Facts

776 BC: The first Olympic Games begin in Olympia.

1833: By royal decree, the Church of Greece is declared autocephalous and subordinate to the state. This unilateral action is not recognized by the Patriarchate of Constantinople.

1912:Ralph Vaughan Williams presents ‘The Wasps’ suite, featuring the music he wrote for Aristophanes’ ‘The Wasps’.

1952: In Egypt, Colonel Gamal Abdel Nasser overthrows King Farouk and takes over the government of the country.

1974: Drowned in the blood of crime in Cyprus, the junta of Athens is collapsing. In a meeting with the participation of politicians, it is decided to summon Konstantinos Karamanlis from Paris. In Cyprus, the appointed Nikos Samson resigns from the presidency and his place is taken by Glaukos Cleridis.

2018: Night of hell in Attica with two big fronts of fire in Kineta and Kallitechnoupoli. 104 dead and 172 injured in Mati. Greece asked for help from the EU. The Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras, spoke of an image of an asymmetric phenomenon, after the information he received from the Fire Operations Center in Chalandri.

Births

1888: Raymond Chandler, American author of detective novels, creator of the detective Philip Marlowe. (D. 26/3/1959)

1920: Amalia Rodriguez, Portuguese singer of “Fando”. (D. 6/10/1999)

1957: Nikos Galis, the leading Greek basketball player.

Deaths

1996: Aliki (Stamatina) Vougiouklakis, Greek actress. (Born 20/7/1934)

2011: Amy Winehouse, English singer of the R&B scene. (Born 14/9/1983)

2012: Sally Ride, physicist and astronaut, the first American woman to travel in space. (Born 26/5/1951)