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Article 4
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H 'ΧΙΟΝΑΤΗ'ΣΤΗΝ ΠΛΑΤΕΙΑ ΑΡΙΣΤΟΤΕΛΟΥΣ
Απόψε στις 7 θα απολαύσουμε στην Πλατεία Αριστοτέλους την performance “Snow white”
της Γαλλίδας Catherine Baÿ. Μέχρι τις 22.00 θα μυηθούμε σε κάτι εντελώς διαφορετικό
και θα γοητευτούμε από την γλώσσα του σώματος. Η Catherine Baÿ αναπτύσσει
εντυπωσιακές performances με βάση την αναπαράσταση ενός θέματος ή ενός
αντικειμένου που ο καθένας είναι σε θέση να ταυτιστεί. Παρατηρεί σχολαστικά τους
κοινωνικούς κώδικες που σχετίζονται με αυτά τα στοιχεία προκειμένου να τους χειριστεί
και να τους υπονομεύσει με απροσδόκητους τρόπους. H performance είναι βασισμένη
στο project «Blanche Neige» της Catherine Baÿ, με ειδική χορογραφία σε πρώτη
παρουσίαση για τα Δημήτρια και σε συνεργασία με το Γαλλικό Ινστιτούτο
Θεσσαλονίκης.
Τι λέει η Catherine Baÿ για την Θεσσαλονίκη, την performance της στα 53α
Δημήτρια και τους καλλιτέχνες!
«Δεν είχα έρθει ποτέ στην Ελλάδα. Για μένα η Ελλάδα είναι ο τουρισμός, οι
«Δεν είχα έρθει ποτέ στην Ελλάδα. Για μένα η Ελλάδα είναι ο τουρισμός, οι
καλοκαιρινές διακοπές, τα ακριβά σπίτια που μπορούν να αντέξουν μόνο οι
Παριζιάνοι. Στο βάθος, όλα κλισέ και προκαταλήψεις! Πριν από 2 χρόνια με
προσκάλεσαν να δημιουργήσω μια περφόρμανς για το φεστιβάλ. Μου άρεσε
πραγματικά η Θεσσαλονίκη, γιατί βγαίνει από τα κλισέ της Ελλάδας. Μου αρέσει ο
αστικός ιστός αυτής της πόλης που, παρά την μερική ακαμψία του (έχει εν μέρει
ανακατασκευαστεί από έναν Γάλλο), παραμένει πολύ ζωντανή, σαν η ενέργεια των
Ελλήνων να εισχώρησε ανάμεσα στα στενά κενά που υπάρχουν μεταξύ των κτιρίων.
Αν υποθέσουμε ότι η πόλη συμβολίζει την ολοκλήρωση… τι θα συμβεί αν κλείσει τα
σύνορά της, εμποδίζοντας οποιαδήποτε ανταλλαγή, οποιαδήποτε κυκλοφορία ιδεών,
γνώσεων και ανθρώπων; Αυτό είναι το ερώτημα που είναι πρόθεσή μου να φέρω
στο προσκήνιο με την performance. Εμείς οι καλλιτέχνες είμαστε de facto μετανάστες.
Φέρνουμε μια στροφή, μια νέα ματιά, μια ποίηση που επιτρέπει στην ανθρωπότητα
να μείνει ζωντανή. Είμαστε το βασικό στοιχείο για να παραμείνει ζωντανός αυτός
ο κόσμος».
Info:
Performance “Snow white”
Πέμπτη 11 Οκτωβρίου
Πλατεία Αριστοτέλους
19.00-22.00
Performance “Snow white”
Πέμπτη 11 Οκτωβρίου
Πλατεία Αριστοτέλους
19.00-22.00
Συντελεστές
Ερμηνεία: Catherine Baÿ
Κοστούμια: Roel Stassart
Ήχος: Ludovic Germain
Επιμέλεια: Αφροδίτη Οικονομίδου
Ερμηνεία: Catherine Baÿ
Κοστούμια: Roel Stassart
Ήχος: Ludovic Germain
Επιμέλεια: Αφροδίτη Οικονομίδου
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Article 2
Παγκόσμια ημέρα Διατροφής στην πλατεία Αριστοτέλους
Η Ένωση Διαιτολόγων-Διατροφολόγων Ελλάδος, του παραρτήματος Κεντρικής Μακεδονίας και
το Τμήμα Τουρισμού του Δήμου Θεσσαλονίκης συνδιοργανώνουν με αφορμή την Παγκόσμια
Ημέρα Διατροφής και στο πλαίσιο του 8ου Thessaloniki Food Festival, ανοιχτή διαδραστική
εκδήλωση την Κυριακή 14 Οκτωβρίου 2018, από τις 10:00 έως τις 14:00, στην Πλατεία
Αριστοτέλους.Με σκοπό την ανάδειξη του ρόλου της υγιεινής διατροφής και όλων των παραμέτρων της
ειδικότερα για την παιδική ηλικία, θα στηθούν πάγκοι (stands) με διάφορες θεματικές
ενότητες, όπως τη σωματομετρία, την υγιεινή διατροφή, τη διατροφή για παιδιά με παιχνίδια
και υγιεινές συνταγές για εύγευστα σνακ. Στόχος είναι να ευαισθητοποιηθούν οι γονείς και τα
παιδιά τους, σε θέματα διατροφών συνηθειών και υγείας. Οι επισκέπτες θα μπορούν να
ενημερωθούν για τη λειτουργία του ανθρώπινου οργανισμού, του ανοσοποιητικού μας
συστήματος, την υγεία του ανθρωπίνου σώματος, τη σωστή ανάπτυξη των παιδιών, τη
διατροφική πρόληψη και την αντιμετώπιση ασθενειών.Γιγαντιαία παιχνίδια όπως το Φιδάκι Διατροφής, θα λειτουργήσουν ως σταθμός εκπαίδευσης
των μικρών φίλων , καθώς και των γονιών τους που θα επισκεφθούν την εκδήλωση.Η όλη διοργάνωση θα στελεχωθεί από τα μέλη της Ένωσης Διαιτολόγων Διατροφολόγων
Ελλάδος, με στόχο την τεκμηριωμένη ενημέρωση του κοινού από ειδικό, επιστημονικό
προσωπικό.
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Article 1
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Article 0
Πρωτόκολλο παράδοσης-παραλαβής κτιρίων του Α’ Προβλήτα του Λιμένα Θεσσαλονίκης
Η υπογραφή του πρωτοκόλλου παράδοσης-παραλαβής κτιρίων του Α’ Προβλήτα του Λιμένα Θεσσαλονίκης μεταξύ της ΟΛΘ ΑΕ και του Δήμου Θεσσαλονίκης θα πραγματοποιηθεί την Παρασκευή 12 Οκτωβρίου 2018, στις 12.00, στην αίθουσα συνεδριάσεων του ΔΣ της ΟΛΘ ΑΕ (Κτίριο Διοίκησης, Α’ Προβλήτας, 1ος όροφος).
Το πρωτόκολλο θα υπογράψουν ο Πρόεδρος του ΔΣ και Διευθύνων Σύμβουλος της ΟΛΘ ΑΕ, Σωτήριος Θεοφάνης και ο Δήμαρχος Θεσσαλονίκης, Γιάννης Μπουτάρης.
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AΠΟ ΤΟ ΠΡΑΚΤΟΡΕΙΟ FM 104,9
ΡΑΔΙΟ ΝΟΣΤΑΛΓΙΑ
Σαββατο 13 Οκτωβριου 2018,6-8μμ
Λευτερης Κογκαλιδης
Συνεχιζεται η σειρα των αφιερωματων στην δεκαετια του 40.Σημερα στο πρωτο μερος επιτυχιες του 1944,οπως Swingin’ on a star/On the sunny side of the stree/Don’t fence me in/Begin the beguine/Holiday for strings/Poinciana/The trolley song/Tico tico/Rum and Coca Cola.
Στο δευτερο μερος οι επιτυχιες του 1945,οπως Opus No1/Sentimental journey/Till the end of time/Cocktails for two/Baia/Laura/Temptation
ΡΑΔΙΟ ΝΟΣΤΑΛΓΙΑ
Κυριακη 14 Οκτωβριου 2018,6-8 μμ
Λευτερης Κογκαλιδης
Σημερα στο πρωτο μερος οι επιτυχιες του 1946,οπως To each his own/Route 66/The gypsy/September song/Come closer to me.
