| 1901 |
Construction of the Lech canal. Invention of the radio. Queen Victoria
of England dies. The American president McKinley becomes victim of an assassination
attempt. For the first time Nobel Prizes are awarded. Razor blade and vacuum
cleaner are patented. The first Mercedes comes off the line. |
| 1902 |
Start of production at Hoechst in Gersthofen. The LEW (Lech
Elektrizitätswerke power station) is registered in the trade register.
Recognize the chromosomes as carrier of the genetic make-up. Invention
of the teddy bear. Great Britain makes an alliance with Japan as a protection
against Germany. |
| 1903 |
The Voluntary Fire Dept. of Batzenhofen (FFB)
procures a four-wheeled extinguishing machine with 50 m hoses and 3 nose-
pieces. The first engine-powered flight
by the Wright brothers takes whole 12 seconds. First electrocardiogram. |
| 1904 |
Bing Crosby sees the light of day. Invention of the rectifier valve,
the pre-stressed concrete and the offset printing. The Russian-Japanese
War begins with the bombardment of Port Artur by the Japanese. Great Britain
allies itself with the Frenchmen. |
| 1905 |
Albert Einstein develops the special theory of relativity. Discovery
of the hormones. The Japanese-Russian War ends with the defeat of the Russians.
Norway becomes independent of Sweden. Wilhelm II speaks out in favor of
a free Morocco as a reaction to the alliance Great Britain/France. Starting
from this time Europe is split into two hostile camps: Germany and its
allied ones on the one, France and its allied ones on the other side. |
| 1906 |
First transmission of music by radio waves. Invention of the triode
as amplifier tube. First washing machine. Discovery of the vitamins. In
Great Britain the Dreadnaught, the largest battle ship of the world, is
launched. Germany is with 62 millions inhabitants the most densely populated
country in Western Europe. |
| 1907 |
Foundation of the Veteranen- und Soldatenverein
(veteran and soldier association), predecessor of the today's Soldaten-
und Kameradschaftsverein (soldier and comradeship association). Invention
of the radiocarbon method and the chemotherapy. Great Britain allies itself
with Russia. Europe is now militarily split into two camps approximately
equal in size. |
| 1908 |
Building of a new school in Batzenhofen. Determination
of the atomic size. Invention of the Geiger counter and the cellophane.
Introduction of assembly-line production by Henry Ford. Devastating meteorite
impact in central Siberia. Development of the Haber-Bosch-process for the
cheap production of fertilizers and explosives. All conditions for the
war are given now. |
| 1909 |
Foundation of the Obstbauverein Batzenhofen
(fruit-growing association), forerunner of the today's Obst- und Gartenbauverein
(fruit and horticulture association). Foundation
of the TSV Gersthofen (gymnastics and sports association). Discovery of
Salvarsan as the first effective remedy against syphilis. Introduction
of tungsten glow wires as replacement for carbon fibers. Invention of Bakelite
as the second plastic after Rayon. Peary reaches the north pole as the
first of humans. |
| 1910 |
Invention of the neon light and beginning of the advertising with neon
lights. The British king Edward VII dies; his son George V takes over the
throne. In Portugal a revolution brings 800 years of monarchy to an end.
Japan annexes Korea. Halley's comet approaches the earth and is regarded
as a harbinger of imminent mischief by some. |
| 1911 |
Pfersee and Oberhausen become parts of the city of Augsburg. Rutherford
recognizes the atomic structure. Cosmic radiation, superconductivity and
cancer viruses are discovered. The first water airplane is built. First
air mail. End of the cranking: The electrical starter is invented. Roald
Amundsen reaches the South Pole. The last emperor of China is overthrown
by revolution. Also in Mexico and Russia disturbances appear. Italy declares
war to Turkey about Libya and conquers Tripoli. France occupies Morocco;
Germany is indignant and sends a gunboat to Agadir. It looks like war coming,
but then Germany recognizes the French government in Morocco and receives
in return a part of French Equatorial Africa. |
| 1912 |
Batzenhofen gets electricity and power current.
The
Titanic collides with an iceberg and sinks. Construction of the first Diesel
locomotive. Wegener recognizes the continental drift. The hydrogenation
of coal is invented. Germany becomes independent of imported petroleum.
Outbreak of the Balkans war. |
| 1913 |
Augsburg swallows the edge municipalities Lechhausen and Hochzoll.
The ozone layer is discovered. Production of stainless steel. First bra.
Unrests in Mexico continue. Turkey gives up large parts of its territory;
the controversy over the booty leads to the second Balkans war. |
| 1914 |
Invention of freezing food. Opening of the Panama canal. First traffic
light. The murder of the Austrian successor to the throne escalates to
the First World War. In Mexico the civil war begins. Gandhi returns to
India and begins the peaceful resistance against colonial rule. |
| 1915 |
World War I is in full course. The Germans begin to use poisonous gas.
German submarines try to cut off the British islands of the supply. Gradually
the first combat aircrafts are used. Germany looses most of its colonies. |
| 1916 |
Einstein develops the general theory of relativity. The trench warfare
at the west front demands enormous numbers of victims. The British use
for the first time tanks. The British and the German fleet come to blows
at the Skagerrak. The public opinion of the neutral USA is directed more
and more against Germany. |
| 1917 |
Beginning of the aircraft construction in Augsburg. On 1st July the
first Augsburg Rumpler biplane starts on the old airfield in Haunstetten.
