Facts

1933 Panathinaikos and AEK emerge tied 4-4 for the Greek Championship. The “greens” led 1-0, 2-1 and 4-2, but the “Unionites” managed to equalize in the last minutes of the match.

1936 After long-term research, Ferdinand Porsche presents the “people’s car”, better known as the Volkswagen.

1969 The movie “Zeta” by director Kostas Gavras, about the murder of Grigoris Lambrakis and the search for the culprits by the then investigator Christos Sargetakis, based on the novel of the same name by Vassilis Vassilikos, premieres in cinemas.

1995 The Barings banking house, the oldest investment bank in Great Britain, is collapsing, due to the unprofitable financial deals concluded in Singapore by the 28-year-old employee Nick Leeson. He gambled and lost $1.4 billion in the derivatives market. Will be bought for £1 from ING.

2014 Journalist Stavros Theodorakis announces the founding of a party called “To Potami”.

2020 The authorities announce the first positive case of covid-19 in our country. It is about the 38-year-old fashion designer Dimitra Voulgaridou, from Thessaloniki, who had visited Milan for the fashion exhibition. According to the Ministry of Health, Voulgaridou is hospitalized with mild symptoms.

Births

1725 Nicolas Joseph Quinillo, French military engineer, creator of the world’s first car. (D. 2/10/1804)

1802 Victor Hugo, French writer. (“The Wretched”) (D. 22/5/1885)

1906 Nikos Chatzikyriakos – Gikas, Greek painter and sculptor. (D. 3/9/1994)

Deaths

1883 Alexandros Koumoundouros, leading political figure of the 19th century, who served ten times as prime minister. (Born 4/2/1815)

1986 Amalia Flemig, wife and scientific collaborator of the great British scientist Alexander Flemig who discovered penicillin. She was also elected as a Member of Parliament on the State ballot of PASOK. (Born 6/28/1912)

2020 Kostas Voutsas, a popular comedian with an artistic career spanning more than 70 years. With his exuberant and bryozo performance, he created a special type of comic actor that was loved by the Greek public. (Born 31/12/1931)