Read the most important events that happened today.
1507: Lisa Gerardini's husband, a wealthy merchant from Venice, hires the services of Leonardo da Vinci to paint a portrait of his wife. The Italian metro will create his masterpiece, which will go down in history as the Mona Lisa.
1822: The representatives of the European countries, participating in the Conference of Verona, characteristically characterize the request of the Greek delegation to appear before them and to develop their positions for the Revolution.
1839: The first Opium War between China and Britain begins.
1839: Sultan Mahmut II begins the effort to modernize the faltering Ottoman Empire, which will become known as "Tanzimat".
1898: After 229 years of occupation, the last Turkish soldiers leave Crete. On December 9, the High Commissioner, Prince George, will land in Souda.
1903: The electrocardiograph is invented by the Dutchman Willem Eindhoven.
1918: The revolution of the men of the German Navy breaks out in Kiel. The port workers join them and lead Kaiser to resign. The revolution, which spread throughout Germany, caused the end of World War I, as it was accompanied by the defeat of the Central Empires.
1927: Κ.Ε.Δ.Κ.Ε. is founded at the first conference of the mayors of Greece.
1928: Kemal Ataturk continues to approach the West, abolishing the Arabic alphabet and adopting the Latin one.
1935: Referendum in Greece for the restoration of the Monarchy. 97,8% vote in favor and George II returns to the throne. The observed phenomena, however, testify that the referendum was not held in fair terms, as in many constituencies the ballots in favor of the kingdom outnumbered the total number of registered voters.
1944: The National Opera gives its first performance and concert, with a festive character.
1944: The largest Greek banknote with a face value of 100 billion drachmas is issued, which bears the signature of the Governor of the Bank of Greece, Xenophontas Zolotas.
1955: Broadway premiere of the musical "Dudes and Dolls" with Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra.
1957: Soviet satellite Sputnik 2 launches from Baikonur Cosmodrome with the first living passenger in space history. She is the dog Laika.
1961: LPG production begins at Hellenic Refineries.
1963: George Papandreou's Center Union wins the election with 42,04% (138 seats), reducing the EPE to 39,7% (132 seats). With the support of the ECHR, he will get a vote of confidence and form a government.
1964: Lyndon Johnson is elected President of the United States, winning 60% of the vote. The difference of 15,5 million votes that Johnson receives against his opponent Barry Goldwater, the Republican candidate, is something unprecedented for the American chronicles.
1968: George Papandreou, who passed away on November 1, is buried in the First Cemetery. The junta gives permission for a public funeral, which develops into a dynamic anti-junta rally. 250000 people gather and the funeral turns into the first mass rally against the junta.
1968: Alekos Panagoulis is on trial by the Military Court for the assassination attempt against Dictator G. Papadopoulos on August 13, 1968.
1971: The first handbook for UNIX developers is published.
1979: Members of the American Nazi Party and a Ku Klux Klan group attacked a Communist Party protest in Greensboro, North Carolina. They shot and killed five civilians and wounded 11 others.
1990: The Artemisio tunnel is inaugurated, which reduces the route Athens-Tripoli by 35 km, about one hour.
1992: In the presidential election, the candidate of the Democratic Party Bill Clinton achieves a sweeping victory over his Republican opponent and until then President George W. Bush, the eldest and becomes the 42nd President of the USA.
1992 - Jerry Rawlings is elected President of Ghana.
1993: Miltiadis Evert is elected the new president of ND, which has the preference of 141 members of the electorate, against 37, who prefer Ioannis Varvitsiotis.
1994: There is a total solar eclipse.
1996: Kosovo Albanian speakers boycott New Yugoslav parliamentary and municipal elections.
2002: Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Justice and Development Party won 34,29% of the vote in the elections and secured autonomy. Big names in Turkish politics remain outside Parliament.
2003: The UN General Assembly approves the resolution submitted by Greece on the Olympic Truce in view of the 2004 Olympic Games in a solemn atmosphere, in the presence of IOC President Jacques Rogge. August 13, in revival of the ancient Greek idea.
2004: The son of the late leader, Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has been elected the new President of the United Arab Emirates.
2004: Compulsory military service in Hungary is abolished.
Births
39 - Loukanos, Roman poet
1500 - Benvenuto Cellini, Italian sculptor and painter
1604 - Ottoman II, Ottoman Sultan
1633 - Bernardino Ramazzini, Italian physician
1801 - Vincenzo Bellini, Italian composer
1816 - Jabal Anderson Earley, American general
1852 - Meiji, Emperor of Japan
1880 - Aura Theodoropoulou, Greek musician and activist
1894 - Sophocles Venizelos, Greek politician
1895 - Dora Moatsou-Varnali, Greek poet
1901 - Leopold III, King of Belgium
1901 - Andre Malraux, French writer
1903 - Walker Evans, American photographer
1908 - Giovanni Leone, Italian politician
1912 - Alfredo Stresner, Paraguayan military and politician
1920 - George Psychountakis, Greek resistance fighter
1921 - Charles Bronson, American actor
1922 - Spyros Kalogirou, Greek actor
1926 - Valdas Adamkus, Lithuanian politician
1931 - Monica Viti, Italian actress
1933 - Michael Doukakis, American politician
1933 - John Barry, English composer
1933 - Jeremy Brett, English actor
1933 - Martyr Sen, Indian economist
1945 - Gerd Miller, German footballer
1947 - Macy Girona, American politician
1957 - Dolph Ludgren, Swedish actor
1970 - Andrei Yuskoviak, Polish footballer
1970 - Maro Lytra, Greek singer
1982 - Evgeny Plyushenko, Russian figure skater
Deaths
361 - Constantius II, Roman emperor
1254 - John III Doukas Vatatzis, emperor of Nicaea
1869 - Andreas Kalvos, Greek poet
1914 - Samuel Archer King, American Air Force
1914 - Georg Trakl, Austrian poet
1931 - Michael Goudas, Greek politician
1940 - Manuel Athanasia, Spanish politician
1954 - Henri Matisse, French painter and sculptor
1957 - Wilhelm Reich, Austrian psychoanalyst
1968 - Christina Kalogerikou, Greek actress
1970 - Peter II, King of Yugoslavia
1978 - Nikolaos Mavris, Greek politician
1989 - Andreas Vembos, Greek businessman
1999 - George D. Papadimitriou, Greek politician
2001 - Ernst Gobrich, Austrian art historian
2003 - Dimitrios Markopoulos, Greek politician
2007 - Ryan Sei, American runner
2009 - Francisco Agiala, Spanish writer
2013 - Giannis Kalamitsis, Greek playwright, lyricist and radio producer
2015 - Panagiotis Delimitsos, Greek politician