In 1951 Liz Taylor gets her first divorce and in 1983 Greece recognizes women with equal rights, with the reform of family law.
Today, January 29, 2023
1696…. Peter the Great becomes sole tsar of Russia, after the death of Tsar Ivan V.
1845….Edgar Allan Poe’s poem “The Raven” is published for the first time.
1861….Kansas becomes the 34th US State.
1863….Over 400 Indians are massacred by the US Army at Bear River, Idaho.
1886… German engineer Karl Benz receives the patent for the first gasoline-powered car, laying the foundation stone for the later “Mercedes-Benz” empire.
1897…. At the General Assembly of Cretans in Tzermiado Lasithi, the Union of Crete with Mother Greece is proclaimed. On the same day, a Greek fleet of 6 torpedo boats and the ship “Sphakteria” set sail from Piraeus to reinforce the Cretan rebels.
1900…. Ifigenia Syngrou donates 13 million drachmas to the Greek State for the concreting of the squares and main streets of Athens.
1916… World War I: Paris is bombed by German Zeppelins for the first time.
1920… Walt Disney gets his first job as a cartoonist, paid $40 a week.
1941…. After the death of the dictator Ioannis Metaxas, King George II assigns the prime ministership of Greece to Alexander Koryzis.
…. On the same day, the Greek troops complete the occupation of the Trebesina ridge of Northern Epirus.
1942… World War II: German and Italian troops occupy Benghazi, Libya.
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1949…. Britain recognizes the state of Israel.
1951… Actress Liz Taylor gets her first divorce from businessman Conrad Hilton, heir to the eponymous hotel chain.
1957…. Benedict is elected Patriarch of Jerusalem.
1963… Britain’s entry into the European Community is rejected, following a veto by the French president, Charles de Gaulle.
1964…. Opening ceremony of the 9th Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria. 1096 athletes from 36 countries are taking part. For the first time in the history of the games, the Olympic flame is carried from Ancient Olympia.
1976… A court in Rome declares Bernardo Bertolucci’s film “Last Tango in Paris” offensive. The film’s director, producer and actors, including Marlo Brando, are threatened with arrest if they appear in town.
… On the same day, a bomb of the “Revolutionary People’s Struggle” causes damage to the exhibition of the “Pitsos” industry in Athens.
1979…. 16-year-old Brenda Spencer kills two people and injures nine others when she shoots from her home into the adjacent Cleveland Elementary School in San Diego, California. Her father had given her the gun as a Christmas present. To the police who arrest her, she excuses herself with the phrase “I Don’t Like Mondays”. On the occasion of this incident Boomtown Rats will write their song of the same name.
1983…. Greece recognizes women with equal rights, with the reformation of family law.
1991…. “November 17” rocket strike against the oil company BP on Kifissias avenue.
1996…. Crisis of the Imians: The new prime minister, Costas Simitis, is sending a message to Turkey that Greece will react immediately and forcefully to any challenge. The Prime Minister of Turkey, Tansu Çiler, calls for negotiations on the status of the Aegean rocky islands. Turkish warships are violating Greek territorial waters and approaching Imia. Diplomas are made from Greece to the European Union and the USA.
…. On the same day the historic opera house of Venice “La Fenice” is destroyed by fire. It will reopen in early 2004 after millions of dollars have been spent on the reconstruction of the 204-year-old theater.
1999… PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan arrives in Athens and stays for two days illegally.
Like today in 1866 he was born French Nobel Prize-winning author Romain Rolland in 1890 (n.d.) Russian Nobel Prize-winning author Boris Pasternak (“Doctor Zhivago”) in 1911 German industrialist Peter von Siemens in 1933 French singer, Sasha Distel (“Monsieur Cannibal”), in 1945 the singer, Aleka Kanellidou and the American actor, Tom Selleck were born, in 1960 the American Olympic diving champion Grigorios Euthymios (Greg) Louganis, adopted child of Greek-American parents, and in 1985 Athena Onassis, granddaughter and sole heir of the tycoon, Aristotle Onassis.
On the same day in 1837 (BC) Russian author and poet Alexander Pushkin was killed in a duel by his mistress’ cheating husband in 1941 passed away the highest officer of the Greek Army and then prime minister and dictator, Ioannis Metaxas, in 1975 the actor, Orestis Makris and in 1994 the Austrian ski champion, Urlike Meyer, was killed in the free descent of the Alpine Skiing World Cup in Germany.
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