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- 753 BC – Romulus founds Rome (traditional date).
- 43 BC – Battle of Mutina: Mark Antony is again defeated in battle by Aulus Hirtius, who is killed. Antony fails to capture Mutina and Decimus Brutus is murdered shortly after.
- 900 – The Laguna Copperplate Inscription (the earliest known written document found in what is now the Philippines): the Commander-in-Chief of the Kingdom of Tondo, as represented by the Honourable Jayadewa, Lord Minister of Pailah, pardons from all debt the Honourable Namwaran and his relations.
- 1092 – The Diocese of Pisa is elevated to the rank of metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Urban II
- 1506 – The three-day Lisbon Massacre comes to an end with the slaughter of over 1,900 suspected Jews by Portuguese Catholics.
- 1509 – Henry VIII ascends the throne of England on the death of his father, Henry VII.
- 1526 – The last ruler of the Lodi Dynasty, Ibrahim Lodi is defeated and killed by Babur in the First Battle of Panipat.
- 1615 – The Wignacourt Aqueduct is inaugurated in Malta.
- 1782 – The city of Rattanakosin, now known internationally as Bangkok, is founded on the eastern bank of the Chao Phraya River by King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke.
- 1792 – Tiradentes, a revolutionary leading a movement for Brazil's independence, is hanged, drawn and quartered.
- 1806 – Action of 21 April 1806: A French frigate escapes British forces off the coast of South Africa.
- 1809 – Two Austrian army corps are driven from Landshut by a First French Empire army led by Napoleon I of France as two French corps to the north hold off the main Austrian army on the first day of the Battle of Eckmühl.
- 1821 – Benderli Ali Pasha arrives in Constantinople as the new Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire; he remains in power for only nine days before being sent into exile.
- 1836 – Texas Revolution: The Battle of San Jacinto: Republic of Texas forces under Sam Houston defeat troops under Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna.
- 1856 – Australian labour movement: Stonemasons and building workers on building sites around Melbourne march from the University of Melbourne to Parliament House to achieve an Eight-hour day.
- 1863 – Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith, declares his mission as "He whom God shall make manifest".
- 1894 – Norway formally adopts the Krag-Jørgensen bolt-action rifle as the main arm of its armed forces, a weapon that would remain in service for almost 50 years.
- 1898 – Spanish–American War: The United States Navy begins a blockade of Cuban ports. When the U.S. Congress issued a declaration of war on April 25, it declared that a state of war had existed from this date.
- 1914 – Ypiranga incident: A German arms shipment to Mexico is intercepted by the U.S. Navy near Veracruz, Veracruz.
- 1918 – World War I: German fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen, better known as "The Red Baron", is shot down and killed over Vaux-sur-Somme in France.
- 1925 – The Manifesto of the Fascist Intellectuals is published in Il Mondo, establishing the political and ideological foundations of Italian Fascism.
- 1934 – The "Surgeon's Photograph", the most famous photo allegedly showing the Loch Ness Monster, is published in the Daily Mail (in 1999, it is revealed to be a hoax).
- 1941 – Emmanouil Tsouderos becomes the 132nd Prime Minister of Greece.
- 1945 – World War II: Soviet forces south of Berlin at Zossen attack the German High Command headquarters.
- 1952 – Secretary's Day (now Administrative Professionals' Day) is first celebrated.
- 1960 – Brasília, Brazil's capital, is officially inaugurated. At 09:30, the Three Powers of the Republic are simultaneously transferred from the old capital, Rio de Janeiro.
- 1962 – The Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition) opens. It is the first World's Fair in the United States since World War II.
- 1963 – The Universal House of Justice of the Bahá'í Faith is elected for the first time.
- 1964 – A Transit-5bn satellite fails to reach orbit after launch; as it re-enters the atmosphere, 2.1 pounds (0.95 kg) of radioactive plutonium in its SNAP RTG power source is widely dispersed.
- 1965 – The 1964–1965 New York World's Fair opens for its second and final season.
- 1966 – Rastafari movement: Haile Selassie of Ethiopia visits Jamaica, an event now celebrated as Grounation Day.
- 1967 – Greek military junta of 1967–74: A few days before the general election in Greece, Colonel George Papadopoulos leads a coup d'état, establishing a military regime that lasts for seven years.
- 1970 – The Hutt River Province Principality secedes from Australia.
- 1975 – Vietnam War: President of South Vietnam Nguyen Van Thieu flees Saigon, as Xuan Loc, the last South Vietnamese outpost blocking a direct North Vietnamese assault on Saigon, falls.
- 1982 – Baseball: Rollie Fingers of the Milwaukee Brewers becomes the first pitcher to record 300 saves.
- 1987 – The Tamil Tigers are blamed for a car bomb that detonates in the Sri Lankan capital city of Colombo, killing 106 people.
- 1989 – Tiananmen Square Protests of 1989: In Beijing, around 100,000 students gather in Tiananmen Square to commemorate Chinese reform leader Hu Yaobang.
- 1992 – The first discoveries of extrasolar planets are announced by astronomers Alexander Wolszczan and Dale Frail. They discovered two planets orbiting the pulsar PSR 1257+12.
- 1993 – The Supreme Court in La Paz, Bolivia, sentences former dictator Luis Garcia Meza to 30 years in jail without parole for murder, theft, fraud and violating the constitution.
- 2004 – Five suicide car bombers target police stations in and around Basra, killing 74 people and wounding 160.
- 2010 – The controversial Kharkiv Pact (Russian Ukrainian Naval Base for Gas Treaty) is signed in Kharkiv, Ukraine, by Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and Russian President Dimitry Medvedev; it will be unilaterally terminated by Russia on March 31, 2014.
- 2012 – Two trains are involved in a head-on collision near Sloterdijk, Amsterdam, in the Netherlands, injuring 116 people.
Births[edit]
- 1555 – Ludovico Carracci, Italian painter (d. 1619)
- 1630 – Pieter Gerritsz van Roestraten, Dutch painter (d. 1700)
- 1642 – Simon de la Loubère, French diplomat (d. 1729)
- 1651 – Joseph Vaz, Oratorian saint from India and apostle of Sri Lanka (d. 1711)
- 1652 – Michel Rolle, French mathematician (d. 1719)
- 1673 – Wilhelmine Amalia of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1742)
- 1713 – Louis de Noailles, French marshal (d. 1793)
- 1730 – Antonín Kammel, Czech violinist and composer (d. 1788)
- 1752 – Pierre-Alexandre-Laurent Forfait, French engineer (d. 1807)
- 1752 – Humphry Repton, English garden designer (d. 1818)
- 1767 – Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg (d. 1790)
- 1774 – Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (d. 1862)
- 1775 – Alexander Anderson, American illustrator (d. 1870)
- 1790 – Manuel Blanco Encalada, Chilean admiral and politician, 1st President of Chile (d. 1876)
- 1810 – John Putnam Chapin, American politician, 10th Mayor of Chicago (d. 1864)
- 1811 – Alson Sherman, American politician, 8th Mayor of Chicago (d. 1903)
- 1814 – Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts, English art collector and philanthropist (d. 1906)
- 1816 – Charlotte Brontë, English author and poet (d. 1855)
- 1837 – Fredrik Bajer, Danish politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1922)
- 1838 – John Muir, Scottish-American environmentalist and author (d. 1914)
- 1851 – Charles Barrois, French geologist and palaeontologist (d. 1939)
- 1854 – William Stang, German-American bishop (d. 1907)
- 1862 – John Thayer, American cricketer (d. 1912)
- 1864 – Max Weber, German economist and sociologist (d. 1920)
- 1868 – Alfred Henry Maurer, American painter (d. 1932)
- 1870 – Edwin Stanton Porter, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1941)
- 1871 – Jaro Fürth, Austrian actor (d. 1945)
- 1874 – Vincent Scotto, French composer (d. 1952)
- 1879 – Kartini, Indonesian activist (d. 1904)
- 1882 – Percy Williams Bridgman, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1961)
- 1885 – Tatu Kolehmainen, Finnish runner (d. 1967)
- 1887 – Joe McCarthy, American baseball player and manager (d. 1978)
- 1889 – Marcel Boussac, French entrepreneur (d. 1980)
- 1889 – Paul Karrer, Swiss chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971)
- 1889 – Efrem Zimbalist, Russian-American violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1985)
- 1890 – Marc Wright, American pole vaulter (d. 1975)
- 1893 – Romeo Bertini, Italian long-distance runner (d. 1973)
- 1898 – Maurice Wilson, English soldier, pilot, and mountaineer (d. 1934)
- 1899 – Randall Thompson, American composer (d. 1984)
- 1903 – Issy Bonn, English actor and singer (d. 1977)
- 1903 – Luis Saslavsky, Argentine film director (d. 1995)
- 1904 – Odilo Globocnik, Italian-Austrian SS officer (d. 1945)
- 1905 – Pat Brown, American lawyer and politician, 32nd Governor of California (d. 1996)
- 1906 – Eugen Sacharias, German-Estonian architect (d. 2002)
- 1907 – Wade Mainer, American singer and banjo player (d. 2011)
- 1911 – Ivan Combe, American businessman, developed Clearasil (d. 2000)
- 1911 – Leonard Warren, American opera singer (d. 1960)
- 1912 – Marcel Camus, French director and screenwriter (d. 1982)
- 1913 – Norman Parkinson, English photographer (d. 1990)
- 1914 – Norman Panama, American director and screenwriter (d. 2003)
- 1914 – Angelo Savoldi, Italian-American wrestler and promoter, co-founded International World Class Championship Wrestling (d. 2013)
- 1915 – Garrett Hardin, American ecologist (d. 2003)
- 1915 – Anthony Quinn, Mexican-American actor and producer (d. 2001)
- 1916 – Estella Diggs, American politician (d. 2013)
- 1916 – Eldon Rathburn, Canadian composer (d. 2008)
- 1918 – Eddy Christiani, Dutch singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1919 – Don Cornell, American singer and trumpet player (d. 2004)
- 1919 – Roger Doucet, Canadian tenor (d. 1981)
- 1920 – Edmund Adamkiewicz, German footballer (d. 1991)
- 1920 – Ronald Magill, English actor (d. 2007)
- 1922 – Nazim Al-Haqqani, Cypriot sufi leader (d. 2014)
- 1922 – Alistair MacLean, Scottish-Swiss author and screenwriter (d. 1987)
- 1923 – John Mortimer, English lawyer and author (d. 2009)
- 1924 – Ira Louvin, American singer-songwriter and mandolin player (The Louvin Brothers) (d. 1965)
- 1925 – Anthony Mason, Australian soldier and judge, 9th Chief Justice of Australia
- 1925 – John Swinton, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Berwickshire
- 1926 – Elizabeth II of The United Kingdom
- 1926 – Keith Davey, Canadian politician (d. 2011)
- 1926 – Robin Ibbs, English banker (d. 2014)
- 1926 – Arthur Rowley, English footballer, cricketer, and manager (d. 2002)
- 1927 – Robert Savoie, Canadian opera singer (d. 2007)
- 1928 – Jack Evans, Welsh-Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1996)
- 1930 – Hilda Hilst, Brazilian author, poet, and playwright (d. 2004)
- 1930 – Silvana Mangano, Italian actress (d. 1989)
- 1930 – Dieter Roth, Swiss artist (d. 1998)
- 1930 – Jack Taylor, English footballer and referee (d. 2012)
- 1932 – Slide Hampton, American trombonist and composer
- 1932 – Elaine May, American actress, director, and screenwriter
- 1932 – Angela Mortimer, English tennis player
- 1933 – Edelmiro Amante, Filipino politician (d. 2013)
- 1933 – Easley Blackwood, Jr., American pianist, composer, and educator
- 1933 – Ignatius Zakka I Iwas, Iraqi patriarch (d. 2014)
- 1935 – Robin Dixon, 3rd Baron Glentoran, Irish bobsledder and politician
- 1935 – Charles Grodin, American actor and talk show host
- 1935 – Thomas Kean, American politician, 48th Governor of New Jersey
- 1936 – James Dobson, American evangelist, psychologist, and author, founded Focus on the Family
- 1936 – Reg Fleming, Canadian-American ice hockey player (d. 2009)
- 1936 – Avo Paistik, Estonian pastor, author, illustrator, and painter (d. 2013)
- 1939 – John McCabe, English pianist and composer (d. 2015)
- 1939 – Sister Helen Prejean, American author and activist
- 1940 – Jacques Caron, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1940 – Souleymane Cissé, Malian film director
- 1942 – Laine Kallas, Estonian runner and agronomist
- 1942 – Pierre Lorrain, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 2004)
- 1943 – Alan Fersht, English chemist and academic
- 1944 – Paul Geremia, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1944 – Adrian Hurley, Australian basketball player and coach
- 1945 – Ian Bruce, English academic
- 1945 – Diana Darvey, English actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2000)
- 1945 – Philip Sidney, 2nd Viscount De L'Isle, English soldier
- 1945 – Ronnie Tober, Dutch-American singer
- 1945 – Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan, Indian cricketer and umpire
- 1947 – Barbara Park, American author
- 1947 – Iggy Pop, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (The Stooges and The Trolls)
- 1947 – John Weider, English bass player (Family, The Animals, Johnny Kidd & the Pirates, and Stud)
- 1948 – Gary Condit, American politician
- 1948 – Paul Davis, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2008)
- 1948 – Dieter Fromm, German middle-distance runner
- 1948 – Alan West, Baron West of Spithead, English admiral
- 1949 – Patti LuPone, American actress and singer
- 1951 – Tony Danza, American actor and producer
- 1951 – Michael Freedman, American mathematician
- 1951 – Bob Varsha, American sportscaster
- 1951 – Steve Vickers, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1952 – Gerald Early, American author and academic
- 1952 – Cheryl Gillan, Welsh politician, former Secretary of State for Wales
- 1953 – Forrest, American-Dutch singer (d. 2013)
- 1953 – Mike Clasper, English businessman
- 1953 – Guy Mongrain, Canadian journalist and game show host
- 1954 – Ebiet G. Ade, Indonesian singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1954 – James Morrison, American actor
- 1955 – Doug Soetaert, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1956 – Peter Kosminsky, English director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1956 – Phillip Longman, German-American demographer
- 1956 – Nina Temple, English activist
- 1957 – Brutus Beefcake, American wrestler
- 1957 – Hervé Le Tellier, French linguist and author
- 1957 – Jesse Orosco, American baseball player
- 1957 – Herbert Wetterauer, German painter, sculptor, and author
- 1958 – Andie MacDowell, American actress
- 1958 – Yoshito Usui, Japanese illustrator (d. 2009)
- 1958 – Michael Zarnock, American author
- 1959 – Tim Jacobus, American illustrator
- 1959 – Olga Kuragina, Russian athlete
- 1959 – Arno Pijpers, Dutch footballer and coach
- 1959 – Robert Smith, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Cure, Siouxsie and the Banshees, and The Glove)
