As of today, August 10, 2023

What happened like today in Greece and the world.

1519: Five ships of Ferdinand Magellan set sail from Seville to circumnavigate the Earth. The Basque vice-captain, Juan Sebastian Elcano, will complete the mission after the death of the Portuguese seafarer in the Philippines.

1675: The foundation stone of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, London, is laid.

1755: The British Army begins the violent expulsion of the Acadians from Nova Scotia to the Thirteen Colonies.

1792: During the French Revolution, in the storming of the Tuileries Palace, Louis XVI of France is captured and imprisoned.

1793: The Louvre Museum opens its doors.

1821: Missouri becomes the 24th US state.

1911: In Great Britain, the House of Lords loses the right to veto legislation.

1913: With the Treaty of Bucharest, signed by the warring powers (Greece, Serbia, Montenegro, Romania vs. Bulgaria), the Second Balkan War ends. Bulgaria is a big loser, as part of Macedonia is annexed to Greece.

1920: Eleftherios Venizelos signs the Treaty of Sevres in the French city of Sèvres, from which it takes its name. It is the final peace treaty between the Sultanate government of Constantinople and the Entente allies. Greece is represented and signed by the country’s prime minister and its ambassador in Paris, Athos Romanos. The development is negative for Turkey, which is losing its Arab lands, Eastern Thrace and large areas of western, northern and southern Asia Minor.

1922: At the suggestion of Michalis Papazoglou, which is officially announced in the Athenian press, the historic club founded by George Kalafatis adopts the shamrock as its symbol and is now called the Panathenaic Athletic Club (PAO), a name by which it will later be known both in our country as well as in the entire sports-loving world.

1926: The Swedish car manufacturer Volvo is founded.

1932: In Spain, General Jose Sanjurjo captures Seville before the Zamora government can quell the rebellion.

1932: A 5.1 kg meteorite breaks into at least seven pieces and lands in Missouri.

1933: Six injured are the toll of the incidents in the Aliveri lignite mines, where workers clashed with the gendarmerie.

1939: Sinking islet near the volcano of Thira.

1944: During World War II, American forces defeat the last Japanese troops on Guam.

[1945: Japan signs the Potsdam Treaty and agrees to unconditional surrender, ending World War II. The two bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the Americans.

1948: Candit Camera makes its first appearance on American television, after several years on the radio as Candit Microphone.

1953: Archbishop Makarios fails to register the Cyprus issue on the agenda of the UN General Assembly.

1953: A devastating 7.2 Richter earthquake hits the Ionian Islands, resulting in 871 deaths, 1,690 injuries and 145,052 homeless. Zakynthos, Ithaca and Kefallonia are in total destruction.

1961: The premiere of the movie “Dream Apartment” with Aleko Alexandraki, Manos Katrakis, Aliki Georgoulis and music by Mikis Theodorakis is having its premiere with obstacles. In many cases, the Police intervenes and interrupts its projection, because of its… left-wing perspective.

1967: The first volume of the book by the chess player Triantafyllos Siapera, “The Chess”, is released.

1969: Coca Cola is available in the Greek market.

1971: The 10th European Sports Championship (ESC) begins in Helsinki, which will last six days and will have Valery Borzhov as the main protagonist.

1985: Madonna’s debut album, ‘Like a Virgin’, becomes the first record by a female artist to surpass 5 million in sales.

1988: US President Ronald Reagan signs the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, providing $20,000 to Japanese Americans who were either detained or transported from the United States during World War II.

1990: The unmanned spacecraft ‘Magellan’ arrives at the planet Venus.

1992: In Afghanistan, 1,000 people are killed during the worst bombing of the capital Kabul in 14 years of civil war.

1994: The Greek Men’s basketball team beats the corresponding Chinese team 77-61 and advances to the semi-finals of the World Championship for the first time in its history.

1995: In northern China, more than 1.5 million people flee their flood-affected homes.

1995: In the US, the Food and Drug Administration classifies nicotine as a drug and makes recommendations to prevent youth addiction.

1996: In Spain, 82 are dead and 20 are missing, from the floods at the Las Nieves campsite.

1997: “Athens ’97”, the 6th IAAF World Athletics Championships which started on the 1st of the same month and which is crowned with great organizational success, comes to an end. The press office that receives the first prize among the competitions of the year is headed by Yiannis Theodorakopoulos, who receives this distinction for the fifth time (EPA ’82, EPA ’85, Eurobasket ’87, Eurobasket ’95).

2014: Recep Tayyip Erdogan is elected president of Turkey with 53.05% of the vote, compared to 37.81% of his main rival, Ekmeletin Ihsanoglu, who is supported by the Republican People’s Party (CHP) and the Nationalist Action Party (MHP). as well as 9.14% of Selahattin Demirtas, president of the pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party. This will be the first direct presidential election held in the neighboring country.

2020: McDonald’s is filing a $40 million lawsuit against former CEO Steve Easterbrook, equal to the value of his compensation, for allegedly lying to investigators about the extent of his sexual relationships with three employees.

2021: Tunisia records the highest temperature ever recorded, 49.0°C in the capital Tunis. Meanwhile, fires continue to burn in the western mountainous region of the country.

Births

787 – Albumassar, Persian astrologer

1296 – John, King of Bohemia

1486 – William IX, Marquis of Momferrato

1507 – Jacques Arcadelt, Flemish composer

1520 – Maddalena of Valois, Queen of Scots

1528 – Eric II of Kallenberg, Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg

1810 – Camillo Benso, Italian politician

1849 – Niccolò Gallo, Italian politician

1858 – Georgi Todorov, Bulgarian general

1865 – Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer and conductor

1874 – Herbert Hoover, 31st US president

1878 – Alfred Deblin, German writer

1884 – Panait Istrati, Romanian writer

1888 – Prince Christopher of Greece

1911 – Leonidas Andrianopoulos, Greek football player

1912 – Jorge Amado, Brazilian writer

1916 – Iber Maga, president of Dahomey

1916 – Giorgos Tzavellas, Greek director

1928 – Stratos Attalides, Greek composer

1934 – James Tenney, American composer

1947 – Ian Anderson, Scottish musician

1951 – Juan Manuel Santos, Colombian politician

1955 – Dimitris Koutsoubas, Greek politician

1960 – Antonio Banderas, Spanish actor

1966 – Hansi Kurs, German singer and musician

1967 – Alessandro Rossi, politician from San Marino

1971 – Roy Keane, Irish footballer

1973 – Javier Zanetti, Argentine soccer player

Deaths

353 – Magnetius, Roman usurper

955 – Conrad, Duke of Lorraine

1241 – Eleonora, Duchess of Brittany

1250 – Eric IV, King of Denmark

1759 – Ferdinand VI, King of Spain

1803 – Angelo Maria Bandini, Italian librarian

1881 – Spyridon Zampelios, Greek historian

1896 – Otto Lilienthal, German engineer and aviation pioneer

1929 – Aleta Henrietta Jacobs, Dutch physician

1941 – Ilias Voutieridis, Greek writer

1960 – Frank Lloyd, Scottish director

1987 – George Athanasiadis-Novas, Greek politician

1993 – Eistein Aarset (Euronymous), Norwegian guitarist

2001 – Yiannis Flery, Greek choreographer and dancer

2009 – Apostolos Aidonas, Greek politician

2016 – Walter Hollenweger, Swiss theologian

2017 – Hippocrates Savvouras, Greek politician

2019 – Jeffrey Epstein, American stockbroker