Στο δευτερο μερος οι επιτυχιες του 1947,οπως Five minutes more/La mer/Linda/Heartaches/Near you/Ballerina/Now is the hour/Alexander’s ragtime band/that’s my desire.
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Article 20
WORLD TIME MINUTE REPEATER REF. 5531 NEW YORK 2017
Τεχνολογικό θαύμα υψηλής ωρολογοποιίας $560.000
Η επιτομή όλων των πιο πρόσφατων θαυμαστών δημιουργημάτων της Patek Philippe
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Article 19
Απολαμβάνει τη Σαντορίνη
ο Floyd Mayweather
Ο κορυφαίος πυγμάχος, που έχει ρεκόρ καριέρας 50-0, είναι στην Ελλάδα και στη Σαντορίνη.
Μετά το Ντουμπάι, ο Floyd Mayweather
ήρθε στην Ελλάδα και συγκεκριμένα απολαμβάνει την Σαντορίνη.
Όπως γράφει το gazzetta.gr αήττητος πρωταθλητής του box ανέβασε στο λογαριασμό του στο Instagram φωτογραφίες από την παραμονή του στο νησί των Κυκλάδων, δείχνοντας να χαλαρώνει.
Ο λογαριασμός του έχει 21.500.000 ακόλουθους κι οι φωτογραφίες του από την Ελλάδα έχουν μαζέψει συνολικά πάνω από 300.000 likes.
Αυτό θα πει διαφήμιση!
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- 539 BC – The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon (Julian calendar)
- 633 – Battle of Hatfield Chase: King Edwin of Northumbria is defeated and killed by the British under Penda of Mercia and Cadwallon of Gwynedd.
- 1113 – The city of Oradea is first mentioned under the Latin name Varadinum ("vár" means fortress in Hungarian).
- 1279 – Nichiren, a Japanese Buddhist monk founder of Nichiren Buddhism, is said to have inscribed the Dai Gohonzon.
- 1398 – The Treaty of Salynas is signed between Grand Duke of Lithuania Vytautas the Great and the Teutonic Knights, who received Samogitia.
- 1492 – Christopher Columbus's expedition makes landfall in the Caribbean, specifically in The Bahamas. The explorer believes he has reached the Indies.
- 1582 – Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
- 1654 – The Delft Explosion devastates the city in the Netherlands, killing more than 100 people.
- 1692 – The Salem witch trials are ended by a letter from Massachusetts Governor Sir William Phips.
- 1748 – British and Spanish naval forces engage at the Battle of Havana during the War of Jenkins' Ear.
- 1773 – America's first insane asylum opens.
- 1792 – The first celebration of Columbus Day is held in New York City.
- 1793 – The cornerstone of Old East, the oldest state university building in the United States, is laid on the campus of the University of North Carolina.
- 1798 – Flemish and Luxembourgish peasants launch the rebellion against French rule known as the Peasants' War.
- 1799 – Jeanne Geneviève Labrosse becomes the first woman to jump from a balloon with a parachute, from an altitude of 900 metres (3,000 ft).
- 1810 – First Oktoberfest: The Bavarian royalty invites the citizens of Munich to join the celebration of the marriage of Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria to Princess Therese von Sachsen-Hildburghausen.
- 1822 – Pedro I of Brazil is proclaimed the emperor of the Empire of Brazil.
- 1823 – Charles Macintosh of Scotland sells the first raincoat.
- 1847 – German inventor and industrialist Werner von Siemens founds Siemens & Halske, which later becomes Siemens AG.
- 1849 – The city of Manizales, Colombia is founded by 'The Expedition of the 20'.
- 1871 – Criminal Tribes Act (CTA) enacted by British rule in India, which named over 160 local communities 'Criminal Tribes', i.e. hereditary criminals. Repealed in 1949, after Independence of India.
- 1890 – Uddevalla Suffrage Association is formed.
- 1892 – The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited by students in many US public schools, as part of a celebration marking the 400th anniversary of Columbus's voyage.
- 1901 – President Theodore Roosevelt officially renames the "Executive Mansion" to the White House.
- 1915 – World War I: British nurse Edith Cavell is executed by a German firing squad for helping Allied soldiers escape from Belgium
- 1917 – World War I: The First Battle of Passchendaele takes place resulting in the largest single day loss of life in New Zealand history.
- 1918 – A massive forest fire kills 453 people in Cloquet, Minnesota.
- 1928 – An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Children's Hospital, Boston.
- 1933 – The military Alcatraz Citadel becomes the civilian Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary.
- 1942 – World War II: Japanese ships retreat after their defeat in the Battle of Cape Esperance.
- 1944 – World War II: The Axis occupation of Athens comes to an end.
- 1945 – World War II: Desmond Doss is the first conscientious objector to receive the U.S. Medal of Honor.
- 1959 – At the national congress of APRA in Peru a group of leftist radicals are expelled from the party who later form APRA Rebelde.
- 1960 – Cold War: Nikita Khrushchev pounds his shoe on a desk at United Nations General Assembly meeting to protest a Philippine assertion of Soviet Union colonial policy being conducted in Eastern Europe.
- 1960 – Television viewers in Japan unexpectedly witness the assassination of Inejiro Asanuma, leader of the Japan Socialist Party, when he is stabbed to death during a live broadcast.
- 1962 – The Columbus Day Storm strikes the U.S. Pacific Northwest with record wind velocities; 46 dead and at least U.S. $230 million in damages.
- 1963 – After nearly 23 years of imprisonment, Reverend Walter Ciszek, a Jesuit missionary, was released from the Soviet Union.
- 1964 – The Soviet Union launches the Voskhod 1 into Earth orbit as the first spacecraft with a multi-person crew and the first flight without space suits.
- 1967 – Vietnam War: US Secretary of State Dean Rusk states during a news conference that proposals by the U.S. Congress for peace initiatives are futile because of North Vietnam's opposition.
- 1968 – Equatorial Guinea becomes independent from Spain.
- 1970 – Vietnam War: US President Richard Nixon announces that the United States will withdraw 40,000 more troops before Christmas
- 1971 – The 2,500 year celebration of the Persian Empire is held (until October 16).
- 1979 – The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the first of five books in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy comedy science fiction series by Douglas Adams is published.
- 1979 – The lowest recorded non-tornadic atmospheric pressure, 87.0 kPa (870 mbar or 25.69 inHg), occurred in the Western Pacific during Typhoon Tip.
- 1983 – Japan's former Prime Minister Tanaka Kakuei is found guilty of taking a $2 million bribe from Lockheed and is sentenced to four years in jail.
- 1984 – Brighton hotel bombing: The Provisional Irish Republican Army attempt to assassinate Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet. Thatcher escapes but the bomb kills five people and wounds 31.
- 1984 – American actor Jon-Erik Hexum accidentally shoots himself with a prop gun. He dies six days later.
- 1986 – Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh visit China.
- 1988 – Two officers of the Victoria Police are gunned down execution-style in the Walsh Street police shootings, Australia.
- 1992 – A 5.8 earthquake occurred in Cairo, Egypt. At least 510 died.
- 1994 – The Magellan spacecraft burns up in the atmosphere of Venus.
- 1997 – Sidi Daoud massacre in Algeria that killed 43 at a fake roadblock.
- 1998 – Matthew Shepard, a gay student at University of Wyoming, dies five days after he was beaten, robbed and left tied to a wooden fence post outside of Laramie, Wyoming.
- 1999 – Pervez Musharraf takes power in Pakistan from Nawaz Sharif through a bloodless coup.
- 1999 – The former Autonomous Soviet Republic of Abkhazia declares its independence from Georgia
- 2000 – The USS Cole is badly damaged in Aden, Yemen, by two suicide bombers, killing 17 crew members and wounding at least 39.
- 2002 – Terrorists detonate bombs in the Sari Club in Kuta, Bali, killing 202 and wounding over 300.
- 2005 – The second Chinese human spaceflight Shenzhou 6 launched carrying Fèi Jùnlóng and Niè Hǎishèng for five days in orbit.
- 2008 – Lithuanian nuclear power referendum, 2008 is performed.