- 1960 – Michel Goulet, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1960 – Julius Korir, Kenyan runner
- 1961 – Cathy Cavadini, American voice actress and singer
- 1961 – Ronald Florijn, Dutch rower
- 1961 – Carey Hayes, American screenwriter and producer
- 1961 – Chad Hayes, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
- 1961 – Neale Marmon, English-German footballer, coach, and manager
- 1961 – David Servan-Schreiber, French physician, neuroscientist, and author (d. 2011)
- 1962 – Les Lancaster, American baseball player and coach
- 1962 – Craig Robinson, American basketball player and coach
- 1962 – Aavo Sarap, Estonian footballer and coach
- 1963 – Ken Caminiti, American baseball player (d. 2004)
- 1963 – Roy Dupuis, Canadian actor
- 1963 – John Cameron Mitchell, American actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1964 – Alex Baumann, Czech-Canadian swimmer
- 1964 – Ludmila Engquist, Russian-Swedish hurdler
- 1965 – Ed Belfour, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1965 – Karen Foster, American model and actress
- 1965 – Gary Grant, American basketball player
- 1965 – Thomas Helmer, German footballer
- 1965 – Fiona Kelleghan, American academic and critic
- 1965 – Teri Sue Wood, American illustrator
- 1967 – Emilio Valle, Cuban hurdler
- 1968 – Peter van Vossen, Dutch footballer and coach
- 1969 – John Kibowen, Kenyan runner
- 1969 – Robin Meade, American journalist
- 1969 – Toby Stephens, English actor
- 1969 – Jim Thornton, American television and radio announcer
- 1970 – Jeff Anderson, American actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1970 – Glen Hansard, Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (The Frames and The Swell Season)
- 1970 – Rob Riggle, American lieutenant and actor
- 1970 – Nicole Sullivan, American actress
- 1971 – Anwar al-Awlaki, American-Yemeni terrorist (d. 2011)
- 1971 – Alexander Kravchenko, Russian poker player
- 1971 – Martin Kuuskmann, Estonian bassoon player
- 1971 – Eric Mabius, American actor
- 1971 – Indrek Pertelson, Estonian martial artist
- 1971 – Michael Turner, American illustrator (d. 2008)
- 1972 – Richard Chelimo, Kenyan long-distance runner (d. 2001)
- 1972 – Gwendal Peizerat, French ice dancer
- 1972 – Severina Vučković, Croatian singer and actress
- 1973 – Jonathan Nsenga, Belgian hurdler
- 1974 – Maksim Gruznov, Estonian footballer
- 1974 – Orlando Jordan, American wrestler
- 1974 – Katsuyuki Konishi, Japanese voice actor
- 1976 – Rommel Adducul, Filipino basketball player
- 1976 – Abir Goswami, Indian actor (d. 2013)
- 1977 – Doseone, American rapper and producer (Deep Puddle Dynamics, Greenthink, Clouddead, Themselves, Subtle, and 13 & God)
- 1977 – Gyula Koi, Hungarian scholar and educator
- 1977 – Jamie Salé, Canadian figure skater
- 1978 – Jacob Burns, Australian footballer
- 1978 – Jukka Nevalainen, Finnish drummer (Nightwish and Sethian)
- 1978 – Yuliya Pechonkina, Russian hurdler
- 1978 – Branden Steineckert, American musician (Rancid and The Used)
- 1979 – Tobias Linderoth, French-Swedish footballer
- 1979 – James McAvoy, Scottish actor
- 1979 – Cindy Kurleto, Filipino-Austrian actress, VJ, model, and host
- 1980 – Jeff Keppinger, American baseball player
- 1980 – Hiro Shimono, Japanese voice actor
- 1980 – Vincent Lecavalier, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1980 – Tony Romo, American football player
- 1981 – Mads Junker, Danish footballer
- 1981 – Luis Manzano, Filipino actor, VJ, model, and host
- 1982 – Khalif Barnes, American football player
- 1982 – Brianne Davis, American model and actress
- 1982 – Terrence J, American television host and actor
- 1982 – Carnell Williams, American football player
- 1983 – Paweł Brożek, Polish footballer
- 1983 – Marco Donadel, Italian footballer
- 1983 – Sebastian Ingrosso, Swedish DJ and producer (Swedish House Mafia)
- 1983 – Tarvaris Jackson, American football player
- 1984 – Shayna Fox, American voice actress
- 1984 – Michael Tinsley, American hurdler
- 1986 – Audra Cohen, American tennis player
- 1986 – Alexander Edler, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1986 – Tina Obrez, Slovenian tennis player
- 1986 – Rodney Stuckey, American basketball player
- 1986 – Mirko Valdifiori, Italian footballer
- 1987 – Nadif Chowdhury, Bangladeshi cricketer
- 1987 – Eric Devendorf, American basketball player
- 1987 – Leroy George, Dutch footballer
- 1987 – Anastasia Prikhodko, Ukrainian singer
- 1987 – Lenira Santos, Cape Verdean sprinter
- 1988 – Robbie Amell, Canadian actor
- 1988 – Jencarlos Canela, American singer-songwriter and actor
- 1988 – Pedro Mosquera, Spanish footballer
- 1988 – Mia Permanto, Finnish singer and radio host (d. 2008)
- 1988 – Adam Rooney, Irish fooballer
- 1988 – Christoph Sanders, American actor
- 1989 – Tatyana McFadden, Russian-American sprinter and skier
- 1989 – Carlos Muñoz, Chilean footballer
- 1992 – Isco, Spanish footballer
- 1992 – Rene Santos, Brazilian footballer
- 1994 – Mitchell Weiser, German footballer
- 2002 – Carl and Clarence Aguirre, Filipino-American conjoined twins
- 2007 – Princess Isabella of Denmark
Deaths[edit]
- 866 – Bardas, Byzantine general
- 941 – Bajkam, Turkish commander
- 1073 – Pope Alexander II
- 1109 – Anselm of Canterbury, Italian-English archbishop (b. 1033)
- 1142 – Peter Abelard, French philosopher and theologian (b. 1079)
- 1509 – Henry VII of England (b. 1457)
- 1557 – Petrus Apianus, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1495)
- 1574 – Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1519)
- 1605 – Nyzette Cheveron, Belgian alleged witch (date of birth unknown)
- 1699 – Jean Racine, French playwright (b. 1639)
- 1701 – Asano Naganori, Japanese daimyo (b. 1667)
- 1719 – Philippe de La Hire, French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1640)
- 1720 – Antoine Hamilton, Irish-French author (b. 1646)
- 1722 – Robert Beverley, Jr., American historian (b. 1673)
- 1736 – Prince Eugene of Savoy (b. 1663)
- 1740 – Thomas Tickell, English poet (b. 1685)
- 1792 – Tiradentes, Brazilian activist (b. 1746)
- 1815 – Joseph Winston, American soldier and politician (b. 1746)
- 1825 – Johann Friedrich Pfaff, German mathematician and academic (b. 1765)
- 1852 – Ivan Nabokov, Russian general (b. 1787)
- 1863 – Sir Robert Bateson, 1st Baronet, Irish politician (b. 1782)
- 1868 – Henry James O'Farrell, Australian attempted assassin of Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. 1833)
- 1900 – Vikramatji Khimojiraj, Indian Maharajah (b. 1819)
- 1910 – Mark Twain, American author (b. 1835)
- 1918 – Manfred von Richthofen, German captain and pilot (b. 1892)
- 1918 – Antonio Pini-Corsi, Italian operatic baritone (b. 1858 or 1859)
- 1922 – Alessandro Moreschi, Italian singer (b. 1858)
- 1924 – Eleonora Duse, Italian actress (b. 1858)
- 1930 – Robert Bridges, English poet (b. 1844)
- 1932 – Friedrich Gustav Piffl, Bohemian cardinal, Archbishop of Vienna (b. 1864)
- 1938 – Muhammad Iqbal, Indian-Pakistani philosopher and poet (b. 1877)
- 1941 – Fritz Manteuffel, German gymnast (b. 1875)
- 1945 – Walter Model, German general (b. 1891)
- 1946 – John Maynard Keynes, English economist (b. 1883)
- 1948 – Aldo Leopold, American ecologist and author (b. 1887)
- 1956 – Charles MacArthur, American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1895)
- 1963 – Elmar Reimann, Estonian runner (b. 1893)
- 1964 – Bharathidasan, Indian poet (b. 1891)
- 1965 – Edward Victor Appleton, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)
- 1971 – François Duvalier, Haitian physician and politician, 40th President of Haiti (b. 1907)
- 1973 – Arthur Fadden, Australian politician, 13th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1894)
- 1974 – Chic Harley, American football player (b. 1894)
- 1977 – Issy Bonn, English actor and singer (b. 1903)
- 1977 – Gummo Marx, American actor (b. 1892)
- 1978 – Sandy Denny, English singer-songwriter (Fairport Convention, Strawbs, and Fotheringay) (b. 1947)
- 1978 – Thomas Wyatt Turner, American biologist, educator, and activist (b. 1877)
- 1980 – Alexander Oparin, Russian biochemist (b. 1894)
- 1980 – Sohrab Sepehri, Iranian poet and painter (b. 1928)
- 1983 – Walter Slezak, Austrian-American actor (b. 1902)
- 1984 – Hristo Prodanov, Bulgarian mountaineer (b. 1943)
- 1985 – Rudi Gernreich, Austrian-American fashion designer (b. 1922)
- 1985 – Foster Hewitt, Canadian sportscaster (b. 1902)
- 1985 – Tancredo Neves, Brazilian banker and politician, Prime Minister of Brazil (b. 1910)
- 1986 – Salah Jahin, Egyptian poet, playwright, and composer (b. 1930)
- 1986 – Marjorie Eaton, American painter and actress (b. 1901)
- 1988 – Stanisław Czabański, Polish murderer, last person executed in Poland (b. 1959)
- 1989 – Princess Deokhye of Korea (b. 1912)
- 1989 – James Kirkwood, Jr., American actor, playwright, and author (b. 1924)
- 1990 – Erté, Russian-French designer (b. 1892)
- 1991 – Willi Boskovsky, Austrian violinist and conductor (b. 1909)
- 1996 – Dzhokhar Dudayev, Chechen general and politician, 1st President of Ichkeria (b. 1944)
- 1996 – Abdul Hafeez Kardar, Pakistani cricketer (b. 1925)
- 1996 – Jimmy Snyder, American sportscaster (b. 1919)
- 1998 – Jean-François Lyotard, French sociologist and philosopher (b. 1924)
- 1999 – Buddy Rogers, American actor and singer (b. 1904)
- 2000 – Neal Matthews, Jr., American singer (The Jordanaires) (b. 1929)
- 2003 – Nina Simone, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and activist (b. 1933)
- 2004 – Mary McGrory, American journalist (b. 1918)
- 2005 – Gerry Marshall, English race car driver (b. 1941)
- 2006 – Johnny Checketts, New Zealand commander and pilot (b. 1912)
- 2006 – T. K. Ramakrishnan, Indian politician (b. 1922)
- 2006 – Telê Santana, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1931)
- 2007 – Lobby Loyde, Australian guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Purple Hearts, Wild Cherries, and Rose Tattoo) (b. 1941)
- 2010 – Mr. Hito, Japanese wrestler (b. 1942)
- 2010 – Gustav Lorentzen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Knutsen & Ludvigsen) (b. 1947)
- 2010 – Juan Antonio Samaranch, Spanish businessman (b. 1920)
- 2010 – Kanagaratnam Sriskandan, Sri Lankan-English engineer and civil servant (b. 1930)
- 2011 – Catharina Halkes, Dutch theologian and educator (b. 1920)
- 2012 – Doris Betts, American author (b. 1932)
- 2012 – Charles Colson, American lawyer and activist, founded Prison Fellowship (b. 1931)
- 2012 – Albert Falco, French captain and diver (b. 1927)
- 2012 – Charles Higham, English-American author (b. 1931)
- 2012 – Peter Milano, American mobster (b. 1925)
- 2012 – Jerry Toppazzini, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1931)
- 2013 – Kriyananda, Romanian-American spiritual leader (b. 1926)
- 2013 – Chrissy Amphlett, Australian singer-songwriter and actress (Divinyls) (b. 1959)
- 2013 – Jean-Michel Damase, French pianist and composer (b. 1928)
- 2013 – Shakuntala Devi, Indian mathematician and astrologer (b. 1929)
- 2013 – Leopold Engleitner, Austrian holocaust survivor, author, and educator (b. 1905)
- 2013 – Gordon D. Gayle, American general and historian (b. 1917)
- 2013 – Captain Steve, American race horse (b. 1997)
- 2014 – Herb Gray, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Deputy Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1931)
- 2014 – Janet Gray Hayes, American politician, 60th Mayor of San Jose (b. 1926)
- 2014 – Alexander Lenkov, Russian actor (b. 1943)
- 2014 – Win Tin, Burmese journalist and politician, co-founded the National League for Democracy (b. 1930)
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THIS DAY IN MUSIC
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| 1958, US country music singer Marvin Rainwater was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Whole Lotta Woman'. Rainwater was a full-blooded Cherokee Indian, known for wearing Native American-themed outfits on stage. | |
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| 1962, Elvis Presley started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Good Luck Charm', his fifth US No.1 of the 60's. Also an UK No.1 hit. More on Elvis Presley | |
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| 1967, Working at Abbey Road studios in London, The Beatles completed the sessions for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. The final recordings were a short section of gibberish and noise which would follow 'A Day in the Life', in the run-out groove. They recorded assorted noises and voices, which engineer Geoff Emerick then cut-up and randomly re-assembled and edits backwards. At John Lennon's suggestion, they also added a high-pitch 15 kilocycle whistle audible only by dogs. These were omitted from the American version of the album. More on Sgt. Pepper | |
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1969, Janis Joplin appeared at The Royal Albert Hall, London, (her first London appearance). The opening act was Yes. More on Janis Joplin  | |
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| 1970, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Spooky Tooth, Jackie Lomax, Elton John (making his solo concert debut) and Heavy Jelly all appeared at The Roundhouse, London, tickets cost 25 shillings. More on Elton John | |
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| 1973, Tony Orlando & Dawn started a four week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree', (it became the biggest seller of 1973, selling over 6 million copies). The song was based on a true story of a prisoner who wrote to his wife asking her to tie a yellow ribbon around an oak tree in the town square in White Oak, Georgia, if she still loved him. | |
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| 1976, Women Against Violence Against Women called for a boycott of all Warner Communications albums because of the promotional campaign for the Rolling Stones' new album Black and Blue. The album was being promoted with a controversial advertising campaign that depicted the model Anita Russell, bruised and bound, under the phrase ‘I'm Black and Blue from the Rolling Stones - and I love it!’ More on The Rolling Stones | |
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| 1978, UK folk singer Sandy Denny died aged 31. While on holiday with her parents in Cornwall, England, Denny was injured in a fall down a staircase. A month after the fall she collapsed at a friend's home; four days later she died in Hospital, her death was ruled to be the result of a traumatic mid-brain hemorrhage. She was a member of Fairport Convention and a solo artist. Her 1967 song 'Who Knows Where the Time Goes', was covered by Judy Collins. Denny sang on the Led Zeppelin track 'Battle Of Evermore' on the bands fourth album, (the only guest vocalist on a Led Zeppelin album). | |
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| 1979, Amii Stewart went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Knock On Wood', it made No.6 in the UK the same year and No.7 when re- issued in 1985. | |
