What happened like today in Greece and the world.
919: The nobles of France and Saxony elect Henry I of Ornithothira as emperor of Eastern France.
1276: Magnus Ladoulas is crowned King of Sweden at Uppsala Cathedral.
1626: The Dutch settler, Peter Minwitt, buys the island of Manhattan from the Indians. In exchange, it offers keychains and other fancy baubles, valued at $ 24.
1667: The French military crosses the border with the Spanish Netherlands, starting the War of Recovery.
1683: The Asmoleio Museum, the first university museum in the world, opens in Oxford.
1738: John Wesley founded the Methodist Movement.
1798: The Irish Uprising of 1798 against British rule begins.
1844: Samuel Morse sends the “What hath God wrought” message from the United States Capitol to his assistant in Baltimore, Maryland, to launch the first telegraph line.
1883: In the USA, the bridge that connects the island of Manhattan with the Brooklyn area of ​​New York is inaugurated. It is 600 meters long and is the largest suspension bridge of the time. Its construction lasted 14 years.
1886: The exclusion of Greek beaches from the fleets of England and Russia, which was imposed on April 26, is coming to an end. The reason for the blockade was the refusal of the government of Theodoros Diligiannis to order demobilization and to stop the war preparations against Turkey.
1895: The playwright, Oscar Wilde, is sentenced to two years of forced labor for the moral transgression of homosexuality.
1903: Marcel Reno and his co-driver, Voltaire, are killed during the Paris-Madrid match. This accident leads to the cancellation of the race after the end of the first leg of the Paris – Bordeaux route, marking the end of the season of car racing from city to city.
1915: The Kingdom of Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary and enters the conflict on the side of the allies.
1915: Thomas Edison presents his invention, which records telephone conversations.
1917: The former French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Celestine Zonar, arrives in Piraeus at the head of the Entente fleet, disembarks in Athens, deports to Corsica members of the government and many royalist politicians (Ioannis Metaxas, Dimitrios Gounaris, Spyros and Stamatis Mepere the throne of Constantine, who agrees to go to Switzerland.
1930: The ninth planet is discovered and named Pluto.
1931: The inauguration of the new Byzantine and Christian Museum of Athens takes place in the mansion of the “Duchess of Placentia”.
1939: The very low prices in the products contribute to the success of the institution of the popular markets in Athens.
1941: In the Battle of the Strait of Denmark, the German battleship “Bismark” sinks the pride of the Royal Navy, “Hood”, killing all but three crew members.
1954: The German airline Lufthansa is founded.
1955: Grivas Digenis (λί 10,000) and Grigoris Afxentiou (λί 5,000) are accused of attempting to assassinate the British governor, Robert Armitage, at the Pallas Cinema in Nicosia.
1956: The first Eurovision Song Contest is taking place in Lugano, Switzerland. The winner is the Swiss Lis Asia, with the song “Refrain”.
1960: After the great earthquake in Valdivia, Chile, the largest earthquake ever recorded, the Puguegue-Cordon Cauge begins to erupt.
1962: The American astronaut, Scott Carpenter, makes three rotations in the Earth’s orbit inside the “Aurora 7” cubicle.
1964: The bloodiest riots that ever break out during a football match take place in Lima between Peru and Argentina for the qualifiers of the Olympic Tournament, when the referee cancels the home team’s goal. The dead amount to 300 and the injured to 650.
1968: Charles de Gaulle is announcing a referendum on whether or not to stay in the presidency on June 16. At the same time, negotiations between the government and the unions are announced. The strike movement escalates to 10 million strikers. Riots break out in Lyon as well. Protesters drive an anti-police truck that kills Officer Rene Lacroix. Violent clashes follow in Paris. A fire breaks out in the Stock Exchange which is quickly brought under control. Report of the day is 456 injured and 795 arrests.
1980: The government of Georgios Rallis gets a vote of confidence in Parliament.
1982: Iraqi troops are forced to flee the southern Iranian port of Khoramsar, which they occupied 20 months ago.
