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70: The Roman army under Titus occupies and sacks Jerusalem.

1191: Richard the Lionheart defeats Saladin at the Battle of Arsuf, in the context of the Third Crusade.

1228: Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II Hohenstaufen reaches the End of Israel and begins the Sixth Crusade, resulting in the peaceful restoration of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.

1652: About 15,000 Han Chinese rebel against Dutch rule in Taiwan.

1706: The siege of Turin ends, leading to the withdrawal of French forces from northern Italy.

1715: After a siege, Ferigo Bandoer’s Venetians were forced to hand over Monemvasia, the last Venetian fortress in the Peloponnese, to the Turks.

1812: The Battle of Borodino, the bloodiest of the Napoleonic wars, takes place near Moscow and ends in a victory for the French.

1813: Thomas Edison lights up an entire neighborhood in New York City.

1821: The Republic of Greater Colombia (Venezuela, Colombia, Panama and Ecuador) is founded, with Simón Bolívar as president.

1822: Brazil becomes independent (under King Pedro I, son of Juan IV), from Portugal.

1833: Theodoros Kolokotronis and Dimitrios Plapoutas are arrested and imprisoned in Palamidi by the Duchy of Bavaria, accused of high treason.

1888: Edith Eleanor McLean is the first baby to enter an incubator.

1893: Genoa, the oldest Italian football club, is founded.

1900: About 100 people lose their lives due to the sinking of the steamer “Sarkia” near Andros.

1907: “RMS Lusitania” sets sail for her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York.

1911: French poet Guillaume Apollinaire is arrested and jailed on charges of stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre Museum.

1912: The inhabitants of Samos, under Themistoklis Sofoulis, declare a revolution, seeking self-determination for the island and its union with the Kingdom of Greece.

1936: The Mandatory Law 95 of the Ioannis Metaxas dictatorship establishes the YRE (Broadcasting Service) “for the education, training and entertainment of the public.” It was the forerunner of ERT.

1940: As part of World War II, the Nazis begin to bomb London, which will last 57 nights.

1942: In the USSR, the Red Army forces the Germans to retreat northwest of Stalingrad.

1953: Nikita Khrushchev heads the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the USSR.

1956: Pelé, 16, scores his first goal for Santos, a team in which he spent most of his career (last game on 3/10/1974).

1960: The heir to the throne Constantine wins the gold medal in sailing, with a Dragon-type boat, during the Olympic Games in Rome.

1960: Vilma Rudolph, the so-called “Black Gazelle”, who suffers from polio, but wins three gold medals at the Rome Olympics with a world record of 44.4 in the 4x100m, with a draw of 11.3 in the 100m. to improve her own world record, which she has already held since July 9 of the year in Corpus Christi with 22.9. At the 1956 Olympics, at the age of 16, she won a bronze medal in the 4x100m. She will die in 1994 at the age of 54 from brain cancer.

1964: Mikis Theodorakis denounces his exclusion from the Athens Festival, where he was to present his popular oratorio entitled “Axion Esti” (in poetry by Odysseas Elytis), describing the “arrogant and offensive expulsion for the people” of Greek folk music. At the same time, he affirms that the work will be presented at the Thessaloniki International Fair.

1971: Princess Anna of England at the age of 21 wins first place in the European Riding Championship.

1977: An agreement is signed for the management of the Panama Canal between the United States and Panama. The United States agrees to give up control of the canal in the early 20th century.

1978: American scientists produce insulin in the laboratory.

1979: The body of the former KKE secretary, Costas Koligiannis, is being transported to Greece from Budapest, for the purpose of burial.

nineteen eighty one: An attendance record is set at the Patras Stadium, when 22,000 fans watch Olympiakos beat Panathinaikos 1-1 (Mitropoulos – Rotsa) for the premiere of A ‘Ethniki’s 3rd professional championship.

1990: The IAAF Grand Prix Final with Low Performances but Big Names (Burel, Lewis, Johnson, Smith, Harris, Mortselli, Sotomayor, Timerman, Kiro, Dressler, Felke and) takes place in front of 35,000 spectators at OAKA.

1993: Six former republics of the USSR (Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Armenia and Tajikistan) sign an agreement in principle on a single monetary system and the maintenance of the Russian ruble.

nineteen ninety five: In the United States, the “Endeavor” spacecraft is launched from Cape Canaveral for an 11-day science mission.

nineteen ninety six: At Mostra, Venice, the film festival’s Golden Lion goes to Irish director Neil Jordan, for his film “Michael Collins”.

