Grifters”, “The Kids is all right” and “Being Julia”.
The actress, who turns 67, is also a winner of two golden globes, for two of the films mentioned.
1982: The Austrian film actress Romy Schneider died
Romy Schneider was one of the beauties of the European film, in the decades 50 and 60. Known in particular for the interpretation of the role of Empress Sissi of Austria, the Austrian and German origin actress also managed to impose itself in the French films, where she had the privilege to play with the cinema stars in this country.
Among them, the seducer Alain Delon, with whom the beautiful Romy was engaged from 1959 to 1963. The love story of the two young and beautiful actors was one of the most spicy of times, but unfortunately it did not last long.
However, Romy and Alain remained friends until the actress's premature death, at just 43 years old. Married twice, the German actress became twice a mother, a boy and a girl. The eldest son, David, died at the age of 14, following a play accident.
1997: Launch of the second edition of the “Bible in Bucharest”
The Bucharest Bible, also known as the “Bible of Şerban Cantacuzino” was the first complete translation of the Bible in Romanian, being published in Bucharest, in 1688. Written in Cyrillic characters, its full title was “The Bible adorns the Divine Scripture of the Old and New Testament”.
300 years after their appearance, “The Bible of Serban Cantacuzino” She was reprinted in facsimile and transcript to the typography of the Biblical and Mission Institute of the Romanian Orthodox Church in a jubilee edition. The initiative belonged to the Patriarch Iustin Moisescu (1977-1986) and was perfect by the Teoctist Patriarch (1986-2007). The commission of specialists to whom this work was entrusted was coordinated by Acad. Ioan C. Chițimia († 1989). The jubilee edition of the Bible in Bucharest was launched in Bucharest, Geneva, Vienna and Thessaloniki, according to Wikipedia.
2010: Paula Selling and Ovidiu Cernăuţeanu (OVI), 3rd place in the Eurovision final
It has been 15 years since Romania registered an extraordinary performance at Eurovision. Paula Selling and Ovi ranked third with the song “Playing with Fire” and the show on the evening of May 29, 2010 was cataloged as Romania's best performance at Eurovision of all time.
The Romanian artists have debuted on the Eurovision stage since 1994. The 3rd place was Romania's best performance at Eurovision. Our country occupied this place twice: in 2005 with Luminița Anghel and System, respectively in 2010 with Paula Seling and Ovidiu Cernăuțeanu.
Romania has not participated in the Eurovision competition in the last two years.
