1827
The camp of Karaiskakis in Kastela
One day after the death of Georgios Karaiskakis in Faliro, the disastrous defeat of the Greek forces by Kioutachis in the area of Analatos, today’s Neo Kosmos, follows.
1915
The Young Turks arrest 200 prominent Armenians of Constantinople. Beginning of the Armenian Genocide, which claimed the lives of 1.5 million people by 1923.
1932
New technologies are put to the service of football for the first time. In the Arsenal v Newcastle (2-1) FA Cup Final match, film is used to prove that Allen’s winning goal was disallowed. The frame in question is published on the front page of the “Daily Mirror” newspaper.
1944Monument to the fallen in Pyrgos Kozani
The German occupying troops execute 318 inhabitants of the village in Pyrgos (Katranitsa) Kozani, in retaliation for the execution of two German soldiers by ELAS forces.
1967Valentina Komarov’s last farewell to her husband
The Soyuz 1 spacecraft crashes on its return to Earth, killing cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov. He is the first person to die during a space mission.
2004
The Annan plan for the solution of the Cypriot issue is put to two separate referendums on the Greek island and is rejected by the Greek Cypriots. 75.83% are against the plan compared to 24.17% of its supporters. On the contrary, in the occupied territories, 64.91% of Turkish Cypriots vote “yes”, 35.01% “no”.
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