Read the most important events that happened today.
1886: An earthquake in Charleston, South Carolina has killed at least 100 people.
1897: Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first camera.
1919: In Chicago, USA, the American Communist Party is founded, with the slogan "Workers of the world unite".
1922: With his announcement, Kemal calls on all those who served in the Greek army to surrender within 24 hours. Judges and officials serving in Asia Minor return to Athens.
1923: The Italians bomb and occupy Corfu.
1931: Terrible floods hit China. About 250.000 people lose their lives.
1932: By ministerial decision, summer time is abandoned in Greece.
1933: The inauguration of the People's Hospital in Goudi is taking place, to serve mainly the needy.
1957: Malaysia gains independence from Great Britain.
1960: For the development of Greek tourism, the "Achillion" of Corfu is being turned into a casino by German businessmen.
1970: The first computer chess tournament begins in Indianapolis.
1980: The Polish "Solidarity" union is founded, which under the leadership of the electrician Lech Walesa contributed decisively to the fall of communism in the country.
1984: Farewell game of Mimi Domazos with PAO against Boca Juniors 2-3 in OAKA in front of 50.000 spectators
1986: Two planes collided in flight over California, killing a total of 82 people.
1989: In Britain, Princess Anna and Mark Phillips are divorcing after 16 years of marriage.
1990: West and East Germany sign their unification treaty.
1991: NASA scientists say a massive landslide on the planet Venus caused by an earthquake is the first evidence that it is a geologically active planet.
1993: In northwest China, 242 people have been killed in a dam collapse in the remote province of Qinghai due to heavy rainfall. At the same time, Israel is approving a draft agreement with the PLO to grant Palestinian self-government in Gaza and Jericho.
1994: The IRA declares a full unilateral ceasefire after 25 years of violence.
1995: Six people are killed when a military plane of the state company of Mali, crashes in Thermi, Thessaloniki, while trying to land at the airport "Macedonia" due to loss of fuel.
1996: In India, 355 dead and hundreds of thousands homeless are the tragic toll of the floods that hit Bihar and western Bengal.
1997: In a tragic accident in Paris, Princess Diana is killed, along with her partner Dodi al Fayette and the driver of the fatal Mercedes, while her bodyguard is injured.
1999: The youngest grand master in chess in the world becomes the British David Howell, 8 years old, who manages to defeat the compatriot of the world champion.
2002: The first Cyprus-Greece satellite is launched.
2003: Closing ceremony of the 9th World Athletics Championships in Paris. Greece leaves with four medals: a gold with Mirela Maniani in javelin, a silver with Tasoula Kelesidou in discus and two bronze with Katerina Voggoli in discus and Periklis Iakovakis in the 400m hurdles.
2004: The first ankle transplant in Europe is successfully performed by the Italian surgeon Sandro Giannini to the realist Silvano Bordon.
2005: Panic on a bridge in Baghdad kills 1.199 people.
12 - Caligula, Roman emperor
161 - Commodus, Roman emperor
1807 - John Young, British politician
1834 - Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer
1853 - Alexei Alexeyevich Brusilov, Russian general
1870 - Maria Montessori, Italian physician and educator
1879 - Jump Mahler, Austrian secularist
1880 - Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands
1897 - Frederick Martz, American actor
1908 - William Saroyan, American writer
1928 - James Coburn, American actor
1939 - Eleftherios Zouros, Greek biologist
1947 - Somshai Wongsawat, Thai politician
1948 - Rudolf Senker, German guitarist
1948 - Harald Ertl, Austrian race driver
1949 - Richard Gere, American actor
1954 - Robert Kocharyan, Armenian politician
1955 - Edwin Moses, American athlete
1960 - Yota Nega, Greek singer
1967 - Gene Hoglan, American drummer
1970 - Leonidas Vokolos, Greek football player
1970 - Nikola Gruevski, Skopje politician
1970 - Queen Rania of Jordan
1972 - Costas Konstantinidis, Greek football player
1982 - Patrick Nuo, Swiss singer
1982 - Pepe Reina, Spanish footballer
1988 - Carlos Zeka, Greek footballer
1991 - Petros Mantalos, Greek football player
2017 - Gabriel, Prince of Sweden
577 - John Scholasticus, Patriarch of Constantinople
651 - Aidan, Irish saint and missionary
1056 - Theodora, Byzantine Empress
1158 - Sancho III, king of Castile
1422 - Henry V, King of England
1528 - Matthias Greenwald, German painter
1795 - François-Andre Danican Filindor, French composer and chess player
1811 - Louis Antoine de Bougainville, French soldier and explorer
1847 - Ioannis Kolettis, Greek politician
1864 - Ferdinand Lassalle, German lawyer, philosopher and activist
1867 - Charles Baudelaire, French poet
1927 - Andranik Ozanian, Armenian soldier
1941 - Marina Tsvetageva, Russian writer
1963 - Georges Braque, French painter
1969 - Rocky Marciano, American boxer
1973 - John Ford, American director
1978 - Lee Garms, American filmmaker
1981 - Nikolaos Kavazarakis, Greek politician
1991 - Stavros Kanellopoulos, Greek politician
1997 - Diana, Princess of Wales
2005 - Joseph Rothblatt, Polish physicist
2008 - Nikos Themelis, Greek politician
2009 - Torsten Lindbergh, Swedish footballer
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