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2007Dan Fogelberg dies of prostate cancer at age 56. Emerging out of the '70s soft rock scene, the singer-songwriter made his mark with sensitive records like "Leader Of The Band" and "Same Old Lang Syne."

2003Shania Twain becomes the first woman with three Diamond albums when the RIAA certifies her fourth album, Up!, with 10 million in sales. Her second and third albums, The Woman in Me (1995) and Come On Over(1997) also went Diamond.

2000Eminem lands his second UK #1 when "Stan" tops the chart. The song, which tells the story of a deranged, obsessive fan, samples the lilting Dido song "Thank You," giving her a huge boost in America.More

1993Nirvana's Unplugged concert airs on MTV. A rare look at the band in an acoustic setting, it is one of Kurt Cobain's last performances, as he is found dead less than four months later.

1983The Who issue a statement making their breakup official, a formality considering they called their last shows in 1982 their "Farewell Tour." It's far from the end, as they reunite for a seemingly unending series of "reunions," starting with Live-Aid in 1985.

1972"Me and Mrs. Jones," a song about a man cheating on his wife, knocks Helen Reddy's "I Am Woman" out of the top spot on the Hot 100.

1969At the Fillmore West in San Francisco, Keith Emerson's band The Nice shares a bill with Greg Lake's band, King Crimson. The pair enjoy a jam session before the show and discuss a partnership, which with the addition of Carl Palmer from Atomic Rooster, becomes Emerson, Lake and Palmer.

196017-year-old George Harrison is deported from Germany for being too young to perform with The Beatles.

1770Ludwig van Beethoven is born in Bonn, Germany.

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2013Country singer Ray Price dies of pancreatic cancer at age 87.

2013Brantley Gilbert releases his country chart-topper "Bottoms Up."

2012Billy Idol fans weep as Miley Cyrusperforms "Rebel Yell" on the VH1 Divasspecial.

2011Yeah Yeah Yeahs host a special benefit concert for New York DJ and good friend Jonathan Toubin, who a week earlier was seriously injured in a car accident in Portland, Oregon.

2011The Swedish House Mafia plays the first ever Dance Music event in New York's Madison Square Garden.

2007Beyoncé hits #1 in America with the Ne-Yo-penned single "Irreplaceable," which spends an astonishing 10 weeks at the top spot.

1997Nicolette Larson dies of cerebral edema and liver failure at age 45.

1988Disco sensation Sylvester (Sylvester James Jr.) dies of AIDS at 41.

1984Just six weeks after first meeting, Bette Midler marries Martin von Haselberg of the UK performance duo The Kipper Kids. Unlike many showbiz unions, this one lasts.

1984Dusty Hill of ZZ Top is shot in the stomach when his girlfriend pulls off his boot and his .38-caliber derringer falls out and discharges. The bullet is designed not to exit, but to do internal damage, which is bad news; he makes it to the hospital where doctors remove most of it, but fragments remain in his back.

1983Hoping to jumpstart her flagging acting career after the box-office bomb Xanadu, Olivia Newton-John reunites with Grease co-star John Travolta in the fantasy film Two of a Kind. It flops, but yields the Top 10 hit "Twist Of Fate."

1981Ray Charles receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

1973Stephen Stills loses a paternity suit filed by a Mill Valley, California, woman.

1971Michael McCary (original bass singer for Boyz II Men) is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1971Frank Zappa's film 200 Motels premieres in London.

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"Hey Joe" Released As First Hendrix Single

1966

The first Jimi Hendrix single is released: "Hey Joe." The song is about a guy shoots his "old lady" after catching her cheating.

Hendrix is fronting the band Jimmy James and the Blue Flames in 1966 when he leaves for the fertile musical fields of England at the urging of his manager, Chas Chandler of The Animals. Chandler sets him up with a new band: The Jimi Hendrix Experience, a power trio of Hendrix, drummer Mitch Mitchell, and bass player Noel Redding. They record "Hey Joe" and a Hendrix original called "Stone Free," and peddle it to Decca Records, where it is rejected by the same guy who turned down The Beatles. Polydor takes it in a one-single deal and issues the song in the UK, where it lands at #6 in February 1967. Reprise Records issues it in America a few months later, but it goes unnoticed.

England is enthralled by Hendrix, whose next two singles, "Purple Haze" and "The Wind Cries Mary," reach the Top 10 in the UK. It takes a while for Americans to discover Hendrix, whose debut album Are You Experienced gradually earns him a following, but not before he suffers the indignity of opening for The Monkees. By 1969, his native country is all-in, and Hendrix is the headliner at Woodstock, where he suffers another (although well-paid) indignity: going on the morning after the festival was scheduled to end, since it ran long. The last song in his set is "Hey Joe."

A scorching blues number, "Hey Joe" was written by a singer named Billy Roberts, who played it in and around New York City in the early '60s. In 1966, The Byrds, The Leaves, and Love released uptempo renditions, and a folk singer named Tim Rose did a slower version, which is what Hendrix used as a template, adding a more appropriate backing to the murder ballad.

The Hendrix cover becomes the standard, but many other artists record it as well, covering an array of styles. Among the most popular by genre:

Pop: Cher, 1967
Hard Rock: Deep Purple, 1968
Avant-garde: The Mothers Of Invention, 1968
Soul: Wilson Pickett, 1969
Punk: Patti Smith, 1974
Jazz: Brad Mehldau, 2012

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Μασούτης στο εμπορικό κέντρο Πλατεία

Μετά την επέκταση στην Αττική και τα νέα καταστήματα που εγκαινιάστηκαν στην Αθήνα, η Διαμαντής Μασούτης Α.Ε. κλείνει τη χρονιά στη Θεσσαλονίκη με τα εγκαίνια ενός νέου καταστήματος στην καρδιά της πόλης.

Μια μεγάλη γιορτή ήταν τα εγκαίνια του νέου καταστήματος «Μασούτης» στο εμπορικό κέντρο Πλατεία, την Παρασκευή 14 Δεκεμβρίου Με μουσική, κέφι και πολύ καλή διάθεση από όλους και με το χριστουγεννιάτικο δέντρο γεμάτο στολίδια Μασούτης να δεσπόζει στο κέντρο της Πλατείας πραγματοποιήθηκαν τα εγκαίνια.

Μέσα σε αυτήν την κεφάτη και χριστουγεννιάτικη ατμόσφαιρα η παρουσία του Μασούτη στο εμπορικό κέντρο Πλατεία ξεκίνησε δυναμικά με πολλές προσφορές και δώρα και πάρα πολύ κόσμο που παραβρέθηκε για να γνωρίσει από κοντά το νέο περιβάλλον Μασούτη και την εμπειρία αγορών που προσφέρει.

Το νέο κατάστημα αναπτύσσεται σε 650 τ.μ. χώρο πώλησης, με εύκολη πρόσβαση από την Βασιλέως Ηρακλείου και από την Τσιμισκή, διαθέτει 4 ταμεία και απασχολεί 25 άτομα προσωπικό.

Στο κατάστημα λειτουργεί τμήμα αλλαντικών-τυροκομικών και delicatessen, μαναβικής και βιολογικών προϊόντων, κρεοπωλείου, καθώς και τμήμα με ποικιλία προϊόντων από μικρούς τοπικούς παραγωγούς με την επωνυμία «Ergon».

Στο νέο κατάστημα (από 14/12 έως 23/12) κάθε 1 ώρα ένας τυχερός κερδίζει στο ταμείο τα ψώνια του και με τη mas card συμμετέχει σε μεγάλη κλήρωση με δώρα ηλεκτρικές και μικροηλεκτρικές συσκευές και διπλασιάζει τους πόντους της αξίας των συναλλαγών του! Επίσης, απίθανες προσφορές 1 + 1 δώρο και έως 50% φθηνότερα σε επιλεγμένα προϊόντα με τη mas card.

