Facts

1828: The operation of the Evelpidon Military School begins, under the name “Evelpidon Company”, the Commander is the Italian Captain Saltali and the superior supervisor is the Bavarian Colonel Eidek. The decree of its establishment will be signed later, on December 21, 1828. “Archesthei mathon arhen eistisi” is the school’s motto.

1932: Two months after Greece’s bankruptcy, a rally is organized in the Field of Ares against the increases in electricity and water prices. The Gendarmerie attack the gathered and clashes begin that spread throughout the surrounding area.

1944: The Bretton Woods Summit begins, under the auspices of the United Nations, to shape the post-war world economic order. It will be decided to set up two new organizations: the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. The dollar will replace gold as a medium of international trade.

1979: SONY launches the walkman in Japan.

2015: The International Monetary Fund places Greece in default of payment, as it did not pay the installment of approximately 1.5 billion euros it owed. With the announcement of the EFSF, the European program ends and the country is now without financial coverage. The Deputy Prime Minister, Yiannis Dragasakis, leaves open the possibility of withdrawing the referendum.

2015: Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras calls on the citizens to vote “no” in the July 5 referendum, pointing out that this way they will strengthen the government’s negotiation effort, with the aim of a better agreement. “I don’t have a secret plan to exit the country from the euro,” he emphasizes.

Births

1849: Argyris Eftaliotis, philological pseudonym of Kleanthi Michaelides, businessman, poet and writer from Molyvos, Lesvos. (“Manolis Delbenteris”, “Mazochtra”) (Died 3/8/1923)

1899: Konstantinos Tsatsos, Greek philosopher and President of the Hellenic Republic. (D. 8/10/1987)

1916: Olivia de Havilland, American actress. (“Gone with the Wind”) (Than. 7/25/2020)

Deaths

1923: Konstantinos Theotokis, Corfu writer and translator. (“The honor and the money”, “The convict”) (Born 13/3/1872)

2004: Marlon Brando, American actor. (“The Lust Bus”, “The Port of Agony”, “The Godfather”, “Last Tango in Paris”, “Revelation Now”) (Born 3/4/1924)

2015: Nicholas Winton, also known as “Britain’s Schindler”, who during World War II had saved 669 children from the Czech Republic and Slovakia, the majority of them of Jewish origin, from certain death in Nazi concentration and extermination camps. (Born 5/19/1909)