Today, September 24, 2023

622…. The Egira, the migration of the prophet Muhammad from Mecca to the city of Yathrib, later to be called Medina, is completed. The reason for Muhammad’s escape from the city of Mecca was the rejection of his ideas by the new leader of the Quraish dynasty, Abu Zal. The year will constitute year 1 of the Muslim calendar.

787… The 7th Ecumenical Council (2nd of Nicaea) begins its work. The Synod is convened by Emperor Constantine VI and his mother, Empress Irene of Athena in Nicaea, Bithynia, in the Temple of Hagia Sophia, at the request of the Patriarch of Constantinople Tarasios. He will decide on the restoration of icons by condemning Iconoclasm and the idea of ​​formulating the invisible and immaterial Trinity.

1664…. Holland surrenders New Amsterdam to England. New Amsterdam is renamed New York.

1822…. Odysseus Androutsos is proclaimed commander-in-chief of Eastern Greece (Eastern Central Greece). In the magnificent ceremony the high priests of Athens and Thebes gird him with the sword of Omer Bryonis.

1828…. Ioannis Kapodistrias signs the resolution for the establishment of a General Post Office for the first time in Greece.

1869… “Black Friday” in the USA: An economic crisis is marked with a sharp and dramatic fall in the financial markets. The reason is the attempt by two speculators, James Fisk and Jay Gould, to manipulate the gold market.

1908…. The Union of Crete with Greece is proclaimed.

1915…. The pro-royalist government of Alexandros Zaimis is sworn in in Greece, replacing the resigned government of Venizelos.

1921…. The High Commission in Smyrna is abolished and renamed the Hellenic General Administration of Microsia.

1927…. An autonomous management organization of the Port of Piraeus, the well-known PPA, is founded.

1948… In Japan, the Technical Research Institute founded by engineer Soichiro Honda is officially renamed the Honda Motor Company. Initially it only manufactures motorcycles, then also cars.

1957… The “Camp Nou” stadium is inaugurated in Barcelona, ​​the largest football stadium in Europe, home of Barcelona and one of the “temples” of world football.

1988…. Scandal at the Olympic Games in Seoul. It is announced that Canadian world champion Ben Johnson raced doped. He is stripped of his gold medal in the 100 m and his world record (9.79”) is not recognized. Carl Lewis is declared first with 9.92″.

…. On the same day in France, the world’s first hand transplant is performed by French surgeons in Lyon.

2000…. Kahi Kakiashvili wins his third consecutive Olympic gold medal and second for Greece, in the 94 kg weightlifting category, at the Sydney Olympics. On the same day, Dimosthenis Tabakos wins the silver medal, in the rings competition in instrumental gymnastics, with 9,762 points.

Birthday

On this day in 1884, Ismet Inonu was born, Turkish general and politician, who in 1938 succeeded Kemal Atatürk as president of Turkey, in 1896 the American writer, Francis Scott Fitzgerald (“The Great Gatsby”), in 1924 his great lady theatre, Voula Zoumboulakis, in 1951 the Spanish director, Pedro Almodovar and in 1952 the actor, Nikos Sergianopoulos.

Deaths

On the same day in 1143 died Pope Innocent II, in 1180 the emperor of Byzantium, Manuel I Komnenos and in 1541 the Swiss alchemist, Paracelsus (Philippus Aurelius Theophrastus Bobastus von Hohenheim).