- 2013 – Fifty-one people are killed after a truck veers off a cliff in La Convención Province, Peru.
- 2017 – The United States announces its decision to withdraw from UNESCO.[1] and is immediately followed by Israel.
- 1008 – Go-Ichijō, emperor of Japan (d. 1036)
- 1240 – Trần Thánh Tông, emperor of Vietnam (then Đại Việt) (d. 1290)
- 1350 – Dmitri Donskoi, Grand Duke of Moscow (d. 1389)
- 1490 – Bernardo Pisano, Italian composer and priest (d. 1548)
- 1533 – Asakura Yoshikage, Japanese ruler (d. 1573)
- 1537 – Edward VI, king of England (d. 1553)
- 1555 – Peregrine Bertie, 13th Baron Willoughby de Eresby, English diplomat (d. 1601)
- 1558 – Maximilian III, archduke of Austria (d. 1618)
- 1576 – Thomas Dudley, English-American soldier and politician, 3rd Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (d. 1653)
- 1602 – William Chillingworth, English scholar and theologian (d. 1644)
- 1614 – Henry More, English philosopher (d. 1687)
- 1687 – Sylvius Leopold Weiss, German lute player and composer (d. 1750)
- 1710 – Jonathan Trumbull, American colonel and politician, 16th Governor of Connecticut (d. 1785)
- 1725 – Étienne Louis Geoffroy, French pharmacist and entomologist (d. 1810)
- 1792 – Christian Gmelin, German chemist and pharmacist (d. 1860)
- 1798 – Pedro I, emperor of Brazil (d. 1834)
- 1801 – Friedrich Frey-Herosé, Swiss lawyer and politician, 5th President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 1873)
- 1815 – William J. Hardee, American general (d. 1873)
- 1838 – George Thorn, Australian politician, 6th Premier of Queensland (d. 1905)
- 1840 – Helena Modjeska, Polish-American actress (d. 1909)
- 1855 – Arthur Nikisch, Hungarian conductor and academic (d. 1922)
- 1860 – Elmer Ambrose Sperry, American engineer and businessman, co-invented the gyrocompass (d. 1930)
- 1865 – Arthur Harden, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1940)
- 1866 – Ramsay MacDonald, Scottish journalist and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1937)
- 1868 – August Horch, German engineer and businessman, founded Audi (d. 1951)
- 1868 – Mariano Trías, Filipino general and politician, 1st Vice President of the Philippines (d. 1914)
- 1872 – Ralph Vaughan Williams, English composer and educator (d. 1958)
- 1874 – Jimmy Burke, American baseball player and manager (d. 1942)
- 1875 – Aleister Crowley, English magician and author (d. 1947)
- 1878 – Truxtun Hare, American football player and hammer thrower (d. 1956)
- 1880 – Louis Hémon, French-Canadian author (d. 1913)
- 1891 – Edith Stein, Polish nun and martyr; later canonized (d. 1942)
- 1891 – Fumimaro Konoe, Japanese soldier and politician, 39th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1945)
- 1892 – Gilda dalla Rizza, Italian soprano and actress (d. 1975)
- 1893 – Velvalee Dickinson, American spy (d. 1980)
- 1894 – Elisabeth of Romania, queen consort of Greece (d. 1956)
- 1896 – Eugenio Montale, Italian poet and translator, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981)
- 1903 – Josephine Hutchinson, American actress (d. 1998)
- 1904 – Lester Dent, American journalist and author (d. 1959)
- 1904 – Ding Ling, Chinese author and educator (d. 1986)
- 1906 – Joe Cronin, American baseball player and manager (d. 1984)
- 1906 – John Murray, American playwright and producer (d. 1984)
- 1906 – Piero Taruffi, Italian race car driver and motorcycle racer (d. 1988)
- 1908 – Paul Engle, American novelist, poet, playwright, and critic (d. 1991)
- 1908 – Ann Petry, American novelist (d. 1997)
- 1910 – Robert Fitzgerald, American poet, critic, and translator (d. 1985)
- 1910 – Malcolm Renfrew, American chemist and academic (d. 2013)
- 1911 – Vijay Merchant, Indian cricketer (d. 1987)
- 1913 – Alice Chetwynd Ley, English author and educator (d. 2004)
- 1914 – John E. Hodge, African-American chemist (d. 1996)
- 1916 – Alice Childress, American actress and playwright (d. 1994)
- 1916 – Lock Martin, American actor (d. 1959)
- 1917 – Roque Máspoli, Uruguayan footballer and manager (d. 2004)
- 1919 – Gilles Beaudoin, Canadian politician, 34th Mayor of Trois-Rivières (d. 2007)
- 1919 – Doris Miller, American chef and soldier (d. 1943)
- 1920 – Christopher Soames, English politician and diplomat, Governor of Southern Rhodesia (d. 1987)
- 1921 – Art Clokey, American animator, producer, screenwriter, and voice actor, created Gumby (d. 2010)
- 1921 – Jaroslav Drobný, Czech-English tennis player and ice hockey player (d. 2001)
- 1921 – Logie Bruce Lockhart, Scottish rugby player and journalist
- 1922 – William H. Sullivan, American soldier and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the Philippines (d. 2013)
- 1923 – Jean Nidetch, American businesswoman, co-founded Weight Watchers (d. 2015)
- 1923 – Goody Petronelli, American boxer, trainer, and manager (d. 2012)
- 1924 – Leonidas Kyrkos, Greek politician (d. 2011)
- 1925 – Denis Lazure, Canadian psychiatrist and politician (d. 2008)
- 1928 – Al Held, American painter and academic (d. 2005)
- 1928 – Domna Samiou, Greek singer and musicologist (d. 2012)
- 1929 – Nappy Brown, American R&B singer-songwriter (d. 2008)
- 1929 – Robert Coles, American psychologist, author, and academic
- 1929 – Magnus Magnusson, Icelandic journalist and academic (d. 2007)
- 1930 – Denis Brodeur, Canadian ice hockey player and photographer (d. 2013)
- 1930 – Milica Kacin Wohinz, Slovenian historian and author
- 1931 – Ole-Johan Dahl, Norwegian computer scientist and academic, co-developed Simula (d. 2002)
- 1932 – Dick Gregory, American comedian, actor, and author (d. 2017)
- 1932 – Ned Jarrett, American race car driver and sportscaster
- 1932 – John Moffat, Danish physicist and academic
- 1933 – Guido Molinari, Canadian painter and art collector (d. 2004)
- 1934 – James "Sugar Boy" Crawford, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2012)
- 1934 – Richard Meier, American architect, designed the Getty Center and City Tower
- 1934 – Albert Shiryaev, Russian mathematician and academic
- 1934 – Oğuz Atay, Turkish engineer and author (d. 1977)
- 1935 – Don Howe, English footballer and manager (d. 2015)
- 1935 – Tony Kubek, American baseball player and sportscaster
- 1935 – Sam Moore, American soul singer-songwriter (Sam & Dave)
- 1935 – Shivraj Patil, Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Defence
- 1935 – Luciano Pavarotti, Italian tenor and actor (d. 2007)
- 1937 – Paul Hawkins, Australian race car driver (d. 1969)
- 1937 – Robert Mangold, American painter
- 1941 – Michael Mansfield, English lawyer, academic, and republican
- 1942 – Melvin Franklin, American soul bass singer (The Temptations) (d. 1995)
- 1943 – Kostas Tsakonas, Greek actor (d. 2015)
- 1944 – Angela Rippon, English journalist and author
- 1945 – Aurore Clément, French actress
- 1946 – Drew Edmondson, American politician
- 1946 – Ashok Mankad, Indian cricketer (d. 2008)
- 1946 – Daryl Runswick, English bassist and composer
- 1947 – Chris Wallace, American journalist
- 1948 – John Engler, American businessman and politician, 46th Governor of Michigan
- 1948 – Rick Parfitt, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2016)
- 1949 – Dave Lloyd, English cyclist and coach
- 1949 – Carlos the Jackal, Venezuelan terrorist and murderer
- 1949 – Paul Went, English footballer and manager (d. 2017)
- 1950 – Susan Anton, American actress and model
- 1950 – Dave Freudenthal, American economist and politician, 31st Governor of Wyoming
- 1951 – Sally Little, South African-American golfer
- 1951 – Ed Royce, American businessman and politician
- 1951 – Norio Suzuki, Japanese golfer
- 1952 – Béla Csécsei, Hungarian educator and politician (d. 2012)
- 1952 – Roger Heath-Brown, English mathematician and theorist
- 1953 – Les Dennis, English comedian and actor
- 1953 – David Threlfall, English actor and director
- 1954 – Massimo Ghini, Italian actor
- 1954 – Michael Roe, American, singer, songwriter, and record producer
- 1954 – Linval Thompson, Jamaican singer and producer
- 1955 – Einar Jan Aas, Norwegian footballer
- 1955 – Pat DiNizio, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2017)
- 1955 – Ante Gotovina, Croatian general
- 1955 – Jane Siberry, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer
- 1956 – Rafael Ábalos, Spanish author
- 1956 – Allan Evans, Scottish footballer