The expansion of the universe is discovered. Invention of the sonar equipment.
The Russian troops begin to mutiny, while German troops penetrate the east
front. Czar Nikolaus II resigns. The October Revolution breaks out and
brings Lenin to the power, who strives for an armistice. Germany defeats
Italy at Caporetto; Veneto becomes German property. The British capture
Jerusalem. Germany resumes the submarine war, on which the USA declares
war to Germany and land troops in France. Mata Hari is arrested and executed. |
| 1918 |
The FFB gets a new push ladder for 670.- Marks.
For
Germany the victory seems within reach: The east front is under control;
a large offensive in the west is introduced. But Frenchmen and Englishmen
strike back the Germans with American support. Germany is not able to hold
the west front any longer, when its allies give up one by one. The Free
State of Bavaria is proclaimed. On November 9th Wilhelm II abdicates and
on November 11th Germany signs an armistice. The balance is terrible: 8,5
millions dead ones and 21 millions wounded. Further 20 millions humans
die during a devastating flue epidemic. In Russia chaos prevails. The Czar
family gets executed. On the European map new states emerge: Poland, Finland,
Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia. Austria and Hungary become independent republics. |
| 1919 |
Start of the first Bavarian Airline Augsburg - Munich - Berlin. Opening
of the conference of peace in Versailles. Foundation of the Völkerbund
(League of Nations). On June 28th the Versailles Contract is signed, which
obligates Germany to transfer Alsace Lorraine, West Prussia, all colonies
and to the payment of high reparations. The Weimar Republic is founded.
In Russia civil war goes on. |
| 1920 |
The dendrochronology for the determination of the age of wooden artifacts
is developed. With the Russian civil war the Bolsheviks win the upper hand.
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania declare their independence. Between Turkey
and Greece still war prevails. Mahatma Gandhi is elected for the president
of the Indian National Congress. The world population reaches 1,8 billion
despite the high war losses. |
| 1921 |
Discovery of the insulin against diabetes and the vitamin d against
rickets. Invention of lead tetraethyl as anti-knock additive for cheap
gasoline. First motorway. Introduction of the airmail in the USA. In the
Near and Middle East peace comes in: Persia attains sovereignty, Turkey
makes peace with Russia, in Russia the civil war ends. |
| 1922 |
With excavations at the Euphrates the Gilgamesch Epos is found (worth
reading!). Howard Carter discovers the intact tomb of Pharaoh Tutenchamun.
The USSR is founded. Egypt becomes independent of the British. In Turkey
the sultanate is abolished. In Italy the PNF party under Mussolini comes
to power. Germany goes through an economic crises with high inflation rate. |
| 1923 |
The inflation in Germany gallops. 1 Dollar corresponds to 4,2 billion
paper Marks. The savings of the middle class become worthless, many become
impoverished. In addition the humiliating defeat and the treatment by the
winners let many Germans think of a solution by force to solve their problems
Adolf Hitler takes advantage of this mood with his NSDAP; his coup attempt
however fails. Mustafa Kemal ("Atatuerk") founds Turkey. |
| 1924 |
Paavo Nurmi wins 4 gold medals with the Olympic Games in Paris, Johnny
Weismueller get 3 ones. In South Africa a skull of the Australopithecus,
the earliest known hominid is found. The ionosphere is discovered.
Invention of the fiberboard. Lenin dies and a struggle for power breaks
out between his potential successors. Mussolini develops his power in Italy. |
| 1925 |
The synthesis of morphine succeeds. Signing of the Contracts of Locarno.
Hitler publishes the first part of "Mein Kampf" (my fight). |
| 1926 |
Born, Schrödinger and Heisenberg establish quantum mechanics.
The first liquid fuel rocket is ignited. First steam iron, first crazy
golf course. In the Soviet Union Stalin becomes generally accepted as an
heir of Lenin and governs the country with an iron hand. In Japan emperor
Yoshihito dies. |
| 1927 |
Heisenberg discovers the uncertainty relation. Remnants of the Peking
hominid are found. The first sound film is shown in the cinemas. Lindbergh
flies nonstop from New York to Paris. In the northern Iraq oil is found;
the development of the Near East to the biggest oil supplier of the world
begins. |
| 1928 |
The FFB gets uniformed. Big fire of the messuages
Wagner and Ortolf. Institution of the old
people's home "Sonnenhof" (i.e. sun yard). A flood destroys the Schmutter
bridge. Discovery of the penicillin. First
Mickey Mouse film. Still under the impression of First World Wars frights,
63 states in Paris sign the Briand Kellog pact, in which war as a tool
of national policy is outlawed. |
| 1929 |
Procurement of an engine-driven fire pump
for the FFB. Discovery of the nuclear
fusion as the energy supplier of the sun. Construction of the first particle
accelerator. Discovery of the sex hormones. Invention of the EEG (electroencephalogram)
and the cardiac catheter. A catastrophic sharp fall in prices at the American
stock exchange announces the worldwide economic crises. Mussolini surrenders
44 hectares to the Vatican; the Pope regards himself no longer as a prisoner
of the Vatican palace. |
| 1930 |
Max Schmeling becomes box world champion - by a hit below the belt
of his opponent. In Uruguay the first soccer world championship takes place.