Η Διαμαντής Μασούτης Α.Ε. market leader του κλάδου στην Βόρεια Ελλάδα και μία από τις πολύ σημαντικές δυνάμεις πανελλαδικά, από το ξεκίνημά της το 1976 μέχρι σήμερα έχει διανύσει μια πολύ επιτυχημένη πορεία ανάπτυξης. Διαθέτει δίκτυο με συνολικά 332 καταστήματα. Αναπτύσσεται στις περιφέρειες Ανατολικής Μακεδονίας & Θράκης, Κεντρικής Μακεδονίας, Δυτικής Μακεδονίας, Ηπείρου, Θεσσαλίας, Δυτικής Ελλάδας, Στερεάς Ελλάδας, Αττικής, Βορείου Αιγαίου. Απασχολεί περισσότερους 8.150 εργαζόμενους.

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Νησί του Αιγαίου θυμιζει την κινηματογραφική «Γαλάζια Λίμνη»!

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ANEMI HOTEL

To 5άστερο θαύμα

της Φολεγάνδρου

Χτισμένο αμφιθεατρικά πάνω από τη

βοτσαλωτή παραλία του Καραβοστάση

Η αλήθεια είναι ότι τα τελευταία χρόνια η Φολέγανδρος γνωρίζει μια μεγάλη τουριστική ανάπτυξη και μάλλον όχι τυχαία γιατί πρόκειται για ένα μοναδικής ομορφιάς κυκλαδίτικο νησί, ιδανικό για ζευγάρια και μεγάλους έρωτες, με απίστευτη θέα προς το Αιγαίο, παραδοσιακή αρχιτεκτονική ανεπηρέαστη από το πέρασμα του χρόνου, εξαιρετικό φαγητό αλλά και διασκέδαση με άποψη και αισθητική. Πρόκειται για έναν τουριστικό προορισμό που διαφέρει αρκετά από τον συνήθη -μαζικό- των υπόλοίπων κυκλαδίτικων νησιών (με κάποιες μικρές αξαιρέσεις), καθώς η πλειοψηφία των τουριστών που τον επισκέπτεται αναζητά ηρεμία, χαλάρωση και δράσεις περισσότερο εναλλακτικές, όπως για παράδειγμα την πεζοπορία στα πολλά και οργανωμένα λιθόστρωτα μονοπάτια, τις ρομαντικές βόλτες στα γραφικά σοκάκια και στο Κάστρο αλλά και την ψυχική ανάταση που προσφέρουν οι μαγικές γωνιές με την απίστευτη θέα.
Επιπλέον, στην Φολέγανδρο έχουν αναπτυχθεί ξενοδοχειακές υποδομές που σε ένα μεγάλο βαθμό έχουν σεβαστεί το περιβάλλον και την παραδοσιακή αρχιτεκτονική, προσφέροντας υψηλού επιπέδου υπηρεσίες και σε τιμές γενικά ανεκτές.

Μία από τις πιο εντυπωσιακές -σε αρχιτεκτονική και διακόσμηση- μονάδες, η οποία μάλιστα πρόσφατα περιελήφθη σε ταξιδιωτικό αφιέρωμα του ιστότοπου της Vogue, είναι το 5άστερο Anemi Hotel, σε απόσταση τριών χιλιομέτρων από την χώρα της Φολεγάνδρου. Χτισμένο αμφιθεατρικά πάνω από τη βοτσαλωτή παραλία του Καραβοστάση, το Anemi περιλαμβάνει 12 ξεχωριστά κτίσματα, δύο επιπέδων, όλα με θέα το Αιγαίο και το λιμάνι του νησιού, τα οποία συνδυάζουν αριστουργηματικά τη μοντέρνα σχεδίαση με την κυκλαδίτικη, κατάλευκη αισθητική. Με επικεφαλή αρχιτέκτονα τον Αλέξανδρο Σαμαρά, αδερφό του πρώην πρωθυπουργού Αντώνη Σαμαρά, το Anemi είναι εναρμονισμένο πλήρως με το φυσικό περιβάλλον, καθώς ακόμα και αυτές οι διώροφες κατασκευές του, στη συνολικά 16 στρεμμάτων έκταση, δεν διαταράσσουν σε κανένα σημείο το σκηνικό της περιοχής, που περιλαμβάνει χαμηλού ύψους κατοικίες.

Η ομάδα του Σαμαρά ήταν επίσης σχολαστική στις λεπτομέρειες, παίρνοντας πολλές ιδέες από την αισθητική του νησιού. Για παράδειγμα, οι απαλές γωνίες και το κατάλευκο, εξωτερικό χρώμα των κατοικιών που έχουν σχήμα κύβου είναι πανταχού παρόν σε όλες τις δομές του ξενοδοχείου, ενώ οι βεράντες και τα μπαλκόνια έχουν απόλυτη συνάφεια με το εσωτερικό. Αυτό έχει σαν αποτέλεσμα, οι εξωτερικοί και εσωτερικοί χώροι να δένουν απόλυτα μεταξύ τους, χωρίς τίποτα να προκαλεί ή να κάνει άσχημη εντύπωση ως «ξένο σώμα». Σε αυτό συνέβαλε τα μέγιστα και ο σχεδιαστής Σταύρος Παπαγιάννης, ο οποίος «έντυσε» τις σουίτες και τα δωμάτια με χειροποίητα, παραδοσιακά υφάσματα και χαλιά του νησιού, χρησιμοποιώντας έπιπλα από νέους, φημισμένους σχεδιαστές οπως οι Flos, B&B Italia και Charles & Ray Eames.

Κάθε ένα από τα 44 δωμάτια και σουίτες του Anemi, εμβαδού από 35 έως και 70 τετραγωνικών μέτρων, έχει σχεδιαστεί ανεξάρτητα, δίνοντας έμφαση -μεταξύ των άλλων- και στις μοναδικές φωτογραφίες της Μαργαρίτας Νικητάκη από την καλοκαιρινή ζωή του νησιού που διακοσμούν αρμονικά κάθε κρεβατοκάμαρα. Την εσωτερική διακόσμηση συμπληρώνουν σικ αντικείμενα, ρουστίκ ξύλινα ταβάνια και πολυτελή και άνετα μπάνια. Ιδιαίτερη μνεία θα πρέπει να γίνει στις τρεις πολυτελείς σουίτες του ξενοδοχείου που περιλαμβάνουν ιδιωτικές πισίνες, χώρο για φαγητό, καθιστικό και βέβαια υπέροχη θέα προς το Αιγαίο.

Τέλος, αξίζει να σημειωθεί πως το Ameni διαθέτει και ένα εξαιρετικό εστιατόριο, το Lure Seafood Restaurant, στο οποίο ο σεφ Μιχάλης Μπίρτσιος προσφέρει εξαιρετικές γαστρονομικές απολαύσεις με έμφαση στις θαλασσινές γεύσεις και βέβαια στη μεσογειακή διατροφή.

