The following happened today
Facts
1516
The Beer Purity Law (“Reinheitsgebot”) is adopted by German brewers. According to the law, the ingredients of beer are: water, barley and hops.
1821
The Battle of Alamanna. The Greek revolutionary forces under Diovouniotis, Panourgias and Diakos face the superior Ottoman hordes of Omer Bryonis and Kiose Mehmet at the bridge of Alamana (Thermopylon area) and are defeated.
1882
The work of opening the Isthmus of Corinth begins.
1960
Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis lays the foundations for the Nestos dam.
1999
The Serbian Television building in Belgrade is bombed by NATO planes during the Kosovo War, killing 16 people and injuring many. In Greece, the following day’s newspapers are printed with a black ribbon as a sign of mourning, while NATO, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary at a solemn meeting in Brussels, signing a Declaration on its new role, describes the building in Belgrade as a “legitimate target”.
2010
Greece requests the activation of the support mechanism of the European Union and the International Monetary Fund, announced Prime Minister Giorgos Papandreou from Kastellorizo. The reactions from the opposition parties are strong.
Like today – Birthdays
1889
Vassilis Rotas, Greek writer, who translated all the works of William Shakespeare into Greek. (D. 30/5/1977)
1905
Kostas Perrikos, Greek Air Force officer and resistance fighter during the Occupation. (D. 4/2/1943)
1916
Yannis Moralis, Greek visual artist, one of the greatest Greek painters of the so-called generation of the ’30s, with many distinctions in Greece and abroad. (Wed. 20/12/2009)
Like today – Deaths
1616
William Shakespeare, English playwright. (Born 23/4/1564)
1827
George Karaiskakis, hero of the Greek Revolution. Seconds before he succumbed to the fatal blow he received the day before in Faliro, he expressed his belief that he had been shot by a “friendly” hand. (Born 23/1/1780)
1998
Konstantinos Karamanlis, one of the leading modern Greek politicians, who served as prime minister and president of the Hellenic Republic. (Born 8/3/1907)