The planet Pluto is discovered. A machine for the solution of differential
equations is built, the forerunner of the computer. Freon is invented and
due to its positive properties on a large scale used as refrigerant, propellant
and cleaning agent. The destruction of the ozone layer by CFC begins. The
American stock prices go down again and cause the worldwide economic crises.
Banks go bankrupt, savings dissolve in nothing and unemployment rises rapidly.
For the first time the USA have more emigrants than immigrants. In Germany
the worldwide economic crises increases the power of Hitler. The population
of world reaches 2 billion humans. |
| 1931 |
Balloon altitude record of Auguste Piccard with hydrogen gas from Gersthofen
and balloon "made in Augsburg". Invention of the neoprene as replacement
for India rubber and of the nylon as replacement for silk. The worldwide
economic crises worsens. The religious community of Jehovah's Witnesses
develops. After the overthrow of Alfons XIII Spain becomes republic. |
| 1932 |
The neutron is discovered; the electron microscope is invented. Roosevelt
becomes 32nd President of the USA. The stock prices reach the lowest level
of all times; in the USA nearly one quarter of all people are unemployed.
In Europe fascism gains ground. |
| 1933 |
Artificial production of vitamin c. Hitler becomes chancellor of the
German Reich. Germany leaves the League of Nations. Stalin accomplishes
the first "cleaning" in the communist party and lets liquidate everyone,
whose loyalty he doubts. |
| 1934 |
Barn fire in the messuage of Martin Ehinger.
Beebe
reaches a record depth of 923 m in a deep-sea diving sphere. Hindenburg,
President of the German Reich, dies. Hitler takes over his power and becomes
the "Führer" (i.e. leader). The Soviet Union recognizes the threat
of war, coming out from Germany and Japan and joins the League of Nations.
The Chinese communists under Mao Tse-tung begin their long march to inner
China. |
| 1935 |
Uranium-235 is discovered. Cortisone is isolated and used as anti-inflammatory
medicine. Radar is developed. First application of parking meters. Richter
defines the scale for the measurement of earthquakes, which is designated
to his name. Italian troops march into Ethiopia. The Saarland decides in
a referendum for Germany. Under open contempt of the Versailles Contract
Hitler begins with rearmament. He pushes through the Nuremberg Laws, which
cuts all rights of the Jews. Persia calls itself Iran. |
| 1936 |
Max Schmeling knocks out Joe Louis. Olympic Games in Berlin. Jesse
Owens achieves 4 gold medals. Italy annexes Ethiopia; the Italian king
receives the title "Emperor of Ethiopia". Germany makes alliances with
Italy and Japan. In Spain a revolt of generals under Francisco Franco takes
place. |
| 1937 |
In Batzenhofen the first tractors are used.
On
May 6th the largest airship ever built, the "Hindenburg" explodes with
the landing approach to Lakehurst. The first useful electron microscope
is developed and the first radio telescope is put into operation. Nestlé
develops instant coffee. The Japanese conquer Peking and north China completely.
Stalin makes the Soviet army almost out of action with his "cleanings". |
| 1938 |
Artificial production of vitamin e. The photocopier and the ballpoint
pen are invented. Hitler's army marches into Austria and occupies the Sudeten
parts of Czechoslovakia. The "Reichskristallnacht" (i.e. Reich crystal
night) on November 9th becomes the beginning of the Holocaust. Japan continues
its advance in China to the border of the Soviet Union and is struck there
by the Soviets. |
| 1939 |
A Me 109 aircraft flies world record with a speed of 755 km/h (469
mph). O. Hahn discovers the nuclear fission. The rhesus factor is discovered.
The DDT and the helicopter are developed. Hitler marches into Czechoslovakia
and annexes Bohemia-Moravia. He forces Lithuania to give the German-language
Memel territory to him, then he requires the delivery of Danzig (Gdansk)
by Poland. Italy enters Albania. On September 1st Hitler's troops invade
Poland, whereupon France and England declare war to Germany on September
3rd. World War II has begun. The USA behave neutrally first. |
| 1940 |
The production of enriched Uranium succeeds. Streptomycin is discovered.
First experiments with color television. Charlie Chaplin shoots the movie
"The great Dictator", a caricature of Hitler. Lale Anderson sings "Lili
Marleen". Germany penetrates into the north. Denmark falls within one day
and German troops land in Norway. Chamberlain retires and Churchill takes
over his function. The Netherlands capitulate under the attack of the Germans,
shortly after this also Belgium, the way to north France is free. Mussolini
is confident of victory now and declares war to France and Great Britain.
Paris falls to the Germans. General Charles de Gaulle escapes to London.
The British refuse to capitulate, so the air battle for England begins,
but Germany is not equal to this task. Japan marches into French Indochina. |
| 1941 |
The first jet aircraft takes off. Making of the first combine. The
Germans force Bulgaria and Yugoslavia to join them and storm into Greece.