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| 1982, Clash frontman Joe Strummer disappeared for three weeks, which resulted in the group cancelling a tour. The singer was found living rough in Paris, France. | |
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| 1984, Phil Collins started a three week run at No.1 in the US singles chart with the theme from 'Against All Odds'. It was Phil's first US No.1, a No. 2 in the UK. | |
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| 1990, Paul McCartney played in front of 184,000 fans at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Jnaeiro, creating a new world record for the largest crowd attending a rock concert. More on Paul McCartney | |
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| 1990, Sinead O'Connor started a four week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with her version of the Prince song 'Nothing Compares To You'. The track was also a No.1 hit in 18 other countries. The video was shot in Paris, and consists almost solely of a close-up on O'Connor's face as she sings the lyrics. Towards the end of the video, two tears roll down her face. The clip won Best Video at the 1990 MTV Video Music Awards - the first video by a female artist to win in this category. | |
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| 1993, Former Rolling Stone Bill Wyman married for the third time when he tied the knot with 33-year-old fashion designer Suzanne Accosta in the medieval French village of Saint-Paul-de-Vence. | |
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| 2000, Neal Matthews of The Jordanaires died of a heart attack. Sang on Presley's 'Don't Be Cruel' and 'Hound Dog.' Also worked with Ricky Nelson, Patsy Cline, Red Foley, Johnny Horton, Jim Reeves, George Jones, Marie Osmond, Tom Jones and Merle Haggard. | |
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| 2001, R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck was charged by police at Heathrow airport with being drunk on an aircraft and assaulting British Airways crew. Buck was taken into custody after landing on a flight from Seattle and questioned by police for 12 hours. | |
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| 2002, Oasis went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Hindu Times', the bands sixth UK No.1 and the first single to be released from their fifth album Heathen Chemistry. More on Oasis | |
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| 2004, Former Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan was attacked in a London pub. The singer was assaulted at the Joiner's Arms pub in central London and suffered a fractured cheekbone after being kicked, punched and hit with a metal bar. Two men, aged 20 and 21, were arrested and later released on bail. | |
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| 2006, The Soul2Soul II Tour 2006 a co-headlining tour between country music singers, and husband and wife, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill kicked off at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus ending after 73 shows on September 3, 2006 in Las Vegas. The tour became the highest grossing country music tour ever with a gross of $90 million. | |
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| 2007, Doris Richards died of cancer. The 91-year-old mother of Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards bought her son his first guitar for his 15th birthday. He learned some chords from her father, Gus Dupree, a musician who instilled him with an early passion for music. | |
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| 2008, American soul singer and songwriter Al Wilson died of kidney failure at the age of 68. Wilson had a number of US hits, including The 'Snake' in 1968 and 'Show and Tell' in 1974. | |
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| 2013, Calvin Harris made chart history by becoming the first artist to have eight top 10 hits from one studio album. His track 'I Need Your Love', featuring singer Ellie Goulding, climbed to No.7 on the Official UK Chart. The DJ and producer from Dumfries, Scotland had overtaken Michael Jackson, who previously held the record with seven top 10 hits from both his 1987 album Bad and his 1991 record Dangerous. | |
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| 2014, Robin Thicke's controversial hit single Blurred Lines was named the UK's most-downloaded song of all time. The song had sold 1.54 million copies since it was released in May 2013, despite criticisms of its explicit lyrics. About 20 university student unions banned the track, saying it promoted "date rape culture", an accusation Thicke consistently denied. | |
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| April 21st: Born on this day | |
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| 1947, Born on this day, Alan Wagner, The Foundations, (1967 UK No.1 single 'Baby Now That I've Found You'. 1969 US No.3 single 'Build Me Up A Buttercup'.) | |
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| 1947, Born on this day, James Osterberg, (Iggy Pop), The Stooges, solo, 1986 UK No.10 single 'Real Wild Child'). | |
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| 1947, Born on this day, John Weider, guitar, Family, (1971 UK No.4 single 'In My Own Time'), also member of The New Animals. | |
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| 1948, Born on this day, Paul Davis, singer, (1982 US No.6 single '65 Love Affair'). | |
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| 1951, Born on this day, Nicole Barclay, Fanny, (1975 US No.29 single 'Butter Boy'). | |
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| 1958, Born on this day, Mike Barson, keyboards, Madness, (1982 UK No.1 single 'House Of Fun'& over 20 other Top 40 UK hit singles). | |
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| 1959, Born on this day, Michael Timmins, guitar, Cowboy Junkies, (1989 album 'The Trinity Session'). | |
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| 1959, Born on this day, Robert Smith, guitar, vocals, The Cure, (1989 US No.2 single 'Love Song', 1992 UK No.6 single 'Friday I'm In Love', plus over 20 other UK Top 40 singles). | |
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| 1963, Born on this day, Johnny McElhone, Altered Images, (1981 UK No.2 single 'Happy Birthday') then joined Texas, (1997 UK No.3 single 'Say What You Want', 1997 UK No.1 album 'White On Blonde'). |
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ΣΗΜΕΡΑ-21 ΑΠΡΙΛΙΟΥ
43: ο Μάρκος Αντώνιος ηττάται στη μάχη της Μούτινα (σημερινή Μοδένα). 753: σύμφωνα με το μύθο, ο Ρωμύλος ιδρύει τη Ρώμη. 1699: πεθαίνει ο Γάλλος δραματουργός Ρακίνας. 1748: γεννιέται στη Σμύρνη ο Αδαμάντιος Κοραής. 1792: απαγχονίζεται ο επαναστάτης Ζοακίμ Ζοζέ ντα Σίλβα, γνωστός ως Tiradentes , που ηγήθηκε της επανάστασης για την ανεξαρτησία της Βραζιλίας. 1816: γεννιέται η Αγγλίδα συγγραφέας Σαρλότ Μπροντέ. 1864: γεννιέται ο Γερμανός οικονομολόγος και κοινωνιολόγος Μαξ Βέμπερ. 1909: στο Βατικανό, εγκύκλιος εξυμνεί τον ’Αγιο Ανσέλμο, που συμβολίζει την πάλη ενάντια στο μοντερνισμό. 1910: πεθαίνει σε ηλικία 74 ετών ο μεγάλος Αμερικανός συγγραφέας Μαρκ Τουέιν. 1912: οι ομάδες New York Giants και New York Yankees συμμετέχουν σε αγώνα για την ενίσχυση, όσων επιβίωσαν από το ναυάγιο του Τιτανικού. 1915: "γεννιέται ο ηθοποιός ’Αντονι Κουίν, πρωταγωνιστής της ταινίας ""Ζορμπάς""." 1921: οι Αλβανοί πραγματοποιούν επίθεση εναντίον της Κορυτσάς και του Αργυροκάστρου, με αρκετά θύματα. 1922: ο Λι ντε Φόρεστ ανακοινώνει την εφεύρεση κινηματογραφικής συσκευής, που μπορεί να προβάλει εικόνες και να μεταδίδει το μαγνητοφωνημένο ήχο ταυτόχρονα. 1923: στην Ιταλία, ο Μουσολίνι ανακηρύσσει την ημέρα ίδρυσης της Ρώμης εθνική γιορτή, ενώ καταργεί την Πρωτομαγιά. 1929: σύμφωνα με τα αποτελέσματα των εκλογών για τη Γερουσία, οι Φιλελεύθεροι του Ελευθέριου Βενιζέλου καταλαμβάνουν 72 από τις 92 έδρες. 1930: γεννιέται η Ιταλίδα ηθοποιός και σύζυγος του παραγωγού Ντίνο ντε Λαουρέντις, Σιλβάνα Μαγκάνο. 1930: στο Οχάιο των ΗΠΑ, 355 κρατούμενοι χάνουν τη ζωή τους, όταν ξεσπά πυρκαγιά τεραστίων διαστάσεων σε φυλακή με 3.500 κρατούμενους, ενώ εκ κατασκευής προβλεπόταν να στεγάσει μόνο 1.500. 1935: 2.000 νεκροί και 13.000 άστεγοι είναι ο τραγικός απολογισμός του σεισμού, που πλήττει τη θαλάσσια περιοχή της Φορμόζας. 1938: πεθαίνει ο Ινδός φιλόσοφος και ποιητής, Αλάμα Μεχμέτ Ικμπάλ. 1941: αναλαμβάνει πρωθυπουργός ο Εμμανουήλ Τσουδερός, ενώ τα κυβερνητικά στελέχη της 4ης Αυγούστου (Μανιαδάκης, Νικολούδης, Δημητράτος κλπ.) παραμένουν στις θέσεις τους. 1946: πεθαίνει ο Βρετανός οικονομολόγος Τζον Μέιναρντ Κέινς. 1947: γεννιέται ο ρόκερ Ίγκι Ποπ. 1948: πωλείται η πρώτη κάμερα Polaroid στις ΗΠΑ. 1951: γεννιέται ο μαθηματικός Μάικλ Χάρτλεϊ Φρίντμαν. 1951: οι αρχές της Ουγγαρίας αφήνουν ελεύθερο τον Ρόμπερτ Φόγκερελ, ο οποίος είχε καταδικαστεί για κατασκοπεία για λογαριασμό των ΗΠΑ. 1953: "δύο κορυφαίοι βοηθοί του Αμερικανού γερουσιαστή Τζόζεφ ΜακΚάρθι εισηγούνται την απομάκρυνση 30.000 τόμων από τις ευρωπαϊκές βιβλιοθήκες της Υπηρεσίας Πληροφοριών των ΗΠΑ χαρακτηρίζοντάς τους ""φιλο-κομουνιστικούς""." 1953: τα γαλλικά στρατεύματα εκκενώνουν το βόρειο Λάος. 1955: στο Λάος, η Κυβέρνηση αποτυγχάνει να έρθει σε συμφωνία με τους επαναστάτες. 1958: γεννιέται η Αμερικανίδα ηθοποιός ’Αντι ΜακΝτάουελ. 1959: γεννιέται ο μουσικός του συγκροτήματος Cure, Ρόμπερτ Σμιθ. 1959: καθελκύεται από τα ναυπηγεία της Σύρου το πρώτο φορτηγό πλοίο. 1963: ο Γρηγόρης Λαμπράκης ξεκινάει από το Μαραθώνα στην πρώτη Πορεία Ειρήνης κατά τη διάρκεια της οποίας συλλαμβάνεται και κακοποιείται. 1967: γίνεται στρατιωτικό πραξικόπημα στην Ελλάδα υπό το συνταγματάρχη Γεώργιο Παπαδόπουλο. Οι πραξικοπηματίες ορίζουν ως πρωθυπουργό τον αρεοπαγίτη Κωνσταντίνο Κόλλια. 1969: 1.152 δρομείς ξεκινούν στο Μαραθώνιο της Βοστόνης δημιουργώντας ρεκόρ συμμετοχής. 1969: ο αμερικανικός στόλος εισέρχεται στη θάλασσα της Ιαπωνίας προς προστασία των αεροπλάνων στις ακτές της Βόρειας Κορέας. 1970: η επαρχία Χατ Ρίβερ αποχωρεί από την Κοινοπολιτεία της Αυστραλίας. 1970: "ο Oscar Robertson γνωστός σαν ""Big O.""μεταγράφεται από τους Cincinnati Royals στους Milwaukee Bucks όπου συναντά τον νεαρό Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, τον γνωστό αργότερα σαν Kareem Abdul Jabbar. Πολύ πριν από τον Jordan και τον Magic Johnson επαναπροσδιορίζει τον ρόλο του γκαρντ πετυχαίνοντας παράλληλα πολλά triple-doubles. Στην 14χρονη καριέρα του με τις δυο ομάδες σημείωσε 9.887 ασίστ ρεκόρ που κράτησε δυο δεκαετίες και καταρρίφθηκε από τον Magic Johnson και τον Stockton. Το 1997 δωρίζει το νεφρό του στην κόρη του που πάσχει από λύκο." 1972: θεμελιώνεται το νέο Δικαστικό Μέγαρο Αθηνών, στη λεωφόρο Αλεξάνδρας. 1975: ο Bill Rodgers κερδίζει τον Μαραθώνιο της Βοστόνης σε χρόνο ρεκόρ 2:09.55 ενώ την ίδια ημέρα το 1980 θα κερδίσει τον 3ο του συνεχόμενο μαραθώνιο. 1975: στο Νότιο Βιετνάμ, παραιτείται μετά από 10 χρόνια στην εξουσία ο πρόεδρος Θιέου, καταγγέλλοντας τις ΗΠΑ ως αναξιόπιστες και ζητώντας από τους διαδόχους του να ξεκινήσουν διαπραγματεύσεις με τις κομμουνιστικές δυνάμεις. 1981: με βάση τα στοιχεία της απογραφής, ο πληθυσμός στην Ελλάδα είναι 9.707.000 κάτοικοι και της Αθήνας 3.016.000. 1983: η Αθήνα είναι η πιο μολυσμένη πρωτεύουσα της Ευρώπης, σύμφωνα με την ΕΟΚ. 1985: η Νορβηγίδα δρομέας Ingrid Kristiansen κάνει παγκόσμιο ρεκόρ στον μαραθώνιο γυναικών με 2 ώρες 21 λεπτά στο Λονδίνο. 1985: "πεθαίνει ο Αυστριακός σχεδιαστής μόδας Ρούντι Γκερνράιχ, που επινόησε τον όρο ""μονοκίνι""." 1990: στην Πάτρα, οι τελωνειακοί εντοπίζουν ένα τεράστιο πυρηνικό σούπερ πολυβόλο, που προοριζόταν για τον Ιρακινό Πρόεδρο, Σαντάμ Χουσεΐν. 1991: "στο Αφγανιστάν, 300 άτομα σκοτώνονται από έκρηξη πυραύλων ""Σκουντ"", που εκτόξευσε ο στρατός εναντίον πόλης, που έλεγχαν αντικαθεστωτικοί αντάρτες." 1992: πεθαίνει από καρδιακό επεισόδιο ο διάσημος Βρετανός κωμικός ηθοποιός Μπένι Χιλ. 1992: στην Καλιφόρνια των ΗΠΑ, πραγματοποιείτε η πρώτη, μετά από 25 χρόνια, εκτέλεση θανατοποινίτη. 1993: ο Πρόεδρος των ΗΠΑ Μπιλ Κλίντον δηλώνει ότι, σύμφωνα με τα στοιχεία, οι πιστοί του αρχηγού της αίρεσης των Δαβιδιανών Ντέιβιντ Κορές προκάλεσαν την πυρκαγιά, που κατέστρεψε το κτήριο στο Τέξας. 1993: στη Βολιβία, το Ανώτατο Δικαστήριο καταδικάζει τον πρώην δικτάτορα Λουίς Γκαρσία Μέσα, σε 30 χρόνια φυλάκιση χωρίς δικαίωμα αναστολής για φόνο, κλοπή, απάτη και παραβίαση του συντάγματος. 1993: στην Ιταλία, ο πρώην πρωθυπουργός Μάριο Αντρεότι αρνείται τις κατηγορίες ότι, είχε διασυνδέσεις με τη Μαφία. 1994: ανακοινώνεται η πρώτη ανακάλυψη πλανητών εκτός του ηλιακού μας συστήματος. 1994: προσχωρούν στην ΠΟΛΑΝ δύο πρώην βουλευτές της ΝΔ, ο Παναγιώτης Κλης και ο Διονύσης Μπεχράκης, καθώς και το πρώην μέλος της Κεντρικής Πολιτικής Επιτροπής του Συνασπισμού Δημοσθένης Μανίκας. 1994: στη Γερμανία, νέος εμπρησμός, με ρατσιστικά κίνητρα, σημειώνεται σε ξενώνα Τούρκων προσφύγων, στο Μπίλεφελντ. 1995: στην Ιαπωνία, νέα επίθεση με τοξικό αέριο σημειώνεται σε κεντρικό πολυκατάστημα της Γιοκοχάμα, με αποτέλεσμα να διακομιστούν πολλά άτομα στο νοσοκομείο. 1996: στην Ιταλία, 49 εκατομμύρια ψηφοφόροι προσέρχονται στις κάλπες για να εκλέξουν νέα Κυβέρνηση. 2001: "δολοφονικό""μαρκάρισμα του αρχηγού της Μάντσεστερ Γιουνάιτεντ Roy Keane στον Alfie Haaland της Μάντσεστερ Σίτι. Ο Keane, ο οποίος παραδέχτηκε ότι το έκανε για εκδίκηση, θα τιμωρηθεί με 5 αγωνιστικές και πρόστιμο ρεκόρ 150.000 λιρών για δυσφήμιση του αθλήματος. Δεν είναι η πρώτη φορά, που παίκτης ""παίρνει το νόμο""στα πόδια του. Μεγάλοι παίκτες, όπως ο Jack Charlton (που τιμωρήθηκε με πρόστιμο για τον λόγο αυτό τον Οκτώβρη του 1970), έχουν κατά καιρούς παραδεχτεί ότι κρατούν βιβλιαράκια με ονόματα συναδέλφων, με τους οποίους έχουν ""ανοικτούς λογαριασμούς""." 2003: "ο ακροδεξιός Ζαν Μαρί Λεπέν, καταλαμβάνει τη δεύτερη θέση μετά τον πρώτο γύρο των προεδρικών εκλογών στη Γαλλία με συνέπεια να εκτοπίσει τον υποψήφιο των Σοσιαλιστών και πρωθυπουργό Λιονέλ Ζοσπέν από τον αγώνα διεκδίκησης της γαλλικής Προεδρίας. Όλη η Ευρώπη μιλάει για το ""φαινόμενο""Λεπέν και εκφράζει φόβους για ""άνθηση""της ακροδεξιάς." 2003: πεθαίνει η Αφροαμερικανίδα τραγουδίστρια και μουσικός της τζαζ, Νίνα Σιμόν. 2004: εκατόμβη στη Βασόρα του Ιράκ από τρεις επιθέσεις αυτοκτονίας με παγιδευμένα αυτοκίνητα, που είχαν στόχο αστυνομικά τμήματα. Εβδομήντα τρεις άνθρωποι χάνουν τη ζωή τους, μεταξύ των οποίων και 17 μικροί μαθητές στις πιο αιματηρές επιθέσεις, που γνώρισε η πόλη από το τέλος του πολέμου. 2004: "έκρηξη παγιδευμένου αυτοκινήτου και στο Ριάντ της Σαουδικής Αραβίας στοιχίζει τη ζωή σε πέντε άτομα και αφήνει πάνω από 140 τραυματίες. Στόχος της επίθεσης ήταν το αρχηγείο των δυνάμεων ασφαλείας της χώρας, το οποίο καταστράφηκε ολοσχερώς. Τη ευθύνη για την επίθεση ανέλαβε παρακλάδι της Αλ Κάιντα με την ονομασία ""Ταξιαρχίες των Αραμαίων""." ↧
Article 3
Actor Chaim Topol honoured with Israel Award
Actor Chaim Topol has been honoured with the prestigious Israel Award for lifetime achievement.
