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Facts
1878 The Greek army, consisting of 24,000 infantry, 300 cavalry and 4 artillery divisions, under Lt. General Skarlatos Soutsos, invades Turkish-occupied Thessaly without a declaration of war, to protect the Thessalian rebels. Within two days he will liberate the villages up to Domokos.
1911 The great strike of the Athens tram workers breaks out. The government mobilizes strikers, the army and the police, but fails to break their spirit. Eventually they will succeed in reducing their working hours from 13-14 to 10.
1942 American painter Edward Hopper completes his famous painting ‘Nighthawks’.
1946 The KKE calls for the withdrawal of the British from Greece. On the same day, the Soviets complain to the UN about the prolonged stay of British troops in Greece.
1975 The leaders of the April 21st coup, after the completion of the interrogation, are taken to Korydallos prisons.
Births
1921 Alexis Damianos, Greek director, actor and writer. His films “Until the ship” and “Eudokia” marked the history of the new Greek cinema. (Than. 4/5/2006)
1924 Telli Savalas, American actor of Greek origin. (“Kojak”) (D. 22/1/1994)
1941 Placido Domingo, Spanish tenor.
Deaths
1950 George Orwell, English writer, literary pen name of Eric Arthur Blair. (“Animal Farm”, “1984”) (Born 6/25/1903)
1984 Yiannis Skarimbas, An idiosyncratic poet, prose writer and playwright, who is only chronologically placed in the generation of the thirties. It is a solitary case in Greek letters, and for many years it was neglected by criticism. (Born 9/28/1893)
2020 Katerina Angelaki – Rook, Greek poet (Born ?/2/1939)
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