As of today, in 1963, the small village of Evrytania was “erased” from the map

Today, January 13, 2023

On January 13, 1963, Mikro Chorio in Evrytania was destroyed by large landslides that occurred on the slope northwest of the village.

The rivers of mud leave behind the 13 dead and the village literally buried.

That day, most of the village was lost as a large chunk of the “Kri” mountain flattened its houses.

After the disaster, Mikro Chorio was abandoned by most of the population.

The inhabitants settled near the Karpenisiotis river and created the Neo Mikro Chorio (center photo).

But events like today

1822… The revolution in Halkidiki finally ends with the surrender of Mount Athos, which declares submission to the Sultan. The conditions imposed on the monks are severe. Among them are the sending of hostages to Constantinople, the installation of a Turkish garrison and the payment of double the arrears of taxes.

…. (n.i.) On the same day, the First National Assembly of Epidaurus establishes the blue and white as the official symbol of the revolutionary Greek race.

1842…. The British military doctor, dr. William Brydon, the sole survivor of an Anglo-Indian force of 16,000 men, who is massacred by Afghan forces in Kabul, manages to escape and report the tragic news.

1847…. The Treaty of Cahuega ends the American-Mexican War in California, USA.

1893… The Independent Labor Party is founded in Bradford, Great Britain.

1895…. The organizing committee of the 1896 Olympic Games meets for the first time, with the heir Konstantinos as president and Ioannis Fokianos as vice-president. The main topic of the meeting is finding resources to hold the games. The largest donation will be made by Georgios Averof, who offers 920,000 gold drachmas for the completion and remarbling of the Panathenaic stadium.

1898… Emile Zola publishes in the newspaper “L’ Aurore” an open letter to the president of France, the famous “Categoro”, about the Dreyfus Affair.

1904…. A trade agreement is signed between the US and China, according to which China will open the ports of Manchu and Mukden to international trade.

1908…. Catastrophic fire kills 171 at the Rhodes Opera House in Boyertown, Pennsylvania, USA.

…. On the same day, a rally of Cretans from Athens and Piraeus takes place at the Pillars of Olympian Zeus. The gathered, with their resolution, protest against the expression of a prosecutor, who described the Cretans as “savages, addicted to crimes, instruments of the various parties and having become accustomed to severe crimes”.

1910… Lee de Forest makes the first public radio broadcast, live from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York. In the performance, the famous tenor Enrico Caruso performs arias from the works “Clowns” by Leoncavalo and “Cavaleria Rusticana” by Mascani.

1915…. A magnitude 7 earthquake in Avezzano, Italy kills at least 30,000 people. 17 villages are completely destroyed.

1920…. 42 dead and 105 injured is the toll of a rally of the Communist Party and the Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany, in front of the German Parliament. When the workers attempt to breach the entrances, the guards open fire. The demonstration is taking place against the passing of the law on works councils.

1930…. Mickey Mouse makes his maiden appearance in a comic strip.

1939….. “Black Friday” in Australia. Large fires burn forests in an area of ​​20,000 square kilometers and cause the death of 71 people.

…. On the same day, the Kotopoulis theater is semi-nationalized, as a reward for the great contribution of the actress to the theatrical art.

1941….. Greek proto-boxer Antonis Christoforidis defeats Italian-American Melio Bettina in Cleveland, Ohio and is declared light heavyweight world champion.

1942… Henry Ford patents the first plastic car, which is 30% lighter than a normal car.

1943… For the first time in the world, the pilot’s ejection seat is used in a warplane (Heinkel He 280) in Germany.

1955… The sailing ship “Agios Georgios” transports war material from Greece to Paphos for the start of the EOKA race.

1961…. The State Theater of Northern Greece is founded in Thessaloniki, with Sokratis Karantino as the first artistic director.

1974… The Metropolitan of Ioannina, Seraphim, is elected Archbishop of Athens and all of Greece.

1979…. A patrol car is destroyed by an ELA bomb outside the 16th Police Department of Athens.

1982…. An Air Florida plane crashes into a crowded Potomac River bridge and sinks near the White House, killing 78 people.

1989… The “Friday the 13th” cyber virus hits hundreds of IBM computers in the UK.

1990…. The well-known music composer, Stavros Xarchakos, resigns as a Member of Parliament of the First Athens and leaves the New Democracy.

1991… 14 dead from the intervention of the Soviet army in Lithuania, during the fight for its independence. Soviet troops and tanks, trying to stop Lithuanian rebels, storm the country’s main television station.

1997… The Ministry of Culture announces the discovery by archaeologist Efi Lygkouri in the center of Athens, on Rigillis Street, of the ancient Lyceum, where Aristotle taught.

2001…. In El Salvador, a 7.6 magnitude earthquake hits the country, leaving at least 900 dead, thousands injured and extensive damage.

On this day in 1596 the Dutch painter Jan van Goyen was born, in 1859 the poet Kostis Palamas, in 1909 the Dutch communist Marinus van der Lube, who was accused of the fire in the German Parliament (Reichstag) and executed, in 1910 the painter , Giannis Tsarouhis, in 1939 the Polish football player and coach, Jacek Gmoch and in 1977 the British actor, Orlando Bloom.

On the same day in 1853, the great Teacher of the Genus, Theophilos Kairis, died, in 1906 the Russian physicist and electrical engineer, Alexander Popov, in 1929 the famous sheriff of the Wild West, White Earp, in 1932 the Queen of the Greeks, Sophia of Prussia, wife of Constantine I, in 1941 the Irish writer James Joyce (“Odysseus”) and in 1993 the painter and writer Nikos Gabriel Pentzikis

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