Known by many fans simply as Topol, his most famous roles include Jewish milkman Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof.
He won a Golden Globe and an Oscar nomination for the 1971 film, after first playing the character on the West End stage and later on Broadway.
Topol also played Roger Moore's wingman in James Bond film For Your Eyes Only and Dr Hans Zarkov in Flash Gordon.
Career-defining role
Fiddler on the Roof's Tevye is the role that has defined his career, and he estimates he has played the part more than 3,500 times on stage - most recently in 2009. However Topol told Associated Press he was "not complaining".
"How many people are known for one part? How many people in my profession are known worldwide?" he said.
"Sometimes I am surprised when I come to China or when I come to Tokyo or when I come to France or when I come wherever and the clerk at the immigration says `Topol, Topol, are you Topol?'
"So yes many people saw it and it is not a bad thing.''
The actor started his career in the 1950s when he joined a theatrical troupe in the Israeli army.
He landed the lead in 1964 Israeli film Sallah Shabati which was nominated for the best foreign language Oscar and won Topol his first Golden Globe Award.
He made his English-language debut in Cast a Giant Shadow alongside Kirk Douglas and his other film roles include the title role in Galileo.
Younger Israeli audiences will know his voice from dubbing the Hebrew-language version of The Jungle Book and two of the Harry Potter films.
The actor still lives in the Tel Aviv childhood home of his wife of 60 years, Galia.
"I wasn't brought up in Hollywood. I was brought up in a kibbutz here and I started to work at the age of 14 in a printing house," he said.
"Obviously, when you are successful in a film and the money flows, yes, obviously, it is very nice. But to tell you that is the most important thing, I am not sure."
Topol said he is now working on a screenplay and continues to act on stage alongside his charity work.
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Εξαιρετικά σπάνιο βίντεο φυσητήρα σε κατάδυση
Η καταγραφή έγινε την περασμένη εβδομάδα σε βάθος σχεδόν 600 μέτρων στον Κόλπο του Μεξικού
Το κήτος μοιάζει να περιεργάζεται το ρομποτικό υποβρύχιο του Ρόμπερτ Μπάλαρντ Credit: (National Geographic)
Ουάσινγκτον
Σαν μια σύγχρονη, πιο ειρηνική εκδοχή του Μόμπι Ντικ, ένας μεγάλος αρσενικός φυσητήρας βιντεοσκοπήθηκε την περασμένη εβδομάδα σε βάθος σχεδόν 600 μέτρων στον Κόλπο του Μεξικού, ανακοίνωσε το National Geographic.
Οι φυσητήρες δεν είναι σπάνιοι, πρέπει όμως να είναι κανείς εξαιρετικά τυχερός για να βιντεοσκοπήσει αυτό το θαυμαστό κήτος στη διάρκεια κατάδυσης.
Η συνάντηση
Ο φυσητήρας αρχικά εντοπίστηκε στην επιφάνεια της θάλασσας από το ερευνητικό σκάφος Nautilus του Ρόμπερτ Μπάλαρντ, συνεργάτη του National Geographic που έγινε διάσημος από την ανακάλυψη του ναυαγίου του Τιτανικού.
Λίγο αργότερα, το κήτος καταδύθηκε και άρχισε να γυροφέρνει το ρομποτικό υποβρύχιο Hercules της αποστολής. «Ήταν μια από τις πιο συναρπαστικές στιγμές που είχαμε ποτέ στο πλοίο» λέει η Σούζαν Πάουλτον, σύμβουλος επικοινωνίας στο ταξίδι του Μπάλαρντ. «Συνέβη στη διάρκεια μιας καταιγίδας, όταν οι εσωτερικές επικοινωνίες του σκάφους είχαν διακοπεί. Κι όμως, όλοι στο πλοίο χοροπηδούσαν, φώναζαν και συγκεντρώνονταν μπροστά στα μόνιτορ» διηγείται.
Το θαλάσσιο θηλαστικό που ενέπνευσε το μυθιστόρημα Μόμπι Ντικ του Χέρμαν Μέλβιλαποκαλείται συνήθως φάλαινα. Στην πραγματικότητα όμως ο φυσητήρας (Physeter macrocephalus) έχει δόντια και συγγενεύει περισσότερο με τα δελφίνια παρά με τις φάλαινες (στις οποίες τα δόντια έχουν αντικατασταθεί με μπαλένες για το φιλτράρισμα της τροφής). Δεινός κυνηγός, ο φυσητήρας φτάνει σε μήκος τα 20 μέτρα, καταδύεται σε βάθη άνω των 1.000 μέτρων για να τραφεί με καλαμάρια.
Λίγοι έχουν την τύχη να απολαύσουν έναν φυσητήρα έστω και στην επιφάνεια του νερού, ωστόσο το είδος απαντάται και στο Αιγαίο. Παλαιότερα οι φυσητήρες ήταν περιζήτητοι για το λεγόμενο σπερματσέτο, μια ελαιώδη ουσία που συγκεντρώνεται στο ογκώδες κεφάλι του κήτους και χρησιμοποιούνταν ως καύσιμο. Ακόμα και σήμερα, ο φυσητήρας κατατάσσεται στα ευάλωτα είδη.
Οι φυσητήρες δεν είναι σπάνιοι, πρέπει όμως να είναι κανείς εξαιρετικά τυχερός για να βιντεοσκοπήσει αυτό το θαυμαστό κήτος στη διάρκεια κατάδυσης.
Η συνάντηση
Ο φυσητήρας αρχικά εντοπίστηκε στην επιφάνεια της θάλασσας από το ερευνητικό σκάφος Nautilus του Ρόμπερτ Μπάλαρντ, συνεργάτη του National Geographic που έγινε διάσημος από την ανακάλυψη του ναυαγίου του Τιτανικού.
Λίγο αργότερα, το κήτος καταδύθηκε και άρχισε να γυροφέρνει το ρομποτικό υποβρύχιο Hercules της αποστολής. «Ήταν μια από τις πιο συναρπαστικές στιγμές που είχαμε ποτέ στο πλοίο» λέει η Σούζαν Πάουλτον, σύμβουλος επικοινωνίας στο ταξίδι του Μπάλαρντ. «Συνέβη στη διάρκεια μιας καταιγίδας, όταν οι εσωτερικές επικοινωνίες του σκάφους είχαν διακοπεί. Κι όμως, όλοι στο πλοίο χοροπηδούσαν, φώναζαν και συγκεντρώνονταν μπροστά στα μόνιτορ» διηγείται.
Το θαλάσσιο θηλαστικό που ενέπνευσε το μυθιστόρημα Μόμπι Ντικ του Χέρμαν Μέλβιλαποκαλείται συνήθως φάλαινα. Στην πραγματικότητα όμως ο φυσητήρας (Physeter macrocephalus) έχει δόντια και συγγενεύει περισσότερο με τα δελφίνια παρά με τις φάλαινες (στις οποίες τα δόντια έχουν αντικατασταθεί με μπαλένες για το φιλτράρισμα της τροφής). Δεινός κυνηγός, ο φυσητήρας φτάνει σε μήκος τα 20 μέτρα, καταδύεται σε βάθη άνω των 1.000 μέτρων για να τραφεί με καλαμάρια.
Λίγοι έχουν την τύχη να απολαύσουν έναν φυσητήρα έστω και στην επιφάνεια του νερού, ωστόσο το είδος απαντάται και στο Αιγαίο. Παλαιότερα οι φυσητήρες ήταν περιζήτητοι για το λεγόμενο σπερματσέτο, μια ελαιώδη ουσία που συγκεντρώνεται στο ογκώδες κεφάλι του κήτους και χρησιμοποιούνταν ως καύσιμο. Ακόμα και σήμερα, ο φυσητήρας κατατάσσεται στα ευάλωτα είδη.
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Article 1
Γαμπρός στα 76 του ο Σταύρος Ξαρχάκος
![Γαμπρός στα 76 του ο Σταύρος Ξαρχάκος -Παντρεύτηκε την αγαπημένη του Ηρώ Σαΐα [εικόνες]](http://www.iefimerida.gr/sites/default/files/styles/708x320/public/xarhsos.jpg?itok=lYir0QvE)
Την αγαπημένη του, Ηρώ Σαΐα, παντρεύτηκε ο Σταύρος
Ξαρχάκος, στη Βάρκιζα.
Ο μεγάλος Ελληνας συνθέτης και η πανέμορφη τραγουδίστρια με την υπέροχη
φωνή επισφράγισαν την τριετή σχέση τους με τον γάμο τους στο εκκλησάκι του Island
στη Βάρκιζα, με κουμπάρα την Κατερίνα Παναγοπούλου.
Ο ιδιοκτήτης του Island, μάλιστα, Χρύσανθος Πανάς, ανέβασε την παρακάτω
φωτογραφία από την ώρα της τελετής:
Στις φωτογραφίες του γάμου που δημοσιεύει η Espresso, βλέπουμε το ζευγάρι την
ώρα της τελετής και το εντυπωσιακό λευκό νυφικό της Ηρώς. Ενώ, σύμφωνα με το
δημοσίευμα στο γλέντι που ακολούθησε βρέθηκε η Μαρινέλα και τραγούδησε
για τους νεόνυμφους.
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Ο 76χρονος Σταύρος Ξαρχάκος και η κατά πολύ νεότερή του Ηρώ Σαΐα γνωρίστηκαν
το 2008, όμως ήρθαν πιο κοντά το 2011, με αφορμή το «Αφιέρωμα στον Μάνο
Χατζιδάκι» στη σκηνή του Gazarte.
Το ζευγάρι διατηρούσε χαμηλό προφίλ τα προηγούμενα χρόνια και απέφευγε
τις κοινές δημόσιες εμφανίσεις σε μέρη που υπήρχαν φωτογράφοι.
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ΠΕΘΑΝΕ Ο ΡΙΣΑΡ ΑΝΤΟΝΥ
Richard Anthony, also known as Ricardo Anthony Btesh (13 January 1938 – 19 April 2015), was a French singer from Cairo, Egypt.
Discography[edit]
- Tu m’étais destinée (1958) – You Are My Destiny
- Peggy Sue (1958) – Peggy Sue
- Suzie Darling (1958)
- La do da da (1958)
- Nouvelle vague (1959) - Three Cool Cats
- Jericho (1959) - Joshua Fit' the Battle
- Tu parles trop (1960) - You Talk Too Much
- Clémentine (1960) - Clementine
- Itsy bitsy petit bikini (1960) – Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini
- Dis-lui que je l’aime (1961)
- Ecoute dans le vent (1961) – Blowin' in the Wind, Bob Dylan
- Ça tourne rond (1961) - African Waltz
- Let’s twist again (1961) – Let's Twist Again
- Fiche le camp, Jack (1961) – Hit the Road Jack
- Noël (1961)
- Tu peux la prendre (1961 ou 1962) - You Can Have Her
- Leçon de twist (1962)
- Délivre-moi (1962) - Unchain My Heart
- J’entends siffler le train (1962) – Five Hundred Miles
- Ne boude pas (1962) - Take Five
- Fait pour s’aimer (1962) - Desafinado
- On twiste sur le locomotion (1963) – The Loco-Motion
- En écoutant la pluie (1963) - Rhythm of the Rain
- C’est ma fête (1963) – It's My Party
- Tchin tchin (1963)
- Donne-moi ma chance (1963) - Too Late To Worry
- Ce Monde (1964) – You're My World / Il mio mondo
- À présent tu peux t’en aller (1964) – I Only Want to Be with You
- À toi de choisir (1964) – Swinging on a Star
- La Corde au cou (1965) - I Should Have Known Better
- Je me suis souvent demandé (1965)
- Au revoir mon amour (1965) - Goodbye My Love
- Jamais je ne vivrai sans toi (1965) – You Don't Have to Say You Love Me
- The night (La nuit) (1965), by Salvatore Adamo
- Hello Pussycat (1966) – What's New Pussycat?
- La Terre promise (1966) – California Dreaming
- Sunny (1966) – Sunny
- Aranjuez, mon Amour (1967) inspired by Concierto de Aranjuez by Joaquín Rodrigo
- Le Grand Meaulnes (1967) – Le Grand Meaulnes, song inspired by a novel by the French author Alain-Fournier
- Inch'Allah (1967) in Arabic, by Salvatore Adamo
- Un homme en enfer (1968)
- L’Été (1968)
- Les Ballons (1968) - Little Arrows
- Le Sirop Typhon (1969) – Lily the Pink
- Les Petits Cochons (1969)
- L’An 2005 (1969) - In the Year 2525
- Bien l’bonjour (1970)
- Na na hé espoir (1970) - Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye
- Il pleut des larmes (1970) – La Nave del Olvido
- Non stop (1977) - Don't Stop
- New York (1978)
- Señora la dueña (1970) - Lady D'Arbanville
- San Diego (1970)
- Et après (1971) by Salvatore Adamo
- Un soleil rouge (1971)
- Tibo (1971)
- Maggy May (1971) – Maggie May
- Sans toi (1972) - Without You
- Victoire je t’aime (1973)
- Marie-Jeanne (1973)
- Amoureux de ma femme (1974) - Nesuuno piu guidicare
- Nathalie (1975)
- Chanson de dix sous (1975) - I Can't Stay Mad At You
- De la musique républicaine (1976)
- Voilà pourquoi je l’aime (1976)
- À l’aube du dernier jour (1977)
- Minuit (1980) - MemOry
- Los Angeles (1981)
- Elle m’attend (1983)
- T'aimer d’amour (1985)
- Barrière des générations (1990)
- Le rap pas innocent – Ronymix 98 (1998)
- Et je m'en vais – Sloop John B
- Autant chercher à retenir le vent (1965) – Catch the Wind
- Je n'ai que toi – All by Myself
- Le soleil ne brille plus (1966) – The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore
- J'irai pleurer sous la pluie – Crying in the Rain
- Après toi – The Next Time
- Un papillon qui vole (1966) – Elusive Butterfly
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KAΦΕΣ ΚΑΙ ΦΩΤΟΓΡΑΦΙΑ
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Article 12
ALBANIAN PRESIDENTIAL PALACE RETURNS TO THE PUBLIC
The iron gate will be brought down to give way to cultural activities but also to curious ones, from the country or foreign tourists.
The Presidential Palace in Tirana will be returned to the citizens. One of the beauties of the Italian architecture which is erected over the green crown of the capital will not be a forbidden territory. The iron gate will be brought down to give way to cultural activities but also to curious ones, from the country or foreign tourists.
This is the latest project of the Ministry of Culture, which along with the Institute of Monuments and Italian Embassy in Tirana, have decided to remove barriers between the citizens and the building which is otherwise known as the Palace of Brigades.
