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ΦΕΣΤΙΒΑΛ ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΑΡΧΑΙΑ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΜΟΥΣΙΚΗ
Φεστιβάλ για την Αρχαία Ελληνική Μουσική και Πολιτισμό «Το Δώρο των Θεών ΙV».
Το διήμερο Φεστιβάλθα πραγματοποιηθεί το Σαββατοκύριακο 6 & 7 Οκτωβρίου 2018, στο αμφιθέατρο «Μελίνα Μερκούρη» του Μουσείου Βυζαντινού Πολιτισμού Θεσσαλονίκηςκαι περιλαμβάνει σειρά εκδηλώσεων, μεταξύ των οποίων:
- Έκθεση Αρχαίων Ελληνικών Μουσικών Οργάνων
- Εργαστήρια (Workshops) εκμάθησης αρχαίων μουσικών οργάνων (λύρας & τυμπάνου/ μπεντίρ)
- Συναυλίες σωζόμενων πρωτότυπων αρχαίων ύμνων αλλά και σύγχρονης μουσικής με αρχαία ανακατασκευασμένα όργανα
- Διαλέξεις σχετικά με τη μουσική δημιουργία στην αρχαία Ελλάδα
- Διαδραστική περιπατητική ξενάγηση
- Πρωτάθλημα Αρχαίων Ελληνικών επιτραπέζιων παιχνιδιών
«Το Δώρο των Θεών» θα πραγματοποιηθεί για τέταρτη συνεχόμενη χρονιά στην πόλη της Θεσσαλονίκης, μετά από τρεις πολύ επιτυχημένες διοργανώσεις. Πρόκειται για μια συνδιοργάνωση του Μουσείου Βυζαντινού Πολιτισμού Θεσσαλονίκης, του Εργαστηρίου Ηλεκτρονικών ΜΜΕ του τμήματος Δημοσιογραφίας & ΜΜΕ του ΑΠΘ, του ομίλου Πολιτισμού Seikilo και της Οργανοποιίας Αναστάσιος - Luthieros Music Instruments. Η είσοδος θα είναι ελεύθερη για το κοινό για το σύνολο των εκδηλώσεων.
Επίτιμοι προσκεκλημένοι στη φετινή διοργάνωση είναι η Bettina Joy de Guzman και ο Δρ. Νίκος Ξανθούλης.
Η Bettina Joy de Guzmanείναι ιστορικός, συνθέτρια, μουσικός αρχαίων οργάνων και ερμηνεύτρια αυθεντικής αρχαίας ποίησης. Ήταν υποψήφια για βραβείο Grammy, ενώ η μουσική της περιλαμβάνεται σε αναρίθμητες συλλογές.
Ο Δρ. Νίκος Ξανθούληςείναι συνθέτης και επιστημονικός συνεργάτης της Ακαδημίας Αθηνών. Με 13 προσωπικούς δίσκους, έχει παρουσιασθεί σε περισσότερες από 30 χώρες. Διετέλεσε υπεύθυνος Εκπαιδευτικών Προγραμμάτων της Εθνικής Λυρικής Σκηνής και καλλιτεχνικός διευθυντής των Μουσικών Συνόλων ΕΡΤ.
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Posted: 01 Oct 2018 05:08 PM PDT  Ινδός πνευματικός ηγέτης και πολιτικός, η επιρροή του οποίου ξεπέρασε τα όρια της χώρας του. Θεωρείται ο πατέρας του Ινδικού εθνικισμού και ο κήρυκας της μη βίας στον 20ο αιώνα. Γεννήθηκε στις 2 Οκτωβρίου 1869... |
Posted: 01 Oct 2018 05:08 PM PDT  Ήταν 2 Οκτωβρίου του 1947, όταν η Διεθνής Ομοσπονδία Αυτοκινήτου (FIA) έλαβε την οριστική απόφαση για τη διοργάνωση αγώνων στην κατηγορία της F1. Η ιδέα είχε «γεννηθεί» μετά το τέλος του Β'Παγκοσμίου Πολέμου... |
Posted: 01 Oct 2018 05:08 PM PDT  Ελληνικής καταγωγής βρετανός σχεδιαστής αυτοκινήτων, γνωστός με την αγγλική εκδοχή του ονόματός του, Alec Issigonis. Πέθανε στις 2 Οκτωβρίου του 1988 κι έμεινε στην ιστορία, επειδή σχεδίασε και ανέπτυξε το θρυλικό Mini Cooper... |
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Posted: 01 Oct 2018 05:08 PM PDT  Γάλλος στρατιωτικός μηχανικός, που θεωρείται από τους πρωτοπόρους της αυτοκίνησης. Πέθανε στις 2 Οκτωβρίου του 1804... |
Posted: 01 Oct 2018 05:08 PM PDT  Βρετανός αρχιμουσικός και βιολονίστας, γνωστός στους φίλους της «κλασικής» μουσικής από το σύνολο μουσικής δωματίου «Academy of St, Martin in the Fields», το οποίο ίδρυσε το 1958 και διηύθυνε επί σειρά ετών. |
Posted: 01 Oct 2018 05:08 PM PDT  Αθλητικός σύλλογος της Λισαβώνας, με πληθώρα εγχώριων τίτλων και διεθνών διακρίσεων στο ποδόσφαιρο... |
Posted: 01 Oct 2018 05:08 PM PDT  Ο αρμενικής καταγωγής Γάλλος τραγουδοποιός Σαρλ Αζναβούρ υπήρξε ένα από τα κορυφαία ονόματα του γαλλικού τραγουδιού με παγκόσμια απήχηση και αποδοχή |
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Article 10
The Warlike Origins
of ‘Going Dutch’
The term for splitting the bill has its roots in a bitter
international rivalry.
AT THE END OF A restaurant meal, deciding who pays and how much can be fraught. Societal norms tend to dictate if one person whips out their credit card, or if everyone should “go Dutch”: that is, pay their own share.
“Going Dutch” can quickly get complicated, with adding up tax, tip, and separate bills. But the origin of the term is even more complex: It likely stems from a centuries-old dispute between England and the Netherlands that left behind a slew of uncomplimentary phrases in English, all rooted in the word “Dutch.”
In the 17th century, the Dutch Republic and the English competed over international trade, colonies, and domination of the seas. Starting in 1652, the Dutch and English fought three wars over the next 22 years, battling over everything from herring to current-day New York. Propaganda meant that relations soured quickly, and both the English and the Dutch considered plagues and fires in the other country to be a punishment from God.
Name-calling became common in pamphlets and woodcuts. The Dutch claimed that the English were descended from the Devil himself, and therefore had tails. The English retaliated by calling the Dutch “butterboxes” and drunkards. The enmity lingered, even as the wars became less frequent. In the following centuries, the word “Dutch” in the English language eventually came to describe anything sub-par.
The insults came fast and thick. Dutch soldiers, according to the English, needed “Dutch courage,” or alcohol-fueled bravado, to fight. A “Dutch uncle” was a stern and authoritative figure, not a kindly uncle. “Dutch feasts” were parties where the host got drunk first, while a “Dutch reckoning” was an unitemized bill with unexpected charges. “Dutch comfort” was the small consolation that a bad situation wasn’t worse.
In essence, writes Peter Douglas of the New Netherland Institute, “Dutch” implied anything opposite or inferior to the way it should have been, and often the term was used for everything from crude insults to possibly even cookware. The Dutch oven, a lidded pot that can be used for baking, may or may not be part of this trend: It’s not truly an oven, but the Dutch may have simply been good at producing them.
“To go Dutch,” though, is an all-American term. As Jonathan Milder writes in Entertaining from Ancient Rome to the Super Bowl, one of the first scornful references to a “Dutch treat”—that is, not really treating someone else at all—appears in a New York Times article from 1877. The term coincides with what Milder calls “the centuries-old British sport of mocking the Dutch,” but can also be a reference to the contemporary German-American habit of everyone buying their own drink (Dutch being a confused reference to Deutsch, or “German”).
Naturally, the disparaging use of the word “Dutch” had consequences. As recently as 1934, writes Milder, the Dutch government issued orders for officials to avoid using the term “Dutch” to dodge the stigma. However, most “Dutch” terminology seems fairly old-fashioned today. It’s a fitting fate for a linguistic practice based on centuries-old hatred.
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Article 9
LA CONDAMINE, MONACO
Στο ρετιρέ του Panorama, στην ακριβότερη παραλιακή του κόσμου
Ένα οροφοδιαμέρισμα 1.045 τετραγωνικών στην καρδιά του Πριγκιπάτου του Μονακό
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Article 8
Γιατί ο πιλότος δεν τρώει ΠΟΤΕ το ίδιο φαγητό με τον συγκυβερνήτη και τους υπόλοιπους επιβάτες
Το αεροπλάνο αποτελεί ένα από τα πιο διαδεδομένα μέσα μεταφοράς και ποιος μπορεί να αρνηθεί την ευκολία που έχει επιφέρει στον άνθρωπο, καθώς μπορεί να ταξιδέψει από άκρη σε άκρη της γης, μέσα σε μόλις λίγες ώρες. Ειδικά τώρα που οι τιμές των εισιτηρίων έχουν πέσει, ακόμα περισσότερος κόσμος μετακινείται με αυτό.
Πάρα πολλά άρθρα έχουν γραφτεί για το τι μπορεί να συμβεί στον οργανισμό μας όταν ταξιδεύουμε με το αεροπλάνο. Το φαγητό έχει διαφορετική γεύση, αν πιούμε αλκοοόλ μεθάμε πιο εύκολα, είμαστε ευάλωτοι στις ιώσεις, το δέρμα μας γίνεται πιο ξηρό και πολλά άλλα.
Οι αεροπορικές εταιρείες προτιμούν να σερβίρουν
γνωστό και βολικό φαγητό, όπως είναι το κοτόπουλο και τα ζυμαρικά. Γνωρίζουν όμως πολύ καλά ότι το πλήρωμα πτήσης δεν πρέπει σε καμία περίπτωση να έχει το ίδιο γεύμα με αυτό των επιβατών.
Μάλιστα, ο πιλότος δεν τρώει ποτέ το ίδιο φαγητό με τον συγκυβερνήτη.
Και φυσικά υπάρχει σοβαρός λόγος για αυτό.