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497 BC – The first Saturnalia festival was celebrated in ancient Rome.
546 – Siege of Rome: The Ostrogoths under king Totila plunder the city, by bribing the Byzantine garrison.
920 – Romanos I Lekapenos is crowned co-emperor of the underage Constantine VII.
942 – Assassination of William I of Normandy.
1398 – Sultan Nasir-u Din Mehmud's armies in Delhi are defeated by Timur.
1538 – Pope Paul III excommunicates Henry VIII of England.
1583 – Cologne War: Forces under Ernest of Bavaria defeat troops under Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg at the Siege of Godesberg.
1586 – Go-Yōzei becomes Emperor of Japan.
1718 – War of the Quadruple Alliance: Great Britain declares war on Spain.
1777 – American Revolution: France formally recognizes the United States.
1790 – The Aztec calendar stone is discovered at El Zócalo, Mexico City.
1807 – Napoleonic Wars: France issues the Milan Decree, which confirms the Continental System.
1812 – War of 1812: U.S. forces attack a Lenape village in the Battle of the Mississinewa.
1819 – Simón Bolívar declares the independence of Gran Colombia in Angostura (now Ciudad Bolívar in Venezuela).
1835 – The second Great Fire of New York destroys 50 acres (200,000 square meters) of New York City's Financial District.
1837 – A fire in the Winter Palace of Saint Petersburg kills 30 guards.
1862 – American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant issues General Order No. 11, expelling Jews from parts of Tennessee, Mississippi, and Kentucky.
1865 – First performance of the Unfinished Symphony by Franz Schubert.
1892 – First issue of Vogue is published.
1896 – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Schenley Park Casino, which was the first multi-purpose arena with the technology to create an artificial ice surface in North America, is destroyed in a fire.
1903 – The Wright brothers make the first controlled powered, heavier-than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
1907 – Ugyen Wangchuck is crowned first King of Bhutan
1913 – A spur of the Shaker Heights streetcar line opens, the first line of the eventual Cleveland RTA Rapid Transit system.
1918 – Darwin Rebellion: Up to 1,000 demonstrators march on Government House in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
1919 – Uruguay becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
1926 – Antanas Smetona assumes power in Lithuania as the 1926 coup d'état is successful.
1927 – Indian revolutionary Rajendra Lahiri is hanged in Gonda jail, Uttar Pradesh, India, two days before the scheduled date.
1928 – Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru assassinate British police officer James Saunders in Lahore, Punjab, to avenge the death of Lala Lajpat Rai at the hands of the police. The three were executed in 1931.
1935 – First flight of the Douglas DC-3.
1938 – Otto Hahn discovers the nuclear fission of the heavy element uranium, the scientific and technological basis of nuclear energy.
1939 – World War II: Battle of the River Plate: The Admiral Graf Spee is scuttled by Captain Hans Langsdorff outside Montevideo.
1941 – World War II: Japanese forces land in Northern Borneo.
1943 – All Chinese are again permitted to become citizens of the United States upon the repeal of the Act of 1882 and the introduction of the Magnuson Act.
1944 – World War II: Battle of the Bulge: Malmedy massacre: American 285th Field Artillery Observation Battalion POWs are shot by Waffen-SS Kampfgruppe Joachim Peiper.
1947 – First flight of the Boeing B-47 Stratojet strategic bomber.
1948 – The Finnish Security Police is established to remove communist leadership from its predecessor, the State Police.
1950 – The F-86 Sabre's first mission over Korea.
1951 – The American Civil Rights Congress delivers "We Charge Genocide" to the United Nations.
1957 – The United States successfully launches the first Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
1960 – Troops loyal to Emperor Haile Selassie in Ethiopia crush the coup that began December 13, returning power to their leader upon his return from Brazil. Haile Selassie absolves his son of any guilt.
1960 – Munich C-131 crash: Twenty passengers and crew on board as well as 32 people on the ground are killed.
1961 – Niterói circus fire: Fire breaks out during a performance by the Gran Circus Norte-Americano in the city of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, killing more than 500.
1967 – Harold Holt, Prime Minister of Australia, disappears while swimming near Portsea, Victoria, and is presumed drowned.
1969 – Project Blue Book: The United States Air Force closes its study of UFOs.
1970 – 1970 Polish protests: In Gdynia, soldiers fire at workers emerging from trains, killing dozens.
1973 – Thirty passengers are killed in an attack by Palestinian terrorists on Rome's Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport.
1981 – American Brigadier General James L. Dozier is abducted by the Red Brigades in Verona, Italy.
1983 – Provisional IRA members detonate a car bomb at Harrods Department Store in London. Three police officers and three civilians are killed.
1989 – Romanian Revolution: Protests continue in Timișoara, Romania, with rioters breaking into the Romanian Communist Party's District Committee building and attempting to set it on fire.
1989 – Fernando Collor de Mello defeats Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the second round of the Brazilian presidential election, becoming the first democratically elected President in almost 30 years.
1989 – The Simpsons first premieres on television with the episode "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire".
2002 – Second Congo War: The Congolese parties of the Inter Congolese Dialogue sign a peace accord which makes provision for transitional governance and legislative and presidential elections within two years.
2003 – The Soham murder trial ends at the Old Bailey in London, with Ian Huntley found guilty of two counts of murder. His girlfriend, Maxine Carr, is found guilty of perverting the course of justice.
2003 – SpaceShipOne, piloted by Brian Binnie, makes its first powered and first supersonic flight.
2005 – Anti-World Trade Organization protesters riot in Wan Chai, Hong Kong.
2005 – Jigme Singye Wangchuck abdicates the throne as King of Bhutan.
2009 – MV Danny F II sinks off the coast of Lebanon, resulting in the deaths of 44 people and over 28,000 animals.
2010 – Mohamed Bouazizi sets himself on fire. This act became the catalyst for the Tunisian Revolution and the wider Arab Spring.
2014 – The United States and Cuba re-establish diplomatic relations after severing them in 1960.

