How the date connects Julian the Violator, with Abraham Lincoln, the Rodon Club and the …Schengen Treaty
Like today:
355…. The Roman emperor Constantius II gives the title of Caesar to his nephew Julian, the later Parabatus.
1860… Abraham Lincoln is elected 16th president of the United States of America.
1901…. Greek students protest the translation of the Gospel. Newspapers are set on fire. There will be a great crisis.
1903…. The US officially recognizes the independence of Panama.
1913…. In India, British troops arrest Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the Passive Resistance Movement, as he leads a demonstration of Indian miners in South Africa.
1917… World War I: The Third Battle of Ypres ends when the Canadians and Australians take Passendale. They manage to advance only 8 km in three months, while the death toll reaches 240,000.
1928…. Herbert Hoover is elected president of the USA.
1932…. Elections in Germany. Hitler’s National Socialists remain the first party in the Reichstag with 33.1% of the vote and 196 seats, although they are suffering losses.
1943… World War II: The Soviets recapture Kyiv, after almost two years of German occupation.
1956…. Suez Crisis: British and French, after the decision of the United Nations, end the campaign in Egypt.
1958… The Oil Refinery in Aspropyrgos is inaugurated.
1960… Panathinaikos plays its first official match in Europe. She faces Czechoslovak Spartak Hradec for the Champions Cup and loses 1-0.
1964…. By a decision of the Parliament, in which the Center Union has a majority, the post-gender regime is ended. The Third Resolution, exiles and certificates of social opinions are abolished.
1978…. The Shah controls the army in Persia, after a two-day rebellion. Khomeini from Paris calls the people to revolt.
1983… Turgut Özal wins the elections in Turkey with the “Motherland” party and becomes prime minister.
1985… General Wojciech Jaruzelski is re-elected leader of Poland.
…. On the same day, the American press reveals the Irangate scandal. US President Ronald Reagan allowed arms to be shipped to Iran, despite the ban.
1987… The “Rodon” club, a former cinema on Marni Street, opens its doors to rock fans. It will close in May 2005, due to private use.
1992… Greece signs the Schengen Treaty in Madrid.
1999…. A referendum is held in Australia on whether or not the country should become a Presidential Parliamentary Democracy. Australians reject the introduction of a new model of government and with a percentage of around 55% decide on the continuation of the current state regime, choosing to keep the British monarch as head of state.
On this day in 1479 the queen of Spain, Joanna I of Castile, was born in 1494 the Ottoman sultan, Suleiman I the Magnificent, in 1814 the Belgian inventor of musical instruments, Adolphe Sax, who also invented the saxophone, in 1946 the award-winning with Oscar-winning American actress Sally Field, in 1958 the composer Evanthia Reboutsika and in 1970 the American actor and writer Ethan Hawke.
On the same day in 1835, the French nobleman, admiral of the French fleet in the famous Battle of Navarino during the Greek Revolution of 1821, Henri De Riney (Derigny) died, in 1893 the Russian composer, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, in 1989 the author, Maria Iordanidou (Loxandra) and in 2006 the Turkish politician who was most of the time the prime minister of his country, Bulent Ecevit.
RES-EMP
Read the News today and get the latest news.
Follow Skai.gr on Google News and be the first to know all the news.
With a wealth of experience honed over 4+ years in journalism, I bring a seasoned voice to the world of news. Currently, I work as a freelance writer and editor, always seeking new opportunities to tell compelling stories in the field of world news.