Οι πιλότοι καταναλώνουν το δικό τους φαγητό που ετοιμάζεται ειδικά για εκείνους, προκειμένου να περιορίσουν την περίπτωση τροφικής δηλητηρίασης.
Την ίδια ώρα ο πιλότος και ο συγκυβερνήτης τρώνε συνήθως διαφορετικά γεύματα για να μην νοσήσουν και οι δύο υπό τον φόβο των τροφικών δηλητηριάσεων.
Ολα αυτά γίνονται για τη προφύλαξή τους ώστε να μπορούν να είναι σε θέση να πιλοτάρουν το αεροπλάνο με ασφάλεια.
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322: πεθαίνει ο μεγάλος Έλληνας φιλόσοφος Αριστοτέλης. 1178: ο Σαλαντίν καταλαμβάνει την Ιερουσαλήμ, μετά από 88 χρόνια κατοχής των Σταυροφόρων. 1535: ο Ζακ Καρτιέ ανακαλύπτει το Κεμπέκ του Καναδά. 1836: ο Δαρβίνος επιστρέφει στο Φολμάουθ της Βρετανίας, μετά από ένα 5ετές ταξίδι για την αναζήτηση στοιχείων, που τον βοήθησαν στη διατύπωση της θεωρίας της φυσικής επιλογής. 1852: γεννιέται ο Σκοτσέζος χημικός, Γουίλιαμ Ράμσι, ο οποίος ανακάλυψε το αργό, το ήλιο, το νέο, το κρυπτό και το ξένο. Το 1904 τιμήθηκε με το βραβείο Νόμπελ Χημείας 1853: πεθαίνει ο Γάλλος μαθηματικός, φυσικός, αστρονόμος και πολιτικός, Φρανσουά Αραγκό. 1869: γεννιέται ο Μαχάτμα Γκάντι, ένας από τους κυριότερους ιδρυτές του σύγχρονου κράτους της Ινδίας και ο άνθρωπος, που έπαιξε καταλυτικό ρόλο στην ανεξαρτησία της χώρας από τη βρετανική κυριαρχία. 1895: γεννιέται ο Αμερικανός κωμικός Μπαντ ’Αμποτ, το έτερον ήμισυ του διάσημου κωμικού διδύμου, ’Αμποτ και Κοστέλο 1895: γεννιέται ο Αμερικανός κωμικός, Γκράουτσο Μαρξ. 1904: γεννιέται ο Βρετανός συγγραφέας Γκράχαμ Γκριν. 1909: ο αεροπόρος Ορβιλ Ράιτ φτάνει στο άνευ προηγουμένου ύψος των 1.600 ποδιών. 1910: καταγράφεται στο Μιλάνο η πρώτη σύγκρουση αεροσκαφών. 1910: στη Μεγάλη Βρετανία, απολύονται 150.000 εργάτες αλευρόμυλων. 1911: γεννιέται ο Αμερικανός συγγραφέας, Τζακ Φίνι. 1911: ο Φρανσίσκο Μαντέρα εκλέγεται πρόεδρος του Μεξικού. 1912: γίνονται δεκτοί από την ελληνική Βουλή οι Κρήτες βουλευτές, μετά από πολύμηνη προσπάθεια να μετάσχουν κι αυτοί στις εργασίες της, ώστε να επισπευσθεί η Ένωση της Μεγαλονήσου με την Ελλάδα. 1914: ο Σπύρος Σπυρομίλιος κηρύσσει την αυτονομία της Βορείου Ηπείρου. 1919: "βαρύ εγκεφαλικό επεισόδιο ""χτυπά""τον Πρόεδρο των ΗΠΑ, Γούντροου Ουίλσον." 1919: η γαλλική Βουλή επικυρώνει τη Συνθήκη των Βερσαλλιών. 1920: πεθαίνει στο Βερολίνο, σε ηλικία 82 ετών, ο μουσουργός Μαξ Μπρουχ. 1922: μεγάλος αριθμός προσφύγων έχει συγκεντρωθεί στα λιμάνια της Θράκης, έτοιμοι για αναχώρηση. 1924: υιοθετείται το Πρωτόκολλο της Γενεύης, που ενδυνάμωνε την Κοινωνία των Εθνών. 1925: ο Σκωτσέζος John Logie Baird, ένας φτωχός μηχανικός, εφευρίσκει στο Λονδίνο την τηλεόραση μεταδίδοντας εικόνα από ένα δωμάτιο του εργαστηρίου του σε άλλο, με ανάλυση 28 γραμμές. Το 1929 και με την υποστήριξη του BBC μεταφέρεται εικόνα μέσω τηλεφωνικού καλωδίου στα στούντιο του BBC και αναμεταδίδεται υπερατλαντικά μέσω ραδιοπομπού σε 30 γραμμές, οπότε και αρχίζουν οι πρώτες τακτικές εκπομπές. Ο Baird ιδρύει την Television Ltd και πεθαίνει φτωχός το 1946. Το BBC θα εκπέμψει επίσημα για πρώτη φορά στις 2/11/1936 από το Alexandra Pallace με 204 (Baird) και αργότερα με 405 γραμμές (Marconi). 1932: η Κοινωνία των Εθνών κρίνει ότι η Ιαπωνία παραβίασε τη συμφωνία του Παρισιού σχετικά με τη Μαντζουρία και προτείνει την εγκαθίδρυση ανεξάρτητης κυβέρνησης στο Μαντσουκούο. 1935: η Ιταλία εισβάλλει στην Αιθιοπία. 1939: οι ΗΠΑ ανακοινώνουν ότι, θα διατηρήσουν τις σχέσεις τους με τη νέα πολωνική κυβέρνηση και ότι δεν θα αναγνωρίσουν το διαχωρισμό. 1940: γεννιέται ο σκηνοθέτης του κινηματογράφου Παντελής Βούλγαρης. 1941: στο Βερολίνο, οι Ναζί εκτελούν τον Τσέχο αρχηγό Αλόις Ελίας. 1944: τερματίζεται η κατάληψη της Βαρσοβίας από τους Γερμανούς. 1947: η FIA (Διεθνής Ομοσπονδία Αυτοκινήτου) καθιερώνει αγώνες Grand Prix στην κατηγορία της Formula 1. 1948: γεννιέται η διάσημη Αμερικανίδα σχεδιάστρια μόδας Ντόνα Κάραν. 1949: γεννιέται ο Αμερικανός μουσικός της πανκ μουσικής, Ρίτσαρντ Χελ 1949: η ΕΣΣΔ ισχυρίζεται ότι το καθεστώς της Δυτικής Γερμανίας παραβιάζει τη συμφωνία του Πότσνταμ. 1951: γεννιέται ο Βρετανός τραγουδιστής, μουσικός και πρώην μέλος του συγκροτήματος Police, Στινγκ, καλλιτεχνικό ψευδώνυμο του Γκόρντον Μάθιου Σάμνερ 1954: η Δύση κάνει δεκτό το αίτημα της Δυτικής Γερμανίας για ένταξη στο ΝΑΤΟ, παρά τις αντιρρήσεις της Γαλλίας για τον επανεξοπλισμό της. 1955: δημιουργείται ο ENIAC, ο πρώτος ηλεκτρονικός υπολογιστής. 1955: "πρεμιέρα για το ""Alfred Hitchcock Presents"", μια ανθολογία μελοδραμάτων και μυστηρίου με παρουσιαστή το γνωστό σκηνοθέτη." 1958: η Γουινέα κηρύσσει την ανεξαρτησία της από τη Γαλλία. 1961: σπείρα αρχαιοκαπήλων με συνενόχους μοναχούς, που αφαιρούσε πολύτιμα κειμήλια από τα μοναστήρια του Αγίου Όρους, εξαρθρώνεται στη Θεσσαλονίκη. 1962: γεννιέται ο τραγουδιστής Γεράσιμος Ανδρεάτος. 1962: πεθαίνει ο Ρώσος μαθηματικός, Μπόρις Μπουκρίβ. 1962: "πρεμιέρα για την εκπομπή του Τζόνι Κάρσον στο δίκτυο NBC, με τίτλο ""The Tonight Show""." 1967: γεννιέται ο σπρίντερ από τη Ναμίμπια, Φράνκι Φρέντερικς, ο μόνος Ολυμπιονίκης της χώρας του. 1967: ορκίζεται ο Θέργκουντ Μάρσαλ, ο πρώτος μαύρος δικαστής στο Ανώτατο Δικαστήριο των ΗΠΑ. 1968: με τουλάχιστον 200 νεκρούς καταλήγει μια ειρηνική διαδήλωση φοιτητών στο Μεξικό. 1968: πεθαίνει ο Γάλλος, γλύπτης και ζωγράφος Μαρσέλ Ντουσάμπ. 1972: οι Δανοί εγκρίνουν με δημοψήφισμα την ένταξη της χώρας τοτς στην ΕΟΚ. 1973: η Νούλη Γιαννιτσοπούλου κατακτά το χάλκινο μετάλλιο στο άλμα στους Βαλκανικούς Αγώνες στο Σφίντου Γκεόργκιε της Ρουμανίας. Είναι το πρώτο μετάλλιο, που κερδίζει η Ελλάδα στη ενόργανη γυμναστική. 1973: ο αρχαιολόγος Σπυρίδων Μαρινάτος σκοτώνεται στο χώρο των ανασκαφών στη Σαντορίνη, όπου και θάβεται. 1973: πεθαίνει ο Paavo Nurmi σε ηλικία 76 ετών. Ο μεγάλος Φινλανδός δρομέας κατέκτησε, από το 1920 έως το 1928, 9 χρυσά (σε 6 ατομικά αγωνίσματα) και 3 αργυρά ολυμπιακά μετάλλια. 1980: ο Muhammad Ali χάνει στον 25ο και τελευταίο του αγώνα για τον παγκόσμιο τίτλο βαρέων βαρών από τον Larry Holmes στον 10ο γύρο στο Λας Βέγκας. 1981: στη Νέα Υόρκη, νέα διαρροή γίνεται αιτία να κλείσει το ατομικό εργοστάσιο Κον Εντ στο Ίντιαν Πόιντ. 1983: στις Φιλιππίνες, επαναστάτες σκοτώνουν 46 στρατιώτες σε ενέδρα. 1984: ο πρόεδρος της Εταιρείας Ελλήνων Λογοτεχνών Αθανάσιος Νάσιουτζικ κατηγορήθηκε για τη δολοφονία του συναδέλφου του Θανάση Διαμαντόπουλου. 1985: "το AIDS ""τραβά""τα βλέμματα της παγκόσμιας κοινής γνώμης, όταν ο ηθοποιός Ροκ Χάντσον, γίνεται ο πρώτος σταρ, που ανακοινώνει ότι πάσχει από τη νόσο." 1986: η Γερουσία των ΗΠΑ επικυρώνει την προεδρική απόφαση για επιβολή οικονομικών περιορισμών στη Νότια Αφρική. 