- 1956 – Lutz Haueisen, German cyclist
- 1956 – Catherine Holmes, Australian judge
- 1956 – Gerti Schanderl, German figure skater
- 1956 – David Vanian, English singer-songwriter
- 1957 – Clémentine Célarié, French actress, singer, and director
- 1957 – Serge Clerc, French comic book artist and illustrator
- 1957 – Mike Dowler, Welsh football goalkeeper
- 1957 – Annik Honoré, Belgian journalist and music promoter (d. 2014)
- 1957 – William F. Laurance, Australian biologist
- 1958 – Steve Austria, American lawyer and politician
- 1958 – Maria de Fátima Silva de Sequeira Dias, Portuguese historian, author, and academic (d. 2013)
- 1958 – Jeff Keith, American rock singer-songwriter (Tesla)
- 1958 – Bryn Merrick, Welsh bass player (d. 2015)
- 1959 – Anna Escobedo Cabral, American lawyer and politician, 42nd Treasurer of the United States
- 1960 – Steve Lowery, American golfer
- 1960 – Carlo Perrone, Italian footballer and manager
- 1961 – Chendo, Spanish footballer
- 1962 – Carlos Bernard, American actor and director
- 1962 – Chris Botti, American trumpet player and composer
- 1962 – John Coleman, English footballer and manager
- 1962 – Branko Crvenkovski, Macedonian engineer and politician, 3rd President of the Republic of Macedonia
- 1962 – Deborah Foreman, American actress and photographer
- 1962 – Mads Eriksen, Norwegian guitarist and composer
- 1963 – Raimond Aumann, German footballer
- 1963 – Hideki Fujisawa, Japanese composer
- 1963 – Satoshi Kon, Japanese animator and screenwriter (d. 2010)
- 1963 – Dave Legeno, English actor and mixed martial artist (d. 2014)
- 1963 – Alan McDonald, Irish footballer and manager (d. 2012)
- 1963 – Luis Polonia, Dominican baseball player
- 1965 – Dan Abnett, English author
- 1965 – J. J. Daigneault, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1965 – Scott O'Grady, American captain and pilot
- 1966 – Jonathan Crombie, Canadian actor and voice over artist (d. 2015)
- 1966 – Wim Jonk, Dutch footballer
- 1966 – Brian Kennedy, Northern Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1966 – Brenda Romero, American game designer
- 1967 – Becky Iverson, American golfer
- 1968 – Bill Auberlen, American race car driver
- 1968 – Paul Harragon, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
- 1968 – Hugh Jackman, Australian actor, singer, and producer
- 1968 – Leon Lett, American football player
- 1969 – Martie Maguire, American singer-songwriter, violinist, and producer
- 1969 – Željko Milinovič, Slovenian footballer
- 1969 – Dwayne Roloson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1969 – José Valentín, American baseball player, coach, and manager
- 1970 – Kirk Cameron, American actor, screenwriter, and Christian evangelical/anti-evolution activist
- 1970 – Patrick Musimu, Belgian diver and physiotherapist (d. 2011)
- 1970 – Tanyon Sturtze, American baseball player
- 1970 – Charlie Ward, American basketball player and coach
- 1971 – Tony Fiore, American baseball player
- 1971 – Steve Johnston, Australian motorcycle racer
- 1971 – Bronzell Miller, American football player and actor (d. 2013)
- 1972 – Neriah Davis, American model and actress
- 1972 – Juan Manuel Silva, Argentinian race car driver
- 1972 – Tom Van Mol, Belgian footballer
- 1973 – Lesli Brea, Dominican baseball player
- 1973 – Martin Corry, English rugby player
- 1974 – Stephen Lee, English snooker player
- 1975 – Susana Félix, Portuguese singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
- 1975 – Marion Jones, American basketball player and runner
- 1977 – Cristie Kerr, American golfer
- 1977 – Bode Miller, American skier
- 1977 – Javier Toyo, Venezuelan footballer
- 1978 – Stefan Binder, German footballer
- 1978 – Baden Cooke, Australian cyclist
- 1979 – Steven Agnew, Northern Irish politician
- 1979 – Steve Borthwick, English rugby player
- 1979 – Jordan Pundik, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1980 – Ledley King, English footballer
- 1981 – Tom Guiry, American actor
- 1981 – Brian Kerr, Scottish football player and manager
- 1981 – Giuseppe Lanzone, American rower
- 1981 – Conrad Smith, New Zealand rugby player
- 1981 – Sun Tiantian, Chinese tennis player
- 1983 – Alex Brosque, Australian footballer
- 1983 – Carlton Cole, English footballer
- 1983 – Mariko Yamamoto, Japanese cricketer
- 1985 – Michelle Carter, American shot putter
- 1985 – Mike Green, Canadian hockey player
- 1985 – Anna Iljuštšenko, Estonian high jumper
- 1986 – Ioannis Maniatis, Greek footballer
- 1986 – Sergio Peter, German footballer
- 1987 – Marvin Ogunjimi, Belgian footballer
- 1988 – Sam Whitelock, New Zealand rugby player
- 1989 – Anna Ohmiya, Japanese curler
- 1990 – Henri Lansbury, English footballer
- 1991 – Nicolao Dumitru, Italian footballer
- 1992 – Josh Hutcherson, American actor and producer
- 1994 – Alex Katz, American baseball player
- 1994 – Sean Monahan, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1994 – Olivia Smoliga, American swimmer
- 1996 – Riechedly Bazoer, Dutch footballer
- 1997 – Curtis Scott, Australian rugby league player
- 2002 – Iris Apatow, American actress
- 322 BC– Demosthenes, Athenian statesman, (b. 384 BC)
- 638 – Honorius I, pope of the Catholic Church
- 642 – John IV, pope of the Catholic Church
- 884 – Tsunesada, Japanese prince (b. 825)
- 1095 – Leopold II, margrave of Austria (b. 1050)
- 1152 – Adolf III of Berg, German nobleman (b. 1080)
- 1176 – William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel, English politician (b. 1109)
- 1320 – Michael IX Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1277)
- 1328 – Clementia of Hungary, queen consort of France and Navarre (b. 1293)
- 1448 – Zhu Quan, Chinese prince, historian and playwright (b. 1378)
- 1491 – Fritz Herlen, German painter (b. 1449)
- 1492 – Piero della Francesca, Italian mathematician and painter (b. 1415)
- 1565 – Jean Ribault, French-American lieutenant and navigator (b. 1520)
- 1576 – Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1527)
- 1590 – Kanō Eitoku, Japanese painter and educator (b. 1543)
- 1600 – Luis de Molina, Spanish priest and philosopher (b. 1535)
- 1601 – Nicholas Brend, English landowner (b. 1560)
- 1632 – Kutsuki Mototsuna, Japanese commander (b. 1549)
- 1646 – François de Bassompierre, French general and courtier (b. 1579)
- 1654 – Carel Fabritius, Dutch painter (b. 1622)
- 1678 – Edmund Berry Godfrey, English lawyer and judge (b. 1621)
- 1679 – William Gurnall, English minister, theologian, and author (b. 1617)
- 1685 – Christoph Ignaz Abele, Austrian lawyer and jurist (b. 1628)
- 1730 – Frederick IV, king of Denmark and Norway (b. 1671)
- 1758 – Richard Molesworth, 3rd Viscount Molesworth, Irish field marshal and politician (b. 1680)
- 1812 – Juan José Castelli, Argentinian lawyer and politician (b. 1764)
- 1845 – Elizabeth Fry, English nurse and philanthropist (b. 1780)
- 1858 – Hiroshige, Japanese painter (b. 1797)
- 1870 – Robert E. Lee, American general (b. 1807)
- 1875 – Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter (b. 1827)
- 1896 – Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish lawyer and politician, 9th Council President of Denmark (b. 1817)
- 1898 – Calvin Fairbank, American minister and activist (b. 1816)
- 1914 – Margaret E. Knight, American inventor (b. 1838)
- 1915 – Edith Cavell, English nurse (b. 1865)
- 1923 – Bunny Lucas, English cricketer (b. 1857)
- 1924 – Anatole France, French journalist, novelist, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1844)
- 1926 – Edwin Abbott Abbott, English theologian and author (b. 1838)
- 1933 – John Lister, English philanthropist and politician (b. 1847)
- 1940 – Tom Mix, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1880)
- 1946 – Joseph Stilwell, American general (b. 1883)
- 1948 – Susan Sutherland Isaacs, English psychologist and psychoanalyst (b. 1885)
- 1954 – George Welch, American soldier and pilot (b. 1918)
- 1956 – Lorenzo Perosi, Italian composer and painter (b. 1872)
- 1957 – Arie de Jong, Indonesian-Dutch linguist and physician (b. 1865)
- 1958 – Gordon Griffith, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1907)
- 1960 – Inejiro Asanuma, Japanese lawyer and politician (b. 1898)
- 1965 – Paul Hermann Müller, Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
- 1967 – Ram Manohar Lohia, Indian activist and politician (b. 1910)
