1823: With the KST law, a compulsory levy of 1,000,000 gros is imposed by the Executive for the needs of the Revolution.

1839: The new building of the Othoneion University of Athens (later the National and Kapodistrian University) is founded. This is the Neoclassical building of Panepistimi Street.

1912: Greece, Bulgaria and Serbia form an alliance against the Ottoman Empire.

1976: After the Vietnam War, North and South Vietnam unite, creating a single state with Hanoi as its capital. It had been separated since 1954.

1998: A heat wave hits Greece. In Argos the mercury reaches 45 degrees Celsius, in New Philadelphia 44 degrees and in Tatoi, Chania, Kythira, Kalamata and Tanagra 43 degrees.

2000: With the re-election of Nikos Konstantopoulos to the presidency of the Coalition, the work of the 3rd Regular Congress of the party is completed. Mr. Konstantopoulos gathers 83.8% of the votes, securing 912 votes out of a total of 1,088 members. In his speech, he rejects the proposal for cooperation with PASOK, which he characterizes as a declaration without practical implementation and adds that SYN’s attitude towards the other parties is formed with the sole criterion of programmatic agreements.

Births

1877 Hermann Esse, German-Swiss novelist and poet. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1946. (“The Wolf of the Steppe”) (D. 9/8/1962)

1904 Jean René Lacoste, French tennis player and founder of the eponymous clothing company with the crocodile brand (Lacoste). (D. 12/10/1996)

1939 Alekos Panagoulis, Greek hero of the resistance against the junta of colonels. (D. 1/5/1976)

Deaths

1843 Samuel Hahnemann, German physician, founder of homeopathic medicine. (Born 10/4/1755)

1973 Nikos I. Vardinogiannis, Greek shipowner and businessman, founder of the Vardinogiannis business dynasty. (Born 1941)

2017 Minos Kyriakou, Greek businessman. (Born 31/5/1942)