1990: 132 άνθρωποι χάνουν τη ζωή τους σε αεροπειρατεία κινεζικού αεροσκάφους:μετά την προσγείωσή του στη Γκουανγκτσού, πέφτει πάνω σε ένα άδειο Μπόινγκ 707 και στη συνέχεια σε ένα άλλο Μπόινγκ 757. 1990: μετά από δεκαετίες, επιτρέπεται η θρησκευτική λατρεία στην ΕΣΣΔ. 1991: η Στέφι Γκραφ γίνεται η πρώτη επαγγελματίας γυναίκα τενίστρια που κερδίζει 500 αγώνες, με τη νίκη της επί της Τσέχας Πέτρα Λάνγκροβα στο Διεθνές Τουρνουά της Λειψίας. 1992: στη Ρουμανία, πάνω από 65.000 άτομα παρακολουθούν τη συναυλία του τραγουδιστή Μάικλ Τζάκσον. 1993: ο Lennox Lewis κερδίζει με νοκ άουτ τον Frank Bruno στον πρώτο αγώνα μεταξύ Βρετανών για τον παγκόσμιο τίτλο βαρέων βαρών. 1993: στη Γεωργία, στρατιώτες υποστηρικτές του έκπτωτου προέδρου Ζβίαντ Γκαμσαχουρντία καταλαμβάνουν το μεγάλο λιμάνι Πότι στη Μαύρη Θάλασσα, που αποτελεί τον κύριο σταθμό ανεφοδιασμού της χώρας. Την ίδια ώρα, μάχες μαίνονται στις ορεινές περιοχές της Αμπχαζίας μεταξύ αυτονομιστών και γεωργιανών δυνάμεων. 1993: "στην Τουρκία, επιτρέπεται η προβολή της ταινίας του Γιλμάζ Γκιουνέι ""Ο Δρόμος"", μετά από 12 χρόνια απαγόρευσής της." 1994: πρώτη μετάδοση αθλητικού γεγονότος από την συνδρομητική τηλεόραση του Filmnet στην Ελλάδα: ο αγώνας Ηρακλής- ΠΑΟΚ από το Καυτανζόγλειο Στάδιο. 1994: στην Αυστραλία, η Ελληνίδα Μαίρη Μάινα, 101 ετών, με τεχνητή βαλβίδα στην καρδιά, κάνει παγκόσμιο ρεκόρ στην κολύμβηση, στους Παγκόσμιους Αθλητικούς Αγώνες Ηλικιωμένων Ατόμων. 1994: το Κίνημα για μια Δημοκρατική Σλοβακία του πρώην πρωθυπουργού Βλαντιμίρ Μέτσιαρ κερδίζει τις εκλογές. 1995: τη δεύτερη πυρηνική της δοκιμή στο νότιο Ειρηνικό πραγματοποιεί η Γαλλία, η οποία έχει ισχύ έξι φορές μεγαλύτερη από εκείνη της ατομικής βόμβας στη Χιροσίμα. 1996: 70 άνθρωποι χάνουν τη ζωή τους, όταν ένα Μπόινγκ 757, που είχε απογειωθεί από τη Λίμα του Περού, συντρίβεται στον Ειρηνικό Ωκεανό. 1996: ο Πρόεδρος των ΗΠΑ, Μπιλ Κλίντον, υπογράφει το νόμο για την ελευθερία της πληροφόρησης. 1996: το αίτημα της Ελλάδας για την επιστροφή των Μαρμάρων του Παρθενώνα στηρίζουν 252 ευρωβουλευτές από όλα τα κράτη - μέλη και από όλες της πολιτικές ομάδες της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης. 1997: στο ’Αμστερνταμ υπογράφεται η νέα συνθήκη-διάδοχος του Μάαστριχ για την ευρωπαϊκή ενοποίηση. 2002: ελεύθερος σκοπευτής, σκορπά τον πανικό για είκοσι μέρες στην ευρύτερη περιοχή της Ουάσινγκτον. Εννέα άνθρωποι χάνουν τη ζωή τους. Η αστυνομία εξαπολύει ανθρωποκυνηγητό για τη σύλληψη του δράστη. Στις 24 Οκτωβρίου, οι αρχές του Μέριλαντ συλλαμβάνουν δυο ύποπτους. Πρόκειται για τον 40χρονο Αλεν Μοχάμαντ και τον 17χρονο υιοθετημένο γιο του Τζον Λι Μάλβο. 2002: Ο Ντέμης Νικολαϊδης γίνεται πρώτος σκόρερ για ελληνική ομάδα στα Κύπελλα Ευρώπης ξεπερνώντας τον Δημήτρη Σαραβάκο (24 τέρματα) με το γκολ που πετυχαίνει στο συγκλονιστικό ΑΕΚ- Ρεάλ Μαδρίτης (3-3) για τους ομίλους του Champions League ↧
EVENTS OF THIS DAY IN THE PAST. 2/10
- 829 – Theophilos becomes Byzantine Emperor.
- 939 – King Otto I crushes a rebellion against his rule by a coalition of Frankish dukes.
- 1187 – Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule.
- 1263 – The Battle of Largs is fought between Norwegians and Scots.
- 1470 – Wars of the Roses: King Edward IV of England escapes to Flanders, only to return the following March to reclaim his throne.
- 1528 – William Tyndale publishes The Obedience of a Christian Man, which advocates the divine right of kings.
- 1535 – Jacques Cartier discovers the present site of Montreal.
- 1552 – Russo-Kazan Wars: Russian troops enter Kazan.
- 1780 – American Revolutionary War: John André, a British Army officer, is hanged as a spy by the Continental Army.
- 1789 – The United States Bill of Rights is sent to the various States for ratification.
- 1814 – Chilean War of Independence: Royalist troops defeat Chilean forces of Bernardo O'Higgins and José Miguel Carrera.
- 1835 – Texas Revolution: Mexican troops attempt to disarm the people of Gonzales, but encounter stiff resistance from a hastily assembled militia.
- 1864 – American Civil War: Confederates defeat a Union attack on Saltville, Virginia. A "massacre" of wounded Union prisoners ensues.
- 1919 – U.S. President Woodrow Wilson suffers a massive stroke, leaving him incapacitated for several weeks.
- 1925 – John Logie Baird performs the first test of a working television system.
- 1928 – The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei, is founded.
- 1937 – Rafael Trujillo orders the execution of Haitians living in the northwestern region of the Dominican Republic.
- 1941 – World War II: In Operation Typhoon, the Wehrmacht attempts to capture Moscow before the onset of winter.
- 1942 – World War II: Ocean Liner RMS Queen Mary accidentally rams and sinks HMS Curacoa, killing 337 crewmen aboard Curacoa.
- 1944 – World War II: German troops end the Warsaw Uprising.
- 1958 – Guinea declares its independence from France.
- 1959 – Rod Serling’s anthology series The Twilight Zone premieres on CBS. The first episode is “Where Is Everybody?”
- 1967 – Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first African-American justice of the United States Supreme Court.
- 1968 – Mexican President Ordaz orders soldiers to suppress a demonstration of students, ten days before the Olympic games will start.
- 1970 – An aircraft carrying the Wichita State University football team, administrators, and supporters crashes in Colorado, killing 31 people.
- 1980 – Michael Myers becomes the first member of either chamber of Congress to be expelled since the Civil War.
- 1990 – Xiamen Airlines Flight 8301 is hijacked and lands at Guangzhou, where it crashes into two other airliners on the ground, killing 128.
- 1992 – Military police storm the Carandiru Penitentiary in São Paulo, Brazil during a prison riot. The resulting massacre leaves 111 prisoners dead.
- 1996 – improper maintenance procedures cause Aeroperú Flight 603 to crash into the ocean near Peru.
- 1996 – The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments are signed by U.S. President Bill Clinton.
- 2000 – The Rijndael algorithm is chosen by NIST as the AES standard.
- 2002 – The Beltway sniper attacks begin, extending over three weeks.
- 2006 – Five Amish girls are murdered in a shooting at a school in Pennsylvania.
- 2007 – President Roh Moo-hyun of South Korea goes to North Korea for an Inter-Korean summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il.
- 2016 – Ethiopian protests break out during a festival in the Oromia region, killing dozens of people.
