June 29: The day when Nicolae Bălcescu was born, leader of the Romanian Revolution from 1848
On June 29, Nicolae Bălcescu was born, the exponent of a remarkable generation in the history of Romanians. Also on June 29, the first Constitution of Romania was adopted.
Nicolae Bălcescu, Romanian historian and revolutionary
1819: The politician Nicolae Bălcescu was born
Born in Bucharest, on June 29, 1819, Nicolae Bălcescu is known for his role as leader of the Romanian Revolution from 1848 in Muntenia. In 1838, at the age of 19, he was employed in the army, and in 1843 he founded with Ion Ghica and Christian Tell the “Brotherhood” Society, whose motto was “justice, brotherhood”.
Also, Nicolae Bălcescu edited with August Treboniu Laurian “Historical Store for Dacia”. Being in France, he was involved in the Revolution of February 1848. Later, he returned to the Capital to take part in the June 11 Revolution.
N. Bălcescu can be considered, as a word, the exponent of a remarkable generation in the history of Romanians. Even though the Romanian revolution from 1848 was defeated, it contributed to the outline of a national modernization program that will be implemented in the following decades.
Nicolae Bălcescu died on November 29, 1852.
It is known about Bălcescu that he was buried in the Capuchin Monastery Cemetery, but his bones were subsequently moved to a common pit. Over time, the repatriation of the earthly remains has proven to be a failure. During the communist period, a navy officer managed to discover the death certificate of Nicolae Bălcescu, in Palermo and the funeral Piatra in the Ratoli cemetery. Even after 1989, the recovery of the bones was tried, wishing to repatriate the inanimate body and burial in the commune of Nicolae Bălcescu in Vâlcea, but until now he could not follow the tomb.
1866: The Romanian Parliament adopts the first constitution of the country
It was the first constitution from south-east of Europe and one of the most advanced time. After the abdication on February 11, 1866 by Alexandru Ioan Cuza, both the Liberals and the Conservatives inclined, to bring a prince from a foreign dynasty to the throne of Romania, which would have guaranteed the safety of political and social stability.
Thus, Carol de Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, who was a cousin from the mother with Napoleon III and related to the King of Prussia, was perfected.
Carol accepted the proposal on April 25, 1866, obtains the agreement of his father, the King of Prussia and the Chancellor Bismarck for leaving for Romania. The prince traveled to Turnu Severin using a false passport, due to the conflict between Austria and Prussia. He was accompanied during his journey by Ion C. Brătianu.
On May 10, 1866, Carol I entered Bucharest, being proclaimed by the Legislative Assembly, in the Metropolitan building. One month before the arrival of Carol I, the Legislative Assembly had been chosen, which turned after its arrival into Constituent Assembly. This Constituent Assembly it had the role of discussing and voting the project of a Constitution.
The new fundamental law was promulgated by the Lord on July 1, 1866.
1886: Was born Robert Schuman, French politician
He proposed, in 1950, a plan (the “Schuman Plan”), which led to the creation of the European Coal and Steel Community, one of the stages of establishing the common market.
Robert Schuman, Father of the European Union Photo: Adevărul (Archive)
It is considered as one of the founding parents of the European Union. On several lines minister, including Minister of Foreign Affairs, then, on two occasions, president of the Council of Ministers of France, Robert Schuman also exercised the position of president of the European Parliament, between 1958 and 1960.
1900: Antoine by Saint-Exupéry was born
On June 29, 1900, in Lyon was born in an aristocratic family Antoine-Marie Roger, Viconte by Saint-Exupéry, poet, journalist, aristocrat, novelist and French essayist, Aviator fallen on the antifascist front. He remained in the collective memory as the author of one of the most beloved books for children of all ages, “Little Prince ”the third most sold book in the history of world literature. The volume was translated into 361 languages and dialects of the planet.
