Read the most important events that happened today.
1500: Vicente Giannie Pinson becomes the first European to land in Brazil.
1531: A strong earthquake shakes Lisbon, Portugal and leaves behind 30.000 dead.
1699: The Karlovic Treaty is signed in Croatia, ending the Austro-Ottoman war. The treaty will mark the beginning of the Ottoman decline and the emergence of Austria as the dominant power in Central Europe.
1700: A major earthquake, estimated at 9 on the Richter scale, has struck off the west coast of Canada. It is considered the most powerful in the history of the country. It causes a tsunami, which bury many indigenous coastal villages, while causing casualties and extensive damage in Japan.
1785: In a letter to his daughter, Benjamin Franklin, one of the founders - fathers of the American nation, expresses his opposition to the choice of the eagle as a symbol of the United States. He himself preferred the turkey.
1788: The European colonization of Australia begins with the arrival of a fleet of 11 ships in the port of Sydney. This first fleet, led by the Englishman Arthur Philip, a captain in the Royal Navy, brings 1500 people, including 750 convicts, to the new colony. Philip and his men land on the east side of Australia and establish Sydney, the first permanent European white colony on the continent. This day is celebrated as "Australia Day".
1808: The first and only military coup in the history of Australia (Rum Rebellion) takes place.
1821: The conference of Vostitsa (Aigio) begins. At the house of Andreas Londos, Papaflessas presents the proxies of Alexandros Ypsilantis to the prominent people and reads them an order to prepare 25.000 men. He announces to the elites that the revolution against the Ottomans is set for March 25.
1825: It is signed in London by the representatives of the Greek government, Ioannis Orlandos and Andreas Louriotis and the Ricardo House, the second loan of Independence. The nominal capital of the loan is .2.000.000 816.000, of which the net amount is limited to XNUMX XNUMX.
1828: Ioannis Kapodistrias is sworn in at the Metropolitan Church of Aegina, the temporary seat of his government, as the first governor of the Free Greek State.
In 1837:Michigan becomes the 26th US State.
1838: Tennessee ratifies the first drinking ban law in U.S. history.
1841: The United Kingdom is occupying Hong Kong.
1870: Virginia is becoming a US state again.
1871: The Rugby Football Union is founded in London. The purpose of its creation is to differentiate rugby from football.
1932: The agrarian uprising, due to the economic crisis, is taking on nationwide proportions.
1936: The KKE enters Parliament for the first time in the shape of the "Pallaic Front". It receives 15 seats and 73.411 votes. The Liberals occupy 126 seats and the People's Party 72.
1939: General Franco's forces occupy Barcelona during the Spanish Civil War.
1941: The battle of Trebesina begins. The Greek Army occupies the eastern slopes of the mountain.
1952: "Black Saturday" in Cairo. Mass demonstrations by Egyptians are spreading in Cairo, with widespread arson of hundreds of buildings, mostly of British interest. Under the slogan "Egypt to the Egyptians", the revolutionaries burn foreign banks, corporate offices, hotels, cinemas and entertainment venues.
1956: Opening ceremony of the 7th Winter Olympic Games in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
1980: Israel and Egypt enter into diplomatic relations.
1992: Theodoros Angelopoulos' film, "The Meteor Stage of the Stork", wins the first State Film Award.
1995: Foreign Minister Karolos Papoulias is canceling his visit to Auschwitz following Poland's insistence on hoisting the Skopje flag with the Vergina Sun during events marking the 50th anniversary of the release of Nazi prisoners.
1998: US President Bill Clinton denies in a live TV interview from the White House that he had any sexual relationship with the apprentice, Monica Lewinsky.
2001: A strong earthquake measuring 7,9 on the Richter scale flattened most of the Indian state of Gujarat, killing about 20.000 people.
2001: A Douglas DC-3 crashes near the Quidaa Bolivar area of Venezuela, killing 24 people.
2005: Condoleezza Rice becomes the first colored woman to take over the US State Department.
2007: Veteran French footballer Michel Platini is elected the new president of UEFA.
2008: Research shows that every European in the European Union of "27" has almost 500 kg of garbage, mainly from the consumption of food and various packaging. "Champions" are the Greeks, the Irish and the Cypriots, based on population and size.
2015: A SYRIZA-ANEL cooperation government is formed and Alexis Tsipras is sworn in as prime minister with a political oath.
2015: Islamic State is ousted from Kombani, on the Syrian-Turkish border, after four months of clashes with Kurdish forces backed by US-backed international coalition airstrikes.
Births
1582 - Giovanni Lanfranco, Italian painter
1763 - Charles IX John, King of Sweden
1781 - Ludwig Achim von Arnim, German writer
1880 - Douglas MacArthur, American general
1905 - Charles Lane, American actor
1907 - Dimitrios Holevas, Greek priest and resistance fighter
1911 - Polycarp Kush, German physicist
1918 - Nicolae Ceausescu, Romanian politician
1919 - Bill Nicholson, English footballer and coach
1921 - Akio Morita, Japanese businessman
1922 - Antonis Drosogiannis, Greek military and politician
1924 - Rauf Denktash, Turkish Cypriot politician
1925 - Joan Leslie, American actress
1925 - Paul Newman, American actor
1928 - Rose Vadim, French actor and director
1928 - Abdelatif Philali, Moroccan politician
1929 - Gordon Solly, American wrestling commentator
1935 - Bob Walker, American baseball player and commentator
1939 - Faidonas Georgitsis, Greek actor
1944 - Angela Davis, American activist
1946 - Gene Siskel, American film critic
1949 - Jonathan Carroll, American author
1950 - Georg Haider, Austrian politician
1953 - Alik L. Alik, Vice President of the Federated States of Micronesia
1953 - Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Danish politician and NATO Secretary General
1958 - Ellen DeGeneres, American actress
1963 - Jose Mourinho, Portuguese football coach
1969 - George Dikaioulakos, Greek basketball coach
1970 - Eleni Peta, Greek singer
1971 - Aigyun Kazimova, Azera singer
1977 - Vince Carter, American basketball player
1988 - Dimitris Chondrokoukis, Greek athlete
1990 - Sergio Perez, Mexican race driver
Deaths
724 - Yazid II, Caliph of the Umayyads
1003 - Rosalie of Lombardy, Queen of France
1080 - Amedeus II, Earl of Savoy
1143 - Ali ibn Yusuf, king of the Almoravids
1631 - Louis Frederick, Duke of Württemberg-Montbeliar
1721 - Pierre-Daniel Ie, French bishop and scholar
1823 - Edward Jenner, English physician
1824 - Teodor Zerico, French painter
1875 - Efstathios of Caesarea, Greek metropolitan
1875 - George Finley, British historian
1891 - Nicholas Otto, German inventor
1895 - Achilles Paraschos, Greek poet
1962 - Lucky Luciano, Italian mobster
1969 - Athanasios Vassiliadis, Greek politician
1973 - Edward J. Robinson, Romanian actor
1977 - Philopimen Finos, Greek film producer
1979 - Nelson Rockefeller, American businessman and politician
1992 - Jose Ferrer, Puerto Rican actor
1999 - Simon Karas, Greek musicologist
1999 - Giannis Fermis, Greek actor
2010 - Giannis Marditsis, Greek football player