1239 – Kujō Yoritsugu, Japanese shōgun (d. 1256)
1267 – Emperor Go-Uda of Japan (d. 1324)
1554 – Ernest of Bavaria, Roman Catholic bishop (d. 1612)
1556 – Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana, Pakistani-Indian poet (d. 1627)
1616 – Roger L'Estrange, English pamphleteer and author (d. 1704)
1619 – Prince Rupert of the Rhine (d. 1682)
1632 – Anthony Wood, English historian and author (d. 1695)
1685 – Thomas Tickell, English poet (d. 1740)
1699 – Charles-Louis Mion, French composer and educator (d. 1775)
1706 – Émilie du Châtelet, French mathematician and physicist (d. 1749)
1734 – Maria I of Portugal (d. 1816)
1749 – Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer and educator (d. 1801)
1778 – Humphry Davy, English chemist and physicist (d. 1829)
1796 – Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Canadian judge and politician (d. 1865)
1797 – Joseph Henry, American physicist and engineer (d. 1878)
1807 – John Greenleaf Whittier, American poet and activist (d. 1892)
1812 – Vilhelm Petersen, Danish painter (d. 1880)
1827 – Alexander Wassilko von Serecki, Austrian lawyer and politician (d. 1893)
1830 – Jules de Goncourt, French author and critic (d. 1870)
1835 – Alexander Emanuel Agassiz, Swiss-American ichthyologist and engineer (d. 1910)
1840 – Nozu Michitsura, Japanese field marshal (d. 1908)
1842 – Sophus Lie, Norwegian mathematician and academic (d. 1899)
1847 – Émile Faguet, French author and critic (d. 1916)
1853 – Pierre Paul Émile Roux, French physician and immunologist, co-founded the Pasteur Institute (d. 1933)
1859 – Paul César Helleu, French painter and illustrator (d. 1927)
1866 – Kazys Grinius, Lithuanian physician and politician, 3rd President of Lithuania (d. 1950)
1873 – Ford Madox Ford, English novelist, poet, and critic (d. 1939)
1874 – William Lyon Mackenzie King, Canadian economist and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1950)
1881 – Aubrey Faulkner, South African-English cricketer and coach (d. 1930)
1884 – Alison Uttley, English children's book writer (d. 1976)
1887 – Josef Lada, Czech painter and illustrator (d. 1957)
1890 – Prince Joachim of Prussia (d. 1920)
1892 – Sam Barry, American basketball player and coach (d. 1950)
1893 – Charles C. Banks, English captain and pilot (d. 1971)
1893 – Erwin Piscator, German director and producer (d. 1966)
1894 – Arthur Fiedler, American conductor (d. 1979)
1894 – Patrick Flynn, Irish-American runner and soldier (d. 1969)
1894 – Wim Schermerhorn, Dutch cartographer, engineer, and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 1977)
1895 – Gerald Patterson, Australian tennis player (d. 1967)
1898 – Loren Murchison, American sprinter (d. 1979)
1900 – Mary Cartwright, English mathematician and academic, one of the first people to analyze a dynamical system with chaos (d. 1998)
1900 – Katina Paxinou, Greek actress (d. 1973)
1903 – Erskine Caldwell, American novelist and short story writer (d. 1987)
1903 – Ray Noble, English bandleader, composer, and actor (d. 1978)
1904 – Paul Cadmus, American painter and illustrator (d. 1999)
1905 – Simo Häyhä, Finnish soldier and sniper (d. 2002)
1905 – Mohammad Hidayatullah, 11th Chief Justice of India, and politician, 6th Vice President of India (d. 1992)
1905 – Erico Verissimo, Brazilian author and translator (d. 1975)
1906 – Fernando Lopes-Graça, Portuguese composer and conductor (d. 1994)
1906 – Russell C. Newhouse, American pilot and engineer (d. 1998)
1908 – Willard Libby, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1980)
1910 – Eknath Easwaran, Indian-American educator and author (d. 1999)
1910 – Sy Oliver, American singer-songwriter and trumpet player (d. 1988)
1912 – Edward Short, Baron Glenamara, English captain and politician, Lord President of the Council (d. 2012)
1913 – Burt Baskin, American businessman, co-founded Baskin-Robbins (d. 1967)
1914 – Mushtaq Ali, Indian cricketer (d. 2005)
1914 – Fernando Alonso, Cuban ballet dancer, co-founded the Cuban National Ballet (d. 2013)
1916 – Penelope Fitzgerald, English author and poet (d. 2000)
1917 – Kenneth Dike, Nigerian historian, author, and academic (d. 1983)
1920 – Kenneth E. Iverson, Canadian computer scientist, developed the APL programming language (d. 2004)
1921 – Lore Berger, German-Swiss author and translator (d. 1943)
1922 – Alan Voorhees, American engineer and academic (d. 2005)
1923 – Jaroslav Pelikan, American historian and scholar (d. 2006)
1926 – Ray Jablonski, American baseball player (d. 1985)
1926 – John Hans Krebs, American lawyer and politician (d. 2014)
1926 – Stephen Lewis, English actor, director, screenwriter, and playwright (d. 2015)
1927 – Richard Long, American actor and director (d. 1974)
1927 – Edward Meneeley, American painter and sculptor (d. 2012)
1928 – Marilyn Beck, American journalist (d. 2014)
1928 – Eli Beeding, American captain and pilot (d. 2013)
1928 – Doyle Conner, American farmer and politician, 7th Florida Commissioner of Agriculture (d. 2012)
1929 – William Safire, American journalist and author (d. 2009)
1930 – Bob Guccione, American photographer and publisher, founded Penthouse (d. 2010)
1930 – Armin Mueller-Stahl, German actor and painter
1930 – Dorothy Rowe, Australian psychologist and author
1931 – Gerald Finnerman, American director and cinematographer (d. 2011)
1931 – Dave Madden, Canadian-American actor (d. 2014)
1931 – James McGaugh, American neurobiologist and psychologist
1932 – John Bond, English footballer and manager (d. 2012)
1934 – Irving Petlin, American painter and academic (d. 2018)
1934 – Ray Wilson, English footballer and manager (d. 2018)
1935 – Brian Langford, English cricketer (d. 2013)
1935 – Cal Ripken Sr., American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1999)
1936 – Pope Francis
1936 – Tommy Steele, English singer, guitarist, and actor
1937 – Brian Hayes, Australian-English radio host
1937 – Art Neville, American singer and keyboard player
1937 – Kerry Packer, Australian businessman, founded World Series Cricket (d. 2005)
1937 – John Kennedy Toole, American novelist (d. 1969)
1937 – Calvin Waller, American general (d. 1996)
1938 – Peter Snell, New Zealand runner
1939 – James Booker, American pianist (d. 1983)
1939 – Eddie Kendricks, American R&B singer-songwriter (d. 1992)
1940 – Kåre Valebrokk, Norwegian journalist (d. 2013)
1940 – María Elena Velasco, Mexican actress, singer, director, and screenwriter (d. 2015)
1941 – Dave Dee, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2009)
1941 – Stan Mudenge, Zimbabwean historian and politician, Zimbabwean Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2012)
1942 – Muhammadu Buhari, Nigerian general and politician, 7th Head of State of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
1942 – Paul Butterfield, American singer and harmonica player (d. 1987)
1943 – Ron Geesin, Scottish pianist and composer
1944 – Jack L. Chalker, American author and educator (d. 2005)
1944 – Carlo M. Croce, Italian-American oncologist and academic
1944 – Bernard Hill, English actor
1945 – Ernie Hudson, American actor
1945 – David Mallet, British director
1945 – Chris Matthews, American journalist and author
1945 – Jüri Talvet, Estonian poet and critic
1945 – Jacqueline Wilson, English author and academic
1946 – Simon Bates, English radio host
1946 – Eugene Levy, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter
1947 – Wes Studi, American actor and producer
1948 – Valery Belousov, Russian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2015)
1948 – Jim Bonfanti, American rock drummer
1948 – Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, Turkish economist and politician
1949 – Sotiris Kaiafas, Cypriot footballer
1949 – Paul Rodgers, English singer-songwriter and producer
1950 – Laurence F. Johnson, American educator and author
1950 – Maurice Peoples, American sprinter and coach
1951 – Pat Hill, American football player and coach
1951 – Ken Hitchcock, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1951 – Tatyana Kazankina, Russian runner
1953 – Bill Pullman, American actor
1954 – Sergėjus Jovaiša, Lithuanian basketball player
1955 – Brad Davis, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
1956 – Peter Farrelly, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1956 – Dominic Lawson, English journalist and author
1956 – Totka Petrova, Bulgarian runner
1957 – Wendy Hoyte, English sprinter
1957 – Bob Ojeda, American baseball player and coach
1958 – Mike Mills, American bass player, songwriter, and producer
1959 – Bob Stinson, American songwriter and guitarist (d. 1995)
1961 – Mansoor al-Jamri, Bahraini journalist and author
1962 – Paul Dobson, English footballer
1962 – Galina Malchugina, Russian sprinter
1962 – Rocco Mediate, American golfer and journalist
1964 – Frank Musil, Czech ice hockey player and coach
1964 – Joe Wolf, American basketball player and coach
1965 – Craig Berube, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1966 – Tracy Byrd, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1966 – Kristiina Ojuland, Estonian politician, 23rd Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1967 – Vincent Damphousse, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1967 – Karsten Neitzel, German footballer and manager
1968 – Claudio Suárez, Mexican footballer
1968 – Paul Tracy, Canadian race car driver and sportscaster
1969 – Laurie Holden, American actress and model
1969 – Inna Lasovskaya, Russian triple jumper
1969 – Chuck Liddell, American mixed martial artist and kick-boxer
1969 – Mick Quinn, English singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer
1971 – Alan Khan, South African radio and TV presenter
1971 – Antoine Rigaudeau, French basketball player
1972 – Iván Pedroso, Cuban long jumper and coach
1973 – Eddie Fisher, American drummer^[1]
1973 – Konstadinos Gatsioudis, Greek javelin thrower
1973 – Rian Johnson, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1973 – Paula Radcliffe, English runner
1973 – Hasan Vural, German-Turkish footballer
1974 – Charl Langeveldt, South African cricketer
1974 – Sarah Paulson, American actress
1974 – Giovanni Ribisi, American actor
1975 – Nick Dinsmore, American wrestler and trainer
1975 – Susanthika Jayasinghe, Sri Lankan sprinter
1975 – Milla Jovovich, Ukrainian-American actress
1976 – Éric Bédard, Canadian speed skater and coach
1976 – Nir Davidovich, Israeli footballer and manager
1976 – Patrick Müller, Swiss footballer
1976 – Andrew Simpson, English sailor (d. 2013)
1976 – Takeo Spikes, American football player and sportscaster
1977 – Arnaud Clément, French tennis player
1977 – Samuel Påhlsson, Swedish ice hockey player
1977 – Katheryn Winnick, Canadian actress
1977 - Maria Brink, American heavy metal singer
1978 – Alex Cintrón, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and sportscaster
1978 – Manny Pacquiao, Filipino boxer and politician
1978 – Neil Sanderson, Canadian drummer and songwriter
1978 – Chase Utley, American baseball player
1978 – Riteish Deshmukh, Indian film actor, producer and architect
1979 – Matt Murley, American ice hockey player
1979 – Paul Smith, English footballer
1980 – Ryan Hunter-Reay, American race car driver
1980 – Alexandra Papageorgiou, Greek hammer thrower
1980 – Eli Pariser, American activist and author, co-founded Avaaz.org
1981 – Jerry Hsu, American skateboarder and photographer
1981 – Tim Wiese, German footballer
1982 – Josh Barfield, American baseball player
1982 – Lorenzo Cittadini, Italian rugby player
1982 – Craig Kielburger, Canadian activist and author, co-founded Free the Children and Me to We
1982 – Stéphane Lasme, Gabonese basketball player
1982 – Ryan Moats, American football player
1982 – Onur Özsu, Turkish singer-songwriter
1983 – Erik Christensen, Canadian ice hockey player
1983 – Haron Keitany, Kenyan runner
1983 – Sébastien Ogier, French race car driver
1984 – Luis Maria Alfageme, Argentinian footballer
1984 – Julian Bennett, English footballer
1984 – Andrew Davies, English footballer
1984 – Mikky Ekko, American singer-songwriter and producer
1984 – Shannon Woodward, American actress
1985 – Łukasz Broź, Polish footballer
1985 – Craig Reid, English footballer
1985 – Greg James, English radio presenter and comedian
1986 – Emma Bell, American actress
1986 – Frank Winterstein, Australian-Samoan rugby league player
1987 – Bo Guagua, Chinese businessman
1987 – Chelsea Manning, American soldier and intelligence analyst
1988 – Liisa Ehrberg, Estonian cyclist
1988 – Grethe Grünberg, Estonian ice dancer
1988 – Kris Joseph, Canadian basketball player
1988 – David Rudisha, Kenyan runner
1988 – Craig Sutherland, Scottish footballer
1991 – James Hurst, American football player
1991 – Jordan Rankin, Australian rugby league player
1991 – Atsedu Tsegay, Ethiopian runner
1992 – Joshua Ingram, Canadian drummer and percussionist
1992 – Quinton de Kock, South African cricketer
1993 – Patricia Kú Flores, Peruvian tennis player
1994 – Lloyd Perrett, New Zealand rugby league player
1994 – Nat Wolff, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player and actor
1996 – Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, Russian figure skater
1997 – Naiktha Bains, British-Australian tennis player
1997 – Shoma Uno, Japanese figure skater
1998 – Jasmine Armfield, English actress
1998 – Martin Ødegaard, Norwegian footballer