“We must open this palace, first of all to return it to the public, because it’s an important part of the Albanian cultural heritage and it must be used for cultural activities and to make it available for the artistic, cultural, scientific community and for the human events taking place in the republic, for important moments of life or of the work of society”, says Mirela Kumbaro, Minister of Culture.
Work will start with the assessment of the level of degradation of this object due to the lack of maintenance for a quarter of a century.
According to architect, Artan Shkreli, this building has serious problems for which there must be serious intervention. “The assessment of the state of the Palace of Brigades has been done several times. This time we have used very contemporary techniques. These assessments look into the internal structure of the palace, how stable it is without making openings on the wall and we will carry out surveys that that are normally used. The threat from water, fire, static stability of the object are the three main points on which this assessment is focused. In order to avoid the problem of the infiltration of water alone, there must be an intervention which has a cost of 500 thousand Euros”, Mr. Shkreli says.
This project has found the support from the Albanian American Development Fund, considering this palace as a heritage which belongs to everyone and which must be known.
“This project is a good example of what can be done with cultural heritage in Albania. In the future, a palace like this cannot be merely a building which people can view, but a living organism that for which people can contribute. Along with the minister and ambassador, we have talked about these phases. We have the assessment, the business plan for development, we have the plan to prevent further degradation of the palace and its restoration to a center for the citizens of Tirana and citizens coming from other parts”, declared Michael Granoff, Albanian American Development Fund.
The Palace of Brigades reflects the special contribution and the skills of Italian architects who worked in Albania in 1930-1940 for the project. This impressive building has been projected by Giulio Berte as the “Royal Villa” of the Albanian monarch, Ahmet Zogu in 1936. After that, it was finalized from 1939 until 1941 by Gherardo Bosio.
In 1941, the Italians decided to deploy in this building their central army staff. This was also the residence of the Italian king Vittorio Emanuele III during his visit in Albania in 1941.
The royal palace was called “Palace of Brigades” by the communist regime, which used it for state receptions and ceremonies.
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ΕΚΘΕΣΗ ΓΙΑ ΦΡΕΣΚΑ ΦΡΟΥΤΑ ΚΑΙ ΛΑΧΑΝΙΚΑ
Από αριστερά προς τα δεξιά η υπεύθυνη της Freskon, κ. Τόνια Νικολαΐδου, ο διευθύνων σύμβουλος της ΔΕΘ-Helexpo, κ. Κυριάκος Ποζρικίδης, η υφυπουργός Εσωτερικών και Διοικητικής Ανασυγκρότησης (Μακεδονίας-Θράκης) κ. Μαρία Κόλλια-Τσαρουχά, ο πρόεδρος της ΔΕΘ- Helexpo, κ. Τάσος Τζήκας, ο αναπληρωτής γενικός διευθυντής της ΔΕΘ-Helexpo, κ. Αλέξης Τσαξιρλής και ο εκδότης του περιοδικού «Φρουτονέα», κ. Παναγιώτης Ορφανός.
Στην ανάδειξη της Θεσσαλονίκης σε στρατηγικό «παίκτη» του κλάδου των φρέσκων φρούτων και λαχανικών στοχεύει η 1η Freskon, την οποία διοργανώνει η ΔΕΘ-Helexpo από τις 23 έως τις 25 Απριλίου στο Διεθνές Εκθεσιακό Κέντρο Θεσσαλονίκης.
Η πρώτη αυτή διεθνής διοργάνωση φρούτων και λαχανικών κατάφερε να προσελκύσει 198 εκθέτες, πάνω από 200 εμπορικούς επισκέπτες, εκ των οποίων οι 120 είναι οι ξένοι hosted buyers που έχει προσκαλέσει η ΔΕΘ-Helexpo από 21 χώρες, ενώ έχουν προγραμματισθεί περισσότερα από 2.500 επιχειρηματικά «ραντεβού». Οι εκθέτες της Freskon καλύπτουν ένα ευρύ φάσμα από την παραγωγή, διακίνηση, εμπορία, εξοπλισμό, υλικά συσκευασίας και υπηρεσίες του κλάδου και θα έρθουν σε επαφή με εκπροσώπους μεγάλων ξένων αλυσίδων σούπερ-μάρκετ, εμπορικών επιχειρήσεων και εταιρειών-δικτύων διανομής.
Την στήριξη της στην προσπάθεια που κάνει η ΔΕΘ-Helexpo εξέφρασε σε σημερινή συνέντευξη Τύπου για την Freskon η υφυπουργός Εσωτερικών και Διοικητικής Ανασυγκρότησης (Μακεδονίας-Θράκης) κ. Μαρία Κόλλια-Τσαρουχά. Υπογράμμισε δε τη σημασία διοργάνωσης της νέας έκθεσης στη Μακεδονία, κατεξοχήν παραγωγική περιοχή φρούτων και λαχανικών, ενώ τόνισε πως η Freskon δείχνει τον δρόμο σε όσους θέλουν να ασχοληθούν με την πρωτογενή παραγωγή και αποδεικνύει πως υπάρχει πεδίο δόξης λαμπρό.
Στο εκθεσιακό κενό που υπήρχε στον κλάδο και το οποίο έρχεται να καλύψει η Freskon αναφέρθηκε από την πλευρά του ο πρόεδρος της ΔΕΘ- Helexpo, κ. Τάσος Τζήκας, τονίζοντας πως η νέα αυτή διοργάνωση στοχεύει να γίνει πραγματικά διεθνής.
Το παζλ των εκθεσιακών δράσεων της ΔΕΘ-Helexpo που αφορούν τον πρωτογενή τομέα (Agrotica-Zootechnia) συμπληρώνει η Freskon, σύμφωνα με τον διευθύνοντα σύμβουλο της εταιρείας, κ. Κυριάκο Ποζρικίδη. Όπως τόνισε, η Freskon αποτελεί και τη μοναδική διοργάνωση του κλάδου στην ευρύτερη περιοχή της Νοτιοανατολικής Ευρώπης, γεγονός που την καθιστά ιδιαίτερα σημαντική.
Η επιλογή της Θεσσαλονίκης ως τόπου διοργάνωσης της Freskon δεν είναι τυχαία, όπως ανέφερε με τη σειρά του ο εκδότης του περιοδικού «Φρουτονέα», κ. Παναγιώτης Ορφανός. Σύμφωνα με τον ίδιο, η Θεσσαλονίκη έχει κομβικό ρόλο στα Βαλκάνια και τη νοτιοανατολική Μεσόγειο, ενώ από εδώ ξεκινά το εμπόριο των φρούτων και λαχανικών. Μάλιστα, τόνισε πως στόχος είναι να αναδειχθεί η πόλη σε στρατηγικό σημείο για τον κλάδο.
Τους στόχους της νέας αυτής έκθεσης για την ανάπτυξη των ελληνικών εξαγωγών και την ανάδειξη του ελληνικού brand name στον κλάδο διεθνώς ανέλυσε από την πλευρά της η υπεύθυνη της Freskon, κ. Τόνια Νικολαΐδου. Ο δε αναπληρωτής γενικός διευθυντής της ΔΕΘ-Helexpo, κ. Αλέξης Τσαξιρλής, σημείωσε πως η νέα αυτή διοργάνωση θα φέρει μια σοβαρή νότα αισιοδοξίας για το πού μπορεί να φτάσει η ελληνική παραγωγή και το εμπόριο.
Στο πλαίσιο των παράλληλων εκδηλώσεων της Freskon ξεχωρίζουν δύο ενότητες: Η πρώτη είναι η FreshCon Market, η οποία βάζει στο «μικροσκόπιο» ξένων λιανεμπορικών αλυσίδων για πρώτη φορά με οργανωμένο τρόπο την εγχώρια αγορά φρέσκων φρούτων και λαχανικών, όπως τουλάχιστον αποδεικνύεται από τη συμμετοχή 18 μεγάλων αλυσίδων από τα Βαλκάνια (Σερβία, Βουλγαρία, Ρουμανία, ΠΓΔΜ και Αλβανία), την Ευρώπη και την Ελλάδα.
Η δεύτερη αφορά στο Διεθνές Συνέδριο Κερασιού, που θα πραγματοποιηθεί την Παρασκευή 24 Απριλίου, με στόχο, μεταξύ άλλων, την επιτάχυνση της εξαγωγικής διείσδυσης του ελληνικού κερασιού σε ξένες αγορές. Κατά τη διάρκεια του θα χαρτογραφηθεί η αγορά του κερασιού σε διεθνές επίπεδο, οι νέες τεχνολογίες που αφορούν στην καλλιέργεια του, οι προβλέψεις για τη νέα σεζόν στις κυριότερες παραγωγικές χώρες, η εμπορική δυναμική του προϊόντος και οι τρόποι-προτάσεις με στόχο την καλύτερη διάθεση του.
Η Freskon θα εγκαινιαστεί από τον αναπληρωτή υπουργό Αγροτικής Ανάπτυξης, κ. Ευάγγελο Αποστόλου, την Πέμπτη 23 Απριλίου, στις 19:30 στο περίπτερο 15.
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Article 10
Παραιτήθηκε ο πρόεδρος της Κρατικής Ορχήστρας Θεσσαλονίκης
Με μία λιτή και σύντομη ανακοίνωση, η Κρατική Ορχήστρα
Θεσσαλονίκης ενημέρωσε το μεσημέρι της Τρίτης πως
παραιτήθηκε από πρόεδρός της ο Κωνσταντίνος Γκαρέλας.
Ο κ. Γκαρέλας επικαλείται για την απόφασή του αυτή προσωπικούς λόγους.
Σύμφωνα με πληροφορίες πάντως, στη συμπρωτεύουσα επικρατεί αναταραχή
έπειτα από αυτή την είδηση.
Σημειώνεται ότι ο κ. Γκαρέρας διορίστηκε στη θέση του προέδρου του ΕΤΟΣ
της ΚΟΘ με τετραετή θητεία με το ΦΕΚ 842/ 30.12.2014. Ο Κωνσταντίνος
Γκαρέλας είναι επιχειρηματίας από τη Δράμα και στις εθνικές εκλογές του 2012
είχε βάλει υποψηφιότητα με τη Δημοκρατική Συμμαχία.
Παρατίθεται η ανακοίνωση:
Η Κρατική Ορχήστρα Θεσσαλονίκης και το Ειδικό Ταμείο Οργάνωσης Συναυλιών
της Κ.Ο.Θ. ανακοινώνουν την παραίτηση του κ. Κωνσταντίνου Γκαρέλα από
τη θέση του Προέδρου του Ε.Τ.Ο.Σ. της Κ.Ο.Θ. για προσωπικούς λόγους.
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ΔΕΝ ΠΑΡΑΙΤΗΘΗΚΕ Ο ΓΙΑΝΝΗΣ ΒΟΥΡΟΣ
Το Κρατικό Θέατρο Βορείου Ελλάδος διαψεύδει κατηγορηματικά την είδηση περί παραίτησης του Καλλιτεχνικού Διευθυντή του, κ. Γιάννη Βούρου.
Πρόκειται περί φημών που διασκορπίζουν αυτοί που επιθυμούν να δουν το ΚΘΒΕ εντελώς ακέφαλο προκειμένου να προχωρήσουν στο τελικό τους σχέδιο που είναι η οριστική συρρίκνωση του Οργανισμού.
Στη πρώτη γραμμή μάχης των εργαζομένων του Κρατικού Θεάτρου Βορείου Ελλάδος έχω καταταγεί εδώ και δύο χρόνια και παραμένω αποδεδειγμένα μάχιμος.
Γιάννης Βούρος
Καλλιτεχνικός Διευθυντής ΚΘΒΕ
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Article 8
Απολαυστικός Τζον Στάμος
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Στην εκπομπή του Τζίμι Κίμελ εμφανίστηκε ο γνωστός
Ελληνοαμερικανός ηθοποιός Τζον Στάμος και μίλησε για την
εμπειρία του στον Λευκό Οίκο.
Ο όμορφος ηθοποιός μίλησε για τη μοναδική εμπειρία να βρεθεί στο δείπνο για
την επέτειο της 25ης Μαρτίου δίνοντας μια απολαυστική περιγραφή.
Μίλησε για τους σημαντικούς Ελληνες που ήταν στην αίθουσα, όπως ο Λέο
Στέφανος που ανακάλυψε την μπάρα σαπουνιού Dove.
Μάλιστα, όταν το κοινό άρχισε να γελάει τους διόρθωσε λέγοντας «γιατί είναι
αστείο αυτό;».
Αστειεύτηκε ακόμη με τον Αρχιεπίσκοπο Δημήτριο σημειώνοντας ότι «Σκεφτόμουν
να φορέσω τα ίδια ρούχα, αλλά το μετάνιωσα», ενώ περιέγραψε την συνάντησή
του με τον Γιάνη Βαρουφάκη.
«Κάθομαι δίπλα σε εκείνον τον Γιάνη πως-τον-λένε ο οποίος είναι υπουργός
Οικονομικών της Ελλάδας» τόνισε ο Τζον Στάμος και συνέχισε λέγοντας
«Οπως γνωρίζετε υπάρχουν ζητήματα με την ελληνική οικονομία» για να τον
διακόψει ο Τζίμι Κίμελ και να του πει «Δεν έχουν χρήματα σωστά;».
«Κάθομαι, λοιπόν, δίπλα σε αυτόν τον πολύ ισχυρό κύριο, αλλά δεν τον ρώτησα
για συμβουλές στα οικονομικά. Μιλήσαμε για μπακλαβά» τόνισε αστειευόμενος
ο Τζον Στάμος.
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Article 7
Ματαίωση παραστάσεων του ΚΘΒΕ
Το Κρατικό Θέατρο Βορείου Ελλάδοςανακοινώνει ότι δε θα πραγματοποιηθούν οι παραστάσεις στις σκηνές του ΚΘΒΕ, λόγω στάσεων εργασίας που έχει εξαγγείλει το Σωματείο Ελλήνων Ηθοποιών από την Τετάρτη 22 Απριλίουέως και τηνΚυριακή 26 Απριλίου.
Στάσεις εργασίας, επίσης, θα πραγματοποιήσει και ο Σύλλογος Εργαζομένων στο ΚΘΒΕ Πάσης Φύσεως Προσωπικού, την Τετάρτη 22 & την Πέμπτη 23/4/2015.
Το ΚΘΒΕδίνει τη δυνατότητα της επιστροφής ή αλλαγής των εισιτηρίων, που έχουν ήδη εκδοθεί. Πληροφορίες στο τηλέφωνο:2315 200200
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Article 5
Τα καλύτερα ξενοδοχεία του κόσμου για το 2015 - Και ένα ελληνικό!
Την κατάταξη με τα 60 καλύτερα νέα ξενοδοχεία στον κόσμο για το 2015, συνέταξε το Conde Nast Traveller, το μεγαλύτερο ταξιδιωτικό περιοδικό στον κόσμο. Στην λίστα συμπεριλαμβάνεται και το Iconic Santorini.
Το Iconic Santorini διαθέτει 22 δωμάτια, πισίνα υπερχείλισης, είναι κτισμένο μέσα σε βράχο και βραβεύθηκε στην κατηγορία "Design Stars".
Όλα τα ξενοδοχεία της ''καυτής λίστας του 2015'', όπως ονομάζεται, βραβεύονται βάσει μίας από τις κατηγορίες "Design Stars", "Best Bargains", "Beachside Escapes", "Urbanist Standouts", "Family-Friendly", "Good Food", "Over-the-Top Luxury", "Remote and Wild".
