Read the most important events that happened today.
1824: Mexico becomes a federal republic, based on a constitution similar to the US.
1830: Belgium becomes independent from the Netherlands and becomes an autonomous state.
1853: The Ottoman Empire declares war on Russia. Beginning of the Crimean War. (September 22, 1853 with the old calendar)
1883: The legendary Orient Express train begins its maiden voyage.
1912: Following Turkey's refusal to adopt a declaration by Bulgaria and Serbia to "ratify the national autonomy of the empire's ethnic groups" and to carry out administrative and political reforms in areas inhabited by Christians, the two countries are declaring war on Pyli.
1943: Heinrich Himmler describes in detail the extermination of the Jews in a speech to a gathering of German Gauliters in occupied Poznan, Poland. This speech was recorded and was an important piece of evidence for the crimes of the National Socialists in the Nuremberg Trials.
1952: The first pacemaker, made by Dr. Paul Zoll of Harvard University.
1957: For the first time in human history, the Soviet unmanned satellite "Sputnik 1" is launched into space, causing shock in the West.
1862: Rebellion against Otto erupts in Acarnania, led by Theodorakis Grivas.
1974: Konstantinos Karamanlis founds New Democracy and publishes its Founding Declaration.
1987: The greatest moment in the history of Greek volleyball. Our national team wins the bronze medal at the European Championship in Ghent, as it defeats Sweden in the small final 3-2.
1993: In Moscow, about 10 hours after the intervention of tanks and loyalists in the Boris Yeltsin paratroopers, hundreds of detainees of the Russian Parliament are handed over. wrapped in flames. According to the Moscow authorities, the death toll stands at 31 and the injured at 219.
1994: A strong earthquake measuring 8,2 on the Richter scale is centered on the Kuril Islands in Russia. 16 people die, followed by a tsunami, forming huge tidal waves.
1996: Miltiadis Evert is re-elected president of ND with 103 votes against 84 of George Souflias.
1998: Google is founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, students at Stanford University in the USA.
1999: Six dead and many injured is the report of the collision in Tempi truck with the coach that transports PAOK fans after the 1-1 with Panathinaikos in OAKA.
2005: Negotiations for Turkey's accession to the European Union officially begin.
2009: PASOK won with a difference of 10,5 points and 160 seats were "taken out" by the ballot box. Five-party Parliament with PASOK 43,92%, New Democracy 33,48% 91, KKE 7,54% 21, LAOS 5,63% 15 and SYRIZA 4,60% 13 to constitute it. The next day, George Papandreou was sworn in as prime minister.
Births
1289 - Louis I, King of France
1379 - Henry III, King of Castile
1472 - Lucas Cranach the Elder, German painter
1528 - Francisco Guerrero, Spanish composer
1550 - Charles IX, King of Sweden
1626 - Richard Cromwell, English politician
1676 - Alexander Selkirk, Scottish sailor
1759 - Johann Philipp Zimbenkees, German philologist
1814 - Jean-François Migue, French painter
1822 - Rutherford Hayes, 19th President of the United States
1881 - Walter von Brauchich, German general
1892 - Engelbert Dolphus, Austrian politician
1895 - Buster Keaton, American actor and director
1903 - Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Austrian soldier
1913 - Martial Celestine, Prime Minister of Haiti
1916 - Vitaly Ginsburg, Russian physicist
1923 - Charlton Easton, American actor
1941 - Robert Wilson, American director and playwright
1942 - Johanna Sigurdandotir, Icelandic politician
1946 - Susan Charadon, American actress
1956 - Christoph Waltz, Austrian actor
1967 - Liv Schreiber, American actor
1975 - Alessandro Mancini, a politician from San Marino
1980 - Tomas Rozicki, Czech footballer
1983 - Marios Nikolaou, Cypriot football player
1984 - Lena Katina, Russian singer
1988 - Derrick Rose, American basketball player
1991 - Lucas Vigiafanies, Argentine footballer
Deaths
744 - Yazid III, Arab caliph
1160 - Constantine of Castile, Queen of France
1669 - Rembrandt Harmenson van Rijn (known as Rembrandt), Dutch painter
1800 - Jean Herman, French physician and naturalist
1827 - Gregory Zalykis, Greek diplomat and lexicographer
1851 - Manuel de Godoy, Spanish politician
1890 - Kathryn Booth, England co-founder of the Salvation Army
1903 - Otto Weininger, Austrian philosopher
1904 - Auguste Bartoldi, French sculptor
1910 - Pavlos Nikolaidis, Greek chief
1947 - Max Planck, German physicist
1955 - Alexandros Papagos, Greek general and politician
1968 - Iraklis Batzios, Greek politician
1970 - Janis Joplin, American singer
1974 - Ann Sexton, American poet
1982 - Glen Gould, Canadian pianist
1982 - Stefanos C. Stefanopoulos, Greek politician
1984 - Bernard, Prince of Saxony-Meiningen
1997 - Athanasios Tsaldaris, Greek politician
2009 - Mercedes Sosa, Argentine singer