779 – Sturm, abbot of Fulda
908 – al-Abbas ibn al-Hasan al-Jarjara'i, Abbasid vizier
908 – Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz, Abbasid prince and poet, anti-caliph for one day
942 – William I, duke of Normandy
1187 – Pope Gregory VIII (b. 1100)
1195 – Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut (b. 1150)
1273 – Rumi, Persian jurist, theologian, and poet (b. 1207)
1419 – William Gascoigne, Chief Justice of England
1471 – Infanta Isabel, Duchess of Burgundy (b. 1397)
1562 – Eleonora di Toledo, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (b. 1522)
1645 – Nur Jahan, empress consort of the Mughal Empire (b. 1577)
1663 – Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba (b. 1583)
1721 – Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough, English soldier and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1640)
1830 – Simón Bolívar, Venezuelan general and politician, 2nd President of Venezuela (b. 1783)
1833 – Kaspar Hauser, German feral child (b. 1812)
1847 – Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma (b. 1791)
1857 – Francis Beaufort, Irish hydrographer and officer in the Royal Navy (b. 1774)
1904 – William Shiels, Irish-Australian politician, 16th Premier of Victoria (b. 1848)
1907 – William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Irish-Scottish physicist and engineer (b. 1824)
1909 – Leopold II of Belgium (b. 1835)
1917 – Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English physician and activist (b. 1836)
1927 – Rajendra Lahiri, Indian activist (b. 1892)
1928 – Frank Rinehart, American photographer (b. 1861)
1929 – Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa, Portuguese general and politician, 10th President of Portugal (b. 1863)
1930 – Peter Warlock, Welsh composer and critic (b. 1894)
1932 – Charles Winckler, Danish discus thrower, shot putter, and tug of war competitor (b. 1867)
1933 – 13th Dalai Lama (b. 1876)
1940 – Alicia Boole Stott, Anglo-Irish mathematician and academic (b. 1860)
1942 – Allen Bathurst, Lord Apsley, English lieutenant and politician (b. 1895)
1947 – Christos Tsigiridis, Greek engineer (b. 1877)
1956 – Eddie Acuff, American actor (b. 1903)
1957 – Dorothy L. Sayers, English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1893)
1962 – Thomas Mitchell, American actor (b. 1892)
1964 – Victor Francis Hess, Austrian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1883)
1967 – Harold Holt, Australian lawyer and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1908)
1970 – Oliver Waterman Larkin, American historian, author, and educator (b. 1896)
1978 – Don Ellis, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (b. 1934)
1981 – Antiochos Evangelatos, Greek composer and conductor (b. 1903)
1982 – Homer S. Ferguson, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1889)
1986 – Guillermo Cano Isaza, Colombian journalist (b. 1925)
1987 – Linda Wong, American porn actress (b. 1951)
1987 – Marguerite Yourcenar, Belgian-American author and poet (b. 1903)
1992 – Günther Anders, German journalist and philosopher (b. 1902)
1992 – Dana Andrews, American actor (b. 1909)
1999 – Rex Allen, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1920)
1999 – Grover Washington Jr., American singer-songwriter and saxophonist (b. 1943)
1999 – C. Vann Woodward, American historian and academic (b. 1908)
2002 – K. W. Devanayagam, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 10th Sri Lankan Minister of Justice (b. 1910)
2003 – Otto Graham, American football player and coach (b. 1921)
2004 – Tom Wesselmann, American painter and sculptor (b. 1931)
2005 – Jack Anderson, American journalist and author (b. 1922)
2005 – Marc Favreau, Canadian actor and poet (b. 1929)
2005 – Haljand Udam, Estonian orientalist and academic (d. 1936)
2006 – Larry Sherry, American baseball player and coach (b. 1935)
2008 – Sammy Baugh, American football player and coach (b. 1914)
2008 – Freddy Breck, German singer-songwriter, producer, and journalist (b. 1942)
2008 – Dave Smith, American baseball player and coach (b. 1955)
2009 – Chris Henry, American football player (b. 1983)
2009 – Jennifer Jones, American actress (b. 1919)
2009 – Alaina Reed Hall, American actress (b. 1946)
2010 – Captain Beefheart, American singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
2010 – Walt Dropo, American basketball and baseball player (b. 1923)
2010 – Ralph Coates, English footballer (b. 1946)
2011 – Eva Ekvall, Venezuelan journalist and author, Miss Venezuela 2000 (b. 1983)
2011 – Kim Jong-il, North Korean commander and politician, 2nd Supreme Leader of North Korea (b. 1941)
2012 – Richard Adams, Filipino-American activist (b. 1947)
2012 – James Gower, American priest and activist, co-founded the College of the Atlantic (b. 1922)
2012 – Daniel Inouye, American captain and politician (b. 1924)
2012 – Laurier LaPierre, Canadian historian, journalist, and politician (b. 1929)
2012 – Frank Pastore, American baseball player and radio host (b. 1957)
2013 – Fred Bruemmer, Latvian-Canadian photographer (b. 1929)
2013 – Ricardo María Carles Gordó, Spanish cardinal (b. 1926)
2013 – Richard Heffner, American historian and television host (b. 1925)
2013 – Tetsurō Kashibuchi, Japanese drummer, songwriter, and producer (b. 1950)
2013 – Janet Rowley, American geneticist and biologist (b. 1925)
2013 – Conny van Rietschoten, Dutch sailor (b. 1926)
2014 – Dieter Grau, German-American scientist and engineer (b. 1913)
2014 – Richard C. Hottelet, American journalist (b. 1917)
2014 – Oleh Lysheha, Ukrainian poet and playwright (b. 1949)
2014 – Lowell Steward, American captain (b. 1919)
2014 – Ivan Vekić, Croatian colonel, lawyer, and politician, Croatian Minister of the Interior (b. 1938)
2015 – Hal Brown, American baseball player and manager (b. 1924)
2015 – Osamu Hayaishi, American-Japanese biochemist and academic (b. 1920)
2015 – Michael Wyschogrod, German-American philosopher and theologian (b. 1928)
2016 – Benjamin A. Gilman, American soldier and politician (b. 1922)
2016 – Henry Heimlich, American doctor (b. 1920)
2016 – Gordon Hunt, American voice director (b. 1929)
2017 – Bob Glidden, American race car driver (b. 1944)
2017 – Francesco Leonetti, Italian poet, novelist, art critic, teacher and political activist (b. 1924)

