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Events relating to austria
Russian forces reach and capture the Austrian capital, Vienna
The four Allied powers (USA, UK, France, USSR) provide occupation forces for separate zones of Austria, Germany and Berlin
Karl von Frisch demonstrates that bees make use of the polarized light of the sun to calculate direction
Austria achieves a much delayed return to nationhood after the Soviet Union finally agrees to withdraw from the country
18-year-old Austrian body-builder Arnold Schwarzenegger becomes Junior Mr Europe (on his way to Mr World and Mr Universe)
Austrian author Peter Handke provokes interest with his first play Offending the Audience
Austrian racing driver Niki Lauda wins the first of three Formula One world championship titles
Austria, neutral since World War II, join's Nato's Partnership for Peace and sends troops to Bosnia in a peace-keeping role
After leaving the far-right Austrian Freedom Party (FPO) Jöorg Haider, the party's leader since 1986, forms another far-right group, the Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZO)
Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner, jumping from a balloon 24 miles up, becomes the first man to break the speed of sound in freefall