- 1452 – Richard III of England (d. 1485)
- 1470 – Isabella of Aragon, Duchess of Milan (d. 1524)
- 1470 – Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Portugal, Daughter of Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon (d. 1498)
- 1527 – William Drury, English politician (d. 1579)
- 1538 – Charles Borromeo, Italian cardinal and saint (d. 1584)
- 1589 – Muhammad Parviz, Mughal Empire emperor (d. 1626)
- 1644 – François-Timoléon de Choisy, French historian and author (d. 1724)
- 1704 – František Tůma, Czech organist and composer (d. 1774)
- 1718 – Elizabeth Montagu, English author and critic (d. 1800)
- 1727 – Ignaz Schiffermüller, Austrian entomologist and academic (d. 1806)
- 1760 – Empress Xiaoshurui of the Qing dynasty (d. 1797)
- 1768 – William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, English general and politician (d. 1854)
- 1798 – Charles Albert, King of Sardinia (1831-49) (d. 1849)
- 1800 – Nat Turner, American slave and uprising leader (d. 1831)
- 1815 – James Agnew, Northern Irish-Australian politician, 16th Premier of Tasmania (d. 1901)
- 1821 – Alexander P. Stewart, American general (d. 1908)
- 1824 – Henry C. Lord, American businessman (d. 1884)
- 1828 – Charles Floquet, French lawyer and politician, 55th Prime Minister of France (d. 1896)
- 1832 – Edward Burnett Tylor, English anthropologist and academic (d. 1917)
- 1847 – Paul von Hindenburg, Polish-German field marshal and politician, 2nd President of Germany (d. 1934)
- 1851 – Ferdinand Foch, French field marshal and theorist (d. 1929)
- 1852 – William Ramsay, Scottish-English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1916)
- 1854 – Patrick Geddes, Scottish biologist, sociologist, geographer, and philanthropist (d. 1932)
- 1869 – Mahatma Gandhi, Indian freedom fighter, activist and philosopher (d. 1948)
- 1871 – Cordell Hull, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 47th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1955)
- 1871 – Martha Brookes Hutcheson, American landscaper and author (d. 1959)
- 1873 – Stephen Warfield Gambrill, American lawyer and politician (d. 1924)
- 1873 – Pelham Warner, English cricketer and manager (d. 1963)
- 1879 – Wallace Stevens, American poet and educator (d. 1955)
- 1882 – Boris Shaposhnikov, Russian colonel (d. 1945)
- 1883 – Lesley Ashburner, American hurdler (d. 1950)
- 1883 – Karl von Terzaghi, Czech-American geologist and engineer (d. 1963)
- 1890 – Groucho Marx, American comedian and actor (d. 1977)
- 1893 – Leroy Shield, American composer and conductor (d. 1962)
- 1895 – Ruth Cheney Streeter, American colonel (d. 1990)
- 1897 – Bud Abbott, American comedian (d. 1974)
- 1902 – John G. Crommelin, American admiral and politician (d. 1996)
- 1902 – Leopold Figl, Austrian engineer and politician, 18th Chancellor of Austria (d. 1965)
- 1904 – Graham Greene, English novelist, playwright, and critic (d. 1991)
- 1904 – Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian academic and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of India (d. 1966)
- 1905 – Franjo Šeper, Croatian cardinal (d. 1981)
- 1906 – Thomas Hollway, Australian politician, 36th Premier of Victoria (d. 1971)
- 1906 – August Komendant, Estonian-American engineer and academic (d. 1992)
- 1907 – Víctor Paz Estenssoro, Bolivian politician, 52nd President of Bolivia (d. 2001)
- 1907 – Alexander R. Todd, Scottish-English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997)
- 1909 – Alex Raymond, American cartoonist, creator of Flash Gordon (d. 1956)
- 1911 – Jack Finney, American author and playwright (d. 1995)
- 1912 – Frank Malina, American engineer and painter (d. 1981)
- 1914 – Jack Parsons, American chemist, occultist, and engineer (d. 1952)
- 1914 – Bernarr Rainbow, English organist, conductor, and historian (d. 1998)
- 1915 – Chuck Williams, American author and businessman, founded Williams-Sonoma (d. 2015)
- 1917 – Christian de Duve, English-Belgian cytologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
- 1917 – Charles Drake, American actor (d. 1994)
- 1919 – John W. Duarte, English guitarist and composer (d. 2004)
- 1919 – Jan Flinterman, Dutch race car driver and pilot (d. 1992)
- 1921 – Edmund Crispin, English writer and composer (d. 1978)
- 1921 – Albert Scott Crossfield, American pilot and engineer (d. 2006)
- 1921 – Robert Runcie, English archbishop (d. 2000)
- 1925 – Wren Blair, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 2013)
- 1926 – Jan Morris, English-Welsh historian and author
- 1928 – George McFarland, American actor (d. 1993)
- 1928 – Wolfhart Pannenberg, Polish-German theologian and academic (d. 2014)
- 1929 – Peter Bronfman, Canadian businessman (d. 1996)
- 1929 – Moses Gunn, American actor (d. 1993)
- 1930 – Dave Barrett, Canadian social worker and politician, 26th Premier of British Columbia (d. 2018)
- 1932 – Maury Wills, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster
- 1933 – John Gurdon, English biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1933 – Phill Niblock, American composer and director
- 1933 – Dave Somerville, Canadian singer (The Diamonds) (d. 2015)
- 1934 – Richard Scott, Baron Scott of Foscote, South African-English lawyer and judge
- 1934 – Earl Wilson, American baseball player and coach (d. 2005)
- 1935 – Omar Sívori, Italian-Argentine footballer and manager (d. 2005)
- 1936 – Dick Barnett, American basketball player and educator
- 1936 – Feliciano Belmonte Jr., Filipino lawyer and politician, 20th Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines
- 1936 – Connie Dierking, American basketball player (d. 2013)
- 1937 – Johnnie Cochran, American lawyer (d. 2005)
- 1938 – Nick Gravenites, American singer–songwriter and guitarist
- 1938 – Waheed Murad, Pakistani actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1983)
- 1938 – Rex Reed, American film critic
- 1939 – Budhi Kunderan, Indian cricketer (d. 2006)
- 1941 – Diana Hendry, English poet and author
- 1941 – Ron Meagher, American rock bass player (The Beau Brummels)
- 1942 – Steve Sabol, American director and producer, co-founded NFL Films (d. 2012)
- 1943 – Anna Ford, English journalist and academic
- 1943 – Franklin Rosemont, American poet, painter, and historian (d. 2009)
- 1943 – Henri Szeps, Australian actor
- 1944 – Vernor Vinge, American computer scientist and author
- 1945 – Martin Hellman, American cryptographer and academic
- 1945 – Don McLean, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1946 – Sonthi Boonyaratglin, Thai general and politician
- 1946 – Peter Kellner, English journalist and author
- 1947 – Ward Churchill, American author and activist
- 1947 – Paul Jackson, English director and producer
- 1948 – Trevor Brooking, English footballer and manager
- 1948 – Avery Brooks, American actor and singer
- 1948 – Donna Karan, American fashion designer, founded DKNY
- 1948 – Siim Kallas, Estonian soldier and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Estonia
- 1948 – Persis Khambatta, Indian model and actress, Femina Miss India 1965 (d. 1998)
- 1948 – Chris LeDoux, American singer-songwriter and sculptor (d. 2005)
- 1949 – Richard Hell, American singer-songwriter and bass player
- 1949 – Annie Leibovitz, American photographer
- 1950 – Mike Rutherford, English guitarist and songwriter
- 1951 – Sting, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and actor
- 1952 – Jan Švejnar, Czech-American economist and politician
- 1953 – Vanessa Bell Armstrong, American singer
- 1953 – Muhammad Abdul Bari, Bangladeshi-English physicist and academic
- 1954 – Lorraine Bracco, American actress and producer
- 1955 – Philip Oakey, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
- 1955 – Nancy Rothwell, English physiologist and academic
- 1956 – Peter Bruce, Scottish chemist and academic
- 1956 – Freddie Jackson, American soul singer
- 1956 – Viatcheslav Mukhanov, Russian-German cosmologist and physicist
- 1957 – John Cook, American golfer
- 1957 – Wade Dooley, English rugby player and police officer
- 1957 – Dave Faulkner, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1957 – Kate St John, English singer-songwriter and producer
- 1958 – Robbie Nevil, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1959 – Luis Fernández, French footballer and manager
- 1960 – Glenn Anderson, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
- 1960 – Django Bates, English pianist and composer
- 1960 – Johan Lammerts, Dutch cyclist
- 1960 – Joe Sacco, American journalist and cartoonist
- 1960 – Tom Schweich, American lawyer and politician, 36th State Auditor of Missouri (d. 2015)
- 1960 – Dereck Whittenburg, American basketball player and coach
- 1961 – Jaan Toomik, Estonian director and producer
- 1962 – James Hunter, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1962 – Mark Rypien, Canadian-American football player
- 1963 – Keith Bradshaw, Australian cricketer and accountant
- 1964 – Dirk Brinkmann, German field hockey player
- 1965 – Darren Cahill, Australian tennis player and coach
- 1965 – Tom Moody, Australian cricketer and sportscaster
- 1967 – Frankie Fredericks, Namibian sprinter
- 1967 – Gary L. Gregg, American political scientist, author, and academic
- 1967 – Thomas Muster, Austrian tennis player
- 1967 – Gillian Welch, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1968 – Victoria Derbyshire, English journalist and radio host
- 1968 – Benjie Paras, Filipino basketball player and actor
- 1968 – Jeff Martin, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1968 – Jana Novotná, Czech tennis player and sportscaster (d. 2017)
- 1968 – Glen Wesley, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach
- 1968 – Kelly Willis, American country music singer-songwriter
- 1969 – Badly Drawn Boy, English indie singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
- 1969 – Mitch English, American talk show host, comedian, weatherman
- 1970 – Eddie Guardado, American baseball player and coach
- 1970 – Patricia O'Callaghan, Canadian soprano and producer
- 1970 – Kelly Ripa, American actress, producer, and talk show host
- 1970 – Maribel Verdú, Spanish actress
- 1971 – Tiffany Darwish, American singer-songwriter and actress
- 1971 – Jim Root, American guitarist and songwriter
- 1972 – Aaron McKie, American basketball player and coach
- 1973 – Melissa Harris-Perry, American journalist, author, and educator
- 1973 – Lene Nystrøm, Norwegian singer-songwriter
- 1973 – Proof, American rapper and actor (d. 2006)
- 1973 – Scott Schoeneweis, American baseball player
- 1973 – Maria Wetterstrand, Swedish politician
- 1974 – Adel Ferdosipour, Iranian journalist and sportscaster
- 1974 – Bjarke Ingels, Danish architect
- 1974 – Brian Knight, American baseball player and umpire
- 1974 – Michelle Krusiec, Taiwanese-American actress and producer
- 1974 – Matthew Nicholson, Australian cricketer
- 1974 – Mark Porter, New Zealand race car driver (d. 2006)
- 1974 – Sam Roberts, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1974 – Paul Teutul Jr., American motorcycle designer, co-founded Orange County Choppers
- 1974 – Kevin Van De Wege, American firefighter and politician
- 1975 – Baiba Broka, Latvian politician
- 1976 – Mark Chilton, English cricketer
- 1976 – John Thornton, American football player
- 1977 – Didier Défago, Swiss skier
- 1978 – Ayumi Hamasaki, Japanese singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
