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330: Byzantium (later Constantinople) was renamed New Rome and became the capital of the Roman Empire. The city was founded in 324 by Constantine I the Great and was built on seven hills in the former colony of Megara.
912: Alexander became emperor of the Byzantine Empire. Son of Emperor Basil I (of Macedonia) and Evdokia, on May 11, 912, succeeded his brother, Leo VI (the Wise) to the throne. He died of a stroke after a reign of just one year and 27 days, on June 6, 913.
1310 In France, 54 Knights Templar are burned at the stake as heretics.
1502: Christopher Columbus leaves Cádiz, Spain, for his fourth and last trip to America.
1745 French forces defeat the British, Dutch, and Hannover armies at the Battle of Fontainebleau.
1812: British Prime Minister Spencer Percival is assassinated by John Bellingham at the entrance to the House of Commons.
1846 United States President James Knox Polk has asked Congress to approve a declaration of war against Mexico.
1857 Indian revolutionaries occupy Delhi from the British.
1858: Minnesota becomes the 32nd state in the United States.
1867 Luxembourg’s independence is internationally recognized.
1891 During his visit to Japan, the successor to the Russian throne, later Tsar Nicholas II, was attacked by a Japanese police officer. He is saved by the Prince of Greece, George.
1894: A major strike breaks out at the “Pullman” wagon factory in Illinois.
1910 For the first time since 1835, Comet Haley is approaching Earth, with astrologers and futurists heralding the end of the world. Albert Einstein, when asked if the comet would collide with Earth, said: “I tell you not for sure.” And when asked again how he was so sure, he answered disarmingly: “If it doesn’t fall, I’ll confirm it. But if it finally falls, none of us will live to tell me that I was wrong.”
1926 The government has prohibited women from wearing short skirts. The announcement was made by General Theodoros Pangalos’s Political Bureau, who had seized power in a coup in June of that year to hold him until August 1926, when he was overthrown by another coup organized by General George Kondylis. The news is also received with ironic comments from the press of the time.
1944 Eight resistance youths in their 20s and 30s are being executed by the Nazis in Kaistri, a district of Thessaloniki between Xirokrini and Eptalophos.
1947 B.F. Goodrich prepares the first saberless rubber at Ohio Acron.
1949: Siam is renamed Thailand.
1949 With 37 votes in favor and 12 against, the UN General Assembly decides to include Israel in the international organization.
1958 EPE and Konstantinos Karamanlis win the elections again, with a percentage of 41.16%. The United Democratic Left (EDA) emerges as an official opposition, with a surprise margin of 24.42%.
1960: In Buenos Aires, Argentina, four agents of the Israeli Mossad secret service kidnapped the Nazi fugitive Adolf Eichmann, who used the pseudonym Ricardo Clement.
1963 Nine people have died in an explosion that completely destroyed an ELVIEMEK explosives factory building in Schimatari, Viotia.
1964 The situation in Cyprus is explosive. Two Greek officers and the son of the Nicosia police chief are executed in cold blood in Famagusta by Turkish Cypriots, who seriously injure a third officer. The unfortunate men accidentally entered the Turkish quarter of the city.
1967 The board arrests and imprisons Andreas Papandreou in Averof prison. Fears are expressed about your life.
1985 There was a fire in the 40th minute of the match between Bradford City and Linfield, in the stadium of the first. The match has the style of a party, since the local team would celebrate the trophy of the third category. The final toll is at least 265 wounded and 56 dead.
1987 In Baltimore, Maryland, the first heart and lung transplant performed by Dr. Bruce Wright of Stanford University School of Medicine.
1987 The trial of Gestapo officer Klaus Barbie (“Butcher of Lyon”) begins, who had escaped to Latin America for more than 30 years.
1990 The great folk singer, Stratos Dionysiou, “leaves” a heart attack at the age of 55, leaving a huge gap in the popular pentagram. The wide range of his voice, his hoarseness, the possibility of changing the expression and the style depending on the theme of the song, was something unique. The gift that impressed the creators of their songs was their ability to record their songs quickly.
nineteen ninety five: In Zaire, an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus has killed at least 90 people.
2000 Last performance of the musical “Cats” in London.
2010: UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown has resigned. He is succeeded by the leader of the Conservative Party, David Cameron.
Births
1895: Jintu Krishnamurti, philosopher and intellectual.
482 – Justinian I, Byzantine Emperor
1414 – Francis I, Duke of Brittany
1557 – Fyodor I, Tsar of Russia
1720 – Charles Frederick Jerome von Minhausen, German noble
1771 – Laskarina Bouboulina, Greek fighter
1801 – Henri Lambroust, French architect.
1811: Chang and Eng Banker, Siamese twins
1824: Jean-Leon Jerome, French painter and sculptor.
1827: Jean-Baptiste Carpo, sculptor and French painter.
1868 – Konstantinos Hatzopoulos, Greek writer
1904: Salvador Dalí, Spanish painter.
1916 – Camilo Jose Thela, Spanish writer
1918: Richard Phillips Feinman, American physicist.
1930 – Enzger Daikstra, Dutch computer scientist
1937 – Fleury Dantonaki, Greek singer
1940 – Christos Leontis, Greek composer
1942 – Princess Irene of Greece
1977 – Pablo García, Uruguayan soccer player.
1984 – Andrés Iniesta, Spanish soccer player.
1989: Andreas Tatos, Greek soccer player.
Deaths
912 – Leo VI, Byzantine Emperor
925 – Nicholas the Secret, Patriarch of Constantinople
1663: Henry II of Longwell, French prince.
1696 – Jean de la Brieger, French philosopher
1823: Paolo Andreani, Italian explorer.
1871: John Herschel, English mathematician and astronomer.
1886: George Zinopoulos, Greek politician.
1927 – Juan Gris, Spanish artist
1941 – Apostolos Zouzoulas, Greek raisin merchant and politician
1976 – Alvar Aalto, Finnish architect and designer.
1977 – Konstantinos Pneumatikos, Greek soldier
1981 – Theodoros Angelopoulos, Greek university professor
1981 – Bob Marley, Jamaican composer
1981: Od Hassel, Norwegian chemist.
1984: George Arapis, unionist and Greek politician.
1988: Kim Philby, British spy.
1990 – Stratos Dionysiou, Greek singer
1996 – Giannis Plapoutas, Greek resistance fighter and politician
1999 – Petros Vouzounerakis, Greek soccer player
1999 – George Kappis, Greek actor
2001 – Douglas Adams, English author
2003 – Noel Redding, English musician
2004 – George Zongolopoulos, Greek sculptor
2005: Michalis Genitsaris, Greek singer.
2007 – Malietoa Tanumafili II, Governor of Samoa
2009 – Abel Guba, Central African politician
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