Read the most important events that happened today.
1556: Charles V returns to Spain.
1656: Britain and France sign peace agreement.
1789: The American State Department is founded.
1812: The French army under Napoleon reaches the Moscow Kremlin.
1821: Victory of Soulioton against Tourkalvani in Pente Pigadia.
1821: The Acta de Indepedencia is signed in El Salvador, giving Spanish-occupied Central America the right to self-determination.
1830: William Haskison in England becomes the first person to be swept away by a train.
1835: Darwin's "Beagle" arrives in the Galapagos Islands.
1873: The last German troops leave France.
1908: First operetta performance in Athens by a Greek troupe with the chief musician Theofrastos Sakellaridis.
1912: A conference on the agricultural issue is being successfully held in Volos. Suggestions and discussions revolve around the problem of forced expropriation of large estates.
1916: The "Little Willie", the first tank ever built, was first used by the British against the Germans in World War I, at the Battle of the Somme.
1917: The Prime Minister, Alexander Kerensky, declares Russia a Republic, which will not survive more than a month and a half, as Lenin's Bolsheviks will prevail in early November of the same year.
1919: The first issue of the daily newspaper "Kathimerini" is published.
1920: The Palamidi prison in Nafplio is abolished.
1921: Eleftherios Venizelos's second wedding to the wealthy expatriate, Elena Stefanovik Skylitsi, is taking place in the London suburb of Highgate.
1922: After the formation of the Revolutionary Committee in Chios and Mytilene, General Theodoros Pangalos, without any consultation with the leaders of the Revolution, organized a "directorate" and began to rule Athens, appointing military and political executives and making arrests.
1928: Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin.
1934: Tram lines are beginning to be removed from the streets of Athens. Buses will be launched in its place.
1935: Adolf Hitler adopts the swastika as the official symbol of Nazi Germany. On the same day, the 7th Congress of the German National Socialists passed the Nuremberg Tribal Laws, which legally enshrine anti-Semitism. In particular, the "Law on German Citizenship" and the "Law on the Protection of German Blood and German Honor" deprive German Jews of German citizenship and prohibit marriage between Jews and non-Jews.
1944: The Nazis execute 43 men, 2 women and a 6-month-old baby in the community of Gdochia, Crete.
1944: The battle of Meligalas between ELAS and the Security Battalions is evolving. The resistance of the resistance forces was followed by the assassination of the latter with the victims estimated from 708 to 1144.
1949: At the age of 75, Dr. Konrad Adenauer becomes the first Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany.
1951: Emil Zatopek sets a world record in the 20.000 meters with 1: 01.15.8.
1952: The UN grants Eritrea to Ethiopia.
1959: Nikita Khrushchev is the first USSR leader to visit the United States. The visit will last until September 27.
1961: The United States is repeating its underground nuclear tests.
1968: The Communist Youth of Greece (KNE) is founded by a decision of the KKE.
1972: The screening of the surrealist satire "The Hidden Charm of the Bourgeoisie" begins in French cinemas.
1975: In Greece, test trolleys without collectors are starting to circulate.
1982: Pope John Paul II is stirring up a storm in Israel, following a personal hearing he gave to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
1982: In Greece, the first football match in OAKA is held between Olympiacos and Ester Sweden (2-0) for the Champions Cup.
1982: Hellenic Air Force F-84F Thunderstreak crashes in a residential area of Larissa, killing three civilians on the ground from the wreckage.
1989: The conclusion of the pre-investigation committee for the Koskotas scandal is submitted to the Parliament, according to which the former prime minister, Andreas Papandreou, is allegedly responsible.
1991: The "Discovery" space shuttle orbits a satellite that will gather information about the Earth's ozone holes.
1991: Split of the KKE and the KNE. The renewal wing leaves, headed by Maria Damanaki, Mimi Androulakis, Panagiotis Lafazanis and Giannis Dragasakis. The renewers, who represent around 50% of the CoE. of the KKE, will remain in the Coalition of the Left and Progress, which will be transformed into a single party.
1994: The Parliament refers to the Special Court Konstantinos Mitsotakis, Ioannis Paleokrasas and Andreas Andrianopoulos for the case of the sale of AGET Iraklis.
1994: Plane crash with forest firefighters, on Mount Lekani, between Drama and Kavala and a report of 10 dead.
1995: The 4th UN Conference on Women in China adopted a declaration affirming that women's rights are human rights, and called on governments to take steps to improve their living and working conditions.
1999: The Italian, Romano Prodi, takes over as President of the European Commission.
1999: Hurricane Floyd hits the United States, killing eight.
2000: The 27th Olympic Games begin in Sydney, Australia. 10.200 athletes from 200 countries participate in 28 sports. Nikos Kaklamanakis is the first athlete to step on the field of the Olympic Stadium as a flag bearer of the Greek Mission.
2001: ""We are at war," said US President George W. Bush in a statement, promising a "sweeping, persistent and effective response" to terrorist attacks.
2001: The new Patriarch of Jerusalem Ireneos is enthroned.
2003: With a symbolic direct connection Athens - Nicosia, Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis and Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos launch the first Greek satellite "HellasSat".
2004: The Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria, Peter VII, is buried with honors.
1254 - Marco Polo, Italian explorer
1613 - François de la Rosfoucauld, French writer
1649 - Titus Oates, English clergyman
1736 - Jean Sylvain Bey, French astronomer
1789 - James Fenimore Cooper, American author
1890 - Agatha Christie, English writer
1894 - Jean Renoir, French director
1904 - Umberto II, King of Italy
1909 - Gene Batten, New Zealand aviator
1909 - Dimos Starenios, Greek actor
1929 - Murray Gell-Man, American physicist
1932 - Neil Bartlett, English chemist
1941 - Viktor Zubkov, Russian politician
1942 - Wen Jiabao, Chinese politician
1944 - Yueri Museveni, President of Uganda
1946 - Oliver Stone, American director and screenwriter
1946 - Tommy Lee Jones, American actor and director
1956 - Natalia Tsaliki, Greek actress
1964 - Robert Fico, Slovak politician
1965 - Brilliant Dadasova, Azera singer
1972 - Queen Letitia of Spain
1977 - Tom Hardy, English actor
1978 - Eidur Gudjohnsen, Icelandic footballer
1978 - Marko Pandelic, Serbian footballer
1984 - Prince Harry of England
1987 - Ali Sissoko, French footballer
668 - Constantius II, Byzantine emperor
1054 - Garcia Sanchez III, King of Pamplona
1415 - Manuel Chrysoloras, Byzantine scholar
1510 - Saint Catherine (Genoa)
1688 - Otto Wilhelm von Koenixmark, Swedish soldier
1700 - Andre Le Notreau, French landscape architect
1885 - Jumbo, African elephant
1921 - Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Austrian soldier
1926 - Rudolf Oiken, German philosopher
1936 - Alexandros Zaimis, Greek politician
1938 - Giannoulis Halepas, Greek sculptor
1945 - Anton Webern, Austrian composer and conductor
1953 - Erich Mendelssohn, German architect
1973 - Gustav VI Adolf, King of Sweden
1993 - Alexandros Kallidopoulos, Greek politician
2004 - Dauda Malam Wanke, Nigerian military
2006 - Pablo Santos, Mexican actor
2006 - Oriana Fallaci, Italian journalist
2007 - Colin McRae, Scottish racing driver
2008 - Stavros Paravas, Greek actor
2008 - Richard Wright, English musician
2008 - Giannis Skoularikis, Greek politician
2017 - Harry Dean Stanton, American actor
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