1839…. French photographer Louis Daguerre takes the first picture of the Moon
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366…. The Alamanni (German race) cross the frozen Rhine and invade the Roman Empire.
533…. Mercurius becomes Pope and changes his name to John II. He is the first Pope not to use his personal name, because Mercury (Mercury) was a Roman god.
1492… The last stronghold of the Arabs in Spain falls. The kingdom of Granada falls to the Christian forces of King Ferdinand V and Isabella I. King Boabdil of Granada is captured. Those who do not leave Spain are forced to convert to Christianity.
1757…. During the Seven Years’ War, Great Britain occupies Calcutta, India.
1788….Georgia is the 4th US state to sign the US Charter.
1828…. With the personal intervention of the Tsar, Alexandros Ypsilantis, who was serving time in Austrian prisons, is released, after his unsuccessful movement in the Transdanubian Dominions.
1830… Classes begin at the Central School of Aegina, the first higher education institution in Greece.
1839…. French photographer Louis Daguerre takes the first picture of the Moon.
1870…. Construction of the Brooklyn Bridge begins.
1905…. The Japanese defeat the Russians and occupy Port-Arthur.
1910…. Sunday is established by law in Greece as a holiday.
1924… The 4th Constituent Assembly, which came from the elections of December 16, convenes in its first session. The beginning of its work is declared by the leader of the Revolution of 1922, Nikolaos Plastiras, who hands over power to the politicians, considering that the objectives of the “Revolutionary Committee” have been fulfilled.
1930…. In a limited reshuffle of his government, Eleftherios Venizelos appoints Georgios Papandreou as Minister of Education. During his days, the New Greek course was introduced to schools for the first time and around 3,500 new school buildings were built.
1931…. The government of Panama is overthrown, after a rebellion.
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…. On the same day, Allied bombers hit Nuremberg, Germany, reducing the city to rubble and killing 6,000 people.
1947… Mahatma (Karamchad) Gandhi begins his peaceful march to free India from the British yoke.
1952…. The new Constitution of Greece, voted by the Parliament during the session of December 21-22, 1951, is published.
1958…. The Greek soprano Maria Callas interrupts, after the first act, the official premiere of the opera “Norma” by Bellini in Rome and leaves the stage, in the presence of the president of Italy and several members of the cabinet, causing discontent to the audience.
1959…. The Soviet Union launches the first spacecraft bound for the Moon. This is the unmanned “Luna 1”, which will pass 4,600 miles away from the Earth’s satellite and will be lost in space.
1971… 66 spectators are killed at Ibrox Park in Glasgow, Scotland when, during a Rangers-Celtic football match, the railing of the stands collapses.
1972… Cigarette advertising is banned from US radio and television, following a congressional decision.
1974….US President Richard Nixon signs law lowering the speed limit to 55 mph to save energy due to the OPEC oil embargo.
1995… The new global trade agreement (WTO), which replaces GATT, comes into force in Greece.
2008…. Crude oil tops $100 a barrel for the first time in New York.
On this day in 1897, the world champion in wrestling, Christoforos Theophilou, known as Jim Londos, was born in 1924, the shadow theater artist, Evgenios Spatharis, and in 1976, the long jump and triple jump champion, Chrysopigi Devetzi. On the same day, the 17th, the Roman poet, Ovid, died, in 1915 the Frenchman, Armand Pezo, founder of the automobile industry of the same name, in 1950 the composer and creator of the Greek operetta, Theophrastos Sakellaridis, in 1953 the Italian fashion designer, Guccio Gucci, founder of of the luxury accessories house of the same name, in 1990 the politician and writer, Evangelos Averof-Tositsas and in 2010 the distinguished journalist, writer and resistance fighter, Yiannis Voultepsis.
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