#18 "22 - JUNE" in World HISTORY
International - World Day of "Beetle"
World Hunchback Day - 22.06. The cult Volkswagen "Beetle" was the longest and most-produced car model in the history of motoring. Do you remember him?
Three curiosities about the car:
- In 1938 the production of KdF-Wagena began. The name, even by the standards of German aesthetics, was not very catchy. It's enough that people hated her. Then it was also changed to Volkswagen, or a vehicle for the people. In the same year, the New York Times journalists used the name Beetle for the first time - the beetle.
- The Beetle was the first car in history, the production of which exceeded 20 million copies. For a long time it was also the best-selling Volkswagen of all time, but then came the era of golf, which in 2002 took the palm of the first prize.
- The hunchback turned out to be a huge marketing success - also in terms of advertising. The "Think Small" campaign, proposed in 1999, was even hailed as the best advertisement of the past century, ahead of much larger scale productions. Once again, it turned out that in minimalism and simplicity, strength - and indeed Beetle himself won over supporters.
1377 - Richard II became the king of England.
Ryszard II (born January 6, 1367 in Bordeaux, died February 14, 1400 in Pontefract), younger son of Edward the Black Prince, Prince of Wales, son of King Edward III, and Joanna of Kent. King of England from June 22, 1377 to September 29, 1399. He was born at a time when his father was the prince of Aquitaine. After the early death of his older brother Edward, who died at the age of six, and his father's death in 1376, he became the Prince of Wales and the successor of the English throne. On June 22, 1377, after the death of his grandfather Edward III, he became the next king of England. He was 10 years old.
1961 - The premiere of The Guns of Navarone directed by J. Lee Thompson.
The Guns of Navarone - a war film from 1961 directed by J. Lee Thompson. The film was based on the novel by Alistair MacLean, Works of Navarone (1957).
1870 - The US Congress adopted a law establishing the Department of Justice.
States Department of Justice - one of the departments of the United States Cabinet. It is headed by the Attorney General of the United States. The task of the justice department is to ensure the proper functioning of the justice system and compliance with the law in the United States.
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