Hitler sends Rommel to North Africa, where Italians and British fight each
other. Hitler without declaration of war marches into the Soviet Union
on June 22nd. Japan attacks Pearl Harbor on December 7th. The USA declares
war on Japan. Hitler stands by his alliance with Japan and declares war
on the USA. |
| 1942 |
The first nuclear reactor is put into operation on a trial basis. Humphrey
Bogart and Ingrid Bergman starring in Casablanca. Wernher von Braun launches
the first rocket, which can be used as guided missile. The Germans start
their second great offensive and approach Stalingrad (Volgograd). Rommel
further advances in North Africa. Then the change arises: The USA stop
the Japanese Pacific offensive, the British under Montgomery defeat the
Germans near El Alamein. The red army starts a counteroffensive at Stalingrad. |
| 1943 |
LSD is discovered. Jacques Cousteau invents the compressed air aqualung.
The UFA (German film studio) celebrates its 25-year existence with the
color film "Münchhausen" (Munchausen) with Hans Albers in the title
role. The Soviets finish the siege of Leningrad and force the Germans to
the surrender at Stalingrad. The Germans start their 3rd summer offensive,
but are held back by the Soviets. Rebellion in the Warsaw Jew ghetto. The
bombing of German towns is intensified. British and Americans land in Sicily
and work their way forward to the north. |
| 1944 |
The war leads to the foundation of a lady
fire dept. It has its first deployment after a bomb attack in Rettenbergen.
Teflon
is invented and used as nonstick coating. The synthesis of quinine is successful.
The first German V2 missile starts with direction to London. The Soviets
move forward to the west further and further. British and American troops
in Italy conquer Rome and Florence. In the north the invasion of the Allies
begins in the Normandy. Almost all of France is set free at the end of
August. The Germans start a last, but unsuccessful offensive in the Ardennes.
The USA destroys the remnants of the Japanese navy in the Pacific. Glenn
Miller disappears without trace at a flight from Great Britain to France. |
| 1945 |
Bomb attack to Batzenhofen - 3 dead, 1 residential
building destroyed. The first test on
an atomic bomb is successful. The jet streams are discovered and used for
faster flights. The artificial kidney machine is developed. Ballpoint pens
come onto the market. In February the Soviets stand 50 km in front of Berlin.
Hitler commits suicide on April 30th; two days before partisans shot Mussolini.
Germany surrenders unconditionally on May 8th. On August 6th the USA drop
an atomic bomb on Hiroshima and on 9th a second one on Nagasaki. The Japanese
surrender on September 2nd. World War II is over. 55 M people have lost
their lives; 10 M are left homeless. The Germans have murdered one third
of the Jewish world population. The United Nations (UN) is founded. |
| 1946 |
Beginning of the renovation and dehumidification
of the parish church St. Martin. Integration of 172 displaced persons.
Beginning of the extension of the old people's home "Sonnenhof". The
first electronic computer ENIAC is built.
Invention
of the bikini. The Nuremberg processes take place. The Soviet Union consolidates
its dominance in Europe. The "cold war" starts. |
| 1947 |
Deployment of the FFB for the fighting of
a great forest fire near Mittenwald. The
radiocarbon dating method and the instant camera are invented. The sound
barrier is broken for the first time. Thor Heyerdahl sails from Peru to
Tahiti on the Kon-Tiki. TV conquers the private households in the USA.
The Marshall plan contributes to the upswing in Western Europe. India is
dismissed in the independence by Great Britain. |
| 1948 |
Re-foundation of the CSC Batzenhofen-Hirblingen
(sports club). Invention of the transistor
and the long-playing record. The Big Bang hypothesis arises. Cortisone
is used against arthritis. Piccard achieves 1400 m of sea depth with his
Bathyscaph. The state of Israel is founded. Yugoslavia founds a communistic
regime under Tito. The Soviets send their army to Czechoslovakia and impose
a blockade on West Berlin. The USA set up the airlift. A fanatic murders
Gandhi. First crossing of the Atlantic with a jet aircraft. The "Wirtschaftswunder"
(economic miracle) starts slowly with the currency reform and the unbroken
will of the defeated people. |
| 1949 |
Invention of the "atomic clock". First atomic bomb test of the Soviets.
On Mt. Palomar the giant telescope is put into operation. The Chinese civil
war ends after 15 years. The Soviets break off the blockade of Berlin.
Two German states are founded: BRD (FRG) and DDR (GDR). The West German
constitution becomes effective. Konrad Adenauer becomes Federal Chancellor
and Ludwig Erhard becomes minister for economic affairs. The USA and the
Western European countries ally themselves to the NATO. South Africa starts
with the apartheid politics. |
| 1950 |
Renovation of the old Batzenhofen Fire Station
near the church. Gersthofen becomes market
town. The Korea war starts. Chinese troops invade Tibet. London with 8.1
M inhabitants is still the biggest town in the world. |
| 1951 |
The FFB puts out a barn fire in Holzhausen.
Batzenhofen after all shall get a new bridge over the Schmutter. The
UNIVAC Computer is built. Fluorine is
used for caries prophylaxis. China occupies Tibet. In the Korea war first
negotiations are started. |
| 1952 |
The FFB gets new dress uniforms and safety
helmets. Repair of the parsonage. Emil
Zatopek wins 3 gold medals at the Olympic Games in Helsinki. Ignition of
the first hydrogen bomb by the USA. Invention of the gas chromatography.