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1777: η Γαλλία αναγνωρίζει επισήμως την ανεξαρτησία των Ηνωμένων Πολιτειών της Αμερικής.

1778: γεννιέται ο ’Άγγλος χημικός Σερ Χάμφρι Ντέιβι.

1797: γεννιέται ο Αμερικανός φυσικός Τζόσεφ Χένρι.

1843: "πρωτοεκδίδεται το βιβλίο ""Χριστουγεννιάτικα κάλαντα""του Κάρολου Ντίκενς."

1867: συγκροτείται η πρώτη υπηρεσιακή κυβέρνηση στην πολιτική ιστορία της Ελλάδας, υπό τον πρόεδρο του Αρείου Πάγου Αριστ. Μωραϊτίνη.

1874: "γεννιέται ο Ρώσος μάγος Οράτιος Γκόλντιν, ο οποίος έζησε στις ΗΠΑ και ήταν από τους πρώτους που ""έκοψαν""στα δύο έναν άνθρωπο."

1894: γεννιέται ο μαέστρος ’Αρθουρ Φίελντερ.

1903: γεννιέται ο Αμερικανός συγγραφέας Έρσκιν Πρέστον Κάλντγουελ.

1903: πραγματοποιείται η πρώτη επιτυχημένη πτήση αεροπλάνου από τον Όρβιλ Ράιτ, στη Βόρεια Καρολίνα. Η πτήση διαρκεί μόλις 12 δευτερόλεπτα.

1908: γεννιέται ο Αμερικανός ποιητής Τζον Γκρίνλιαφ Γουίτιερ.

1908: γεννιέται ο Φρανκ Λίμπι Γουίλαρντ, Αμερικανός χημικός, τιμημένος με το βραβείο Νόμπελ.

1910: η Βουλή της Νοτιοαφρικανικής Ένωσης αρχίζει τις εργασίες της.

1912: αρχίζουν στο Λονδίνο οι συνομιλίες για την ειρήνη στα Βαλκάνια.

1919: πεθαίνει ο δάσκαλος του ιμπρεσιονισμού, Πιερ Ογκίστ Ρενουάρ.

1933: το NFL (χόκεϊ) εισάγει την επίσημη στατιστική στον πρώτο αγώνα playoff για το πρωτάθλημα Bears- Giants (23-21).

1937: γεννιέται ο Αυστραλός μεγιστάνας των ΜΜΕ Κέρι Πάρκερ, ο οποίος το 1977 θα αλλάξει την ιστορία του κρίκετ με την ανακοίνωση της διοργάνωσης των World Series.

1938: γεννιέται ο Νεοζηλανδός αθλητής στίβου Πίτερ Σνελ.

1939: "ανατινάσσεται με διαταγή του Χίτλερ το γερμανικό θωρηκτό ""Κόμης Σπέε""."

1944: οι ΗΠΑ ανακοινώνουν ότι, οι Ιάπωνες της Αμερικής, που μέχρι τότε κρατούνταν σε στρατόπεδα, μπορούν να επιστρέψουν στα σπίτια τους.

1949: "γεννιέται στην Αγγλία ο ρόκερ Πολ Ρότζερς του συγκροτήματος ""Bad Company""."

1951: εκλέγεται νέος δήμαρχος Αθηναίων ο Κωνσταντίνος Νικολόπουλος.

1952: η Γιουγκοσλαβία διακόπτει τις σχέσεις της με το Βατικανό.

1952: ο 36χρονος ’Αρτσι Μουρ κερδίζει τον Τζόε Μαξίμ στον 15ο γύρο και γίνεται ο γηραιότερος παγκόσμιος πρωταθλητής ελαφρών βαρών που θα κρατήσει τον τίτλο για 10 χρόνια.

1953: γεννιέται ο ηθοποιός Μπιλ Πούλμαν.

1960: μια μέρα μετά την πτώση δύο επιβατηγών αεροσκαφών πάνω από τη Νέα Υόρκη, στο Μόναχο, ένα στρατιωτικό αεροσκάφος των ΗΠΑ με 20 επιβάτες χάνει τον προσανατολισμό του, λόγω κακής ορατότητας, προσκρούει σε καμπαναριό και πέφτει σε πολυσύχναση πλατεία της πόλης. Ο απολογισμός είναι 53 νεκροί και εκατοντάδες τραυματίες.

1963: το Κογκρέσο των ΗΠΑ περνάει την Πράξη Καθαρού Αέρα (Clean Air Act), που αποτελεί μία σειρά νόμων.

1965: "κυκλοφορεί η πιο μεγάλη εφημερίδα. Πρόκειται για την Κυριακάτικη ""New York Times"", με ύλη που καλύπτει 964 σελίδες."

1969: "ο τραγουδιστής Τάινι Τιμ παντρεύεται ""ζωντανά""στο τηλεοπτικό πρόγραμμα ""The Tonight Show""."

1971: το Ανατολικό Βερολίνο και η Βόννη υπογράφουν συμφωνία για τη μεταφορά προσώπων και εμπορευμάτων από τη Δυτική Γερμανία προς το Δυτικό Βερολίνο, μέσω της Ανατολικής Γερμανίας.

1975: γεννιέται η ηθοποιός και μοντέλο Μίλα Γίοβοβιτς.

1975: "η τραγουδίστρια Λινέτ ’Αλις Φρομ, γνωστή και ως ""Σκουίκι""Φρομ, καταδικάζεται σε ισόβια φυλάκιση για την απόπειρα δολοφονίας του Αμερικανού Προέδρου Τζέραλντ Φορντ."

1979: στην Τουρκία, ο πρωθυπουργός Ντεμιρέλ δηλώνει ότι, το χρόνο που πέρασε, 1.800 άτομα σκοτώθηκαν από βομβιστικές κι άλλες τρομοκρατικές ενέργειες.

1984: η αμερικανική ομάδα τένις ανδρών, με τους Τζον ΜακΕνρό και Πίτερ Φλέμιγκ, χάνει για πρώτη φορά στους 14 αγώνες, που έχει δώσει για το Davis Cup. Τον τίτλο θα κατακτήσουν οι Σουηδοί με τους Στέφαν Έντμπεργκ και ’Αντερς Τζέριντ.

1989: ο Πολωνός Κριστόφ Βαζέχα κάνει το ντεμπούτο του με τον Παναθηναϊκό στον αγώνα ΠΑΟ - ΑΕΚ. Ο Χρήστος, που θα αποκτήσει την ελληνική υπηκοότητα θα γίνει μαζί με τον άλλον Πολωνό, τον Γιόζεφ Βάντσικ, από τους πιο αγαπητούς παίκτες στους Έλληνες φιλάθλους.

1989: στη Ρουμανία, όπου ξεσπούν αντικυβερνητικές διαδηλώσεις, γίνεται λόγος για χιλιάδες νεκρούς στην Τιμισοάρα.