- 1978 – Matthew Hancock, English economist and politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office
- 1979 – Primož Brezec, Slovenian basketball player
- 1979 – Francisco Fonseca, Mexican footballer
- 1979 – Maja Ivarsson, Swedish singer-songwriter
- 1980 – Shane Andrus, American football player
- 1981 – Ridzuan Fatah Hasan, Singaporean footballer
- 1981 – Santi Kolk, Dutch footballer
- 1981 – Luke Wilkshire, Australian footballer
- 1982 – Tyson Chandler, American basketball player
- 1982 – Esra Gümüş, Turkish volleyball player
- 1982 – George Pettit, Canadian singer-songwriter and bass player
- 1982 – Gary Wilkinson, American basketball player
- 1984 – Marion Bartoli, French tennis player
- 1985 – Çağlar Birinci, Turkish footballer
- 1985 – Buster Davis, American football player
- 1985 – Brandon Jackson, American football player
- 1986 – Camilla Belle, American actress
- 1987 – Bojana Bobusic, Australian tennis player
- 1987 – Joe Ingles, Australian basketball player
- 1987 – Phil Kessel, American ice hockey player
- 1987 – Joel Reinders, American football player
- 1987 – Ricky Stenhouse Jr., American race car driver
- 1988 – Brittany Howard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1989 – Aaron Hicks, American baseball player
- 1989 – George Nash, English rower
- 1990 – Dean Bouzanis, Australian footballer
- 1991 – Roberto Firmino, Brazilian footballer
- 1992 – Sirje Roops, Estonian footballer
- 1993 – Michy Batshuayi, Belgian footballer
- 1993 – Aaro Vainio, Finnish race car driver
- 1994 – Joana Eidukonytė, Lithuanian tennis player
- 1995 – Te Maire Martin, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1995 – Tepai Moeroa, Cook Islands rugby league player
- 1996 – Tom Trbojevic, Australian rugby league player
- 1997 – Hana Sugisaki, Japanese actress
- 2002 – Jacob Sartorius, American singer
- 534 – Athalaric, Italian king (b. 516)
- 829 – Michael II, Byzantine emperor (b. 770)
- 939 – Eberhard III, duke of Franconia
- 939 – Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine (b. 890)
- 1264 – Pope Urban IV
- 1348 – Alice de Lacy, 4th Countess of Lincoln (b. 1281)
- 1559 – Jacquet of Mantua, French-Italian composer (b. 1483)
- 1588 – Bernardino Telesio, Italian philosopher and scientist (b. 1509)
- 1626 – Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, 1st Count of Gondomar, Spanish academic and diplomat (b. 1567)
- 1629 – Antonio Cifra, Italian composer (b. 1584)
- 1629 – Pierre de Bérulle, French cardinal and theologian (b. 1575)
- 1678 – Wu Sangui, Qing Chinese general (b. 1612)
- 1685 – David Teniers III, Flemish painter (b. 1638)
- 1708 – Anne Jules de Noailles, French general (b. 1650)
- 1709 – Ivan Mazepa, Ukrainian diplomat (b. 1639)
- 1724 – François-Timoléon de Choisy, French historian and author (b. 1644)
- 1746 – Josiah Burchett, English admiral and politician (b. 1666)
- 1764 – William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1720)
- 1775 – Fukuda Chiyo-ni, Japanese nun and poet (b. 1703)
- 1780 – John André, English soldier (b. 1750)
- 1782 – Charles Lee, English-born American general (b. 1732)
- 1786 – Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, English admiral and politician (b. 1725)
- 1803 – Samuel Adams, American philosopher and politician, 4th Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1722)
- 1804 – Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, French engineer (b. 1725)
- 1850 – Sarah Biffen, English painter (b. 1784)
- 1853 – François Arago, French mathematician, physicist, astronomer, and politician, 25th Prime Minister of France (b. 1786)
- 1920 – Max Bruch, German composer and conductor (b. 1838)
- 1927 – Svante Arrhenius, Swedish physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
- 1938 – Alexandru Averescu, Romanian field marshal and politician, 24th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1859)
- 1938 – André Lagache, French race car driver and engineer (b. 1885)
- 1943 – John Evans, English-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Tasmania (b. 1855)
- 1947 – P. D. Ouspensky, Russian-English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1878)
- 1953 – John Marin, American painter (b. 1870)
- 1955 – Humphrey Barclay, English priest (b. 1882)
- 1955 – William Orthwein, American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1881)
- 1962 – Boris Yakovlevich Bukreev, Russian mathematician and author (b. 1859)
- 1968 – Marcel Duchamp, French painter and sculptor (b. 1887)
- 1971 – Jessie Arms Botke, American painter (b. 1883)
- 1973 – Paul Hartman, American actor and dancer (b. 1904)
- 1973 – Paavo Nurmi, Finnish runner (b. 1897)
- 1974 – Vasily Shukshin, Russian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1929)
- 1975 – K. Kamaraj, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1903)
- 1981 – Harry Golden, American journalist and author (b. 1902)
- 1981 – Hazel Scott, Trinidadian-American activist, actress, and musician (b. 1920)
- 1985 – Rock Hudson, American actor (b. 1925)
- 1987 – Madeleine Carroll, English actress (b. 1906)
- 1987 – Peter Medawar, Brazilian-English biologist and zoologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915)
- 1988 – Alec Issigonis, Greek-English car designer, designed the Mini (b. 1906)
- 1988 – Hamengkubuwono IX, Indonesian politician, 2nd Vice President of Indonesia (b. 1912)
- 1991 – Hazen Argue, Canadian politician (b. 1921)
- 1991 – Demetrios I of Constantinople (b. 1914)
- 1994 – Harriet Nelson, American actress and singer (b. 1909)
- 1996 – Robert Bourassa, Canadian lawyer and politician, 22nd Premier of Quebec (b. 1933)
- 1996 – Andrey Lukanov, Bulgarian lawyer and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Bulgaria (b. 1938)
- 1998 – Gene Autry, American actor, singer, and guitarist (b. 1907)
- 1998 – Olivier Gendebien, Belgian race car driver (b. 1924)
- 1999 – Heinz G. Konsalik, German journalist and author (b. 1921)
- 2000 – David Tonkin, Australian politician, 38th Premier of South Australia (b. 1929)
- 2001 – Franz Biebl, German composer and academic (b. 1906)
- 2002 – Heinz von Foerster, Austrian-American physicist and philosopher (b. 1911)
- 2003 – John Thomas Dunlop, American scholar and politician, 14th United States Secretary of Labor (b. 1914)
- 2005 – Nipsey Russell, American comedian and actor (b. 1918)
- 2005 – August Wilson, American author and playwright (b. 1945)
- 2006 – Helen Chenoweth-Hage, American politician (b. 1938)
- 2006 – Paul Halmos, Hungarian-American mathematician (b. 1916)
- 2007 – Tex Coulter, American football player (b. 1924)
- 2007 – Christopher Derrick, English author and critic (b. 1921)
- 2007 – George Grizzard, American actor (b. 1928)
- 2007 – Dan Keating, Irish Republican Army volunteer (b. 1902)
- 2007 – Tawn Mastrey, American radio host and producer (b. 1954)
- 2010 – Kwa Geok Choo, Singaporean lawyer and scholar (b. 1920)
- 2011 – Peter L. Benson, American psychologist and academic (b. 1946)
- 2012 – Nguyễn Chí Thiện, Vietnamese-American poet and activist (b. 1939)
- 2012 – Charles Roach, Trinidadian-Canadian lawyer and activist (b. 1933)
- 2012 – J. Philippe Rushton, English-Canadian psychologist, theorist, academic (b. 1943)
- 2013 – Gottfried Fischer, German psychologist, therapist, and academic (b. 1944)
- 2013 – Herman Hugg, American painter and sculptor (b. 1921)
- 2013 – Jonathan Kaufer, American director and screenwriter (b. 1955)
- 2013 – Abraham Nemeth, American mathematician and academic (b. 1918)
- 2013 – Kaare Ørnung, Norwegian pianist and educator (b. 1931)
- 2014 – Robert Flower, Australian footballer (b. 1955)
- 2014 – Vaughn O. Lang, American general (b. 1927)
- 2014 – Frederic Tamler Sommers, American philosopher and academic (b. 1923)
- 2015 – Eric Arturo Delvalle, Panamanian lawyer and politician, President of Panama (b. 1937)
- 2015 – Brian Friel, Irish author, playwright, and director (b. 1929)
- 2015 – Rodolfo Frigeri, Argentinian economist and politician, Argentinian Minister of Finance (b. 1942)
- 2015 – Coleridge Goode, Jamaican-English bassist and composer (b. 1914)
- 2015 – James Mutende, Ugandan veterinarian, economist, and politician (b. 1962)
- 2015 – Johnny Paton, Scottish footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1923)
- 2016 – Neville Marriner, British conductor (b. 1924)
- 2016 – Gary Reed, American comic book writer (b. 1956)
- 2017 – Tom Petty, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1950)EVENTS
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THIS DAY IN MUSIC
| October 2nd: On this Day | |
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| 1960, 'Stay' by Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs entered the US chart on its way to No.1. At just 1:37, it becomes the shortest US chart topper in Rock and Roll history. | |
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| 1961, Phil Spector and partner Lester Sill released the first single on their new label Philles, The Crystals’, ‘Oh Yeah Maybe Baby.’ A little over a year later, they had a No.1 hit with ‘He’s a Rebel,’ and soon after, ‘Da Doo Ron Ron’ and ‘Then He Kissed Me.’ | |
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| 1965, Peter Paul and Mary appeared at The Winter Gardens, Bournemouth, England. | |
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| 1965, The McCoys were at No. 1 on the US singles chart with ‘Hang On Sloopy’ (No.5 in the UK when released on Andrew Oldham’s new Immediate label). The song was first released by The Vibrations and called ‘My Girl Sloopy’. | |
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| 1967, All six members of The Grateful Dead were busted by California narcotics agents for possession of marijuana at the groups' 710 Ashbury Street House in San Francisco, California. | |
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| 1970, Pink Floyd released their fifth, and first UK No.1 album Atom Heart Mother in the UK. The original album cover shows a cow standing in a pasture with no text, nor any other clue as to what might be on the record. Storm Thorgerson, inspired by Andy Warhol's famous ‘cow wallpaper,’ has said that he simply drove out into a rural area near Potters Bar, England and photographed the first cow he saw. The cow's owner identified her name as ‘Lulubelle III’. | |
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| 1971, Rod Stewart started a five week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Maggie May / Reason To Believe', his first solo No.1. Stewarts album 'Every Picture Tells A Story' also started a four-week run on this day at No.1 on the UK and US chart. | |
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| 1977, The body of Elvis Presley and his mother Gladys were moved from the cemetery where they were buried to Graceland's after an unsuccessful attempt was made to body snatch the coffin. | |
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| 1980, Leaveil Degree from the soul group The Whispers started a two-year prison sentence in Boron California for his part in diamond robbery. | |
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| 1982, Dire Straits started a four-week run at No.1 on UK the album charts with 'Love Over Gold'. | |
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| 1982, John Cougar started a four week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Jack and Diane', his first US No.1a No.25 hit in the UK. | |