- 1969 – Sonja Henie, Norwegian figure skater and actress (b. 1912)
- 1969 – Serge Poliakoff, Russian-French painter and academic (b. 1906)
- 1969 – Julius Saaristo, Finnish javelin thrower and soldier (b. 1891)
- 1970 – Feodor Stepanovich Rojankovsky, Russian-American illustrator and painter (b. 1891)
- 1970 – Mustafa Zaidi, Pakistani poet and academic (b. 1930)
- 1971 – Dean Acheson, American lawyer and politician, 51st United States Secretary of State (b. 1893)
- 1971 – Gene Vincent, American musician (b. 1935)
- 1972 – Robert Le Vigan, French-Argentinian actor and politician (b. 1900)
- 1973 – Peter Aufschnaiter, Austrian mountaineer, geographer, and cartographer (b. 1899)
- 1984 – Anthony Berry, English politician (b. 1925)
- 1985 – Johnny Olson, American radio host and game show announcer (b. 1910)
- 1985 – Ricky Wilson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1953)
- 1987 – Alf Landon, American lieutenant and politician, 26th Governor of Kansas (b. 1887)
- 1987 – Fahri Korutürk, Turkish commander and politician, 6th President of Turkey (b. 1903)
- 1988 – Ruth Manning-Sanders, Welsh-English poet and author (b. 1886)
- 1988 – Coby Whitmore, American painter and illustrator (b. 1913)
- 1989 – Jay Ward, American animator, producer, and screenwriter, founded Jay Ward Productions (b. 1920)
- 1990 – Rifaat el-Mahgoub, Egyptian politician (b. 1926)
- 1990 – Peter Wessel Zapffe, Norwegian physician, mountaineer, and author (b. 1899)
- 1991 – Sheila Florance, Australian actress (b. 1916)
- 1991 – Arkady Strugatsky, Russian author and translator (b. 1925)
- 1991 – Regis Toomey, American actor (b. 1898)
- 1993 – Leon Ames, American actor (b. 1902)
- 1994 – Gérald Godin, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1938)
- 1996 – René Lacoste, French tennis player and fashion designer, co-founded Lacoste (b. 1904)
- 1996 – Roger Lapébie, French cyclist (b. 1911)
- 1997 – John Denver, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1943)
- 1998 – Mario Beaulieu, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1930)
- 1998 – Matthew Shepard, American murder victim (b. 1976)
- 1999 – Wilt Chamberlain, American basketball player and coach (b. 1936)
- 1999 – Robert Marsden Hope, Australian lawyer and judge (b. 1919)
- 2001 – Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone, English academic and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1907)
- 2001 – Hikmet Şimşek, Turkish conductor (b. 1924)
- 2001 – Richard Buckle, Ballet critic and writer (b. 1916)
- 2002 – Ray Conniff, American bandleader and composer (b. 1916)
- 2002 – Audrey Mestre, French biologist and diver (b. 1974)
- 2003 – Jim Cairns, Australian economist and politician, 4th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1914)
- 2003 – Joan Kroc, American philanthropist (b. 1928)
- 2003 – Bill Shoemaker, American jockey (b. 1931)
- 2005 – C. Delores Tucker, American activist and politician (b. 1927)
- 2006 – Eugène Martin, French race car driver (b. 1915)
- 2006 – Gillo Pontecorvo, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1919)
- 2007 – Kisho Kurokawa, Japanese architect, designed the Nakagin Capsule Tower (b. 1934)
- 2008 – Karl Chircop, Maltese physician and politician (b. 1965)
- 2009 – Dickie Peterson American singer-songwriter and bass player (b. 1948)
- 2009 – Frank Vandenbroucke, Belgian cyclist (b. 1974)
- 2010 – Austin Ardill, Northern Irish soldier and politician (b. 1917)
- 2010 – Woody Peoples, American football player (b. 1943)
- 2010 – Belva Plain, American author (b. 1919)
- 2011 – Patricia Breslin, American actress (b. 1931)
- 2011 – Dennis Ritchie, American computer scientist, created the C programming language (b. 1941)
- 2012 – James Coyne, Canadian lawyer and banker, 2nd Governor of the Bank of Canada (b. 1910)
- 2012 – Norm Grabowski, American hot rod builder and actor (b. 1933)
- 2012 – Sukhdev Singh Kang, Indian judge and politician, 14th Governor of Kerala (b. 1931)
- 2012 – Torkom Manoogian, Iraqi-Armenian patriarch (b. 1919)
- 2012 – Erik Moseholm, Danish bassist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1930)
- 2012 – Břetislav Pojar, Czech animator, director, and screenwriter (b. 1923)
- 2013 – George Herbig, American astronomer and academic (b. 1920)
- 2013 – Oscar Hijuelos, American author and academic (b. 1951)
- 2013 – Hans Wilhelm Longva, Norwegian diplomat (b. 1942)
- 2013 – Malcolm Renfrew, American chemist and academic (b. 1910)
- 2014 – Ali Mazrui, Kenyan-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic (b. 1933)
- 2014 – Graham Miles, English snooker player (b. 1941)
- 2014 – Roberto Telch, Argentinian footballer and coach (b. 1943)
- 2015 – Abdallah Kigoda, Tanzanian politician, 8th Tanzanian Minister of Industry and Trade (b. 1953)
- 2015 – Joan Leslie, American actress, dancer, and vaudevillian (b. 1925)
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| 1955, The Chrysler Corporation launched high fidelity record players for their 1956 line-up of cars. The unit measured about four inches high and less than a foot wide and was mounted under the instrument panel. The seven inch discs spun at 16 2/3 rpm and required almost three times the number of grooves per inch as an LP. The players were discontinued in 1961. | |
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| 1957, During an Australian tour, Little Richard publicly renounced rock 'n' roll and embraced God, telling a story of dreaming of his own damnation after praying to God when one of the engines on a plane he was on caught fire. The singer threw four diamond rings, valued at $8,000, into Sydney's Hunter River and soon after launched a Gospel career. Five years later, he would switch back to Rock. | |
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| 1965, Working on their next album Rubber Soul at Abbey Road Studio’s London, The Beatles recorded ‘Run For Your Life’ in its entirety, in 5 takes. (Lennon later admits to lifting two lines from Elvis Presley's 1955 hit ‘Baby Let's Play House’). And another new Lennon song ‘This Bird Has Flown’, later known as ‘Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)’. The track included George Harrison's double-tracked sitar part, the first appearance of that Indian instrument on a pop record. | |
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| 1968, Big Brother And The Holding Company went to No.1 on the US album chart with 'Cheap Thrills'. The cover, drawn by underground cartoonist Robert Crumb, replaced the band's original idea, a picture of the group naked in bed together. Crumb had originally intended his art to be the LP's back cover, but Joplin demanded that Columbia Records use it for the front cover. Initially the album title was to have been Sex, Dope and Cheap Thrills, but this didn't go down too well at Columbia Records. | |
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| 1969, A DJ on Detroit's WKNR radio station received a phone call telling him that if you play The Beatles 'Strawberry Fields Forever' backwards, you hear John Lennon say the words "I buried Paul." This started a worldwide rumour that Paul McCartney was dead. | |
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| 1971, Gene Vincent (Vincent Eugene Craddock), died from a perforated ulcer, aged 36. Had the 1956 US No.7 & UK No.16 single 'Be Bop A Lula'. Appeared in the film, The Girl Can't Help It with Jayne Mansfield. In 1960, while on tour in the UK, Vincent and songwriter Sharon Sheeley were seriously injured the car crash that killed Eddie Cochran. | |
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| 1974, The Bay City Rollers went to No.1 on the UK album chart with their debut album 'Rollin.' The album included three British chart hits 'Remember', 'Shang-a-Lang', 'Summerlove Sensation') and the debut of 'Saturday Night', never a British hit yet a No.1 smash in America. | |
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| 1974, Blondie appeared at CBGB’s in New York City, under the name ‘Blondie’ for the first time. The name is derived from comments made by truck drivers who catcalled "Hey, Blondie" to Harry as they drove by. | |
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| 1975, Rod Stewart and The Faces made their final live appearance when they played at Nassau Coliseum, Long Island. | |
