The most important events like today
Facts
1827
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.
1944
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.
1967
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”.
Births
1880
Gideon Sudback, American-Swedish electromechanical engineer, with a decisive contribution to the development and evolution of the zipper. (D. 21/6/1954)
1904
Willem de Kooning, Dutch-American painter, leading figure of abstract expressionism. (D. 19/3/1997)
1919
Glavkos Cleridis, Cypriot politician, who served as president of the Republic of Cyprus (1993-2003) and achieved Cyprus’s accession to the European Union. (Thu. 15/11/2013)
Deaths
1821
Athanasios Diakos, hero of the Greek Revolution, who was executed by reprisal by the Turks in Lamia. (Born 1778)
1941
Konstantinos Spanoudis, Greek journalist, politician and first president of AEK. (Born 1871)
2010
Dimitrios Tsatsos, distinguished Greek constitutionalist, academic and politician. (Born 5/5/1933)