1990: ένας καθολικός ιερέας ο Ζαν-Μπερτράντ Αριστίντ, κερδίζει τις πρώτες ελεύθερες εκλογές της Αϊτής.

1990: οι καταλήψεις των γυμνασίων και των λυκείων της Ελλάδας διανύουν ήδη την τέταρτη εβδομάδα από την έναρξή τους.

1991: ιδρύεται πανεπιστημιακή έδρα νεοελληνικής γλώσσας και φιλολογίας στο Πανεπιστήμιο της ’Αγκυρας.

1991: ο Γκορμπατσόφ και ο Γέλτσιν συμφωνούν να διαλύσουν την ΕΣΣΔ και να κηρύξουν μια νέα Κοινοπολιτεία την Πρωτοχρονιά.

1991: σημειώνεται η μεγαλύτερη διαφορά πόντων (68) σε αγώνα μπάσκετ όταν οι Cleveland Cavaliers κερδίζουν τους Miami Heat με 148-80.

1991: στην Αθήνα, κατά τη διεξαγωγή της δίκης του Παλαιστίνιου Ρασίντ, ο εισαγγελέας ζητά την ενοχή του κατηγορούμενου για την τοποθέτηση της βόμβας στο αεροσκάφος της ΠΑΝ-ΑΜ το 1982 και για ανθρωποκτονία.

1992: ο IRA αναλαμβάνει την ευθύνη των δύο βομβιστικών επιθέσεων, στο κέντρο του Λονδίνου.

1992: οι ΗΠΑ υπογράφουν τη συμφωνία ελεύθερου εμπορίου με το Μεξικό και τον Καναδά.

1992: παραβιάζοντας τη Συνθήκη της Γενεύης, η ισραηλινή κυβέρνηση προχωρεί στην πιο μαζική απέλαση των 25 τελευταίων ετών.

1993: 20 είναι οι νεκροί κατά τις βίαιες συγκρούσεις μεταξύ ισλαμιστών και Ινδών αστυνομικών, στο Κασμίρ.

1993: γερμανικό πλοίο, που βυθίστηκε το 1918, ανακαλύπτεται από Τούρκους δύτες στη θαλάσσια περιοχή του βορειανατολικού Αιγαίου.

1994: "η εφημερίδα ""Γκάρντιαν""γράφει ότι, τα μάτια του ’Αλμπερτ Αϊνστάιν βρίσκονται εδώ και 40 χρόνια σε θησαυροφυλάκιο του Νιου Τζέρσεϊ."

1994: την έναρξη διαπραγματεύσεων χωρίς όρους με τη Ρωσία, αποδέχεται ο αυτονομιστής Τσετσένος ηγέτης Ντουντάγεφ.

1995: μεγάλος νικητής των πρόωρων βουλευτικών εκλογών στην Αυστρία, εκλέγεται το Σοσιαλδημοκρατικό Κόμμα του καγκελάριου Φραντς Βρανίτσκι.

1996: η Ελλάδα ζητά επισήμως την επιστροφή των Μαρμάρων του Παρθενώνα, σύμφωνα με δηλώσεις του ΥΠΠΟ Ευάγγελου Βενιζέλου.

1996: η Τορίνο γιορτάζει τα 90ά της γενέθλια με έναν περίεργο τρόπο όταν παρουσιάζει σε έκθεση στο φουαγιέ του Teatro Regio απομεινάρια από το ατύχημα της 4/5/1949 όπως ποδοσφαιρικά παπούτσια, κατεστραμένες βαλίτσες, συντρίμμια, την προπέλα του αεροπλάνου και φωτογραφίες

1996: "οι Περουβιανοί αντάρτες του ""Φωτεινού Μονοπατιού""πολιορκούν το σπίτι του Ιάπωνα πρέσβη στη Λίμα, κατά τη διάρκεια δεξίωσης. Οι επαναστάτες κράτησαν ως ομήρους 490 άτομα."

1997: "42 Έλληνες είναι ανάμεσα στους 70 ανθρώπους που επιβαίνουν στο ουκρανικό αεροσκάφος τύπου ""Γιάκοβλεφ"", το οποίο συντρίβεται στην περιοχή της Πιερίας."

2000: με το γκολ του Ντάνι Μέρφι η Λίβερπουλ νικά 1-0 τη Mάντσεστερ Γιουνάιτεντ μέσα στο Όλντ Τράφορντ, σπάζοντας ένα σερί 36 αγώνων χωρίς εντός έδρας ήττα για τους μπέμπηδες στην Premier League.

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December 17th: On this Day

1960, Returning from Hamburg, The Beatles appeared at the Casbah Coffee Club in Liverpool. Chas Newby joined The Beatles on bass guitar (to replace Stuart Sutcliffe, who had remained in Hamburg), a position he would hold for only two weeks and four performances. When Newby bowed out to return to college, Paul McCartney became The Beatles' bass player.

1962, Bob Dylan arrived in England for the first time; he played his first UK date the following night at the Troubadour Club in London.

1963, James Carroll at WWDC in Washington, DC, became the first disc jockey to broadcast a Beatles record on American radio. Carroll played 'I Want To Hold Your Hand', which he had obtained from his stewardess girlfriend, who brought the single back from the UK. Due to listener demand, the song was played daily, every hour. Since it hadn't been released yet in the States, Capitol Records initially considered court action, but instead released the single earlier than planned.

1968, The Who played their Xmas party at the The Marquee Club London. Also on the bill was a new group called Yes. Members 15 shillings, ($1.80) or £1 ($2.40) on the night. Other acts appearing at the club this month included Joe Cocker, Free and Led Zeppelin.

1971, David Bowie released his fourth album Hunky Dory, which was the first to feature all the members of the band that would become known the following year as Ziggy Stardust's Spiders From Mars. Two singles were released from the album: 'Changes' / 'Andy Warhol' in January 1972 and 'Life on Mars' which was released late June 1973. Bowie himself considered the album to be one of the most important in his career.

1973, Slade were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Merry Xmas Everybody' their sixth chart topper. It has been released during every decade since 1973, and has been covered by numerous artists. In a 2007 poll, 'Merry Xmas Everybody' was voted the UK's most popular Christmas song.

1977, George Harrison played an unannounced live set for the regulars at his local pub in Henley-On-Thames near his home in the UK.

1982, American Delta blues musician and songwriter Big Joe Williams died in Macon, Mississippi aged 79. Wrote 'Baby Please Don't Go', a 1965 UK Top 10 for Them, (featuring Van Morrison).

1982, Karen Carpenter made her last live appearance with The Carpenters when she performed in Sherman, California. Carpenter suffered from anorexia nervosa, the eating disorder which was a little-known illness at the time. She died at the age of 32 from heart failure, on February 4, 1983 caused by complications related to her illness.

1983, Culture Club, Duran Duran and The Police all appeared on the children's UK TV show Saturday Superstore.

1994, A remixed version of The Four Seasons'"December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night)" re-entered the US Hot 100, where it stayed for another 27 weeks, just as it did when it first charted in 1976. The combined run will establish a record for the longest total chart appearance in US chart history.

1995, A statue of the late Frank Zappa was unveiled in Vilnius, the capital of the Republic Of Lithuania. It had been organised by Zappa fan club President Saulius Pauksty.

1999, American jazz-funk, soul-jazz saxophonist Grover Washington Jr died of a heart attack aged 56. He collapsed in the green room after taping four songs for The Early Show, at CBS Studios in New York City, He released over 20 solo albums and featured on the 1981 Bill Withers hit ‘Just The Two of Us.’

2004, Elvis Presley's daughter Lisa Marie Presley agreed to sell 85% of his estate to businessman Robert Sillerman in a deal worth $100m. Sillerman would run Presley's Memphis home Graceland, and own Elvis' name and the rights to all revenue from his music and films. In the deal Lisa Marie would retain possession of Graceland and many of her father's ‘personal effects.’

