Read the most important events that happened today.
533: The Byzantine general, Belisarius, triumphantly enters Carthage, which is occupied by the Vandals, a race of German origin.
1815: Napoleon Bonaparte is exiled to the island of Agia Eleni.
1837: The School of Fine Arts is founded in Athens (School of Arts).
1848: Konstantinos Kanaris is appointed Prime Minister by King Otto.
1894: A French-Jewish captain, Alfred Dreyfus, is arrested on espionage charges. Among his supporters is the author Emil Zola, who writes his famous "Blame" for the case. The "Dreyfus case" remains in history as the biggest miscarriage of justice.
1896: Japanese businessman Sozo Kawasaki is founding Kawasaki, a company that is now multifaceted.
1902: The German archaeologist, Rudolf Ertik, discovers the Asclepieion of Kos, after three years of excavations.
1914: In the United States, a congressional committee is passing the Clayton Act, which allows organized labor unions to go on strike and hold demonstrations.
1924: The new government of Andreas Michalakopoulos receives a vote of confidence from the National Assembly.
1940: Charlie Chaplin's film "The Dictator" premieres in American cinemas.
1949: The Civil War in Greece is formally ending. The radio station of "Free Greece" broadcasts an announcement of the interim Democratic Government, according to which the Democratic Army stopped the operations permanently.
1951: The elected left-wing deputies are granted a return permit, from their places of exile.
1954: The construction of underpasses for pedestrians under Omonia Square begins.
1962: The Missile Crisis breaks out. US President John F. Kennedy learns of the presence of missile bases in Cuba from reconnaissance aircraft photos.
1969: The first television broadcast of a football match from Greek territory is made from the Kaftantzogleio Stadium in Thessaloniki, with a description by Giannis Diakogiannis. It was the match Greece-Switzerland (4-1), for the qualifiers of the World Cup in Mexico.
1969: The US Congress approves the cutting of a new dollar in honor of former President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
1980: Greece beats Denmark 1-0 (Kuwait) in Copenhagen. The amazing repulsions of the goalkeeper Nikos Sarganis in his match give him the nickname "Phantom".
1990: Antonis Tritsis is elected mayor of Athens with 50,12%. Melina Mercouri receives 45,93% of the votes.
1990: Pelé, 50, announces he will run for president of Brazil.
1990: The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to Mikhail Gorbachev as a reward for achieving nuclear disarmament.
1991: The Yugoslav Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina declares its independence.
1993: The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded jointly to South African President Frederic de Klerk and African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela for their work on ending Apartheid and democratizing the country.
1995: The first citizens of Skopje cross the border to Greece, in the context of the implementation of the interim agreement, which provides for the free movement of people and goods between the two countries.
1995: Iraq is holding its first popular referendum since the abolition of the monarchy in 1958, in which Saddam Hussein is the sole candidate to renew his presidency. According to the results, 99,96% are in favor of renewal.
1999: The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to the volunteer organization Doctors Without Borders.
1999: Schindler's original list of 1.200 Jewish survivors of the Holocaust is in Germany.
2003: China launches China's first manned space mission in Shenzhou 5.
2003: Palestinians attack US motorcade in Gaza Strip, killing 3 CIA Americans
2003: Vassilis Hatzipanagis (4.104 votes) emerged first in the EPO vote, for the promotion of the best Greek football player of the last 50 years.
2005: A referendum in Iraq approves (78,5% in favor versus 21,4% against) the new Constitution.
2013: A magnitude 7,2 earthquake shakes the Philippines, killing at least 215 people.
Births
70 BC - Virgil, Roman poet
1265 - Emperor Chenzong of the Yuan
1527 - Maria Manuela of Portugal
1608 - Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist
1795 - Frederick William IV, King of Prussia
1814 - Mikhail Lermontov, Russian writer
1816 - Henri Dipouy de Lom, French shipbuilder
1829 - Eisaf Hall, American astronomer
1844 - Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher
1878 - Paul Reino, French politician
1893 - Charles II, King of Romania
1908 - John Kenneth Galbraith, Canadian economist
1914 - Mohammad Zahir Shah, King of Afghanistan
1916 - Hassan Guled Aptidon, President of Djibouti
1917 - Felipe Trump, governor of Aruba
1920 - Henri Verneig, Armenian director
1923 - Italian Calvino, Italian journalist and writer
1926 - Michel Foucault, French philosopher
1931 - Abdul Kalam, Indian scientist and politician
1935 - Yukio Ninagawa, Japanese director
1940 - Benoit Onezorg, German student and activist
1944 - Sali Berisha, Albanian politician
1945 - Patriarch Sofia Neophytos
1968 - Didier Deschamps, French footballer and coach
1972 - Sandra Kim, Belgian singer
1977 - David Trezeguet, French footballer
1979 - Doretta Papadimitriou, Greek actress and presenter
1981 - Kissia Cole, American singer
1983 - Andreas Ivansic, Austrian footballer
1983 - Bruno Senna, Brazilian race driver
1988 - Mesut Ezil, German footballer
Deaths
55 BC - Lucretius, Roman poet and philosopher
412 - Theophilos, Archbishop of Alexandria
1389 - Pope Urban VI
1564 - Andreas Vesalios, Flemish anatomist
1690 - Juan de Valdés Leal, Spanish painter and engraver
1788 - Samuel Karlovich Greig, Scottish Admiral
1917 - Leon-Maxime Colinion, French archaeologist
1917 - Mata Hari, Dutch dancer
1934 - Michael Defner, German linguist and philologist
1934 - Raymond Poincaré, French politician
1945 - Pierre Laval, French politician
1946 - Hermann Gering, German politician
1956 - Jules Rimet, French footballer
1959 - Stepan Bandera, Ukrainian politician
1964 - Cole Porter, American composer
1969 - Abdurasid Ali Sermark, Somali politician
1980 - Apostolos Nikolaidis, Greek footballer and volleyball player
1980 - Prince Peter of Greece and Denmark
2000 - Konrad Bloch, German biochemist
2008 - Fazel Husnu Daglarca, Turkish poet
2012 - Norodom Sihanouk, King of Cambodia
2013 - Bruno Metsou, French footballer and coach