1. 21 Broad, Nantucket, Μασαχουσέτη
2. Alila Jabal Akhdar, Nizwa, Ομάν
3. Alma Histórica Boutique Hotel, Montevideo, Ουρουγουάη
4. Aman Tokyo, Ιαπωνία
5. Aro Hā Wellness Retreat, Λίμνη Wakatipu, Νέα Ζηλανδία
6. Bahia Vik José Ignacio, Ουρουγουάη
7. The Beaumont, Λονδίνο, Αγγλία
8. Belle Mont Farm στο λόφο Kittian, Σεντ Κιτς & Νέβις
9. The Brando, Tetiaroa, Γαλλική Πολυνησία
10. Cape Weligama, Galle, Σρι Λάνκα
11. Casa de Uco Vineyards & Wine Resort, Mendoza, Αργεντινή
12. Casas del XVI, Santo Domingo, Δομινικανή Δημοκρατία
13. Chiltern Firehouse, Λονδίνο, Αγγλία
14. The Dean Hotel, Δουβλίνο, Ιρλανδία
15. Delano Λας Βέγκας, Νεβάδα
16. Edson Hill, Stowe, Βερμόντ
17. El Blok, Vieques, Πουέρτο Ρίκο
18. Fontevraud L'Hôtel, Loire Valley, Γαλλία
19. Four Seasons Hotel The Westcliff, Γιοχάνεσμπουργκ, Νότια Αφρική
20. Four Seasons Resort Orlando στη Walt Disney World Resort, Φλόριντα
21. Ham Yard Hotel, Λονδίνο, Αγγλία
22. Hoanib Skeleton Coast Camp, Ναμίμπια
23. Hôtel Plaza Athénée, Παρίσι, Γαλλία
24. Hotel Sahrai, Fez, Μαρόκο
25. Hotel SP34, Κοπεγχάγη, Δανία
26. Iconic Σαντορίνη, Ελλάδα
27. ITC Grand Bharat, Gurgaon, Ινδία
28. La Grande Maison, Μπορντό, Γαλλία
29. La Réserve, Παρίσι, Γαλλία
30. The Ludlow, Νέα Υόρκη
31. Maalifushi by COMO, Μαλδίβες
32. Malliouhana (An Auberge Resort), Ανγκουίλα
33. Mandarin Oriental, Bodrum, Τουρκία
34. Mandarin Oriental, Taipei, Ταιβάν
35. The Miami Beach EDITION, Φλόριντα
36. Mondrian London at Sea Containers, Αγγλία
37. Mont Rochelle Hotel & Vineyard, Φράνσεκ, Νότια Αφρική
38. The Norman, Τελ Αβίβ, Ισραήλ
39. One&Only Hayman Island, Great Barrier Reef, Αυστραλία
40. Palazzo Parigi, Μιλάνο, Ιταλία
41. Park Hyatt Νέα Υόρκη
42. Park Hyatt, Βιέννη, Αυστρία
43. The Peninsula, Παρίσι, Γαλλία
44. The Pig - on the beach, Dorset, Αγγλία
45. Pikaia Lodge, Galápagos Islands, Εκουαδόρ
46. Portrait Firenze, Ιταλία
47. Raffles Κωνσταντινούπολη, Τουρκία
48. Riad Mena & Beyond, Μαρακές, Μαρόκο
49. Ritz-Carlton, Rancho Mirage, Καλιφόρνια
50. Rosewood Πεκίνο, Κίνα
51. The Rose Hotel, Venice Beach, Καλιφόρνια
52. The Sanchaya, Bintan Island, Ινδονησία
53. The Singular Santiago Lastarria Hotel, Χιλή
54. Soho House Σικάγο, ΗΠΑ
55. SUJÁN Rajmahal Palace, Τζαϊπούρ, Ινδία
56. Tribal Hotel, Γρανάδα, Νικαράγουα
57. URSO Hotel & Spa, Μαδρίτη, Ισπανία
58. Viña Vik, Millahue Valley, Χιλή
59. Waldorf Astoria Άμστερνταμ, Ολλανδία
60. Watch Hill Inn, Rhode Island, ΗΠΑ
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ΣΗΜΕΡΑ-22 ΑΠΡΙΛΙΟΥ
1451: γεννιέται η βασίλισσα της Καστίλης Ιζαμπέλα . 1500: ο Πορτογάλος εξερευνητής Πέδρο Αδράλες Καμπράλ γίνεται ο πρώτος Ευρωπαίος, που φτάνει στη Βραζιλία. 1707: γεννιέται ο Βρετανός μυθιστοριογράφος και δραματουργός, Χένρι Φίλντινγκ. 1742: γεννιέται ο Εμμάνουελ Καντ, Γερμανός φιλόσοφος και ιδρυτής του κριτικού ιδεαλισμού. 1776: γεννιέται η Γαλλίδα συγγραφέας, Μαντάμ ντε Σταγιόλ, η οποία υπήρξε μια από τις πιο λαμπρές πνευματικές προσωπικότητες της Ευρώπης. 1821: κατά τη διάρκεια της Ελληνικής Επανάστασης διεξάγεται η Μάχη της Αλαμάνας. 1827: πεθαίνει ο Γεώργιος Καραϊσκάκης, μία από της ηγετικές μορφές της Ελληνικής Επανάστασης του 1821. 1840: γεννιέται ο Γάλλος συμβολιστής ζωγράφος, Οντιλόν Ρεντόν. 1864: "το αμερικανικό Κογκρέσο ψηφίζει νομοσχέδιο, σύμφωνα με το οποίο όλα τα νομίσματα, που κόβονται στις ΗΠΑ θα πρέπει να φέρουν την φράση ""In God We Trust""." 1870: γεννιέται ο Ρώσος επαναστάτης και θεωρητικός του κομμουνισμού Βλαντιμίρ Ίλιτς Ουλιάνοφ, που έμεινε γνωστός ως Λένιν. Οργάνωσε την Οκτωβριανή Επανάσταση και ίδρυσε το σοβιετικό κράτος. 1873: γεννιέται η Αμερικανίδα μυθιστοριογράφος και κάτοχος του βραβείου Πούλιτζερ, Έλεν Γκλάσκοου. 1876: γεννιέται ο Αυστριακός φυσικός Ρόμπερτ Μπαρανί, ο οποίος τιμήθηκε με το βραβείο Νόμπελ για το έργο του στους τομείς της φυσιολογίας και της παθολογίας. 1883: διεξάγεται το Διεθνές Τουρνουά σκάκι του Λονδίνου, το πρώτο τουρνουά, όπου χρησιμοποιούνται ρολόγια. 1896: πεθαίνει ο Τόμας Μέικ, Βρετανός μηχανικός, που ασχολήθηκε κυρίως με την κατασκευή των λιμανιών και των σιδηροδρόμων της Σκοτίας και της βόρειας Αγγλίας. 1898: κατά το αμερικανοϊσπανικό πόλεμο, το αμερικανικό ναυτικό ξεκινά την επιβολή εμπάργκο στα λιμάνια της Κούβας κι αιχμαλωτίζει ένα ισπανικό εμπορικό πλοίο. 1903: ο Μούλντι Μοχάμετ ανακηρύσσεται σουλτάνος του Μαρόκου. 1906: με αφορμή την επέτειο των 10 χρόνων από την τέλεση των 1ων Ολυμπιακών Αγώνων διοργανώνεται στην Αθήνα η Μεσοολυμπιάδα, όπου παίρνουν μέρος 884 αθλητές από 20 κράτη (ανάμεσά τους 300 Έλληνες και Ελληνίδες). Οι αγώνες έχουν μεγάλη επιτυχία, όμως, ως θεσμός δεν επιβιώνουν διότι η Ελλάδα δεν αντέχει οικονομικά τις δύο επόμενες διοργανώσεις τους, το 1910 και το 1914, εξαιτίας των πολέμων. 1912: η Τουρκία αποφασίζει το προσωρινό άνοιγμα των Δαρδανελίων, γεγονός που σχολιάζεται ως διπλωματική ήττα της Πύλης 1913: η Τουρκία παραχωρεί το Σκουτάρι στο Μαυροβούνιο. 1914: ο 19χρονος Babe Ruth δίνει το πρώτο του επίσημο παιχνίδι σαν pitcher της Βαλτιμόρης στη νίκη της ομάδας του επί του Μπάφαλο με 6-0. 1916: γεννιέται ο διάσημος βιολονίστας Γιεχούντι Μενουχίν. 1919: στην Ουγγαρία, πληροφορίες αναφέρουν ότι ρουμανικές και τσεχικές στρατιωτικές δυνάμεις, κινούνται κατά της κυβέρνησης του Μπέλα Κουν. 1920: στην Ελλάδα, αίρεται ο στρατιωτικός νόμος, εκτός από τη ζώνη των στρατιωτικών επιχειρήσεων, καθώς και η λογοκρισία του Τύπου. 1921: ο πρωθυπουργός Δημήτριος Γούναρης πραγματοποιεί επίσκεψη στο μέτωπο της Μικράς Ασίας. 1923: "γεννιέται ο διάσημος Αμερικανός τηλεοπτικός παραγωγός, ’Αρον Σπέλινγκ. Ανάμεσα στις μεγάλες επιτυχίες του οι σειρές ""Ντάλας"", ""Δυναστεία"", ""Χτυποκάρδια στο Μπέβερλι Χιλς""και ""Melrose Place""." 1926: γεννιέται ο ένας από τους πιο σημαντικούς Βρετανούς αρχιτέκτονες, ο Τζέιμς Στίρλινγκ. 1930: "η Βρετανία, η Ιαπωνία και οι Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες υπογράφουν τη ""Ναυτική Συνθήκη του Λονδίνου"", που διευθετεί την περίπτωση εχθροπραξιών με υποβρύχια και προβλέπει τη μείωση του ρυθμού κατασκευής νέων πλοίων." 1931: γίνονται τα εγκαίνια του Μουσείου Μπενάκη, παρουσία του Πρωθυπουργού κι άλλων επισήμων. 1932: παραιτείται ο υπουργός Οικονομικών Γεώργιος Μαρής, μετά την κήρυξη χρεοστασίου από την Ελλάδα. 1937: γεννιέται ένας από τους σημαντικότερους ηθοποιούς του διεθνούς καλλιτεχνικού στερεώματος, ο Τζακ Νίκολσον. Έχει προταθεί για Όσκαρ 12 φορές και τις τρεις το έχει κερδίσει, ενώ έχει επίσης τιμηθεί 7 φορές με το βραβείο της Χρυσής Σφαίρας. 1940: γερμανικά βομβαρδιστικά με αιφνίδιες αεροπορικές επιθέσεις διαλύουν νορβηγικές πόλεις. 1943: ο Ελβετός επιστήμονας ’Αλμπερτ Χόμφαν γράφει την πρώτη του αναφορά σχετικά με τις παραισθησιογόνες ιδιότητες του LSD. 1947: οι Philadelphia Warriors κατακτούν το πρώτο πρωτάθλημα του ΑΒΑ όταν κερδίζουν τους Chicago Bulls με 83-80 στον πέμπτο τελικό (4-1). 1947: το Κογκρέσο των ΗΠΑ ψηφίζει το Δόγμα Τρούμαν. 1950: γεννιέται ο Βρετανός ρόκερ και είδωλο της νεολαίας της εποχής του, Πίτερ Φράμπτον. 1952: ισχυρότατη πυρηνική έκρηξη, σημειώνεται στη Νεβάδα, μεταδίδεται ζωντανά από την τηλεόραση. Ένα εκατομμύριο τηλεθεατές, παρακολούθουν την έκρηξη. 1960: αυξάνεται αυτό το μήνα η ροή Ανατολικογερμανών προσφύγων στο Δυτικό Βερολίνο. 1961: οι Αλγερινοί αιφνιδιάζονται από την εξέγερση του εκεί γαλλικού στρατού. 1962: συγκρούσεις ξεσπούν στο Λάος. 1969: στο Χιούστον των ΗΠΑ, γιατροί πραγματοποιούν την πρώτη μεταμόσχευση ανθρώπινου οφθαλμού. 1970: γιορτάζεται για πρώτη φορά η Παγκόσμια Ημέρα της Γης. 1971: πεθαίνει ο ισόβιος Πρόεδρος της Αϊτής, Φρανσουά Ντιβαλιέ, στυγνός δικτάτορας, γνωστός και ως Πάπα Ντοκ. Τον διαδέχτηκε ο 19χρονος γιος του, Ζαν Κλοντ. 1976: η Μπάρμπαρα Γουόλτερς υπογράφοντας συμβόλαιο ενός εκατομμυρίου δολαρίων με το τηλεοπτικό δίκτυο ABC γίνεται η πρώτη γυναίκα στην ιστορία των ΗΠΑ, που παρουσιάζει τις αθλητικές ειδήσεις του βραδινού δελτίου. 1978: οι Βlues Brothers κάνουν την πρώτη τους στο τηλεοπτικό show του αμερικανικού τηλεοπτικού δικτύου NBC, Saturday Night Live. 1980: η πρώτη γυναίκα που πέταξε στο διάστημα, η Βαλεντίνα Τερέσκοβα, επισκέπτεται την Αθήνα. 1984: πεθαίνει ο Αμερικανός φωτογράφος, ’Ανσελ ’Ανταμς. Έμεινε γνωστός για τις ασπρόμαυρες φωτογραφίες τοπίων, οι περισσότερες από τις οποίες αφορούσαν στα εθνικά πάρκα των ΗΠΑ καθώς και για τα βιβλία, που συνέγραψε σχετικά με τη φωτογραφία. 1985: πεθαίνει σε ηλικία 69 ετών ο γνωστός κομφερασιέ, ηθοποιός και θεατρικός συγγραφέας Γιώργος Οικονομίδης. 1988: για πρώτη φορά επιτρέπεται η συμμετοχή γυναικών στον ποδηλατικό αγώνα Little 500 στο Bloomington της Ιντιάνα. 1988: πεθαίνει η διάσημη ηθοποιός του βουβού κινηματογράφου τη δεκαετία του 1920, Ιρέν Ριτς. 1990: πρόεδρος της ελληνικής Βουλής εκλέγεται ο Αθανάσιος Τσαλδάρης, με 151 ψήφους. 1991: η ελληνική αστυνομία ανακοινώνει ότι, ο βομβιστής της Πάτρας είναι Παλαιστίνιος και αναγνωρίστηκε μεταξύ των επτά νεκρών. 1991: "πεθαίνει ο πρώην παγκόσμιος πρωταθλητής της πυγμαχίας στην κατηγορία φτερού Jack ""Kid"" Berg." 1991: στην Αιθιοπία, πάνω από ένα εκατομμύριο άνθρωποι αντιμετωπίζουν το φάσμα της πείνας. 1992: στη Σικελία, πολίτες και στρατιώτες καταβάλλουν προσπάθειες για να επιβραδύνουν τη ροή της λάβας από το ηφαίστειο της Αίτνας. 1992: στην Ιταλία, εμπειρογνώμονες ισχυρίζονται ότι, ο επικλινής Πύργος της Πίζας μπορεί να καταρρεύσει ανά πάσα στιγμή. 1993: κυκλοφορεί η πρώτη version του λογισμικού προγράμματος Mosaic. 1993: να καταργηθεί κάθε μνεία, ακόμη και προαιρετική, του θρησκεύματος των Ελλήνων πολιτών στις νέες ταυτότητες ζήτησε από την ελληνική Κυβέρνηση με ψήφισμά του το Ευρωπαϊκό Κοινοβούλιο. 1993: στη ρωσική χερσόνησο Καμτσάτκα, εκρήγνυται ηφαίστειο που ήταν ανενεργό επί 30 χρόνια. 1993: στην Ουάσινγκτον των ΗΠΑ, ιδρύεται Μουσείο στη μνήμη του Ολοκαυτώματος. 1994: 121 κιλά ηρωίνης, τη μεγαλύτερη ποσότητα που κατασχέθηκε μέχρι τότε στη χώρα μας, ανακαλύπτουν οι τελωνειακοί των Κήπων Έβρου σε τροχόσπιτο Γερμανών. 1994: Μακεδονικό, Κυπριακό και ελληνοτουρκικά συζητούν, μεταξύ άλλων, ο πρωθυπουργός Ανδρέας Παπανδρέου και ο Πρόεδρος των ΗΠΑ Μπιλ Κλίντον, στο Λευκό Οίκο. 1994: ο Michael Moorer γίνεται ο πρώτος αριστερόχειρας παγκόσμιος πρωταθλητής βαρέων βαρών όταν κερδίζει τον Evander Holyfield. 1994: πεθαίνει ο Ρίτσαρντ Νίξον, οποίος υπήρξε ο 37ος Πρόεδρος των ΗΠΑ. 1995: "στα Κατεχόμενα της Κύπρου, ο Ραούφ Ντενκτάς επανεκλέγεται για τρίτη θητεία στην ""προεδρία""του ψευδοκράτους." 1995: στη Ρουάντα, πάνω από 100 πρόσφυγες Χούτου σφαγιάστηκαν από στρατιώτες Τούτσι, στο στρατόπεδο Κιμπέχο, στο νοτιοδυτικό τμήμα της χώρας. 1996: στην Ιταλία, ο κεντροαριστερός συνασπισμός της Ελιάς θριαμβεύει στις εκλογές και με την υποστήριξη της Κομμουνιστικής Επανίδρυσης στη Βουλή συγκεντρώνει την απόλυτη πλειοψηφία. 1997: στο Περού αιφνίδια επέμβαση ειδικών αντιτρομοκρατικών ομάδων της αστυνομίας λήγει την ομηρία 71 ατόμων, που κρατούνταν αιχμάλωτοι στο σπίτι του Ιάπωνα πρεσβευτή στη Λίμα του Περού, από 14 αντάρτες Τουπάκ Αμάρου. Κατά την επιχείρηση ένας όμηρος πεθαίνει από καρδιακή προσβολή, δυο κομάντος τραυματίζονται, ενώ σκοτώνονται και οι 14 επαναστάτες. 2000: λήγει μια από τις πιο πολυσυζητημένες περιπτώσεις παιδικής επιμέλειας στην ιστορία των ΗΠΑ, όταν ο ομοσπονδιακοί πράκτορες παίρνουν τον 6χρονο Ελία Γκονζάλες από τους συγγενείς του στη Φλόριντα και τον παραδίδουν στον Κουβανό πατέρα του, στην Ουάσινγκτον. 2001: η Skoda Ξάνθη νικά τον Ηρακλή με 1-0. Αυτός ο φαινομενικά αδιάφορος αγώνας ωστόσο περνά στην ιστορία αφού για πρώτη φορά στα χρονικά του ελληνικού πρωταθλήματος η ομάδα του Ηρακλή χρησιμοποιεί 4 τερματοφύλακες σε διάφορες θέσεις της ενδεκάδας. 2001: ο Ολυμπιακός νικά εκτός έδρας τον ΠΑΣ Γιάννινα (1-5) και γίνεται η πρώτη ομάδα από συστάσεως του ελληνικού πρωταθλήματος (1959) που πετυχαίνει 14 συνεχόμενες νίκες. Το σερί θα φτάσει τις 15 νίκες και θα σταματήσει στη Νέα Σμύρνη, στον αγώνα με τον Πανιώνιο (2-1). 2001: ο Πανελλήνιος κερδίζει τον Παναθηναϊκό (2-3) μέσα στη Λεωφόρο και κατακτά για πρώτη φορά στην ιστορία του το γυναικείο πρωτάθλημα βόλεϊ. Η Σοφία Ιορδανίδου και η Ira Fedodova γίνονται οι πρώτες αθλήτριες που παίρνουν το τρόπαιο με 3 διαφορετικές ομάδες, και ο Γιάννης Νικολάκης ο πρώτος προπονητής. 2002: ο Ηρακλής στέφεται πρωταθλητής Ελλάδος στο βόλεϊ για πρώτη φορά στην ιστορία του μετά την εκτός έδρας νίκη 3-2 επί του Ολυμπιακού. 2002: τουλάχιστον 160 άνθρωποι χάνουν τη ζωή τους, μεταξύ των οποίων και δεκάδες μαθητές, πάνω από 1.300 άνθρωποι τραυματίζονται και 8.000 κατοικίες καταστρέφονται όταν αναφλέγεται πυρίτιδα από ηλεκτρικά καλώδια, που ακολούθησε τη σύγκρουση δύο τρένων στην πόλη Ριονγκτσόν της Βόρειας Κορέας τα οποία μετέφεραν γκάζι και βενζίνη. Αν και αρχικά οι αρχές της χώρας είχαν εμποδίσει τη διαρροή πληροφοριών προς τα ξένα ΜΜΕ και δεν έδιναν καμία πληροφορία για το συμβάν, τελικά έκαναν έκκληση στη διεθνή κοινότητα για βοήθεια, αρνούμενες, ωστόσο, να δεχτούν βοήθεια από τη Νότια Κορέα και την Κίνα ↧
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- 238 – Year of the Six Emperors: The Roman Senate outlaws emperor Maximinus Thrax for his bloodthirsty proscriptions in Rome and nominates two of its members, Pupienus and Balbinus, to the throne.
- 1500 – Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral lands in Brazil.