His first novels, “Courrier Sud” (“South Courier”, 1929) and “Volume of Nuit ” (“Night flight”, distinguished in 1931 with the Femina Prize), illustrates his experience as an aviator and is noted by describing dangerous situations (risk of collapse, loneliness at high height, etc.). Subsequent works, “terre des hommes ” (“The land of men ”awarded in 1939 by the French Academy with the Grand Prize of the Roman) and “Guerre piles ” (“War Pilot”, 1942), I play the philosophy of life impregnated by the humanism of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Photo: Wikipedia Commons
story “Le Pitit Prince” (“Little Prince”, 1943), having the motto: “Only with your heart can you see well, the essential things remain hidden from the eyes ”enjoyed the afternoon of the war of great popularity.
According to Wikipedia, a small inhabitant of a tiny planet starts on a long journey around the world, to seek the true meaning of life. In the course of his pilgrimages, he gets to realize that in order to be happy “You get to think that somewhere, among millions of stars, there is a beloved being,” And what gives a meaning to existence are the relationships between people, which also involves the responsibility of each one for the fate of others.
He piloted aircraft in the Spanish Civil War, was a reporter in Indochina and Russia, enrolled in French aviation during World War II, and some of these experiences were recorded in some of his books.
In 1944, during a recognition flight, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry disappeared above the Mediterranean.
In 1998, a bracelet engraved with its name and pieces of the Lightning P38 plane, with which he had taken off Corsica, were found in the Mediterranean Sea.
In October 2003, near the sea, fragments of the plane, which were able to be identified without a doubt, belonging to the plane with which Saint-Exupéry had been released.
June 29, 1978: The singer and actress Nicole Scherzinger was born
Born in Honolulu, Nicole Scherzinger was part of the famous Pussycat Dolls band, which broke down in 2009. Melody Thornton, Carmit Bachar, Ashley Roberts, Jessica Sutta and Kimberly Wyatt were also part of the band.
Nicole Scherzinger Photo: Adevărul
The band hit the hits “Don't cha” and “Buttons”.
From his filmography we mention: “Men in Black 3” and “Dirty Dancing”.
2003: American actress Katharine Hepburn died
Katharine Hepburn was born on May 12, 1907 in Hartford, Connecticut. The actress was born in an aristocratic family of radical liberals, intellectuals. Her father, Dr. Thomas Hepburn, founded the New England Social Hygiene Association, who educated the public about the taboo problem of venereal disease. But the real family superstar was her mother, Katharine, who fought for access to birth control and was the head of the Connecticut Woman Suffage.
Tens years later, Hepburn writes about his love for her parents: “What do I miss you two. I was so used to return to you. It was heaven. What luck to be born out of love and live in an atmosphere of warmth and interest.“
Katharine Hepburn won four Oscar awards for “Morning Glory”, “Guess, who comes to dinner?”, “Lion in winter” and “Golden Lake”.
Katharine Hepburn Photo: Truth
Like Bette Davis, the other “brain” of the female acting world, she shattered all the canons imposed by a cinema obsessed with “glamor”, by that come with sexual reference.
With more humor than her famous colleague, Hepburn imposed the image of the intelligent, rebellious, stubborn woman – but with the measure -, ready to keep men in any adventure (“African Queen”, with Humphrey Bogart), in any dispute (“Adam's coast”, with her life partner and many other movies).
Was unimatient in everything he did or said. Towards the end of life, it wanted to know: “I'm not afraid of hell, but I don't look forward to heaven. “
International Danube Day
Anniversary every year on June 29, the International Danube Day is celebrated, in 2020, for the first time under special conditions, according to www.danubeday.org.
The Danube Day means solidarity between the peoples who divide this common good, despite the differences of cultures and stories, having instead a common desire, namely the responsibility to protect this precious resource.
Photo Danube: Daniel Guță (Adevărul)
The International Danube Day was first celebrated in 2004 to mark ten years since the Convention on Cooperation for Protection and Sustainable Use of the Danube River.