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| 1982, Musical Youth were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Pass The Dutchie'. The group were made up of Birmingham school boys, aged 11-16. The song was a cover of The Mighty Diamonds song called 'Pass The Kutchie', a slang term for a cannabis smoking pipe, but the word was changed to avoid the song being banned for it's drug reference. | |
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| 1982, Peter Gabriel and Steve Hacket joined their former band mates in Genesis for a one-time benefit performance at The Milton Keynes Bowl in Buckinghamshire, England to help raise money for Gabriel's WOMAD project (World of Music, Arts and Dance). | |
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| 1983, Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler was at No.1 on the US singles chart with the Jim Steinman written and produced track 'Total Eclipse Of The Heart'. It made her the only Welsh artist to score a US No.1. | |
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| 1995, Oasis released their second album '(What's The Story), Morning Glory', which entered the UK chart at No.1. The album has gone on to sell over 18 million copies worldwide, and it won the award for the best British Album of the last 30 Years at the 2010 Brit Awards. | |
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| 1995, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Kylie Minogue released the duet 'Where the Wild Roses Grow'. The song later won 1996 ARIA Awards: 'Single of the Year', 'Song of the Year' and 'Best Pop Release'. | |
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| 1996, A Pearl Jam show in Hartford Connecticut ended in a riot when mass fighting broke out among the 30,000 strong crowds. | |
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| 1998, America's singing cowboy Gene Autry died aged 91. During his career he scored 25 successive Top 10 Country hits. In 1995 it was estimated he was worth $320 million. | |
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| 2001, Actor Kevin Spacey hosted Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words and Music at New York's Radio City Music Hall. Performers include, Alanis Morissette,Moby, Stone Temple Pilots and the Dave Mathews Band. The evening was closed with those present singing 'Give Peace A Chance'. | |
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| 2002, Adam Ant escaped a prison sentence after a judge ruled that an incident in which he threatened drinkers with a replica pistol in a London pub was a result of mental illness. The 1980s pop star had been voluntarily having psychiatric treatment since the incident. | |
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| 2002, Robbie Williams signed the most lucrative British record deal in history when he signed with EMI records for £80m. Asked what he was going to do with money Robbie said, "I'm going to count it all." | |
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| 2003, Police were called to a suspected burglary at the Los Angeles house of Courtney Love's former boyfriend and ex-manager Jim Barber in the early hours. Ms Love was picked up in the street outside and detained - with officers noting "Miss Love's behaviour was consistent with being under the influence of a controlled substance". Shortly after her arrest, Ms Love was taken to hospital with a suspected drug overdose. | |
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| 2003, A pair of trousers worn in 1984 by the late Queen star Freddie Mercury were sold to the Hard Rock Cafe for £4,230 at a Christie's auction of pop memorabilia held in London, England. A wooden sculpture of a cupboard, designed by John Lennon, claimed the highest price of the day, £28,200. Hundreds of items related to The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and Jimi Hendrix also went under the hammer at the sale. | |
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| 2004, Billy Joel married 23-year-old Kate Lee at his Centre Island, New York mansion. It was the third marriage for Joel. | |
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| 2006, British singer, songwriter Katie Melua entered the Guinness Book of Records for playing the deepest underwater concert. This took palce 303 metres below sea level on the Norwegian Statoil's Troll A platform in the North Sea. Melua and her band underwent extensive medical tests and survival training in Norway before the concert. Melua later described achieving the record as "the most surreal gig I have ever done". | |
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2007, Britney Spears was ordered to hand over her two young children to her former husband Kevin Federline by a judge in Los Angeles. The court ruled that Federline would be given custody of Sean Preston, two, and one-year-old Jayden James, until further notice. Last month Judge Scott Gordon had said Ms Spears showed "a habitual, frequent and continuous use of controlled substances and alcohol." The singer was ordered to undergo random drug and alcohol tests twice a week as part of her child custody dispute with Mr Federline. | |
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| 2009, Mumford & Sons released their debut album 'Sigh No More' in the UK. It peaked at No. 2 on 20 February 2011, in its 72nd week on the chart following its Album of the Year win at the 2011 BRIT Awards. In early 2011, the album peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 in the US. In the United States, it was the 3rd most digitally-downloaded album of 2011, selling 761,000 copies | |
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| 2012, British session guitarist Big Jim Sullivan (born James George Tomkins) died at the age of 71. Sullivan started his career in 1959 as a member of Marty Wilde’s band and when Wilde bought Sullivan a Gibson Les Paul guitar, it was allegedly the first in Britain. Sullivan taught future Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore to play guitar, as well as helping Yes and Asia guitarist Steve Howe on his road to success. He featured on 55 No.1 hits, and worked with George Harrison, Frank Zappa, Thunderclap Newman, Love Affair, Long John Baldry, Marmalade and The Tremeloes. During Jimmy Page's session career, he was known as ‘Little Jim’, to differentiate him from Big Jim. | |
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| October 2nd: Born on this day | |
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| 1939, Born on this day, Lolly Vegas, guitarist and singer with Redbone, who had the 1971 UK No.2 & US No.21 single 'The Witch Queen Of New Orleans and the 1974 US No. 4 hit single, 'Come and Get Your Love.' Redbone are accredited in the NY Smithsonian as the first Native American rock/Cajun group to have a No.1 single in the United States and internationally. Jimi Hendrix stated that Lolly Vegas was his favorite guitar player and biggest influence in music. He died of cancer on 4 March 2010. | |
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| 1941, Born on this day, Ron Meagher, The Beau Brummels, (1965 US No.8 single 'Just A Little.') | |
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| 1945, Born on this day, Don McLean, US singer, songwriter, 1971 US & 1972 UK No.1 single 'American Pie', a song inspired by the death of Buddy Holly. | |
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| 1949, Born on this day, Richard Hell, vocals, The Voidoids, (1977 album 'Blank Generation' features the track 'Love Comes In Spurts'). | |
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| 1950, Born on this day, Mike Rutherford, guitar, Genesis, (1986 US No.1 single 'Invisible Touch', 1992 UK No.7 single 'I Can't Dance'& 6 UK No.1 albums). & Mike And The Mechanics, (1989 US No.1 & UK No.2 single 'The Living Years'). | |
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| 1951, Born on this day, Sting, (Gordon Sumner), singer, songwriter, The Police,(1983 UK & US No.1 single 'Every Breath You Take', plus 4 other UK No.1 singles). Solo, (1990 UK No.15 single 'Englishman In New York' plus over 15 other UK Top 40 singles). As a solo musician and a member of the Police, he received 16 Grammy Awards and has sold over 100 million records. | |
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| 1952, Born on this day, John Otway, UK singer, songwriter, guitarist, (1977 UK No.27 single 'Really Free', with Wild Willy Barrett). 2002 UK No.7 single 'Bunsen Burner'. | |
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| 1955, Born on this day, Phil Oakey singer, songwriter with The Human League. Formed in Sheffield, England in 1977 the group attained widespread commercial success with their third album Dare in 1981. The album contained four hit singles, including the UK/US No.1 hit 'Don't You Want Me'. The Human League has sold more than 20 million records worldwide. | |
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| 1956, Born on this day, Freddie Jackson, US soul singer, scored US 10 R&B No. 1's. | |
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| 1961, Born on this day, Robbie Nevil, singer, (1987 UK No.3 single 'C'est La Vie'). | |
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| 1962, Born on this day, Sigtryggur Baldursson, drums, The Sugarcubes, (1992 UK No.17 single 'Hit'). | |
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| 1969, Born on this day, Badly Drawn Boy, (Damon Gough), singer, songwriter, 2002 UK No.9 single 'You Were Right', 2002 UK No. 10 album, 'Have You Fed The Fish'. | |
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| 1971, Born on this day, Tiffany, US singer (1987 US No.1 & 1988 UK No.1 single 'I Think We're Alone Now'). | |
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| 1971, Born on this day, Jim Root, American musician, songwriter and guitarist, best known for being the lead guitarist for the American heavy metal band Slipknot and the former lead guitarist for the American alternative metal band Stone Sour. | |
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| 1973, Born on this day, Lene G Nystrom, from Danish eurodance group Aqua, who scored the 1997 UK No.1 single 'Barbie Girl' a song that topped the charts worldwide. | |
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| 1988, Born on this day, American musician Brittany Howard, best known as lead vocalist and guitarist of Alabama Shakes and Thunderbitch. Their second record, Sound & Color, released in 2015 debuted at No.1 on the Billboard 200, and won four Grammy Awards. |
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ΤΟΝ ΜΑΙΟ ΕΠΙΣΤΡΕΦΟΥΝ ΤΑ ΚΑΡΑΒΑΚΙΑ ΣΤΟΝ ΘΕΡΜΑΙΚΟ
Ολοκληρώθηκε άλλη μια σεζόν για τα δύο καραβάκια της «Karavakia Thessaloniki Waterbus», που ανανέωσαν το θαλασσινό τους ραντεβού με το κοινό, το Μάιο του 2019.
«Πιστοί στο καθημερινό μας πρόγραμμα, από την έναρξη της ακτοπλοϊκής σύνδεσης, και έχοντας προσθέσει στα δρομολόγιά μας, αφενός έναν νέο προορισμό, αφετέρου ενσωματώνοντας στο στόλο μας το νέο υπερσύγχρονο ταχύπλοο «Ολυμπία», ολοκληρώνουμε τη φετινή σεζόν» αναφέρει ο υπεύθυνος επικοινωνίας της «Karavakia Thessaloniki Waterbus» Νίκος Τσαμασλής.
Ιδιαίτερης σημασίας τυχαίνει η προσθήκη του νέου δρομολογίου, αυτού της Αγίας Τριάδας, το οποίο αγκαλιάστηκε από τους επιβάτες, τόσο από τους κατοίκους του προαστίου της Θεσσαλονίκης όσο και από τους τουρίστες.