1989: Manolis Glezos goes on a hunger strike outside ERT, protesting against the unequal distribution of television time in the parties, in view of the elections.
1990: Milan wins its fourth European Champions Cup in its history, beating Benfica 1-0 in Vienna.
1994: PASOK and KKE MPs suggest the referral to the Special Court of the former Prime Minister, Konstantinos Mitsotakis, for the case of telephone interceptions.
1995: Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic rejects a proposal to recognize Bosnia and Herzegovina in exchange for the lifting of UN sanctions imposed on his country.
1996: The Center of Contemporary Art of Larissa and the Archaeological and Byzantine Museum of the city are inaugurated by the Minister of Culture, Stavros Benos.
1998: Panathinaikos is declared the champion of Greece in basketball after 14 years, defeating PAOK 68-58 in the 5th final of the playoffs. Predrag Stojakovic bids farewell to the “biceps” of the North and moves to the Sacramento Kings, gaining the title of the first “Greek” to play in the NBA.
1998: The Golden Palm of the 51st Cannes International Film Festival is awarded to Theodoros Angelopoulos for his film “One eternity, one day”. The award is the biggest distinction for Greek cinema.
2000: Real Madrid beats Valencia 3-0 in the Spanish final of the Champions League in Paris and wins the eighth European title in its history.
2001: 15-year-old Temba Tsheri, a mountaineering guide, becomes the youngest man to climb Mount Everest.
2021Josep Almoudever Mateo, the last member of the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War, dies in France at the age of 101.
2021: European Union bans all Belarusian airlines from using airports and airspace in response to piracy and imposes sanctions on officials believed to be involved in the operation.
Births
1494 – Jacopo Pontormo, Italian painter
1686 – Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, German physicist and inventor
1743 – Jean-Paul Mara, French revolutionary
1803 – Charles-Lucien Bonaparte, French naturalist and ornithologist
1819 – Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom
1854 – Prince Louis of Battenberg
1875 – Robert Garrett, American athlete
1883 – Elsa Maxwell, American journalist
1899 – Henri Miso, French writer and painter
1900 – Eduardo de Filippo, Italian actor and screenwriter
1905 – Mikhail Solokhov, Russian writer
1906 – Harry H. Hess, American geologist
1907 – Alexander Girard, American architect and interior designer
1924 – Alexis Parnis, Greek writer
1928 – Adrian Frutiger, Swiss font designer
1931 – Gianni Basso, Italian saxophonist
1938 – Max Roman, Greek film producer
1940 – Joseph Brodsky, Russian poet
1941 – Bob Dylan, American songwriter
1942 – Hanou Mikola, Finnish race driver
[1945-DriesZetouMoroccanpolitician
[1945-PriscillaPresleyAmericanactressandbusinesswoman
1946 – Irena Sevinska, Polish athlete
1946 – Tansu Ziller, Turkish politician
1960 – Christine Scott Thomas, England actress
1966 – Eric Cantona, French footballer
1967 – Dana Asbrook, American actress
1973 – Ruslana Stepanova Luzicko, Ukrainian singer
1975 – Giannis Goumas, Greek football player
1979 – Tracy McGrady, American basketball player
1986 – Giannis Kontoes, Greek football player
Deaths
1107 – Raymond of Burgundy, Earl of Galicia
1153 – David I, King of Scotland
1413 – Hermann II, landgrave of Hesse
1543 – Nikolaos Copernicus, Polish astronomer
1632 – Robert Hughes, English mathematician and geographer
1924 – Charles Townsend, English general
1949 – Alexei Shushev, Russian architect
1963 – Elmore James, American songwriter and guitarist
1964 – Tassos Koulampas, Greek trade unionist and politician
1969 – Panteleimon, Bishop of Argyrokastro
1974 – Duke Ellington, American composer and pianist
1980 – Ioannis S. Alexakis, Greek soldier
1984 – Vince McMahon, American businessman
1995 – Harold Wilson, English politician
2005 – Michalis Kousis, Greek athlete
Source: News Beast
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