Facts

1827 Georgios Karaiskakis defeats the forces of Kioutachi in Keratsini.

1881 Arthur Conan Doyle begins writing his first story with Sherlock Holmes as the hero. Its title: “Study in Red”.

1924 The birthday song ‘Happy Birthday To You’ is published for the first time in the US.

1944 The Battle of Kokkinia begins between the ELAS forces on one side and the German invaders and their local collaborators on the other. It will end on March 8, with the withdrawal of the German invaders.

1966 Americans throw the Beatles album on fire
John Lennon declares: “We (the Beatles) are more popular than Christ” and causes reactions in the USA.

2016 Theodoros Theodoridis, son of Savvas Theodoridis, takes over as UEFA’s general secretary.

Births

1851 Alexandros Papadiamantis, Greek short story writer and poet. (D. 3/1/1911)

1943 Lucio Dalla, Italian songwriter. (Than. 1/3/2012)

1968 Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Greek politician, president of New Democracy and prime minister since July 8, 2019.

Deaths

1193 Salah Ad-Din Yusuf, better known as Saladin, Sultan of Egypt and Syria, who defeated the Crusaders. (Gen. 1138)

2006 Maria Plyta, Greek filmmaker, the first Greek director, with 25 films to her credit. (“The Engagements”, “O Lustrakos”, “O Aniforos”) (Born 26/11/1915)

2008 Elena Nathanael, Greek actress. (Born 19/1/1947)