«Για πρώτη φορά, φέτος, ύστερα από σαράντα έτη, στην καθημερινή ακτοπλοϊκή σύνδεση μεταξύ Θεσσαλονίκης – Περαίας – Νέων Επιβατών, και αντίστροφα, προσθέσαμε και την Αγία Τριάδα, έναν προορισμό που αποτελούσε χρόνιο αίτημα των κατοίκων και των παραθεριστών της περιοχής. Αισθανόμαστε υπερήφανοι, με τη νέα, αυτή προσθήκη στο δυναμικό της «Karavakia Thessaloniki Waterbus» επισημαίνει ο υπεύθυνος επικοινωνίας της «Karavakia Thessaloniki Waterbus» Νίκος Τσαμασλής.
«Karavakia Thessaloniki Waterbus»
Τα πλοία «Άγιος Γεώργιος» και «Ολυμπία» της «Karavakia Thessaloniki Waterbus» εκτελούσαν καθημερινά δρομολόγια μεταξύ Θεσσαλονίκης – Περαίας – Νέων Επιβατών – Αγίας Τριάδας, και αντίστροφα, ξεκινώντας το Μάιο και ολοκληρώνοντας τα δρομολόγια το Σεπτέμβριο.
Σ’ ότι αφορά τα χαρακτηριστικά των πλοίων, ο «Άγιος Γεώργιος» με μήκος 18 μέτρα έχει τη δυνατότητα να μεταφέρει 100 επιβάτες. Είναι ένα αξιόπλοο, καλοτάξιδο, παραδοσιακό σκαρί που διαθέτει δύο µηχανές General Motors Marine. Στο άνετο σαλόνι του με τον κλιματισμό, οι επιβάτες απολαμβάνουν ροφήματα και σνακ, από τα αυτόματα μηχανήματα πώλησης.
Το νέο υπερσύγχρονο ταχύπλοο «Ολυμπία» με μήκος 23,5 μέτρα, έχει τη δυνατότητα να μεταφέρει 170 επιβάτες. Το σκάφος, το οποίο έχει ναυπηγηθεί σε ελληνικό ναυπηγείο στη Σαλαμίνα, διαθέτει 2 μηχανές τύπου General Motors, ιπποδύναμης 539 BHP, έκαστη. Διαθέτει μπαρ και τουαλέτα.
Και τα δυο καραβάκια διαθέτουν τουαλέτες ενώ επιτρέπονται τα κατοικίδια ζώα (με λουρί) καθώς και τα ποδήλατα.
Ο χρόνος της διαδρομής υπολογίζεται σε 50 λεπτά της ώρας για τα δρομολόγια Θεσσαλονίκη – Περαία – Νέοι Επιβάτες, ή αντίστροφα, και σε 1 ώρα και 15 λεπτά για το δρομολόγιο Θεσσαλονίκη – Αγία Τριάδα.
«Πιστοί στο καθημερινό μας πρόγραμμα, από την έναρξη της ακτοπλοϊκής σύνδεσης, και έχοντας προσθέσει στα δρομολόγιά μας, αφενός έναν νέο προορισμό, αφετέρου ενσωματώνοντας στο στόλο μας το νέο υπερσύγχρονο ταχύπλοο «Ολυμπία», ολοκληρώνουμε τη φετινή σεζόν» αναφέρει ο υπεύθυνος επικοινωνίας της «Karavakia Thessaloniki Waterbus» Νίκος Τσαμασλής.
Ιδιαίτερης σημασίας τυχαίνει η προσθήκη του νέου δρομολογίου, αυτού της Αγίας Τριάδας, το οποίο αγκαλιάστηκε από τους επιβάτες, τόσο από τους κατοίκους του προαστίου της Θεσσαλονίκης όσο και από τους τουρίστες.
«Για πρώτη φορά, φέτος, ύστερα από σαράντα έτη, στην καθημερινή ακτοπλοϊκή σύνδεση μεταξύ Θεσσαλονίκης – Περαίας – Νέων Επιβατών, και αντίστροφα, προσθέσαμε και την Αγία Τριάδα, έναν προορισμό που αποτελούσε χρόνιο αίτημα των κατοίκων και των παραθεριστών της περιοχής. Αισθανόμαστε υπερήφανοι, με τη νέα, αυτή προσθήκη στο δυναμικό της «Karavakia Thessaloniki Waterbus» επισημαίνει ο υπεύθυνος επικοινωνίας της «Karavakia Thessaloniki Waterbus» Νίκος Τσαμασλής.
«Karavakia Thessaloniki Waterbus»
Τα πλοία «Άγιος Γεώργιος» και «Ολυμπία» της «Karavakia Thessaloniki Waterbus» εκτελούσαν καθημερινά δρομολόγια μεταξύ Θεσσαλονίκης – Περαίας – Νέων Επιβατών – Αγίας Τριάδας, και αντίστροφα, ξεκινώντας το Μάιο και ολοκληρώνοντας τα δρομολόγια το Σεπτέμβριο.
Σ’ ότι αφορά τα χαρακτηριστικά των πλοίων, ο «Άγιος Γεώργιος» με μήκος 18 μέτρα έχει τη δυνατότητα να μεταφέρει 100 επιβάτες. Είναι ένα αξιόπλοο, καλοτάξιδο, παραδοσιακό σκαρί που διαθέτει δύο µηχανές General Motors Marine. Στο άνετο σαλόνι του με τον κλιματισμό, οι επιβάτες απολαμβάνουν ροφήματα και σνακ, από τα αυτόματα μηχανήματα πώλησης.
Το νέο υπερσύγχρονο ταχύπλοο «Ολυμπία» με μήκος 23,5 μέτρα, έχει τη δυνατότητα να μεταφέρει 170 επιβάτες. Το σκάφος, το οποίο έχει ναυπηγηθεί σε ελληνικό ναυπηγείο στη Σαλαμίνα, διαθέτει 2 μηχανές τύπου General Motors, ιπποδύναμης 539 BHP, έκαστη. Διαθέτει μπαρ και τουαλέτα.
Και τα δυο καραβάκια διαθέτουν τουαλέτες ενώ επιτρέπονται τα κατοικίδια ζώα (με λουρί) καθώς και τα ποδήλατα.
Ο χρόνος της διαδρομής υπολογίζεται σε 50 λεπτά της ώρας για τα δρομολόγια Θεσσαλονίκη – Περαία – Νέοι Επιβάτες, ή αντίστροφα, και σε 1 ώρα και 15 λεπτά για το δρομολόγιο Θεσσαλονίκη – Αγία Τριάδα.
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Six of the best Charles Aznavour songs
AFP / GETTY IMAGES"I don't express myself particularly well when I talk, but when I write, words, melodies flow," Charles Aznavour told The Telegraph in 2001.
"Their pathway is from brain to pen."
Over the years, he wrote more than 1,200 songs, dealing with everything from street violence and the deaf to ecology and homosexuality (and love, bien sûr).
It's almost impossible to write a precise guide to such an extensive catalogue - but here are just six of his most memorable songs.
Yesterday, When I Was Young (Hier Encore)
Aznavour was only 40 when he wrote this nostalgic torch song to youth; a chanson that devastatingly captures the realisation of wasted potential.
In French it was called Hier Encore but Aznavour always felt the English version, co-written with Les Miserables' lyricist Herbert Kretzmer, was more poetic.
It opens optimistically: "Yesterday when I was young / The taste of life was sweet as rain upon my tongue," but grows more poignant as it builds to the finale: "There are so many songs in me that won't be sung ... The time has come for me to pay for yesterday / When I was young."
The song was made a hit in the US by country singer Roy Clark; while Bing Crosby, Andy Williams, Shirley Bassey and Dusty Springfield all recorded covers.
But the world-weary resignation of Aznavour's original, accentuated by that trademark vocal rasp (caused by a paralyzed vocal cord in his youth), was never bettered.
What Makes A Man (Comme Ils Disent)
Controversial at the time, this ballad paints a tender portrait of a lonely gay man in the 1970s, of his close relationship to his mother, and his nights spent impersonating female stars in Parisian nightclubs.
Aznavour wrote it to address "the specific problems my gay friends faced," he once said.
"I could see things were different for them, that they were marginalised."
"It is still forbidden in certain unenlightened countries," he told Canada's The Starin 2014. "I sang it in prime time in America on the Johnny Carson show 25 years ago. They were not happy about that, but I received many grateful letters."
Après l'Amour
"You slip your fingers into my open shirt" - Après l'Amour is a flighty, languorous depiction of a couple lying together in bed after making love.
"Wrapped in the twisted sheets, we stay entwined together," he sings.
Included on the 1955 EP Interdit Aux Moins de 16 Ans (forbidden to those under 16), it was struck from the airwaves by the French government.
But once the ban was lifted in the late 1960s, it became one of his most-loved songs.
She (Tous Les Visages De L'amour)
His biggest hit in the UK, She was written as the theme tune to the 1974 BBC series The Seven Faces of Women.
The song needed to tie together the series' seven separate stories, each depicting contemporary women at various stages of life - which is why the woman Aznavour sings about is never named.
The producers originally wanted Marlene Dietrich to record the song but lyricist Herbert Kretzmer (Les Misarables) put his foot down, insisting "if there is one thing I know about the mystery of women it's that they don't talk about it. If they did, it wouldn't be a mystery."
Aznavour spent four weeks at number one with the record; but it took longer to become a hit in his home country, partly because the word "she" sounded like a slang word for faeces.
You've Let Yourself Go (Tu T'Laisses Aller)
"I gaze at you in sheer despair and see your mother standing there," sings the three-times-married Aznavour, as he notes with displeasure as his partner grows old and dowdy.
Rather than telling a real-life story, though, You've Let Yourself Go was inspired by a movie - La Poison - a dark satire in which a husband gets away with murdering his charmless, alcoholic wife, despite admitting his guilt in court.
"There's plenty of great ideas in movies. Plenty of bad ones too," said Aznavour. "A good writer knows the difference."
La Boheme
Aznavour's signature song, La Boheme remembers Toulouse-Lautrec's Montmartre, where painters could rarely afford to eat - but where art and love were enough to sustain them.
An ode to simpler times "when I was starving and you posed nude," it is also a lament for the loss of youth.
"When, on a random day, I go for a walk to my old address," sings Aznavour, "Montmartre seems sad and the lilac trees are dead."
