In 1981, the ring was applied for the first time in Athens
As of today – December 30, 2022
1066…. The Massacre of Granada: An enraged Muslim mob seizes the royal palace, crucify the Jewish vizier Joseph ibn Naghrela, and slaughters most of the city’s Jewish population.
1703…. A devastating earthquake in Tokyo kills 37,000 people.
1822…. Battle of Amfissa and recapture of the city by the Turks.
1824… Theodoros Kolokotronis surrenders to the government, during the civil war.
1906…. The constitution of Iran is established and the country becomes a constitutional monarchy.
1918… Eleftherios Venizelos formulates with his famous memorandum to the Paris Peace Conference the Greek claims in Asia Minor, Thrace, Northern Epirus, the Aegean islands and Cyprus.
1922…. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) is formed in Moscow.
1934…. The contract for the establishment of a radio station in Greece is signed.
1947…. King Michael of Romania is forced to abdicate and the country’s government becomes a People’s Republic.
1963….. The first division of Cyprus is carried out by the British.
A ceasefire is reached after fierce fighting between Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots. The “Green Line” in Nicosia is “carved” by General Young, who is equipped with a green pen. The “Green Line” is signed by the president Makarios and the (Turkish) vice-president Koutsiuk, with Clerides and Denktas as witnesses.
1965…. Ferdinand E. Marcos is elected the new president of the Philippines.
1966…. The decision is issued for the murder of the MP Grigoris Lambrakis. Spyros Gotzamanis (11 years), Emmanuel Emmanoulidis (8.5 years) and 8 other people (sentences of less than a year) are sentenced for fatal bodily harm – collaboration.
1974… The Beatles disband and formally by court order.
1975…. The Polytechnic Trial ends. Ioannidis, Varnavas and Dertilis are sentenced to life imprisonment. 17 defendants are sentenced to prison terms, among them the dictator George Papadopoulos. 12 are acquitted.
1981…. In order to deal with the cloud in the center of Athens, it is decided to implement staggered hours in the market and the alternating circulation of cars (odd-even).
2008… The Free Gaza Cypriot ship Dignity carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza is rammed by an Israeli Navy vessel in international waters.
Like today the 39th he was born the Roman emperor, Titus (Flavius ​​Savinus Vespasian), who went down in history for the capture of Jerusalem and the destruction of Solomon’s Temple, in 1865 the Nobel Prize-winning English writer, Rudyard Kipling (“The Jungle Book”, “Mowglis” ), in 1867 the American businessman and philanthropist, Simon Guggenheim, in 1957 the songwriter, Nikos Portokaloglou and in 1961 the Canadian speedway champion, Ben Johnson.
On the same day in 1691 passed away the English chemist and philosopher, Robert Boyle, in 1944, the French writer, Romain Rolland, in 2006, the dictator of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, was executed by hanging after his conviction by an Iraqi court, and in 2009, the journalist, Nikos Kakaunakis, died.
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