2005, U2 had the top-grossing tour of 2005, according to Billboard. More than three million people watched the band's sell-out 90-date Vertigo tour which grossed $260m (£146.6m). The Eagles, took $117m (£66m) from 77 shows and Neil Diamond grossed more than $71m (£40m). Kenny Chesney was fourth with $63m (£35.5m), Paul McCartney $60m (£33.8m), Rod Stewart with $49m (£27m), Elton John with $45.5m (£25.6m), Dave Matthews Band with $45m (£25.3m), Jimmy Buffett with $41m (£23m) and Green Day with $36.5m (£20.5m).

2006, English saxophonist Denis Payton died. Member of Dave Clark Five who had the 1964 UK No.1 single 'Glad All Over', 1965 US No.1 single 'Over And Over', plus over 15 other UK top 40 singles.

2010, Captain Beefheart died aged 69 from complications from multiple sclerosis. The American musician, singer-songwriter, artist and poet born Don Glen Vliet in Glendale, California recorded 13 studio albums.

2010, Sir Paul McCartney performed an intimate lunchtime gig at the 100 Club on London's Oxford Street, the historic music venue threatened with closure. Around 300 fans were treated to a set lasting almost two hours, in what was McCartney’s smallest gig in the UK for nearly 10 years. A campaign to keep the 100 Club open had attracted support from Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie and Sir Mick Jagger.

2012, Adele was named Billboard's top artist of 2012, while her hit record 21 was named top album of the year in the music magazine's annual review. The 24-year-old became the first to receive both accolades two years in a row. The year's top three songs were 'Gotye's Somebody That I Used to Know', Carly Rae Jepsen's 'Call Me Maybe' and Fun's 'We Are Young'. respectively.

2015, A London judge said he was concerned at how much Liam Gallagher and his ex-wife Nicole Appleton were spending in a legal dispute over how their assets should be split after it was revealed that the pair had spent over £800,000 on legal fees. Judge O'Dwyer decided their money and property should be divided equally, with each receiving £5.4m.


December 17th: Born on this day

1936, Born on this day, Tommy Steele, singer, actor, (1957 UK No.1 single 'Singing The Blues', plus over 20 other UK Top 40 singles).

1937, Born on this day, Art Neville, vocals, piano, The Neville Brothers, (1989 UK No.47 single 'With God On Our Side')

1939, Born on this day, American singer Eddie Kendricks who with The Temptations had the 1971 US No.1 & UK No.8 single 'Just My Imagination' and the re-issued 'My Girl' which was a UK No.2 hit in 1992. Died on 5th October 1992.

1942, Born on this day, Paul Butterfield, blues singer, harmonica player, (1965 album 'Paul Butterfield Blues Band'). Appeared at The Bands, 'Last Waltz'. Died on 4th May 1987.

1943, Born on this day, David Dee, Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich, (1968 UK No.1 single 'Legend Of Xanadu'). Dee died on 9th Jan 2009 at the age of 65, following a three-year battle with cancer. The singer, whose real name was David Harman, was originally a police officer and as a police cadet was called to the scene of the car crash that killed Eddie Cochrane during a UK tour in 1960.

1947, Born on this day, American drummer Jim Hodder, Steely Dan, (1973 US No.11 single 'Reeling In The Years'). He also played drums on Linda Ronstadt's 1974 single 'You're No Good'. Hodder drowned at his home swimming pool on 5th June 1990 aged 42.

1949, Born on this day, Paul Rodgers, singer, guitarist, Free, (1970 UK No.2 & US No.4 single 'All Right Now'). Bad Company, (1974 UK No.15 single 'Can't Get Enough'). Also a member of The Firm, with Jimmy Page.

1950, Born on this day, Carlton Barrett, The Wailers, (1983 UK No.4 single with Bob Marley, Buffalo Soldier', plus 10 other UK Top 40 singles). Barrett was shot dead outside his home on 17th April 1987.

1951, Born on this day, Wanda Hutchinson, The Emotions, (1977 US No.1 & UK No.4 single 'Best Of My Love').

1958, Born on this day, Mike Mills, bass, R.E.M. (1991 UK No.6 & US No.10 single 'Shiny Happy People', plus over 20 Top 40 UK singles, 1992 UK No.1 & US No.2 album 'Automatic For The People').

1959, Born on this day, Bob Stinson, guitarist, from American rock band The Replacements, who released the 1984 album Let It Be. Initially a punk rock band, they are considered pioneers of alternative rock. Stinson, a long-term alcoholic and drug addict, died on February 18, 1995

1962, Born on this day, Sarah Dallin, singer with British female pop group Bananarama who had the 1984 UK No.3 single 'Robert De Niro's Waiting', plus over 20 other UK Top 40 singles, and the 1986 US No.1 single 'Venus' a cover of the Dutch rock band Shocking Blue 1970 hit.

1969, Born on this day, Micky Quinn, bassist from English rock band Supergrass who had the 1995 UK No.2 single 'Alright'. Their 1995 UK No.1 album I Should Coco spent 35 weeks on the UK chart.

1970, Born on this day, DJ Homicide, from American rock band Sugar Ray who had the 1999 UK No. 10 single 'Every Morning'.

1973, Born on this day, Eddie Fisher, drummer and percussionist in OneRepublic who had the 2013 UK No.1 hit 'Counting Stars'.

1978, Born on this day, Neil Christopher, drummer, from Canadian rock band Three Days Grace. The band has a string of No.1 songs on the Billboard Alternative Songs Chart.

1989, Born on this day, Taylor York, guitarist, from American rock band Paramore, who had the 2009 UK No.1 album Brand New Eyes and their 2013 self-titled fourth studio album hit No.1 on the US chart.

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Σαν σήμερα: περιοδικό των ΗΠΑ κυκλοφορεί με έναν Έλληνα τσολιά στο εξώφυλλό του

Σύμβολο της ελληνικής ανδρείας και γενναιότητας

Η ανδρεία των Ελλήνων στρατιωτών στο αλβανικό μέτωπο, οι οποίοι κατάφεραν να αντισταθούν στην ιταλική μπότα, που υπερτερούσε τόσο σε αριθμό όσο και σε εξοπλισμό, δεν θα μπορούσε να περάσει απαρατήρητη από τις άλλες χώρες, πόσω μάλλον από τις ΗΠΑ

Στις ΗΠΑ, το πιο δημοφιλές και έγκυρο περιοδικό της εποχής, το Life Magazine, επέλεξε στο τεύχος της 16ης Δεκεμβρίου του 1940 να παρουσιάσει στο εξώφυλλό του τον Έλληνα τσολιά, ως σύμβολο της ελληνικής ανδρείας και γενναιότητας.

Σημειώνεται ότι οι εύζωνες έγιναν για πρώτη φορά σύμβολο ανδρείας με τη συμμετοχή των ταγμάτων στους Βαλκανικούς Πολέμους. Ιδιαίτερα στις μάχες του Μπιζανίου και του Κιλκίς-Λαχανά, τα τάγματα των ευζώνων ήταν αυτά που είχαν τις μεγαλύτερες απώλειες, αφού σε καμιά περίπτωση δεν γύρισαν την πλάτη στον εχθρό και ήταν η δύναμη όλου του ελληνικού Στρατού. Η δόξα των ευζωνικών ταγμάτων συνεχίστηκε και στη Μικρασιατική Εκστρατεία.

Τη λέξη εύζωνας την συναντούμε στα έργα του Ομήρου και αναφέρεται στους στρατιώτες που ήταν καλά ζωσμένοι (ευ+ζώνες=οι καλά ζωσμένοι). Από τη δημιουργία του ελληνικού Στρατού οι τσολιάδες ήταν οι επίλεκτοι στρατιώτες. Οι τσολιάδες εξακολουθούν να αποτελούν σύμβολα γενναιότητας και η επιλογή των στρατιωτών που στελεχώνουν την Προεδρική Φρουρά ακόμη και σήμερα βασίζεται σε κριτήρια τόσο σωματικά όσο και πνευματικά.

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