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| 1978, Whilst living at the Chelsea Hotel in New York City, Sex Pistol Sid Vicious called the police to say that someone had stabbed his girlfriend Nancy Spungen. He was arrested and charged with murder and placed in the detox unit of a New York prison. Vicious died of a heroin overdose before the case went to trial. | |
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| 1979, Fleetwood Mac their twelfth album Tusk, an experimental set of songs that cost the band over $1 million to record. The double album peaked at No.4 in the US and achieved sales in excess of two million copies, spawning two Top Ten singles, 'Sara' and the title track. It reached No.1 in the UK and achieved Platinum status. | |
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| 1985, Ricky Wilson of the B-52's died of complications from aids. The B-52's, had the 1990 UK No.2 & US No.3 single 'Love Shack'. | |
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| 1985, Jennifer Rush was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'The Power Of Love'. The song stayed at No.1 for five weeks and became the biggest selling single of the year and the biggest single ever for a woman in the UK. Celine Dion enjoyed a No.1 US hit with her version in 1993. | |
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| 1991, Simply Reds fourth album 'Stars' went to No.1 on the UK chart for the first of five times, featuring the singles 'Thrill Me', 'For Your Babies' and the title track 'Stars.' The album became the biggest seller of 1991 and 1992 in the UK spending 134 week's on the chart. | |
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| 1994, Pink Floyd played the first of a 15-night run at Earls Court, London, England. Less than a minute after the band had started playing 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond', a scaffolding stand holding 1200 fans, collapsed, throwing hundreds of people 20 feet to the ground. It took over an hour to free everyone from the twisted wreckage, ninety-six people were injured, with 36 needing hospital treatment. Six were detained overnight with back, neck and rib injuries. Pink Floyd sent a free T-shirt and a note of apology to all the fans who had been seated in the stand that collapsed. The show was immediately cancelled and re-scheduled. More on concert accidents | |
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| 1997, John Denver was killed when the handmade, experimental airplane he was flying ran out of gas and crashed off the coast of Monterey Bay, California. The 53 year old star had scored 15 songs on Billboard's Top 40 Pop chart, ten of which reached number one on either Billboard's Adult Contemporary or Country chart. The Great Gig In The Sky | |
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| 1999, The island of their birth, The Isle Of Man, issued six stamps honouring The Bee Gees. Their mother had run a local post office on the island. | |
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| 2005, Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee suffered minor burns at a concert in Casper, Wyoming during a pyrotechnics explosion. Lee was treated at a local hospital for the injuries to his arm and face, which occurred while he was suspended from a wire 30 feet above the stage. | |
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| 2005, Singer and Live Aid co-founder Midge Ure received an honorary degree from Dundee's University of Abertay. He said: "Having left school at the age of 15, I never expected to receive such an accolade." | |
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| 2008, Oasis went to No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Dig Out Your Soul' the band's seventh and final studio album. | |
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| 2014, British singer-songwriter George Ezra was at No.1 on the UK album chart with his debut studio album Wanted on Voyage which became the third best-selling album of 2014 in the UK. The album's title is a reference to the sticker used on the suitcase of Paddington Bear, who was Ezra's hero when he was a child. | |
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| 2016, David Bowie and Prince were both new entries in the latest list of top-earning dead celebrities compiled by Forbes. Prince's pre-tax income from 1 October 2015 to 1 October 2016 was estimated at $25m (£20.5m) by the business magazine, putting him fifth in the list. Bowie, meanwhile, was ranked at 11th for an estimated income of $10.5m (£8.5m). Both, however, are dwarfed by Michael Jackson who topped the list once again with a record-breaking estimated income of $825m (£672.8m). | |
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| October 12th: Born on this day | |
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| 1935, Born on this day, Luciano Pavarotti, Italian singer, (1990 UK No.2 single 'Nessun Dorma', 1990 UK No.1 album 'The Essential Pavorotti', spent 72 weeks on the UK chart). He died on 6 September 2007. | |
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| 1935, Born on this day, Sam Moore, singer, (Sam & Dave, 1964 UK No.24 & 1967 US No.2 single 'Soul Man'). | |
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| 1942, Born on this day, Melvin Franklin, vocals, The Temptations, (1971 US No.1 & UK No.8 single 'Just My Imagination' and re-issued 'My Girl' UK No.2 in 1992). He died on 23rd February 1995. | |
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| 1948, Born on this day, Rick Parfitt, singer, guitarist with Status Quo. The group have had over 60 chart hits in the UK, more than any other rock band, including 'Pictures of Matchstick Men' in 1967, 'Whatever You Want' in 1979 and 'In the Army Now' in 2010. Twenty-two of these reached the Top 10 in the UK. In July 1985 the band opened Live Aid at Wembley Stadium with 'Rockin' All Over the World'. Parfitt died on 24th Dec 2016 in hospital in Marbella, Spain aged 68. | |
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| 1955, Born on this day, Jane Siberry, Canadian singer, songwriter, (1989 album 'Bound By The Beauty'). | |
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| 1956, Born on this day, David Letts, from English punk rock band The Damned, who had the 1983 UK No.3 single 'Eloise'. | |
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| 1960, Born on this day, American musician Bob Mould, principally known for his work as guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for alternative rock bands Husker Du in the 1980s and Sugar in the 1990s. | |
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| 1966, Born on this day, Brian Kennedy, Irish singer, songwriter, worked with Van Morrison band & solo, (1996 UK No.27 single 'Life, Love and Happiness', 1996 UK No.19 album 'A Better Man'). Appeared on Broadway in The River Dance. | |
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| 1969, Born on this day, Martie Maguire, multi-instrumentalist with Dixie Chicks. With sales of 27.2 million albums in the US alone, they have become the top selling all-female band and biggest selling country group in the US during the Nielsen SoundScan era (1991–present). Maguire formed Court Yard Hounds with her sister and fellow Dixie Chick Emily Robison. |
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Article 15
Lebanon's Grand Sofar Hotel reopens after four decades
Since Lebanon's civil war of the 1970s and 80s many buildings in the country have lain ruined and unused.
The Grand Sofar Hotel was once a famous meeting point for celebrities and politicians around the Middle East.
Now, more than 40 years after it was closed it has been reopened to the public.
One woman, Samira Sayegh, who got married there in 1965, went back for the first time since it closed.
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Article 13
ΣΗΜΑΝΤΙΚΗ ΔΙΑΚΡΙΣΗ ΓΙΑ ΤΗ ΜΥΚΟΝΟ – ΣΤΗΝ 1η ΘΕΣΗ ΜΕΤΑΞΥ ΤΩΝ ΕΥΡΩΠΑΪΚΩΝ ΝΗΣΙΩΝ & ΣΤΑ 30 ΚΑΛΥΤΕΡΑ ΝΗΣΙΑ ΤΟΥ ΚΟΣΜΟΥ
Την 1η θέση μεταξύ των 5 κορυφαίων ευρωπαϊκών νησιών κατέκτησε η Μύκονος, στα Readers’ Choice Awards 2018 στην κατηγορία “The best islands in theWorld”, που διοργανώθηκαν από το παγκοσμίως διακεκριμένο περιοδικό Condé Nast Traveler.
