On March 8, 1911, International Women’s Day was celebrated for the first time, and in 1950, the Soviet Union announced that it had developed an atomic bomb.
Today – March 8, 2023
1910… The King of Spain grants women the right to study at the University.
1911…. International Women’s Day is celebrated for the first time.
1913…. Constantine is sworn in as king of the Greeks. He succeeds the assassinated George I.
1922…. The Prefecture of Attica approves the decision of the Municipality of Athens for the concession of land in the area of Perivola Ampelokipo, in order to build the stadium of Panathinaikos.
1924…. The first issue of the financial newspaper “Naftemboriki” is published.
1941…. Georgios Vlachos publishes the famous open letter to Adolf Hitler in the “Kathimerini” newspaper, while the Germans are preparing to attack Greece. The article is a milestone for the newspaper and the Greek press in general.
1950…. Marshal Klimt Voroshilov announces that the Soviet Union has developed an atomic bomb.
1952…. In the US, Philadelphia hospital officials announce the placement of the first artificial heart in a patient.
1963…. One dead and 10 injured in riots in Brazil when Sao Paulo fans accuse Pele of scoring Santos’ 5 goals using black magic.
1970…..A failed attempt to assassinate the President of Cyprus Archbishop Makarios is marked by the far-right nationalist organization “National Front”, as he takes off by helicopter from the Archbishop’s Palace to go to the Mahaira Monastery, for the annual memorial service of the hero Grigoris Auxentiou .
1974… Charles de Gaulle Airport opens in Paris.
1994…. The European Parliament pays tribute to Melina Merkouris by observing a minute’s silence.
1995…. Kostis Stephanopoulos is elected as the new President of the Republic, in the third vote, held in the Parliament.
1999… Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic join NATO, bringing its member states to 19.
Like today in 1849 he was born the poet and prose writer, Georgios Vizyinos, and in 1907, Konstantinos Karamanlis, Prime Minister and President of the Republic of Greece.
On the same day in 1869 passed away the Philhellenic French music critic and composer Hector Berlioz, creator of the “Fantastic Symphony” and many other works inspired by the Greek revolution and mythology.
Source :Skai
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