1891: The regulation of penalty kicks is adopted by the International Football Association – which consists of the federations of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. It was the brainchild of Irish businessman and goalkeeper William McCrum.

1941: The Archbishop of Athens Chrysanthos refuses to swear in the government of Tsolakoglou’s donors and is deposed.

1941: German paratroopers execute the male inhabitants of the village of Kondomari in Chania, as a reprisal for the participation of the local population in the Battle of Crete. They are the first of a series of reprisals that will be carried out in Crete by the German occupation troops.

1964: Yasser Arafat founds the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in Jerusalem.

1971: A Greek team participates for the first time in a European football final. Panathinaikos faces Ajax at Wembley for the Champions Cup and is defeated 2-0 in the 16th final of the competition.

1992: Greece rejects the proposal of the Portuguese Presidency of the European Union to call the Republic of Skopje Upper or Lower Macedonia.

Births

1740: Donatien Alphonse Francois De Sade, better known as Marquis de Sade, French aristocrat and author of daring books, which were characterized as pornographic. From his name came the term “sadism”. (D. 2/12/1814)

1904: Johnny Weissmiller, five-time Olympic swimmer and actor. (“Tarzan”) (D. 20/1/1984)

1940: Constantine II, the last king of Greece. (Thu. 10/1/2023)

1941: Charlie Watts, English drummer of the Rolling Stones. (Thu. 24/8/2021)

Deaths

1882: Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian revolutionary. His exploits helped Italy achieve its political union and rid itself of the Austrians. (Born 4/7/1807)

1970: Bruce McLaren, New Zealand car designer, racing driver and engineer, founder of Formula 1 racing giant McLaren. (Born 30/8/1937)

2000: Svyatoslav Fyodorov, Russian ophthalmologist, who invented a technique for treating myopia with a laser. (Born 8/8/1927)