Συγκεκριμένα, στα βραβεία Readers’ Choice Awards, που διοργανώνονται από το παγκοσμίως διακεκριμένο life&style ταξιδιωτικό περιοδικό Condé Nast Traveler ετήσια, τη φετινή χρονιά λαμβάνοντας υπόψιν την άποψη 429.000 αναγνωστών από όλο τον κόσμο στην κατηγορία “The best islands in the World” αναδείχθηκαν τα 30 καλύτερα νησιά ανά γεωγραφική περιοχή ως εξής:
Τα 5 καλύτερα της Ασίας, της Αυστραλίας & Νότιου Ειρηνικού, της Καραϊβικής & Ατλαντικού, της Ευρώπης και της Βόρειας Αμερικής.
Η Μύκονος έχοντας ηχηρή απήχηση στους αναγνώστες συμπεριλήφθηκε στα 30 καλύτερα νησιά του κόσμου και διακρίθηκε με μεγάλη επιτυχία καταλαμβάνοντας την 1η θέση ως το καλύτερο νησί στη γεωγραφική περιοχή της Ευρώπης!
Αξίζει μάλιστα να σημειωθεί, πως στο αφιέρωμα για το νησί της Μυκόνου τονίστηκε ιδιαίτερα η εμπειρία του ταξιδιώτη ώστε να έχει μια καλύτερη αίσθηση της τοπικής ζωής και των ντόπιων. αίσθηση της τοπικής ζωής
Ο Δήμαρχος Μυκόνου κ. Κωνσταντίνος Κουκάς μετά τη νέα σημαντική διάκριση για το νησί των ανέμων δήλωσε σχετικά:
«Εμείς συνεχίζουμε συστηματικά και μεθοδικά τις στοχευμένες προωθητικές μας ενέργειες για την προβολή του νησιού, σε όλο τον κόσμο.
Χτίζουμε ισχυρές σχέσεις με τις κορυφαίες τουριστικές αγορές παγκοσμίως, προβάλλοντας το μοναδικό τουριστικό προϊόν της Μυκόνου.
Στόχος μας είναι η εδραίωση της Μυκόνου ως κορυφαίου παγκόσμιου τουριστικού προορισμού.
Η διάκριση αυτή στα Readers’ Choice Awards 2018 επιβεβαιώνει για ακόμη μια φορά ότι βρισκόμαστε στο σωστό δρόμο, αλλά και φυσικά ότι οι προσπάθειες όλων όσων συνδράμουν σε αυτή την προσπάθεια πιάνουν τόπο.»
Ενώ πάνω από όλα, αποτελεί μια ακόμα επιβράβευση για τις υψηλού επιπέδου τουριστικές υπηρεσίες που παρέχουν οι Μυκονιάτες, καθώς και για το μοναδικής ομορφιάς μυκονιάτικο τοπίο.».
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Article 12
Κορυφαίοι αθλητές δίνουν λάμψη στον Protergia 7ο Διεθνή Νυχτερινό Ημιμαραθώνιο Θεσσαλονίκης
Σπουδαία ονόματα των μεγάλων αποστάσεων συγκαταλέγονται στους περισσότερους από 18.000 δρομείς από 56 χώρες που θα βρεθούν στην εκκίνηση του Protergia 7ου Διεθνούς Νυχτερινού Ημιμαραθωνίου Θεσσαλονίκης και του Δρόμου Υγείας & Δυναμικού Βαδίσματος 5.000 μ., το Σάββατο 13 Οκτωβρίου.
Η φετινή διοργάνωση χαρακτηρίζεται τόσο από τη μαζικότητα των συμμετοχών, που συνοδεύεται από νέο εντυπωσιακό ρεκόρ στον αριθμό των εγγεγραμμένων Ημιμαραθωνοδρόμων, όσο και από την παρουσία δρομέων υψηλού επιπέδου, οι οποίοι θα επιχειρήσουν να περάσουν από τους πρώτους την αψίδα του τερματισμού στο Λευκό Πύργο.
Για πρώτη φορά, μάλιστα, με απόφαση της Οργανωτικής Επιτροπής, η διοργάνωση θα επιβραβεύει οικονομικά τους δέκα πρώτους Έλληνες και Ελληνίδες ημιμαραθωνοδρόμους, αναγνωρίζοντας την προσπάθειά τους.
Επιπλέον, από τον φετινό «Νυχτερινό» και σε κάθε μελλοντική διοργάνωση, θα ανακοινώνεται πλέον επίσημη κατάταξη όλων των ηλικιακών κατηγοριών άνω των 35 ετών (35-39 ετών, 40-44 ετών, 45-49 ετών κ.ο.κ.), σε όλους τους δρόμους του αγωνιστικού προγράμματος.
Επιπλέον, από τον φετινό «Νυχτερινό» και σε κάθε μελλοντική διοργάνωση, θα ανακοινώνεται πλέον επίσημη κατάταξη όλων των ηλικιακών κατηγοριών άνω των 35 ετών (35-39 ετών, 40-44 ετών, 45-49 ετών κ.ο.κ.), σε όλους τους δρόμους του αγωνιστικού προγράμματος.
Στον Ημιμαραθώνιο των 21,1 χλμ., που θα ξεκινήσει με τη δύση του ήλιου, στις 18:45, με αφετηρία στο Λιμάνι, στην κατηγορία ανδρών ξεχωρίζουν οι Κενυάτες Πολ Τιόνγκκαι Σάμι Κίπνετιτς, ο Ιταλός Μαουρίτσιο Λορεντζέτι, καθώς και οι Έλληνες πρωταθλητές Δημήτρης Θεοδωρακάκος, Γιώργος Μενής, Γιώργος Καλαπόδης, Χαράλαμπος Πιτσόλης, Κώστας Αντωνόπουλος, Μιχάλης Καλομοίρης, Γιάννης Κρέκας, Μάριος Αποστολίδης και Θεόδωρος Αναγνώστου, μεταξύ άλλων.
Εξίσου μεγάλο ενδιαφέρον υπόσχεται ο αντίστοιχος αγώνας των γυναικών, όπου στην εκκίνηση θα βρεθούν η Κενυάτισσα Βίβιαν Κεμπόι και η Ιταλίδα Γκλόρια Μαρκόνι(νικήτρια στα 5.000μ. το 2016), μαζί με την Σόνια Τσεκίνι-Μπουδούρη (νικήτρια το 2015 και 2016), την Στέφανι Λεοντιάδου, τη Βίκυ Καραγεωργάκη (νικήτρια το 2012), τη Ράνια Ρεμπούλη, τη Φωτεινή Δαγκλή-Παγκότο, τη Μαρία Μαλάη, την Ειρήνη Μιχαλά και την Ντενίζ Δημάκη.
Ισχυρός ανταγωνισμός αναμένεται και στον Δρόμο Υγείας & Δυναμικού Βαδίσματος 5.000 μ. (ώρα εκκίνησης 21:15, μπροστά από το Δημαρχιακό Μέγαρο Θεσσαλονίκης), όπου στους άνδρες θα αγωνιστούν ο τρις θριαμβευτής στην απόσταση Ιάσων Ιωαννίδης και οι Κωνσταντίνος Δρόσος, Δημήτρης Λιατίφης, Παναγιώτης Γραμμένος, ενώ στις γυναίκες θα είναι παρούσες μεταξύ άλλων οι Γεωργία Κωνσταντινοπούλου, Γεωργία Δημητριάδου, Μαργαρίτα Ντίνα και Ζωή Μπέτα.
Παράλληλα, στο μεγάλο νυχτερινό πάρτυ δρόμου της χώρας θα συμμετάσχουν επίσης πρωταθλητές άλλων αγωνισμάτων του στίβου, όπως η Μαρία Μπελιμπασάκη και ηΛίλη Αλεξούλη, εκπροσωπώντας τον Ονομαστικό Χορηγό της διοργάνωσης, Protergia, καθώς και η Σοφία Ρήγα.
