On this day, April 23, 1896, the first cinematographic screening takes place in a dark room in New York and in 1916, the distinguished painter, Yiannis Moralis, is born.
Like today on April 23 of 1882 work begins on the opening of the Corinth Canal, the 1941 general Tsolakoglou signs the surrender of the Greek army to the Nazi troops, while the 2010 George Papandreou announces that Greece will enter the IMF’s support mechanism.
303 Saint George, patron of the Greek infantry and of England, was hanged by the Romans.
1564 According to the Julian calendar (May 3 with the Gregorian), perhaps the most important playwright of all time, the Englishman William Shakespeare, was born. On the same day, 52 years later, in 1616, the master dramatist died.
1616 The Spanish author, Miguel de Cervantes, creator of “Don Quixote” has died
1821 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.
1827 The hero of the Greek revolution, George Karaiskakis, has died. He succumbed to the fatal wound he received the day before, on his feast day. Seconds before he expired, he expressed the belief that he was shot by a “friendly” hand.
1858 The German theoretical physicist Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck, better known as Max Planck, the introducer of the quantum theory, is born. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1918.
1882 The work of opening the Isthmus of Corinth begins. The project, carried out in stages from 1882 to 1893, employed a total of over 2,500 workers.
1889 The writer Vassilis Rotas is born.
1896 In New York, Americans watch a motion picture in a dark room for the first time.
1910 By order of the Council of Larisa Criminals, 25 farmers and farmwomen are referred to trial for the bloody events of the rebellion in Killeler.
1915 Rupert Brooke, English poet, died.
1916 The distinguished painter, Yiannis Moralis, was born.
1920 The Turkish National Council under Mustafa Kemal overthrows the government of the Sultan, Mehmet VI and promulgates a provisional constitution.
1933 The Gestapo, the Nazi secret police, is founded in Germany.
1936 American songwriter and singer, Roy Orbison, pioneer of rock and roll, was born.
1941 World War II: Greece signs an armistice with Germany. General Tsolakoglou signs the surrender of the Greek army to the Nazi troops who had invaded Greece on April 6. King George I and the government of Emmanuel Tsouderos move to Crete.
1944 The philo-Eamian mutiny of crews of the Greek fleet sailing in Cairo is suppressed in a bloody way by forces loyal to the exiled Greek government of Sophocles Venizelos.
1967 The Soyuz 1 spacecraft launches into orbit with cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov aboard. He will be killed on his return to Earth when the ship crashes.
1973 The newspapers “Vradini” and “Thessaloniki” publish statements by Constantinos Karamanlis against the dictatorship and the authorities decide to confiscate their papers.
1985 The Coca Cola company announces that it will change its classic recipe for the preparation of the popular soft drink, which ultimately will not happen after strong reactions from consumers.
1990 Namibia becomes the 160th member of the U.N. and 50th member of the British Commonwealth.
1998 Konstantinos Karamanlis, founder of the New Democracy party, who served as Prime Minister and President of the Hellenic Republic, has died.
1999 NATO bombs the Serbian TV building. Toll, 30 dead.
2010 Greece appeals to the support mechanism of the EU, the IMF and the ECB. Greece’s appeal to the mechanism is announced from Kastelorizo by the Prime Minister, George Papandreou.
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