In 1974 in Cyprus, Attila I is completed and the disembarkation of new troops from Turkey begins
Today, July 22, 2023
1613…. Mikhail Fyodorovich Romanov is enthroned in Moscow as “Michael I, Czar of All Russia”.
1910…. In Russia, Tolstoy’s manuscripts are destroyed by fire at the author’s residence.
1927….Roma is founded by the merger of three teams of Rome, Roman, Alba-Audace and Fortitudo-Pro Roma. The leader of the establishment was the dictator Benito Mussolini, who, although a fan of fellow countryman Lazio, wanted two strong teams in Rome to compete with the teams of the North.
1929…. An official Turkish communiqué announces the cessation of Greek-Turkish negotiations.
1930… The inauguration of the new power station takes place in Omonia square.
1933… American Willie Post becomes the first pilot to circumnavigate the world, driving a Lockheed monoplane.
1943… 500,000 people in occupied Athens hold a militant demonstration against the German decision to cede to Bulgaria the whole of Northern Greece up to Axios. Hitler is forced to suspend the decision “indefinitely”.
…. On the same day Switzerland bans any Nazi party or organization.
1949…. The 7,140 m long Kiourka tunnel under Parnitha is inaugurated, in order to strengthen the water supply of Athens.
1959…. The trial of the fighter Manolis Glezos and other fighters of the Left before the Regular Military Court of Athens ends. They are sentenced to imprisonment, displacement and deprivation of their political rights.
1974…. In Cyprus, Attila I is completed. In the morning, the disembarkation of new troops from Turkey begins, which occupy Kyrenia at 11:34, while the connection with the Agios Hilarion enclave follows, completing the Kyrenia – Nicosia bridgehead. At 16:00 in the afternoon, the ceasefire comes into force, as was agreed.
1980… Greco-Roman wrestling champion Stelios Mygiakis of the National GS wins the gold medal at 62 kg at the Moscow Olympics.
1991…. Paleontological findings of hominids, giraffes, rhinoceroses and antelopes, 8-10 million years old, are revealed in Nikiti, Halkidiki.
…. On the same day in Turkey, the constitutional court rules that the country’s Communist Party is illegal and orders its closure.
1995…. Gold medal for the Junior National Team at the World Basketball Championship in Athens in the packed OAKA, where they beat Australia in the final with 91-73.
1996…. Shocking showdown between Valerios Leonidis and Naoum Suleimanoglou in the 64 kg weightlifting competition at the Atlanta Olympic Games. Leonidis finally gets the silver Olympic medal having lifted 145 kg in deadlift, 187.5 in deadlift (world record) and 332.5 in total. For Suleimanoglou, it is the third consecutive gold in an Olympiad.
Birthday
On this day in 1887 the German physicist Gustav Herz was born, in 1932 the famous fashion designer Oscar de la Renta and in 1955 the American actor Willem Dafoe.
Deaths
On the same day in 1969 the writer Stratis Myrivilis died, in 1988 the singer Tonis Maroudas and in 1992 the American actor Wayne McLaren, the Marlboro cowboy.
Source: Skai
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