Οι ξεχωριστές παρουσίες δεν σταματούν εκεί, αφού στην εκκίνηση του Δρόμου Υγείας 5.000 μ. θα βρεθούν αρκετά ακόμη αστέρια του ελληνικού αθλητισμού, του χθες και του σήμερα:
Μοναδική λάμψη υπόσχονται οι επιφανείς εκπρόσωποι της Ολυμπιακής ομάδας, την οποία οργανώνει το Ολυμπιακό Μουσείο Θεσσαλονίκης και περιλαμβάνει την επίσημη συμμετοχή του Συλλόγου Ελλήνων Ολυμπιονικών και του Πανελληνίου Αθλητικού Σωματείου Γυναικών «Καλλιπάτειρα».
Με τη δική του ομάδα θα τρέξει ο Σύλλογος Ελλήνων Εξαιρετικά Διακριθέντων Αθλητών (ΣΕΕΔΑ), έχοντας μαζί την πρωταθλήτρια και νικήτρια της ζωής Μαρία Σαμπανίδου, η οποία στάθηκε όρθια μετά το βαρύ εγκεφαλικό επεισόδιο που υπέστη πριν από δύο χρόνια και θα βρεθεί στην εκκίνηση για να τιμήσει τη διοργάνωση και να στείλει το δικό της σπουδαίο μήνυμα.
Μοναδική λάμψη υπόσχονται οι επιφανείς εκπρόσωποι της Ολυμπιακής ομάδας, την οποία οργανώνει το Ολυμπιακό Μουσείο Θεσσαλονίκης και περιλαμβάνει την επίσημη συμμετοχή του Συλλόγου Ελλήνων Ολυμπιονικών και του Πανελληνίου Αθλητικού Σωματείου Γυναικών «Καλλιπάτειρα».
Με τη δική του ομάδα θα τρέξει ο Σύλλογος Ελλήνων Εξαιρετικά Διακριθέντων Αθλητών (ΣΕΕΔΑ), έχοντας μαζί την πρωταθλήτρια και νικήτρια της ζωής Μαρία Σαμπανίδου, η οποία στάθηκε όρθια μετά το βαρύ εγκεφαλικό επεισόδιο που υπέστη πριν από δύο χρόνια και θα βρεθεί στην εκκίνηση για να τιμήσει τη διοργάνωση και να στείλει το δικό της σπουδαίο μήνυμα.
Το ίδιο θα πράξουν μέσα από τη δική τους παρουσία πολλοί ακόμη συνάνθρωποί μας με αναπηρίες, που επίσης θα απολαύσουν την συμμετοχή τους στο μεγαλύτερο νυχτερινό πάρτυ δρόμου.
Ανάμεσά τους θα βρίσκονται ο Παραολυμπιονίκης της κολύμβησης και Πρεσβευτής της διοργάνωσης Αντώνης Τσαπατάκης, αλλά και ο Νίκος Τουλίκας, αθλητής με νοητική στέρηση και αυτισμό, ο οποίος έχει αναδειχθεί πρωταθλητής κόσμου των Special Olympics στο σκι αντοχής και είναι εθελοντής δότης μυελού των οστών.
Ανάμεσά τους θα βρίσκονται ο Παραολυμπιονίκης της κολύμβησης και Πρεσβευτής της διοργάνωσης Αντώνης Τσαπατάκης, αλλά και ο Νίκος Τουλίκας, αθλητής με νοητική στέρηση και αυτισμό, ο οποίος έχει αναδειχθεί πρωταθλητής κόσμου των Special Olympics στο σκι αντοχής και είναι εθελοντής δότης μυελού των οστών.
Παράλληλα, με τις δικές τους ομάδες θα τρέξουν 29 υποστηριζόμενοι φορείς κοινωνικής προσφοράς, οι οποίοι θα λάβουν από την Οργανωτική Επιτροπή το ποσό των 5 ευρώ για κάθε δρομέα τους.
Η διοργάνωση θα έχει ζωντανή τηλεοπτική κάλυψη από την ΕΡΤ3, το πρόγραμμά της οποίας αναμεταδίδεται και σε live streaming από τον δικτυακό τόποhttp://webtv.ert.gr/ert3/.
O Protergia 7ος Διεθνής Νυχτερινός Ημιμαραθώνιος Θεσσαλονίκης διοργανώνεται από τον ΜΕΑΣ ΤΡΙΤΩΝ με την συνεργασία του Δήμου Θεσσαλονίκης. Τελεί υπό την αιγίδα του ΣΕΓΑΣ και της AIMS, καθώς επίσης τελεί υπό την ευγενική υποστήριξη του Ελληνικού Οργανισμού Τουρισμού και της ΕΑΣ ΣΕΓΑΣ Θεσσαλονίκης. Παράλληλα υποστηρίζεται από το Υπουργείο Εσωτερικών (Μακεδονίας-Θράκης) και την Περιφέρεια Κεντρικής Μακεδονίας, καθώς επίσης από πλήθος Θεσμικών Φορέων, Φορέων Υποστήριξης και Εθελοντικών Φορέων.
Αναλυτικές πληροφορίες για τη διοργάνωση θα βρείτε στον επίσημο δικτυακό τόπο,www.thesshalfmarathon.org και www.thesshalfmarathon.gr.
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Article 11
Richard Branson is sitting on a $5 billion fortune but spent years cringing over displays of wealth
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Article 10
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ΟΧΙ ΣΤΗΝ ΣΥΜΦΩΝΙΑ ΤΩΝ ΠΡΕΣΠΩΝ ΔΗΛΩΣΕ Ο ΖΟΥΡΑΡΙΣ
Ξεκάθαρη έκανε την απόφασή του ο βουλευτής Α΄ Θεσσαλονίκης των Ανεξαρτήτων Ελλήνων Κώστας Ζουράρις να μην ψηφίσει τη Συμφωνία των Πρεσπών, όταν αυτή έρθει στο ελληνικό κοινοβούλιο. Ο κ. Ζουράρις μιλώντας στο Ράδιο Έναντι της Θεσσαλονίκης και την εκπομπή "Εκλεκτικές Συγγένειες"με τον Ανδρέα Σταματόπουλο, χαρακτήρισε κλοπή και πνευματική προσβολή τη Συμφωνία των Πρεσπών. Επίσης, ο κ. Ζουράρις απέδωσε τη στάση του ΣΥΡΙΖΑ σε ότι αφορά το Σκοπιανό, σε μια παρεξηγημένη ερμηνεία του διεθνισμού που τον οδήγησε σε πεπλανημένη άποψη. Παράλληλα, ο πρώην υπουργός, εξήγησε ότι παραιτήθηκε από υφυπουργός Παιδείας λόγω της Βορείας Ηπείρου και τη στάση της Αλβανίας. Τέλος, ο κ. Ζουράρις χαρακτήρισε φασιστοειδές τον Δημήτρη Καμμένο, σχολιάζοντας την ίδρυση του κόμματος "Δύναμη Ελληνισμού".
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12 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ
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Article 7
Astronauts From the
1970s Geek Out
With Gyroscopes
Why are these devices so important to spacecraft?
YESTERDAY, NASA REPORTED THAT THE Hubble telescope had been put in “safe mode.” One of the gyroscopes, which are key to keeping the telescope oriented and stabilized, wasn’t working. Which means that, for the moment at least, Hubble isn’t pointing its lens out to the stars, taking astounding pictures of the universe.
It’s not a catastrophe. NASA assures everyone that Hubble only needs one gyroscope to operate, and it has two left with enhanced capabilities that should keep everything running for awhile yet. (Or at least until Hubble’s replacement goes into space, which is supposed to happen in 2020.)
Why are gyroscopes so important to spacecraft? Well, why not let a couple of astronauts from the 1970s explain? (And if, for some reason, you’re not interested in gyroscopes in space, may we recommend you watch this video for the ‘70s-era facial hair alone?)
The Skylab mission had its own problems with gyroscopes, in the end. Of the three “big” gyroscopes that controlled the movement of the space station, one failed early on; a second had intermittent problems. Toward the end of a planned mission, it started to fail, too, which would have restricted the experiments the astronauts are able to complete. Still, it’s pretty incredible that technology dating back two centuries is crucial to our ability to live in space and take pictures of the stars.
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