Facts

1832: Samos is recognized by Sultan Mahmud II as an autonomous hegemony, subordinate to Turkey and under the guarantee of the three Great Powers (England, France and Russia).

1893: Greece declares bankruptcy. Charilaos Trikoupis declares in the Parliament: “Unfortunately, we got poor”.

1905:The German doctor Robert Koch is honored with the Nobel Prize in Medicine for the discovery of the bacillus that causes tuberculosis.

1957: New bloody clashes between Pancyprian High School students and the British army and the police. On the same day, the UN General Assembly decides in favor of self-determination for Cyprus.

1963: Giorgos Seferis is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

1964: French author Jean-Paul Sartre refuses to accept the Nobel Prize for Literature, arguing that it would diminish the prestige of his writing.

Births

1790: Jacob Philipp Falmereyer, Austrian traveler, journalist, politician and historian, best known for his travel narratives and his theories about the racial origins of the Neo-Greeks. (D. 26/4/1861)

1815: Ada Lovelace, English mathematician, daughter of Lord Byron, considered one of the pioneers of computing. (D. 27/11/1852)

1930: Giorgos Papavasiliou, Greek steeplechase champion (AEK) and coach. (Thu. 12/3/2020)

1960: Kenneth Branagh, British actor, director and writer.

Deaths

1896: 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. (Born 21/10/1833)

1956:Alexandros Delmouzos, Greek pioneer pedagogue. (Born 31/12/1880)

1967: Otis Redding, American soul singer. (“Sitting on the dock of the bay”) (Born 9/9/1941)