On June 28, 1969, riots break out at the Stonewall Inn, a popular bar for the LGBT community in New York’s Greenwich Village. The police raid the bar, as usual, but this time the patrons fight back. The violent resistance lasted six days, with the participation of thousands of people and was the trigger for the birth of the modern homosexual movement and Gay Pride. A year later, the first pride march took place, marking a new era for the rights of the LGBT community. The most important events of the day in Greece and the world from Newsbeast 1878: The English warship “Pallas” sails into the port of Limassol, which disembarks a unit of marines and takes over the city’s castle from the Turkish garrison. After 307 years, the English flag is raised in Nicosia in place of the Turkish flag. 1913: The Vanguard of the VII Division liberates the city of Serres in the evening hours. The Bulgarians, during their withdrawal, burn 4,050 houses, 1,000 shops and 18 schools […]
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