D. Eisenhower becomes the 34th president of the USA. |
| 1953 |
In Batzenhofen the first milking machine starts
running. The new bridge over the Schmutter is opened to traffic. Clearing
up the DNA structure. Production of isotactic PE. Invention of the maser,
the heart lung machine, the transistor radio and the spray can. Beginning
of the TV operations in the FRG. In the cinema runs "Verdammt in alle Ewigkeit"
(condemned for all eternity). End of the Korea war. Death of J. Stalin.
Coronation of Elizabeth II to the queen of Great Britain. Russian tanks
end the worker's revolt in the Soviet sector of Berlin bloodily on June
17t. |
| 1954 |
In Batzenhofen gets street lighting and its
first tarred street. The German team under
Sepp Herberger and Fritz Walter becomes a soccer world's champion against
Hungary in Berne. Bill Haley plays Rock Around The Clock. Vaccination against
poliomyelitis. First successful kidney transplant. First nuclear reactor
for generation of electricity. First solar cells. Issue of a patent for
the first industrial robot. The invention of the anti-baby pill rings in
the sexual revolution. Contact lenses made of plastic. Abd El Nasser becomes
governor of Egypt. |
| 1955 |
In the Schmid inn Batzenhofen's first TV starts
running. First production of artificial
diamonds. Invention of the Lego bricks. Foundation of the Warsaw pact. |
| 1956 |
Foundation of the Batzenhofen Brass Band,
predecessor of today's Music Association. Toni
Sailer skis gold three times at the Olympic Winter Games in Cortina 'd
Ampezzo. Grace Kelly becomes Gracia Patricia of Monaco. Discovery of the
neutrino. Sale of the first VCR in the USA. Martin Luther King becomes
a leader of the civil right campaigners in Alabama. Morocco, Tunisia and
Ghana get independent. Egypt calls the Suez canal as a national property
and causes the Suez crisis with that. |
| 1957 |
Rosemarie Nitribitt (famous German call girl) is found murdered. The
world is fascinated watching the Sputnik at the nightly sky. The sailing
ship Pamir sinks during a storm and drags 80 young people into death. Discovery
of interferon. Oral Vaccination against poliomyelitis. First cardiac pacemaker
implant. |
| 1958 |
The main street in Batzenhofen gets a stable
tarred road surface. Setting up the traffic
offender card index in Flensburg. Foundation of the NASA. Invention of
the dry photocopy (xerography). Charles de Gaulle returns to power. Chruschtschow
becomes prime minister. |
| 1959 |
Procurement of a trailer with a TS 8 transportable
fire engine, which is used for the first time with a fire of the messuage
of J. Reiter. The Raiffeisen store goes into
business. First comic of Asterix and Obelix.
The USSR shoots Lunik 2 to the moon surface. Discovery of skull parts of
the homo habilis in the Olduwai ravine. Fidel Castro becomes a governor
in Cuba. The Persian shah marries Farah Diba. First transistor TV. |
| 1960 |
In Batzenhofen combines are used for the first
time at the grain harvest. Armin Harry
runs the 100 meters for gold at the Olympics in Rome. Invention of the
laser. Production of the first integrated circuits. First weather satellites.
Cyprus gets independent. Adolf Eichmann is found and kidnapped by the Israeli
secret service. Numerous African states get their independence. The world
population has increased to over 3 billion people. Tokyo is the biggest
town in the world with almost 10 million inhabitants. The so-called "anti-baby
pill" gets available in the shops. |
| 1961 |
Expansion of the Batzenhofen cemetery. Consecration
of the new CSC sports grounds. The Russian
J. A. Gagarin starts as the first person for a flight to the space on April
12th. The first electronic watch comes to the market; the function of the
unrest takes a tiny tuning fork. The GDR regime starts with the building
of the Berlin Wall. John F. Kennedy becomes a 35th president of the USA. |
| 1962 |
Outside renovation of the parish church St.
Martin. Marilyn Monroe dies under mysterious
circumstances. Marika Kilius and Hans-Jürgen Bäumler become figure
skating world's champions. Hamburg is inundated by a storm tide. The Wall
between GDR and FRG demands the first death. J. H. Glenn starts as the
first American to the space. Adolf Eichmann is executed in Israel. The
USA set Telstar, the first telecommunications satellite, into operation.
First usable LEDs. The stationing of Soviets' medium-range missiles in
Cuba causes the Cuba crises. The world is close to a nuclear war. The beginning
of the Vietnam war. Pope Johannes XIII opens the second council in the
history of the Christendom. |
| 1963 |
Mounting of a siren on the schoolhouse. The
new electrical fruit press in the cider house is put into operation.
The
Beatles sing "She Loves You". The ZDF (second German TV channel) begins
to operate. "Cleopatra" with Liz Taylor is to this date the most expensive
film in the world. Discovery of the quasars. In a dramatic rescue operation
14 spilled are freed after the mine disaster of Lengede. John F. Kennedy
confesses: "Ich bin ein Berliner" (I am a Berliner). He is murdered a few
months later. The tranquillizer valium conquers the market. |
| 1964 |
The FFB for the first time takes part in the
examination to the badge of performance. Deployment at a flood disaster
in Stadtbergen. Batzenhofen gets a coat of
arms. Holdorf wins the decathlon at the
Olympics in Tokyo. Lyndon B. Johnson becomes a U.S. president and intrudes
on the Vietnam war. Chruschtschow is deposed in the Soviet Union; Kossygin
and Breschnew share the power now. |
| 1965 |
Demolition of the old fire station near the
church. 90-year anniversary of the FFB with consecration of a new flag.