- 1519 – Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés establishes a settlement at Veracruz, Mexico.
- 1529 – Treaty of Zaragoza divides the eastern hemisphere between Spain and Portugal along a line 297.5 leagues or 17° east of the Moluccas.
- 1622 – The Capture of Ormuz by the East India Company ends Portuguese control of Hormuz Island.
- 1809 – The second day of the Battle of Eckmühl: The Austrian army is defeated by the First French Empire army led by Napoleon I of France and driven over the Danube in Regensburg.
- 1836 – Texas Revolution: A day after the Battle of San Jacinto, forces under Texas General Sam Houston identify Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna among the captives of the battle when one of his fellow captives mistakenly gives away his identity.
- 1864 – The U.S. Congress passes the Coinage Act of 1864 that mandates that the inscription In God We Trust be placed on all coins minted as United States currency.
- 1876 – The first ever National League baseball game is played in Philadelphia.
- 1889 – At high noon, thousands rush to claim land in the Land Rush of 1889. Within hours the cities of Oklahoma City and Guthrie are formed with populations of at least 10,000.
- 1898 – Spanish–American War: The USS Nashville captures a Spanish merchant ship.
- 1906 – The 1906 Summer Olympics, not now recognized as part of the official Olympic Games, open in Athens.
- 1911 – Tsinghua University, one of mainland China's leading universities, is founded.
- 1912 – Pravda, the "voice" of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, begins publication in Saint Petersburg.
- 1915 – The use of poison gas in World War I escalates when chlorine gas is released as a chemical weapon in the Second Battle of Ypres.
- 1930 – The United Kingdom, Japan and the United States sign the London Naval Treaty regulating submarine warfare and limiting shipbuilding.
- 1944 – The 1st Air Commando Group using Sikorsky R-4 helicopters stage the first use of helicopters in combat with combat search and rescue operations in the China-Burma-India theater.
- 1944 – World War II: Operation Persecution is initiated: Allied forces land in the Hollandia (currently known as Jayapura) area of New Guinea.
- 1945 – World War II: Prisoners at the Jasenovac concentration camp revolt. Five hundred twenty are killed and 80 escape.
- 1945 – World War II: Führerbunker: After learning that Soviet forces have taken Eberswalde without a fight, Adolf Hitler admits defeat in his underground bunker and states that suicide is his only recourse.
- 1948 – Arab–Israeli War: Haifa, a major port of Israel, is captured from Arab forces.
- 1951 – Korean War: The Chinese People's Volunteer Army begin assaulting positions defended by the Royal Australian Regiment and the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry at the Battle of Kapyong.
- 1954 – Red Scare: Witnesses begin testifying and live television coverage of the Army–McCarthy hearings begins.
- 1964 – The 1964-1965 New York World's Fair opens for its first season.
- 1969 – British yachtsman Sir Robin Knox-Johnston wins the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race and completes the first solo non-stop circumnavigation of the world.
- 1970 – The first Earth Day is celebrated.
- 1972 – Vietnam War: Increased American bombing in Vietnam prompts anti-war protests in Los Angeles, New York City, and San Francisco.
- 1977 – Optical fiber is first used to carry live telephone traffic.
- 1983 – The German magazine Stern claims that the "Hitler Diaries" had been found in wreckage in East Germany; the diaries are subsequently revealed to be forgeries.
- 1992 – In an explosion in Guadalajara, Mexico, 206 people are killed, nearly 500 injured and 15,000 left homeless.
- 1993 – Version 1.0 of the Mosaic web browser is released.
- 1997 – Haouch Khemisti massacre in Algeria where 93 villagers are killed.
- 1997 – The Japanese embassy hostage crisis ends in Lima, Peru.
- 1998 – Disney's Animal Kingdom opens at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida, United States.
- 2000 – In a pre-dawn raid, federal agents seize six-year-old Elián González from his relatives' home in Miami.
- 2000 – The Big Number Change takes place in the United Kingdom.
- 2004 – Two fuel trains collide in Ryongchon, North Korea, killing up to 150 people.
- 2005 – Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi apologizes for Japan's war record.
- 2008 – The United States Air Force retires the remaining F-117 Nighthawk aircraft in service.
- 2013 – Six people die in a shooting in Belgorod, Russia.
- 2013 – The Royal Canadian Mounted Police arrest and charge two men with plotting to disrupt a Toronto area train service in a plot claimed to be backed by Al-Qaeda elements.
- 2014 – More than 60 people are killed and 80 are seriously injured in a train crash in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Katanga Province.
Births[edit]
- 1451 – Isabella I of Castile (d. 1504)
- 1592 – Wilhelm Schickard, German astronomer and mathematician (d. 1635)
- 1610 – Pope Alexander VIII (d. 1691)
- 1658 – Giuseppe Torelli, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1709)
- 1690 – John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, English politician, Lord President of the Council (d. 1763)
- 1707 – Henry Fielding, English author and playwright (d. 1754)
- 1711 – Paul II Anton, Prince Esterházy, Austrian soldier (d. 1762)
- 1724 – Immanuel Kant, German philosopher (d. 1804)
- 1744 – James Sullivan, American lawyer and politician, 7th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1808)
- 1757 – Alessandro Rolla, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1841)
- 1766 – Germaine de Staël, French author (d. 1817)
- 1812 – Solomon Caesar Malan, Swiss-English orientalist (d. 1894)
- 1816 – Charles-Denis Bourbaki, French general (d. 1897)
- 1832 – Julius Sterling Morton, American journalist and politician, founded Arbor Day (d. 1902)
- 1844 – Lewis Powell, American attempted assassin of William H. Seward (d. 1865)
- 1852 – William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (d. 1912)
- 1854 – Henri La Fontaine, Belgian lawyer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1943)
- 1860 – Ada Rehan, American actress (d. 1916)
- 1868 – Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria (d. 1924)
- 1870 – Vladimir Lenin, Russian politician (d. 1924)
- 1872 – Princess Margaret of Prussia (d. 1954)
- 1873 – Ellen Glasgow, American author (d. 1945)
- 1876 – Róbert Bárány, Austrian physician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1936)
- 1876 – Georg Lurich, Estonian wrestler and strongman (d. 1920)
- 1879 – Bernhard Gregory, Estonian-German chess player (d. 1939)
- 1881 – Alexander Kerensky, Russian politician, 10th Prime Minister of Russia (d. 1970)
- 1884 – Otto Rank, Austrian psychologist (d. 1939)
- 1886 – Izidor Cankar, Slovenian historian, author, and diplomat (d. 1958)
- 1889 – Richard Glücks, German SS officer (d. 1945)
- 1891 – Laura Gilpin, American photographer (d. 1979)
- 1891 – Vittorio Jano, Italian engineer (d. 1965)
- 1891 – Harold Jeffreys, English mathematician, geophysicist, and astronomer (d. 1989)
- 1891 – Nicola Sacco, Italian-American criminal (d. 1927)
- 1892 – Vernon Johns, American minister and activist (d. 1965)
- 1899 – Vladimir Nabokov, Russian-American author (d. 1977)
- 1904 – J. Robert Oppenheimer, American physicist (d. 1967)
- 1905 – Robert Choquette, American-Canadian author, poet, and diplomat (d. 1991)
- 1906 – Eddie Albert, American actor (d. 2005)
- 1906 – Eric Fenby, English composer and educator (d. 1997)
- 1906 – Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten (d. 1947)
- 1907 – Ivan Yefremov, Russian paleontologist and author (d. 1972)
- 1909 – Rita Levi-Montalcini, Italian neurologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2012)
- 1909 – Indro Montanelli, Italian journalist and historian (d. 2001)
- 1910 – Norman Steenrod, American mathematician (d. 1971)
- 1912 – Kathleen Ferrier, English singer (d. 1953)
- 1912 – Kaneto Shindo, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
- 1914 – Baldev Raj Chopra, Indian director and producer (d. 2008)
- 1914 – Jan de Hartog, Dutch-American author and playwright (d. 2002)
- 1914 – José Quiñones Gonzales, Peruvian soldier and pilot (d. 1941)
- 1914 – Michael Wittmann, German SS officer (d. 1944)
- 1916 – Kanan Devi, Indian actress and singer (d. 1992)
- 1916 – Hanfried Lenz, German mathematician and educator (d. 2013)
- 1916 – Yehudi Menuhin, American-Swiss violinist and conductor (d. 1999)
- 1917 – Yvette Chauviré, French ballerina
- 1918 – William Jay Smith, American poet and academic
- 1918 – Mickey Vernon, American baseball player and coach (d. 2008)
- 1919 – Donald J. Cram, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2001)
- 1919 – Carl Lindner, Jr., American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2011)
- 1922 – Richard Diebenkorn, American painter (d. 1993)
- 1922 – Charles Mingus, American bassist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1979)
- 1922 – Wolf V. Vishniac, American microbiologist (d. 1973)
- 1923 – Avis Bunnage, English actress (d. 1990)
- 1923 – Peter Kane Dufault, American poet (d. 2013)
- 1923 – Bettie Page, American model and actress (d. 2008)
- 1923 – Aaron Spelling, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2006)
- 1924 – Nam Duck-woo, South Korean politician, 12th Prime Minister of South Korea (d. 2013)
- 1925 – George Cole, English actor
- 1926 – Charlotte Rae, American actress and singer
- 1926 – James Stirling, Scottish architect, designed the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart and Seeley Historical Library (d. 1992)
- 1927 – Laurel Aitken, Cuban-Jamaican singer (d. 2005)
- 1929 – Michael Atiyah, English-Lebanese mathematician and academic
- 1929 – Robert Wade-Gery, English diplomat
- 1930 – Enno Penno, Estonian politician, Prime Minister of Estonia in exile
- 1931 – John Buchanan, Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Premier of Nova Scotia
- 1931 – Ronald Hynd, English dancer and choreographer
- 1933 – Mark Damon, American film actor and producer
- 1933 – Anthony Llewellyn, Welsh-American astronaut (d. 2013)
- 1934 – Nico Ladenis, Tanzanian-English chef
- 1935 – Christopher Ball, English linguist and academic
- 1935 – Paul Chambers, American bassist and composer (Miles Davis Quintet) (d. 1969)
- 1935 – Mario Machado, Chinese-American journalist and actor (d. 2013)
- 1936 – Glen Campbell, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
- 1936 – Pierre Hétu, Canadian pianist and conductor (d. 1998)
- 1937 – Jack Nicholson, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1937 – Jack Nitzsche, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and conductor (Crazy Horse) (d. 2000)
- 1938 – Gani Fawehinmi, Nigerian lawyer and activist (d. 2009)
- 1938 – Issey Miyake, Japanese fashion designer
- 1938 – Adam Raphael, English journalist and author
- 1939 – Mel Carter, American singer and actor
- 1939 – John Chilcot, English civil servant
- 1939 – John Foley, English general and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey
- 1939 – Ray Guy, Canadian journalist (d. 2013)
- 1939 – Jason Miller, American actor and playwright (d. 2001)
- 1939 – Ann Mitchell, English actress
- 1939 – Theodor Waigel, German lawyer and politician, German Federal Minister of Finance
- 1941 – Greville Howard, Baron Howard of Rising, English politician
- 1940 – Marie-José Nat, French actress
- 1942 – Giorgio Agamben, Italian philosopher and academic
- 1942 – Denis Lill, New Zealand-English actor
- 1942 – Mary Prior, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Bristol
- 1943 – Keith Crisco, American businessman and politician (d. 2014)
- 1943 – Janet Evanovich, American author
- 1943 – Louise Glück, American poet
- 1943 – John Maples, Baron Maples, English lawyer and politician (d. 2012)
- 1944 – Steve Fossett, American businessman, pilot, and sailor (d. 2007)
- 1944 – Doug Jarrett, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2014)
- 1944 – Joshua Rifkin, American conductor and musicologist
- 1945 – William Arthur Brown, English academic
- 1945 – Gopalkrishna Gandhi, Indian civil servant and diplomat, 22nd Governor of West Bengal
- 1945 – Demetrio Stratos, Egyptian-Italian singer-songwriter (Area) (d. 1979)
- 1946 – Steven L. Bennett, American captain and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1972)
- 1946 – Paul Davies, English physicist and author
- 1946 – Nicole Garcia, French actress and director
- 1946 – Louise Harel, Canadian politician
- 1946 – Archy Kirkwood, Baron Kirkwood of Kirkhope, Scottish politician
- 1946 – Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford, English economist and academic
- 1946 – John Waters, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1948 – Larry Groce, American singer-songwriter and radio host
- 1948 – John Pritchard, English bishop
- 1950 – Peter Frampton, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Herd and Humble Pie)
