Facts

1805: Admiral Horace Nelson, head of the English navy, engages the combined fleets of Spain and France at Trafalgar, but falls on the battlefield (The Battle of Trafalgar)

1825: A review of Dionysios Solomos’ poem “Hymn to Freedom” by Spyridon Trikoupis is published for the first time in the “General Newspaper of Greece”.

1879: Thomas Edison successfully tests the first electric incandescent light bulb, which runs for 13½ hours before going out.

1918: The first labor conference in Greece takes place, in the foyer of the Royal Theater in Athens. The first Executive Committee of GSEE consists of A. Benaroia, E. Evangelou, Il. Delazano, E. Machira.

1969: Dionysis Savvopoulos’ album “To Perivoli tou Trelou” is released.

1972: An Olympiaki plane, operating the route Corfu – Athens, crashes in the sea outside Elliniko. The victims amount to 37 and the rescued to 16.

Births

1833: Alfred Bernhard Nobel, Swedish chemist, engineer, inventor, businessman and philanthropist, who sported the eponymous prizes, which are awarded each year on the anniversary of his death. (D. 10/12/1896)

1907: Nikos Eggonopoulos, Greek painter and poet, the main exponent of surrealism in our country. (D. 31/10/1985)

1924: Celia Cruz, Cuban-born American singer, also known as the “Queen of Salsa”. (Than. 16/7/2003)

Deaths

1969: Jack Kerouac, American writer, iconic figure of the Beat movement. (“On the Road”) (Born 12/3/1922)

1980: Hans Asperger, Austrian pediatrician. (Asperger’s Syndrome) (Born 2/18/1906)

1990: Tom Carvel, Greek-American businessman (Thomas Karvelas) in the field of bulk ice cream and one of the pioneers of franchising (Franchise) with the Carvel chain. (Born 14/7/1906)