Mary
Quant creates the miniskirt. The Mars probe Mariner 4 takes photos of Mars
from a distance of only 10,000 km. The Soviet cosmonaut Leonow as the first
person leaves the protection of the space capsule. The American satellite
Gemini 7 approaches the sister ship Gemini 6 to a few meters - the first
rendezvous in space. First laser holograms. The USA starts with the systematic
bombing of Northern Vietnam. |
| 1966 |
The Batzenhofen water supply plant is put
into operation. The controversial "third
goal of Wembley" costs Germany the soccer world championship. It comes
to the grand coalition in Bonn. First lunar landing by the Soviet probe
Luna 9. First docking maneuver of two Gemini satellites. The cultural revolution
starts in China. Indira Gandhi becomes an Indian prime minister. |
| 1967 |
Construction of a new milk collecting point,
today Eckl's motorcycle workshop. The Herdweg (side street) is widened
and tarred. The municipality scales with "Wogheisle" (scales lodge), popular
youth meeting place, is removed. First
New Year's Eve run in Gersthofen. Three American astronauts die because
of a fire in an Apollo capsule. A Russian cosmonaut is killed since the
parachute of the Sojus capsule doesn't open completely. Dr. Barnard carries
out the first successful heart transplant. Six-day war of Israel against
the Arab allies. The Vietnam war leads to protests and disturbances in
the USA. |
| 1968 |
Opening of the new Augsburg airport. Apollo 8 revolves the moon ten
times with three crewmembers on board. The protests against the Vietnam
war lead to the renunciation of Johnson for a renewed candidacy. The bombing
of Northern Vietnam is stopped. Martin Luther King becomes the victim of
an assassination. R. Nixon becomes president of the USA. The "Prague spring"
in Czechoslovakia is stopped violently by a military intervention of the
Warsaw pact. An assassination is committed to student leader Rudi Dutschke. |
| 1969 |
1,000 years Batzenhofen. Closing down of the
Batzenhofen school association. Land consolidation and regulation of the
Schmutter come to an end. Gersthofen becomes
a city and begins a town twinning with Nogent-sur-Oise (France). Neil A.
Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin land on the moon with Apollo 11 on July 20th.
The first artificial heart is implanted. The bypass surgery is developed.
The
Internet is set up - and is scarcely noticed! (Its hard to believe, isn't
it?) |
| 1970 |
The FFB procures 4 breathing apparatuses.
Beginning of the construction of a new sewage system.
Augsburg becomes university town. The new chancellor Willy Brandt starts
with his ostpolitik. Development of the glass fiber technique to telecommunication.
Making of the first scanning electron microscope. The first supersonic
passenger aircraft is put into operation. Invention of the teletext. Apollo
13 is aborted because of an explosion on board. Thor Heyerdahl crosses
the Atlantic with Ra II. |
| 1971 |
The beginning of the friendship to the Fire
Dept. of Sautens/Ötztal (Tyrol, Austria). Radio controlled siren.
Start
of construction for the 138 m high Augsburg hotel tower. Apollo 14 takes
45 kg rocks from the moon to the earth. The Soviet Saljut 1 is the first
space station. TI puts the first pocket calculator on the market; it weights
approx. 1 kg and costs 150 dollars. The Aswan dam begins to produce electricity.
The People's Republic of China is accepted to UNO. Bangladesh declares
its independence of west Pakistan. Willy Brandt gets the Nobel peace prize
for his ostpolitik. Prominent woman confess in public to have had abortions.
Erich Honecker takes the place of Walter Ulbricht. |
| 1972 |
The FFB does with three groups neighborly
help at the fire of a brickyard in Gersthofen. The
incorporation of Haunstetten, Göggingen, Bergheim and Inningen lets
Augsburg grow by 42,000 inhabitants. The Olympics in Munich are overshadowed
by an attack on the Israeli team. Eleven athletes are killed. The §
218 is changed; abortion is legalized under certain circumstances. Introduction
of the computed tomography. Invention of the CD. Apollo 17 is the last
moon-landing mission. Ceylon exclaims the republic and calls itself Sri
Lanka. The civil war in Northern Ireland goes in the third year and gets
bloodier and bloodier. |
| 1973 |
First City Sports Festival of Gersthofen. The beginning of genetic
engineering. HiFi and the DIN 45500 are born. The USA withdraws their last
troops from Vietnam. The Watergate affair is uncovered. A military putsch
supported by the CIA in Chile leads to the murder of president Allende,
who was voted in free elections. General Pinochet sets up a totalitarian
regime. The Jom-Kippur war of Egypt and Syria against Israel leads to the
oil embargo of the Arabian stats against the western world. The German
government reacts with speed limits and ban on driving on Sundays. Speed
100 on country roads is kept until today. |
| 1974 |
ABBA wins the Grand Prix with "Waterloo". Rudi Carell's "Am laufenden
Band" (at the running conveyor) becomes the German favorite TV program.
Discovery of the influence of CFCs on the ozone layer. The world's biggest
nuclear power plant - Biblis A - starts to produce electricity. HP puts
the first programmable pocket calculator on the market. Nixon resigns due
to the Watergate affair and Brandt resigns due to the Guillaume affair.
