Facts

411 BC: A coup by oligarchs takes place in Athens

1815: The work of the Congress of Vienna is completed. Under the presidency of the Austrian politician Clemens von Metternich, he tried to rearrange the political map of Europe, after the defeat of Napoleon.

1898: Great Britain “rents” Hong Kong from China for 99 years.

1930:Crowding occurs on Ermou Street in Athens and disruption of transport by the crowd, which gathers to admire Miss Europe, Aliki Diplarakou.

1976: In the final of the Greek Cup, held in New Philadelphia, Vassilis Hatzipanagis leads Heraklis to a great victory over Olympiakos with 6-5 on penalties. The regular match and extra time ended 4-4.

2010: SYRIZA MPs Fotis Kouvelis, Nikos Tsoukalis, Thanasis Leventis and Grigoris Psarianos are becoming independent, a development which the party’s president Alexis Tsipras characterizes as “negative”.

Births

1781: George Stephenson, English engineer, inventor of the first steam engine. (D. 12/8/1848)

1917: Eric Hobsbawm, British Marxist intellectual, one of the leading historians of the 20th century. (Thu. 1/10/2012)

1963:Johnny Depp, American actor.

Deaths

1847: Vasos Mavrovouniotis, hero of the Greek revolution from Montenegro. His real name was Vaso Brajovic. (Born 1797)

1870: Charles Dickens, English novelist. (Born 7/2/1812)

2012: George Sari, Greek actress and one of the greatest authors of children’s books in our country. (Born 23/5/1925)