Read the most important events that happened today.
1535: French explorer Jacques Cartier discovers Montreal in Quebec.
1540: The French-mediated treaty of peace in Venice, which ends the third Venetian-Turkish war, is signed. With the treaty, Venice is forced to leave at the mercy of the Turks the Northern Sporades, Astypalea, Aegina, Nafplio and Monemvasia.
1828: The French Expeditionary Force expels Ibrahim's last Turkish-Egyptian troops from the Peloponnese.
1836: Charles Darwin returns to England after a five-year journey in search of evidence that helped him formulate the theory of natural selection.
1912: The Cretan deputies are accepted by the Greek Parliament, after many months of effort to participate in its work, in order to accelerate the union of the island with Greece.
1914: Spyros Spyromilios declares the autonomy of the Northern Epirus.
1919: The French Parliament ratifies the Treaty of Versailles.
1924: The Geneva Protocol, which strengthened the League of Nations, is adopted.
1941: The siege of Moscow by the Germans begins, known by the code name "Operation Hurricane", or better known as Operation Barbarossa.
1947: The International Automobile Federation (FIA) establishes Formula 1 Grand Prix races.
1967: In Greece, six years of compulsory education and two levels of education are introduced. The purgatory is also established as a language instrument in education.
1968: The massacre of Tlatelolko. Ten days before the opening ceremony of the Mexican Olympic Games, 10.000 people are protesting against the Games. During the incidents with the Police and the Army, 260 people were killed and 1200 were injured.
1972: Denmark approves in a referendum (65,5% in favor) its accession to the EEC.
1988: The 24th Olympic Games are coming to an end in Seoul.
1990: Former PASOK minister Agamemnon Koutsogiorgas is in custody, accused of the Koskotas scandal.
1997: The "Treaty of Amsterdam" is signed. This is the new successor to Maastricht for European integration.
2001: The Swiss airline Swissair goes bankrupt. Its management requests the immediate granting of an emergency financial assistance package, in order to ensure its viability.
2002: Demis Nikolaidis, with 26 goals, becomes the top scorer for a Greek team in the European Cups, surpassing Dimitris Saravakos (24 goals) with the goal he scores in AEK-Real Madrid (3-3) for the Champions League groups. At the same time, a record, 80 million contract was signed with EMI by the British star of the song, Robbie Williams.
2003: The Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded to South African author John Maxwell Kuchi.
Births
1452 - Richard III, King of England
1798 - Charles Albert, King of Sardinia
1801 - Elizabeth Moujan-Martinegu, Greek writer
1832 - Edward Barnett Taylor, English anthropologist
1847 - Paul von Hindenburg, German general and politician
1851 - Ferdinand Foss, French soldier
1852 - William Ramsay, Scottish chemist
1869 - Mahatma Gandhi, Indian activist and philosopher
1890 - Groucho Marx, American actor
1897 - Bad Abbott, American actor
1904 - Graham Green, English writer and critic
1907 - Alexander Todd, Scottish chemist
1917 - Christian de Div, Belgian cytologist and biochemist
1927 - Nikola Klyushev, Prime Minister of Northern Macedonia
1946 - Sodi Bunyaratklin, Thai military and politician
1951 - Sting, English singer, bassist and actor
1952 - Ali Mohammed Ghent, Somali politician
1952 - Giannis Damanakis, Greek football player
1953 - Ernest Bai Coroma, president of Sierra Leone
1954 - Grigoris Psarianos, Greek journalist and politician
1962 - Gerasimos Andreatos, Greek singer
1966 - Yokozuna, American wrestler
1968 - Jana Novotna, Czech tennis player
1971 - James Ruth, American guitarist
1973 - Susanna Gonzalez, Mexican actress
1973 - Andrei Danilko, Ukrainian singer
1978 - Ayumi Hamasaki, Japanese singer
1984- Goran Popov, Skopje footballer
Deaths
534 - Atalarius, king of the Ostrogoths
829 - Michael II, Byzantine emperor
1264 - Pope Urban IV
1804 - Nicolas-Joseph Kinio, French engineer
1853 - François Arago, French mathematician
1899 - Percy Pilzer, English inventor
1906 - Anastasios Christomanos, Greek chemist
1909 - Theodoros Rallis, Greek painter
1927 - Svante Arenius, Swedish chemist
1947 - Peter Uspensky, Russian mathematician
1968 - Marcel Duchamp, French painter and sculptor
1973 - Paavo Nourmi, Finnish runner
1988 - Alek Isigonis, Greek car designer
1991 - George Vakalos, Greek artist
1991 - Dimitrios, Patriarch of Constantinople
1998 - Lili Zografou, Greek writer
2007 - Princess Catherine of Greece
2016 - Neville Mariner, English conductor