Helmut Schmidt becomes a chancellor. Turkish troops occupy a part of Cyprus.
Portugal gives up its colonies as the last of the European countries. |
| 1975 |
The FFB procures a LF8 fire engine. The
community center with fire station is
built. Hirblingen incorporates to Gersthofen.
The development of microchips makes it possible to build the first PC.
With
betamax Sony puts the first home video system on the market. The Soviet
civil rights campaigner A. D. Sacharow is honored with the Nobel peace
prize. Dictator Franco dies in Spain; democracy begins. |
| 1976 |
The first cash dispensers are installed. Seveso becomes synonym for
chemistry accidents. The Concorde starts to regular flights. Jimmy Carter
becomes a 39th president of the USA. Mao Tse-tung dies. The Olympic hostess
Silvia Sommerlath becomes a queen on the side of Carl Gustaf of Sweden.
Nicki Lauda has an accident on the Nürburgring. |
| 1977 |
Procurement of a TS8 transportable fire engine.
Boney
M. have their "Ma Baker". The RAF kidnaps and kills Hans-Martin Schleyer.
The approx. 4 million years old hominid's fossil "Lucy" is discovered.
The computed tomography is introduced. The USA develops the neutron bomb.
The smallpox virus is wiped out definitely because of mass vaccination.
As a replacement for the first time AIDS appears as a new scourge of mankind.
Bill
Gates sets up the company Microsoft in an American garage. |
| 1978 |
The FFB gets equipped with walkie-talkies.
Batzenhofen,
Edenbergen and Rettenbergen are incorporated to Gersthofen. The
first Gersthofener Gewerbeschau (trade show) takes place. The first "test-tube
baby" is produced in England. The last VW beetle leaves the conveyer. Reinhold
Messner climbs first the Mount Everest without breathing apparatus. |
| 1979 |
After a more than 20 years lasting break Batzenhofen
puts up a maypole again. Setting up the
theory that a meteorite impact may be the reason for the great dying of
the dinosaurs. Mobile phone and walkman come onto the market. The European
booster rocket Ariane does its maiden flight. The Iranian shah goes into
the exile. Ayatollah Khomeni takes over the political leadership. Soviet
troops march into Afghanistan. Margret Thatcher becomes a first female
prime minister of Great Britain. The first great accident in the history
of nuclear power: Harrisburg. |
| 1980 |
The FFB takes part in the 25th German Fire
Depts. Day in Hanover. Explosion of the
volcano of Mount St. Helen in the U.S. state of Washington.
Microsoft provides the operating system for the IBM PCs. After
an unsuccessful rescue attempt of Carter's government for hostages of the
embassy in Teheran, Ronald Reagan becomes a new president of the USA. Lech
Walesa founds the Solidarnosc labor union. The Yugoslavian state and party
leader Tito dies. |
| 1981 |
Start of the TV series "Dallas". First space shuttle flight. Mercedes
installs airbags. The first compact disks come onto the market. Prince
Charles marries Lady Di. |
| 1982 |
The FFB puts out a fire in a room of Schaflitzel
and a gas tank fire at the Schmid inn. Helmut
Kohl becomes a Federal Chancellor. IBM
puts the laser printer onto the market. The first laptop computers are
sold.
Argentina occupies the Falkland
Islands, capitulates to Great Britain however few weeks later. |
| 1983 |
First Gersthofener Bürgerfest (citizen celebration). Apple
introduces the first office computer with a "mouse". Hitler's
diaries turn out to be a faking. The Greens (German ecology party) take
the jump to the Bundestag. |
| 1984 |
Apple brings the first Macintosh to the market.
Murder
of Indira Gandhi. For the first time it is openly reported about the "forest
dieback". 2,000 people die of pesticide in Bhopal due to the so far biggest
chemistry catastrophe. The cable TV starts. |
| 1985 |
The FFB helps at the high water in Biberbach
and Affaltern and participates in a Naß-Leistungs-Wettbewerb (water
performance competition) in Sautens/Tyrol. Dian
Fossey ("Gorillas in the Fog") is found murdered. The wreck of the Titanic
is discovered. Boris Becker reaches the word's top in Wimbledon. Joschka
Fischer becomes as the first of the Greens a Secretary. Gorbatschow is
elected the new state and party leader of the Soviet Union. "Glasnost"
and "Perestroika" become the catchwords of the year. A hole in the ozone
layer is for the first time discovered over the Antarctic; the fears of
1974 prove well-funded. In Wackersdorf the German government starts despite
great protests with the construction of the WAA (nuclear waste reprocessing
plant). The glycol wine scandal shakes Austria. |
| 1986 |
The FFB gets a hydraulic rescue equipment.
The
super MCA of Tschernobyl. Halley's comet is examined by the space probe
Giotto. The invention of the scanner allows
processing of pictures with a computer.
