What happened like today in Greece and the world.
524: The Franks defeat the Burgundians at the Battle of Weserons.
841: Forces led by Charles the Bald and Louis the German defeat the armies of Lothar I and Pepin II of Aquitaine at the Battle of Fontenay-en-Puisse.
1678: Venetian mathematician, Elena Cornaro Piscopa, becomes the first woman to receive a Ph.D.
1741: Maria Theresa is crowned Queen of Hungary.
1788: Virginia becomes the 10th state to ratify the United States Constitution.
1826: Failed campaign of Ibrahim against Mani, who knows the defeat in the double battle of Verga – Dirou.
1862: The Seven Day Battle begins in the USA.
1912: Konstantinos Tsiklitiras wins the gold medal in the freestyle at the Stockholm Olympics, with a performance of 3.37 meters.
1913: The Metropolitan of Melenikos Konstantinos Asimiadis is murdered by Bulgarian soldiers, in Demir Isar.
1919: The Spartacist Revolution under Rosa Luxemburg begins in Munich, Germany. However, this attempt to impose communism is suppressed.
1921: The rival armies of Greeks and Turks are lined up in Asia Minor.
1925: General Theodoros Pangalos manifests a military movement and seizes power, imposing his short-lived dictatorship.
1936: The Greek national team in men’s basketball plays the first international match in its history. It faces Turkey in Istanbul, which it loses 49-12.
1941: The Italian flag is raised on the Acropolis, next to the German and Greek flags, during World War II.
1947: The famous Diary of Anne Frank is published for the first time.
1950: North Korean troops cross the 38th parallel, triggering the start of the Korean War.
1975: Mozambique becomes an independent country.
1978: The LGBT flag representing gay pride is displayed for the first time in San Francisco.
1978: Argentina defeats the Netherlands 3-1 in Buenos Aires and wins the first FIFA World Cup in its history and 11th since the establishment of the institution. The result is set in extra time (Kempes 38′, 105′, Bertoni 115′ – Naninga 82′).
1982: The haircut with the short hair in the Greek Army is abolished. Recruits are now allowed to have hair up to 4cm.
1987: The 27-year-old student of ASOEE, Panagiotis Frantzis, confesses to killing his wife, Zoe, at the age of 18. As he said, he cut her body into 16 pieces and threw them in a garbage can in Kato Patisia. It is one of the most horrific crimes in the criminal annals of Greece.
1988: The Netherlands defeat the Soviet Union 2-0 at the Olympic Stadium in Munich and win their 8th European Cup. The final will go down in history for Marco van Basten’s amazing goal (54′), with Ruud Gullit opening the scoring (54′).
1991: A united Yugoslavia is now a thing of the past as Slovenia and Croatia declare their independence.
1998: Microsoft’s Windows 98 is released.
2004: With the goal of Angelos Charisteas, the Greek Men’s national football team beat France 1-0 in the quarter-finals of Euro 2004 and advance to the semi-finals, where they will face the Czech Republic.
2009: The “King of Pop”, Michael Jackson, takes his last breath at the age of 50. The news of his death goes around the world, shocks the entire planet and plunges millions of his fans into mourning.
The music star’s health had been strained lately and he was also addicted to painkillers. His death is attributed to acute poisoning after taking a strong anesthetic, sedative and other drugs. In November 2011 his personal physician, Conrad Murray, will be sentenced to four years in prison for manslaughter.
2009: The Minister of Economy, Yiannis Papathanasiou, announces a package of measures to deal with the effects of the crisis on the Greek economy, with the aim of strengthening the state coffers with revenues of 1.9 billion euros.
2020: Kosovo officially designates the Lebanese political party Hezbollah and its paramilitary wing as a terrorist organization.
2020: FIFA announces that the 2023 Women’s World Cup will be co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand.
2020: Liverpool are crowned Premier League champions for the first time and claim their first top-flight title since 1989-90 as rivals Manchester City fail to beat Chelsea 2-1 at Stamford Bridge
Births
1715 – Joseph Francois Fullon, French politician
1852 – Antoni Gaudi, Spanish architect
1864 – Walter Nernst, German chemist
1900 – Louis Mountbatten, English politician and admiral
1903 – George Orwell, British writer
1907 – Johannes Hans Daniel Jensen, German physicist
1922 – Georgios-Alexanders Magkakis, Greek politician
1924 – Sidney Lumet, American director
1926 – Ingeborg Bachmann, Austrian writer
1928 – Alexei Alekseyevich Ambrikosov, Russian physicist
1933 – James Meredith, American activist
1941 – Denis Arkan, Canadian director
1942 – Nikiforos Diamantouros, Greek academic
1942 – Michel Treblay, Canadian playwright
1948 – Manuel Bento, Portuguese football player
1963 – George Michael, English singer
1964 – Johnny Herbert, British racing driver
1968 – Vaios Karagiannis, Greek football player
1968 – Claudio Coldebela, Italian basketball player
1973 – Jamie Redknapp, English footballer
1975 – Vladimir Kramnik, Russian chess player
1982 – Paola Fokas (née Pagonas Karamitsiou), Greek singer
Deaths
1134 – Nils, King of Denmark
1291 – Eleanor of Provence, Queen of England
1337 – Frederick II, King of Sicily
1348 – Rudolf IV, Margrave of Baden-Pforzheim
1533 – Mary Tudor, Queen of France
1671 – Giovanni Riccioli, Italian astronomer
1767 – Georg Philipp Telemann, German composer
1796 – Johann Philipp Siebenkees, German philologist
1856 – Max Stirner, German philosopher
1912 – Laurence Alma-Tadema, Dutch painter
1913 – Konstantinos Asimiadis, Metropolitan of Melenikos
[1945–KonstantinosLykourezosGreekjuristandpolitician
1960 – Walter Baande, German astronomer
1964 – Gerrit Thomas Rietveld, Dutch architect and designer
1976 – Johnny Mercer, American songwriter
1984 – Michel Foucault, French philosopher
1988 – Mildred Gillars, American announcer
1988 – Hillel Slovak, Israeli guitarist
1989 – Elsa Vergi, Greek actress
1995 – Ernest Thomas Sydon Walton, Irish physicist
1997 – Jacques-Yves Cousteau, French oceanographer and explorer
1998 – Rena Pagrati, Greek actress
2000 – Antonios Kovaios, Greek lawyer
2009 – Michael Jackson, American singer
2009 – Farrah Fawcett, American actress
1997 – Jacques-Yves Cousteau, French oceanographer and explorer
2009 – Farrah Fawcett, American actress
2009 – Michael Jackson, American singer.
Source: News Beast
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