Such was the song's popularity that he recorded versions in Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English and German.
He also performed it at almost all his concerts, frequently producing a handkerchief and using it as a painter's rag, dabbing at an invisible canvas as he sang. When he dropped the hankie to the floor, there was inevitably a scramble amongst the audience to retrieve it.
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Armenia: Six things you may not know
AFP / GETTY IMAGESArmenians have been making headlines by shutting down cities with major protests. How much do you know about this landlocked former Soviet republic in the southern Caucasus? Here are six facts to get you started (and possibly boost a future pub quiz score).
1. More Armenians live outside the republic than in it
The country's population is around three million but millions more live abroad. There are big diasporas in the United States, Russia and France. Many recent Armenian migrants go to Russia for its proximity and because many speak Russian.
2. Mount Ararat is considered a national symbol
Even though it is in Turkey...
The snow-capped mountain (5,165m; 16,945ft) dominates the horizon in the Armenian capital, Yerevan, and is named in the Bible as the place Noah's Ark grounded after the flood.
3. It is one of the earliest Christian civilisations
AFP / GETTY IMAGES Armenia was the first country to adopt Christianity as its official religion in the early 4th Century and its Church is completely autonomous from other Christian Churches of the world.
4. Learning chess is compulsory
Since 2011, all children in Armenia from six to eight years old have had compulsory chess lessons.
The country has produced numerous grandmasters and it currently has more than 3,000 qualified trained chess teachers in its schools.
5. It is proud of its brandy
AFPDuring World War Two, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin sent Winston Churchill several dozen cases of Armenian brandy as a present. Many years later, in 2013, Russian President Vladimir Putin gave David Cameron a bottle of Armenian brandy recalling the story.
6. Many famous people have Armenian roots
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Ο Δούκας του Κεντ Εδουάρδος
στο Μουσείο Μακεδονικού Αγώνα
Τον Δούκα του Κεντ και επικεφαλής της “Commonwealth Grave Committee”, Εδουάρδο, μαζί με τη Βρετανίδα Πρέσβη, Κέιτ Σμιθ και την επίτιμη Πρόξενο της Βρετανίας, Μαρία Τσακάλη είχαν την τιμή να υποδεχθούν στο Μουσείο Μακεδονικού Αγώνα, το Σάββατο, 29 Σεπτεμβρίου 2018, ο Πρόεδρος κ. Νικόλαος Κ. Μαργαρόπουλος, η Γενική Γραμματέας και Διευθύντρια του Κ.Ε.Μ.Ι.Τ., κ. Σταυρούλα Μαυρογένη, ο Υπεύθυνος οικονομικών θεμάτων, κ. Άγγελος Παπαιωάννου και η Διευθύντρια του Μουσείου Μακεδονικού Αγώνα, κ. Φανή Τσατσάια.
O Δούκας του Κεντ ξεναγήθηκε στη μόνιμη έκθεση του Μουσείου, από τον κ. Άγγελο Χοτζίδη, Ιστορικό και επιστημονικό συνεργάτη του Μουσείου. Ιδιαίτερο ενδιαφέρον έδειξε για τη νέα προθήκη του Α΄ Παγκοσμίου Πολέμου, με αντικείμενα κατασκευασμένα από τα συντρίμμια του Ζέπελιν, καθώς και μετάλλια, προσωπικά αντικείμενα πεσόντων και αρχειακό υλικό.
Σε συνέχεια του Εκπαιδευτικού Προγράμματος «Η Θεσσαλονίκη θυμάται», η μαθητική χορωδία από το 2ο Δημοτικό Σχολείο Περαίας, υπό τη διεύθυνση της δασκάλας τους Σοφίας Τσάτσου, ερμήνευσαν το τραγούδι «Η παράκληση του αγωνιστή». Το εκπαιδευτικό πρόγραμμα εκπονήθηκε το σχολικό έτος 2017-2018 σε συνεργασία με την Κοινοπολιτειακή Επιτροπή Στρατιωτικών Τάφων, το British Council Greece και το Μουσείο Μακεδονικού Αγώνα, υπό την αιγίδα του Δήμου Θεσσαλονίκης, με αφορμή την επέτειο ενός αιώνα από την παρουσία των βρετανικών στρατευμάτων στο Μακεδονικό Μέτωπο. Την επιμέλεια του εκπαιδευτικού προγράμματος είχε η κ. Σταυρούλα Μαυρογένη, Διευθύντρια του Κ.Ε.Μ.Ι.Τ. και Επίκουρη Καθηγήτρια του ΠΑΜΑΚ.
Παρόντες κατά την επίσκεψη ήταν επίσης η κ. Χρυσούλα Μελίδου, Υπεύθυνη πολιτιστικών προγραμμάτων του British Council, o κ. Ian Hussein, Διευθυντής Περιοχής Δυτικής Ευρώπης της Κοινοπολιτειακής Επιτροπής Στρατιωτικών Τάφων και ο κ. Κωνσταντίνος Αλεξανδρόπουλος, Υπεύθυνος Επικοινωνίας Περιοχής Μεσογείου, της Κοινοπολιτειακής Επιτροπής Στρατιωτικών Τάφων.
Ο κ. Άγγελος Χοτζίδης, Ιστορικός και επιστημονικός συνεργάτης του ΙΜΜΑ, ξεναγεί τον Δούκα του Κεντ στη μόνιμη έκθεση του Μουσείου Μακεδονικού Αγώνα. Την ξενάγηση παρακολουθούν, μεταξύ άλλων, η επίτιμη Πρόξενος της Βρετανίας, Μαρία Τσακάλη, η Διευθύντρια κ. Φανή Τσατσάια, και η Διευθύντρια του ΚΕΜΙΤ και Γ.Γ. του Ιδρύματος κ. Σταυρούλα Μαυρογένη.
Ο Δούκας του Κεντ μπροστά στην προθήκη με τα εκθέματα από τον Α΄ Παγκόσμιο Πόλεμο. Δίπλα του η Βρετανίδα Πρέσβης, Κέιτ Σμιθ.
Ο Πρόεδρος του Ιδρύματος Μουσείου Μακεδονικού Αγώνα κ. Νικόλαος Μαργαρόπουλος δωρίζει στον Δούκα του Κεντ το λεύκωμα «Η ευζωνική στολή».
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KALAMATA, GREECE
Kalograion Monastery Silk Weaving
The nuns here cultivate silk to weave some of the fines
scarves in the world.
Since its founding in 1796, the Kalograion Monastery, or “Monastery of the Nuns,” has been a female-only Greek Orthodox monastery, housing hundreds of nuns through the years.
This unique complex is home to a library with several rare manuscripts and a room displaying rare icons, sacred vessels, clergy robes, and the mortal relics of various saints. Slightly more unusual for a place of worship, Kalograion also produces the famous Kalamata silk scarves, known to be among the finest in the world.
Within the monastery, you can visit the room where the nuns work to cultivate silk and a weaving room where they hand-make various textiles for sale, most notably the Kalamata silk scarves that have won numerous international awards. Unfortunately, the last nun that knew how to weave died a few years ago and did not pass on the legacy of weaving to the younger nuns, leaving behind unfinished pieces on the looms. The nuns will welcome anybody who would like to stay with them to complete the pieces and teach them.
Throughout its history, the monastery has also served as a local charity and as a place of refuge, coming to the aid of the local population during the Ottoman occupation, the German/Italian occupation, the Greek Civil War, and after the devastating earthquake of 1986.
The complex’s main building is rectangular and surrounds a central courtyard filled with orange trees. It has a church integrated into it and also houses the nuns’ living areas. The monastery was built on the ruins of an abandoned 13th-century church, and some of the remains can be seen near the main altar.
Know Before You Go
Modest clothing is recommended to show respect when visiting the monastery grounds. For men, shorts, sleeveless shirts, and sandals are frowned upon. Women's shoulders should not be shown in church, and skirts and dresses should at a minimum come below the knee. Visitors should keep their feet on the ground when seated as it is considered insulting for feet to face holy images.
Each year the monastery celebrates the Exaltation of the Holy Cross on September 14, Saint Constantine and Helen day on May 21, and St. Helen’s individual feast day on August 1.
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IOLAS
06.10 MMCA
06.10 MMCA
Akrithakis, Arden Balanchine Braque Brauner,Breton
Restany,
Calas, Cavafyde Chirico
de Cuevas Cocteau
de Cuevas Cocteau
Rothschild Ritsos, Ruscha Prokofiev
Stravinsky Takis, Tinguely Tsoclis Warhol, Wols
Stravinsky Takis, Tinguely Tsoclis Warhol, Wols
CplyDali, Dufy Elytis, Ernst
Karella, Kiesler Klein, Klee Kotopouli Kounellis
Kyra Nijinsky
Lalannes
List Magritte
MoMA
Centre Georges Pompidou MMCA
Centre Georges Pompidou MMCA
Matta, de Menil Miro
Nellens Niki
de Saint Phalle
de Saint Phalle
IOLAS:
Pascali, Pavlos Palamas
The Legacy
Raynaud
06.10. 2018–20.01 2019
Sikelianos,
Fahlstrom Fautrier Fontana
Garbo, Georgi
Gershwin
To Μακεδονικό Μουσείο Σύγχρονης Τέχνης σας προσκαλεί στα εγκαίνια της τιμητικής έκθεσης Aλέξανδρος Iόλας: η Kληρονομιάτο Σάββατο 6 Οκτωβρίου 2018, ώρα 20.00, στο Μακεδονικό Μουσείο Σύγχρονης Τέχνης (ΜΜΣΤ). Την έκθεση θα εγκαινιάσουν ο Δήμαρχος Θεσσαλονίκης, Γιάννης Μπουτάρης και η Πρόεδρος του Δ.Σ. του Μακεδονικού Μουσείου Σύγχρονης Τέχνης, Ξανθίππη Σκαρπιά–Χόιπελ.
Παραγωγή:
ΜΜΣΤ
Συνδιοργάνωση:
Δήμος Θεσσαλονίκης Φεστιβάλ Δημητρίων 2018
Διάρκεια: 06.10.2018–20.01.2019
Παραγωγή:
ΜΜΣΤ
Συνδιοργάνωση:
Δήμος Θεσσαλονίκης Φεστιβάλ Δημητρίων 2018
Διάρκεια: 06.10.2018–20.01.2019
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