The
American space shuttle Challenger explodes shortly after the start. The
USA bombards Tripoli in response to Libyan terrorist attacks. |
| 1987 |
Uwe Barschel dies under mysterious circumstances. Steffi Graf gets
first in the world rankings. Discovery of the "high temperature" supra
conduction. Reagan and Gorbatschow sign a contract to withdraw nuclear
medium-range missiles from Europe. The beginning of the construction at
the Euro Tunnel. |
| 1988 |
The FFB gets a multi-purpose vehicle and celebrates
this with an Open Day. Tragic accident
at a flight show in Ramstein: 70 people die, 350 are hurt. Steffi Graf's
first victory in Wimbledon. The years 1987 and 1988 are the hottest ones
since the beginning of the meteorological notes. This indicates that the
greenhouse effect starts to work. The first Astra TV satellite obtains
its orbit. |
| 1989 |
The GDR opens its borders on November 9th. The democracy movement gets
mowed down in Peking on the "place of the heavenly peace". Gigantic oil
pollution in Alaska after the accident of the Exxon Valdez. End for the
WAA in Wackersdorf. |
| 1990 |
The German Unification becomes official. The Hubble space telescope
is sent on an earth orbit. The first outdoor attempt of genetic engineering
in Germany. The South African civil rights campaigner Nelson Mandela becomes
free after 27 years of prison. Boris Jelzin takes the office of the chairman
in the High Soviet. Saddam Hussein occupies Kuwait. The gulf war starts. |
| 1991 |
The Federal Railways starts intercity express train service. Mountaineers
find the 5,300 years old corpse of "Ötzi" on the Similaun glacier.
After 18 years (!) construction time comes the stop for the "Schneller
Brüter" (fast breeder reactor) in Kalkar. Boris Jelzin causes the
Moscow revolt to fail and takes the authority of the state. This means
the end of the USSR. |
| 1992 |
The open-air swimming pool "Gerfriedswelle" and the Gersthofen City
Center are opened. Euro Disney opens in Paris. The last part of the Rhine-Main-Danube
cannel is opened. The laptop develops to the notebook.
Bush
and Jelzin finally agree to the disarmament in Camp David. A common European
currency is decided on in Maastricht. |
| 1993 |
Boris Becker and his "Babs" are the perfect couple of the year. The
apartheid is abolished definitely in South Africa. The botched Hubble telescope
gets "spectacles" and after this provides fantastic pictures. Salmonellae
in hen's eggs, BSE and swine fever bring the intensive livestock farming
into disrepute. The financially most successful film of all times is "Jurassic
Park". |
| 1994 |
To the inauguration of the new kindergarten
and parish hall a great celebration takes place. The
tunnel under the Channel is completed. Impact of the comet Shoemaker-Levy
9 on the Jupiter. A 1,000 ton meteorite crashes into the Pacific. 912 people
die with the sinking of the Estonia. The sale of tomatoes changed genetically
is permitted in the USA. |
| 1995 |
The FFB is guest to the 100-year celebration
of the comrades in Sautens/Tyrol. The planning for the procurement of a
new fire engine begins. "Experts" in Germany
decide on a spelling reform. The first TY movies in 16:9 format. Ebola
epidemic in Zaire. Windows 95 conquers
the market. |
| 1996 |
Improve the alarming by installation of a
second siren. Procurement and installation of new breathing apparatus PA
94. A fund-rising campaign allows the procurement of a trailer. The
comet Hyakutake approaches the earth except for 15 million km. |
| 1997 |
Lady Diana is killed in a tragic road accident. The British leave Hong
Kong and leave the town to China. With "Dolly" a mammal is for the first
time cloned. The comet Hale-Bopp passes the Earth.
The IMB chess-playing computer Deep Blue defeats Chess world's champion
Garri Kasparow. Pathfinder lands on Mars. |
| 1998 |
End of the era Kohl. Schröder becomes a chancellor. Intercity
express train catastrophe in Eschede; 101 people are killed. Monika Lewinsky
becomes the most well known trainee of the world. The film "Titanic" becomes
a money-spinner. The telephone monopoly falls in Germany. Viagra comes
onto the market. |
| 1999 |
The FFB is in duty at the Pentecost flood
in Augsburg. "100 DM action" of mayor
Deffner. Gersthofen spellbound by the total eclipse of the sun. A loud
bang ends the discussion about the old parsonage in Achsheim. The heads
of the Lutheran world federation and the Vatican sign the common declaration
about the justification doctrine in Augsburg, the town of the religious
peace. Pope Johannes Paul II forbids the Roman Catholic advice centers
to give confirmation letters, which entitle to abortion. Steffi Graf wins
the French Open, is, however, defeated in Wimbledon. 377 weeks on place
1 of the world-ranking list come to an end. Both she and tennis legend
Boris Becker say good-bye. The German handball players fetch the World
cup. Michael Schumacher is luck in an accident and breaks "only" his leg
in Silverstone. The definite decision on the introduction of the Euro is
made. German troops participate in the Kosovo war. The world population
reaches the six billion limit. The great millennium fever. |
| 2000 |
125 years anniversary of the Voluntary Fire
Dept. Batzenhofen (FFB). For the Roman
Catholic church the year started already in December when the sacred gates
of St. Peters Cathedral and Lateran Basilica were opened. The feared Y2K
chaos didn't take place. Does the new millennium start only on 1-1-2001?
The price of gasoline climbs to more than 2 DM (marks). The word of honor
of former chancellor Kohl leads to a crises of the CDU party - chance for
Angelika Merkel. The planned start of construction for the Legoland in
Günzburg was moved. Where to bring the burned down fuel elements from
the Gundremmingen nuclear power plant? German
Fire Depts. Day in Augsburg. |