On this day, April 27 – A look at the history of the place and the world. Events and persons that remained in history and we must not forget.
1521 The Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan was killed
1791 Samuel Morse, American inventor and painter, creator of the telegraph and Morse signals, was born
1805 The Battle of Derna takes place in what is now Libya, between US marines under William Eaton and pirates under Yusuf Karamanlis, who are infesting the coast of North Africa. It is the first US land operation on foreign soil. The marines are assisted by 500 Greek and Arab mercenaries. (First Barbary War)
1864 Giannis Makrygiannis, a leading figure of the Greek Revolution, died
1805 A force of American marines under William Eaton, aided by Greek, Arab, and Turkish mercenaries, captures the city of Derna, in northern Africa, in an attempt to break up pockets of pirates infesting the Mediterranean and the northern Atlantic. It is the first intervention of US troops abroad in history.
1840 The foundation stone is laid in the Palace of Westminster, London, which today “hosts” the British Parliament.
1875 In Greece, Charilaos Trikoupis takes over the government of the country for the first time.
1882 American philosopher and essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson dies.
1906 The writer, Giorgos Theotokas, was born
1908 Opening ceremony of the 4th modern Olympic Games in London. They last 6 months until October 31 and hold the record for the longest duration. 1,999 athletes and 36 athletes are participating.
1910 The French National Assembly refuses to sign the law giving women the right to vote.
1935 Theodoros Angelopoulos, Greek director, was born. (Than. 24/1/2012)
1937 Antonio Gramsci, Italian Marxist philosopher, one of the founders of the Communist Party of Italy, died. (Born 22/1/1891)
1941 World War II: German troops enter Athens, marking the beginning of the Occupation period. The whole world is locked up in their homes. On April 23, four days before Athens fell into the hands of the Germans, the king and the government left for Crete, leaving as a “rear guard” the Deputy Minister of Security of the Silk regime, K. Maniadakis, who also took care of their surrender approximately 2,000 imprisoned and exiled activists, mainly communists, were captured.
1941 the writer Penelope Delta committed suicide with poison, in protest against the occupation of Athens by the Germans
1944 Great strike of the Athenian people against the terrorism of the occupation forces and their local collaborators.
[1945BenitoMussoliniiscapturedbyItalianpartisans
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1950 Britain officially recognizes the state of Israel
1957 Greece joins the “Eisenhower Doctrine”. Under the Eisenhower Doctrine, the US President was authorized to use the country’s armed forces to “assist” any state or group of states requesting US assistance “to meet an armed attack by any country controlled by international communism.”
1960 The Republic of Togo gains its independence from France.
1961 Sierra Leone gains independence from the United Kingdom.
1970 For the first time in the world, a plutonium cardiac pacemaker is installed in a Paris hospital
1972 Japan is paralyzed by the strike of 1.6 million workers.
1981 The mouse, the “inseparable friend” of computers, makes its debut from Xerox PARC
1990 South African Communist Party leader Joe Slobo’s 27-year exile from the Apartheid regime ends.
1992 The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is formed from the union of Serbia and Montenegro
1993 After a brutal 30-year civil war, Eritrea gains independence from Ethiopia
2008 The Cypriot composer Marios Tokas died
SOURCE: atexnos.gr