1999: A strong earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale struck Athens at 2:57 p.m., leaving 143 dead, more than 700 injured, thousands of people homeless and damage to thousands of buildings. The epicenter was reported below the southwestern outskirts of Parnitha, in an area that had not seen earthquakes in the past 200 years and was therefore considered low seismic risk, like the rest of Attica.

2003: The 1st World Championship is held in Amynteo.

2004: Hurricane Ivan hits Granada and kills 39 people.

2005: The first presidential elections are being held in Egypt.

Births

1524 – Thomas Erastus, Swiss theologian

1533 – Elizabeth I, Queen of England

1641 – Alexandros Mavrokordatos (the reserved), Greek diplomat

1683 – Maria Anna, Archduke of Austria

1707 – Comte de Beaufon, French naturalist and encyclopedist

1726 – François-Andre Danican Filidor, French chess player and composer

1829 – Friedrich Kekule, German chemist.

1842 – Johann Zuckertort, Polish chess player

1883 – Theofrastos Sakellaridis, Greek composer

1909 – Elia Kazan, Greek director

1911 – Todor Zivkov, Bulgarian politician

1913 – Anthony Quayle, English actor and director.

1914 – James Van Allen, American scientist

1914 – Linda Barova, Czech actress

1925 – Laura Ashley, Welsh fashion designer

1930: Budwein, King of Belgium

1931 – Nikodimos Anagnostou, Greek metropolitan

1931 – Makanda McIntyre, American musician.

1936 – Apostolos Kaklamanis, Greek politician

1939 – Christos Tsagas, Greek actor.

1939 – Stanislav Gevgrafovich Petrov, Russian soldier

1942 – Vassilis Kontogiannopoulos, Greek politician

1949 – Petros Vagiopoulos, Greek composer

1949 – Gloria Gaynor, American singer

1952 – George Gerolymatos, Greek singer

1952 – Montibo Sindibe, a politician from Mali.

1958 – Goran Hadzic, Serbian politician

1959 – Thalis Tsirimokos, Greek footballer

1963 – Eric Lynn Wright (Eazy-E), American rapper

1981 – Ibrahim Khalil Baran, Turkish writer

1983 – Mehmet Topuz, Turkish footballer

1984 – Vera Zvoraneva, Russian tennis player

1987 – Evan Rachel Wood, American actress and singer

1988 – Kevin Love, American basketball player

1992 – Gizem Karatza, Turkish actress and model

Deceased

1134 – Alfonso I, King of Aragon

1151 – Geoffrey V, Earl of Anjou

1312 – Ferdinand IV, King of Castile

1362 – Juan de la Torre, Queen of Scots.

1464 – Frederick II, Elector of Saxony

1548 – Catherine Parr, Queen of England

1566 – Suleiman I the Magnificent, Ottoman Sultan

1632 – Sisinius, Emperor of Ethiopia

1657 – Arvid Wittenberg, Swedish general and politician

1719 – John Harris, English writer.

1799 – Jan Inkenhaus, Dutch physician and biochemist

1809: Rama I, King of Thailand

1892 – John Greenleaf Whittier, American poet

1910 – William Holman Hunt, English painter.

1925: Rene Viviani, French Prime Minister

1933 – Edward Gray, English politician

1949 – José Clemente Orosco, Mexican painter.

1951 – Maria Montes, actress from the Dominican Republic.

1960 – Wilhelm Pick, East German politician.

1961 – Peter Gerbrandi, Dutch politician

1962 – Karen Blixen, Danish author

1968 – Lucio Fontana, Argentine painter

1971 – Spring Byington, American actress

1978 – Keith Moon, English drummer.

1981 – Christy Brown, Irish writer

1985 – Rodney Porter, British biochemist

1988 – Spyros Theotokis, Greek politician

1991 – Edwin M. McMillan, American physicist

1997 – Mobutu Sese Seko, Zairean politician

2002 – Eugen Koseriou, Romanian linguist

2003 – Artemis Matsas, Greek actor

2003 – Warren Zevon, American singer-songwriter

2005 – Sergio Entrigo, Italian singer

2007 – John Compton, Prime Minister of Saint Lucia

2015 – Voula Zoumboulaki, Greek actress

2017 – Dimitris Varos, Greek writer

2017 – Beba Blanche, Greek singer



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