Facts

1921: The leader of the October Revolution, Vladimir Lenin, announces from the floor of the 10th Congress of the CPSU the New Economic Policy (NEP), which allows private enterprises to operate.

1938: Nazi forces occupy Austria (“Ansluss”).

1947: US President Harry Truman presents his doctrine (Truman Doctrine) to fight communism. For Greece, this means the withdrawal of British forces and the inclusion of the country in the American sphere of influence, as well as the beginning of American military and economic aid.

1951: Dennis the Terrible makes his first appearance as a newspaper comic strip.

1987: A fierce crisis breaks out between the Church and the Government, on the occasion of the Tritsis bill which places church property under state control.

1989: The English computer engineer Tim Berners-Lee proposes the creation of the World Wide Web (WWW), which will lead to the explosive growth of the Internet.

Births

1865: Andreas Karkavitsas, Greek prose writer, one of the three great representatives of ethnography, along with Alexandros Papadiamantis and Georgios Vizyinos and the par excellence representative of naturalism in modern Greek literature. (D. 22/10/1922)

1922: Jack Kerouac, American writer, iconic figure of the Beat movement. (“On the Road”) (D. 21/10/1969)

1938: Manos Eleftheriou, Greek poet, lyricist and prose writer. (Thu. 22/7/2018)

Deaths

1838: Mitros Petrovas, fighter of ’21, also known as Mitropetrovas. (Born 1738)

[1945Anne Frank, Young German Jew, one of the most well-known and much-discussed victims of the Holocaust. Her diary is one of the most widely read books worldwide. (Born 12/6/1929)

1955: Charlie “Bird” Parker, American alto saxophonist, one of the greatest figures of bebop and jazz in general. (Born 29/8/1920)