- 1950 – Jancis Robinson, English journalist and critic
- 1950 – Zygi Wilf, German-American businessman
- 1951 – Paul Carrack, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Ace, Squeeze, Mike + The Mechanics, and Roxy Music)
- 1951 – Ana María Shua, Argentinian author and poet
- 1952 – François Berléand, French actor
- 1952 – Marilyn Chambers, American porn actress (d. 2009)
- 1952 – Phil Smith, American basketball player (d. 2002)
- 1953 – Valeri Bondarenko, Estonian footballer and coach
- 1953 – Richard Broadbent, English businessman
- 1953 – Tom Griswold, American radio host
- 1953 – Juhani Komulainen, Finnish composer
- 1954 – Jōji Nakata, Japanese voice actor
- 1955 – David Collier, English businessman
- 1955 – Johnnie To, Hong Kong director and producer
- 1957 – Donald Tusk, Polish politician, 14th Prime Minister of Poland
- 1958 – Ken Olandt, American actor and producer
- 1959 – Keith Boanas, English footballer and manager
- 1959 – Terry Francona, American baseball player, coach, and manager
- 1959 – Catherine Mary Stewart, Canadian actress
- 1959 – Ryan Stiles, American-Canadian actor and producer
- 1960 – Lloyd Honeyghan, Jamaican-English boxer
- 1960 – Mart Laar, Estonian politician, 9th Prime Minister of Estonia
- 1960 – Gary Rhodes, English chef and author
- 1960 – Randall L. Stephenson, American businessman
- 1960 – Tatiana Thumbtzen, American actress, model, and dancer
- 1961 – Alo Mattiisen, Estonian composer (d. 1996)
- 1961 – Ann McKechin, Scottish politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland
- 1961 – Dewey Nicks, American photographer and director
- 1962 – Jeff Minter, English video game designer
- 1962 – Danièle Sauvageau, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1963 – Rosalind Gill, British feminist, and media commentator
- 1963 – Sean Lock, English comedian and actor
- 1963 – Magnús Ver Magnússon, Icelandic weightlifter and strongman
- 1964 – Estelle Asmodelle, Australian model and actress
- 1964 – Chris Makepeace, Canadian actor and director
- 1965 – Lauri Hendler, American actress
- 1965 – Miguel Leal, Portuguese football manager
- 1965 – Peter Zezel, Canadian ice hockey and soccer player (d. 2009)
- 1966 – Dana Barron, American actress
- 1966 – Kimberley Dahme, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Boston)
- 1966 – Fletcher Dragge, American guitarist and producer (Pennywise)
- 1966 – Mariana Levy, Mexican actress and singer (d. 2005)
- 1966 – Mickey Morandini, American baseball player and manager
- 1966 – Jeffrey Dean Morgan, American actor
- 1967 – Sheryl Lee, American actress
- 1967 – David J. C. MacKay, Scientist
- 1967 – Sherri Shepherd, American comedian, actress, and talk show host
- 1967 – Harvey Williams, American football player
- 1968 – Bimbo Coles, American basketball player
- 1968 – Zarley Zalapski, Canadian-Swiss ice hockey player
- 1969 – Dion Dublin, English footballer and sportscaster
- 1970 – Erkki Bahovski, Estonian journalist
- 1970 – Andrea Giani, Italian volleyball player and coach
- 1970 – Desmond Pringle, American gospel musician
- 1970 – Regine Velasquez, Filipino singer, actress, and producer
- 1971 – Daisuke Enomoto, Japanese businessman
- 1971 – Ingo Rademacher, German-Australian actor
- 1972 – Sabine Appelmans, Belgian tennis player
- 1972 – Owen Finegan, Australian rugby player
- 1972 – Milka Duno, Venezuelan race car driver
- 1972 – Sergei Hohlov-Simson, Estonian footballer
- 1972 – Willie Robertson, American hunter and businessman
- 1973 – Adem Poric, English-Australian footballer
- 1973 – Christopher Sabat, American voice actor, director, and producer
- 1973 – Ofer Talker, Israeli footballer
- 1974 – Opio, American rapper (Souls of Mischief and Hieroglyphics)
- 1974 – Shavo Odadjian, Armenian-American bass player, songwriter, and producer (System of a Down and Achozen)
- 1975 – Greg Moore, Canadian race car driver (d. 1999)
- 1975 – Carlos Sastre, Spanish cyclist
- 1975 – Anders Nyström, Swedish guitarist (Katatonia, Bewitched, Bloodbath, Diabolical Masquerade)
- 1976 – Dan Cloutier, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1976 – Paul Henderson, Australian footballer
- 1976 – Michał Żewłakow, Polish footballer
- 1977 – Ambra Angiolini, Italian actress and singer
- 1977 – Anna Eriksson, Finnish singer
- 1977 – Aaron Fincke, American guitarist (Breaking Benjamin, Lifer, and Stardog Champion)
- 1977 – Mark van Bommel, Dutch footballer
- 1978 – Ezekiel Jackson, Guyanese-American wrestler
- 1978 – Paul Malakwen Kosgei, Kenyan runner
- 1978 – Matt Orford, Australian rugby player
- 1978 – Jason Stollsteimer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Von Bondies and Hounds Below)
- 1978 – Esteban Tuero, Argentinian race car driver
- 1979 – Zoltán Gera, Hungarian footballer
- 1979 – Daniel Johns, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Silverchair and The Dissociatives)
- 1980 – Igor Budan, Croatian footballer
- 1980 – Clarke Dermody, New Zealand rugby player
- 1980 – Nicolas Douchez, French footballer
- 1980 – Courtney Friel, American journalist
- 1980 – Carlos Hernández, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1980 – Kora Karvouni, Greek actress
- 1980 – Aaron Michael Metchik, American actor
- 1980 – Quincy Timberlake, Kenyan-Australian activist and politician
- 1981 – Ken Dorsey, American football player
- 1981 – Daniel Ghiță, Romanian kick-boxer
- 1981 – Madis Kallas, Estonian decathlete and activist
- 1981 – Rafael Sperafico, Brazilian race car driver (d. 2007)
- 1981 – Jonathan Trott, South African-English cricketer
- 1981 – Eglantina Zingg, Venezuelan model and actress
- 1982 – Kaká, Brazilian footballer
- 1982 – Cassidy Freeman, American actress, singer, and pianist
- 1982 – Joel Monaghan, Australian rugby player
- 1982 – David Purcey, American baseball player
- 1982 – Aidas Reklys, Lithuanian figure skater
- 1982 – Aleksander Saharov, Estonian footballer
- 1982 – Noriko Shitaya, Japanese voice actress
- 1983 – Remi Ayodele, American football player
- 1983 – Francis Capra, American actor
- 1983 – Elliott Jordan, English actor
- 1983 – Sam W. Heads, English-American entomologist and palaeontologist
- 1983 – Jos Hooiveld, Dutch footballer
- 1983 – Matt Jones, American football player
- 1983 – Vangelis Mantzios, Greek footballer
- 1984 – Breanne Benson, Albanian-American porn actress
- 1984 – Amelle Berrabah, English singer-songwriter (Sugababes)
- 1984 – Michelle Ryan, English actress
- 1985 – Matt Ballinger, American singer and actor (Dream Street)
- 1985 – Blake Fitzpatrick, American director and screenwriter
- 1985 – Pablo Cáceres Rodríguez, Uruguayan footballer
- 1985 – Kseniya Simonova, Ukrainian painter and sculptor
- 1986 – Amber Heard, American actress
- 1986 – Marshawn Lynch, American football player
- 1986 – Dušan Šakota, Serbian-Greek basketball player
- 1987 – BC Jean, American singer-songwriter and actress
- 1987 – David Luiz, Brazilian footballer
- 1987 – David Mateos, Spanish footballer
- 1987 – John Obi Mikel, Nigerian footballer
- 1988 – Cherise Donovan, Australian actress
- 1988 – James Ross, American drag queen performer
- 1988 – Amadou Samb, Senegalese footballer
- 1989 – DeJuan Blair, American basketball player
- 1989 – Jasper Cillessen, Dutch footballer
- 1989 – Thomas James Longley, English actor and model
- 1990 – Óscar González, Mexican boxer (d. 2014)
- 1990 – Machine Gun Kelly, American rapper
- 1990 – Eve Muirhead, Scottish curler
- 1990 – Jade Windley, English tennis player
- 1991 – Braydon Smith, Australian boxer (d. 2015)
- 1992 – Joc Pederson, American baseball player
- 1992 – Kenny Stills, American football player
- 1992 – Rolene Strauss, South African model, Miss World 2014
- 1992 – Joonas Vaino, Estonian basketball player
- 1992 – Robin van Helsum, Dutch criminal
- 1993 – Ryu Hwayoung, South Korean rapper, dancer, and actress (T-ara)
- 1995 – Victoria Rodríguez, Mexican tennis player
- 1997 – Jekalyn Carr, American gospel musician
Deaths[edit]
- 296 – Pope Caius
- 536 – Pope Agapetus I
- 591 – Peter III of Raqqa
- 613 – Saint Theodore of Sykeon
- 1616 – Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1547)
- 1672 – Georg Stiernhielm, Swedish linguist and poet (b. 1598)
- 1699 – Hans Erasmus Aßmann, German poet (b. 1646)
- 1758 – Antoine de Jussieu, French biologist (b. 1686)
- 1806 – Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, French admiral (b. 1763)
- 1821 – Gregory V of Constantinople, Greek patriarch and saint (b. 1746)
- 1833 – Richard Trevithick, English engineer (b. 1771)
- 1850 – Friedrich Robert Faehlmann, Estonian philologist and physician (b. 1798)
- 1854 – Nicolás Bravo, Mexican general and politician, 11th President of Mexico (b. 1786)
- 1877 – James P. Kirkwood, Scottish-American engineer (b. 1807)
- 1892 – Édouard Lalo, French composer (b. 1823)
- 1893 – Chaim Aronson, Lithuanian businessman and author (b. 1825)
- 1894 – Kostas Krystallis, Greek author and poet (b. 1868)
- 1896 – Thomas Meik, English engineer, founded Halcrow Group (b. 1812)
- 1908 – Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Scottish-English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1836)
- 1925 – André Caplet, French composer and conductor (b. 1878)
- 1929 – Henry Lerolle, French painter (b. 1848)
- 1932 – Ferenc Oslay, Hungarian-Slovene historian and author (b. 1883)
- 1933 – Henry Royce, English engineer and businessman, co-founded Rolls-Royce Limited (b. 1863)
- 1944 – Nikolaos Roussen, Greek captain (b. 1913)
- 1945 – Wilhelm Cauer, German mathematician (b. 1900)
- 1945 – Käthe Kollwitz, German painter and sculptor (b. 1867)
- 1946 – Lionel Atwill, English-American actor (b. 1885)
- 1946 – Harlan F. Stone, American lawyer and jurist, 12th Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1872)
- 1949 – Charles Middleton, American actor (b. 1874)
- 1950 – Charles Hamilton Houston, American lawyer (b. 1895)
- 1951 – Horace Donisthorpe, English entomologist (b. 1870)
- 1968 – Stephen H. Sholes, American record producer (b. 1911)
- 1978 – Will Geer, American actor (b. 1902)
- 1980 – Jane Froman, American actress and singer (b. 1907)
- 1980 – Fritz Strassmann, German chemist (b. 1902)
- 1983 – John Louis Evans, American murderer (b. 1950)
- 1983 – Earl Hines, American pianist (b. 1903)
- 1984 – Ansel Adams, American photographer (b. 1902)
- 1985 – Paul Hugh Emmett, American chemist and educator (b. 1900)
- 1985 – Jacques Ferron, Canadian physician and author (b. 1921)
- 1986 – Mircea Eliade, Romanian historian and author (b. 1907)
- 1987 – Erika Nõva, Estonian architect (b. 1905)
- 1988 – Grigori Kuzmin, Russian-Estonian astronomer (b. 1917)
- 1988 – Irene Rich, American actress (b. 1891)
- 1989 – Emilio G. Segrè, Italian-American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905)
- 1990 – Albert Salmi, American actor (b. 1928)
- 1994 – Richard Nixon, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 37th President of the United States (b. 1913)
- 1995 – Jane Kenyon, American poet and author (b. 1947)
- 1995 – Maggie Kuhn, American activist, founded the Gray Panthers (b. 1905)
- 1996 – Erma Bombeck, American journalist and author (b. 1927)
- 1996 – Jug McSpaden, American golfer (b. 1908)
- 1998 – Kitch Christie, South African rugby player and coach (b. 1940)
- 1999 – Chan Canasta, Polish-English magician (b. 1920)
- 1999 – Munir Ahmad Khan, Pakistani-Austrian physicist and engineer (b. 1926)
- 1999 – Apostolos Nikolaidis, Greek-American singer (b. 1938)
- 2002 – Linda Lovelace, American porn actress (b. 1949)
- 2003 – Felice Bryant, American songwriter (b. 1925)
- 2003 – James H. Critchfield, American CIA officer (b. 1917)
- 2003 – Martha Griffiths, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 58th Lieutenant Governor of Michigan (b. 1912)
- 2003 – Mike Larrabee, American runner (b. 1933)
- 2004 – Jason Dunham, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1981)
- 2004 – Pat Tillman, American football player and soldier (b. 1976)
- 2004 – Michael Christie, American PGA tour golfer (b.1969)
- 2005 – Norman Bird, English actor (b. 1920)
- 2005 – Erika Fuchs, German translator (b. 1906)
- 2005 – Philip Morrison, American physicist and academic (b. 1915)
- 2006 – Henriette Avram, American computer scientist (b. 1919)
- 2006 – D'Iberville Fortier, Canadian diplomat (b. 1926)
- 2006 – Alida Valli, Italian actress (b. 1921)
- 2007 – Juanita Millender-McDonald, American educator and politician (b. 1938)
- 2008 – Cameron Argetsinger, American racing driver, lawyer and auto racing executive (b. 1921)
- 2008 – Ed Chynoweth, Canadian businessman (b. 1941)
- 2008 – Paul Davis, American singer-songwriter (b. 1948)
- 2010 – Richard Barrett, American lawyer and activist (b. 1943)
- 2011 – Moin Akhter, Pakistani actor (b. 1950)
- 2012 – John Amabile, American football player and coach (b. 1939)
- 2012 – Bill Granger, American author (b. 1941)
- 2012 – Buzz Potamkin, American director and producer (b. 1945)
- 2012 – George Rathmann, American chemist, biologist, and businessman (b. 1927)
- 2013 – Dave Gold, American businessman, founded 99 Cents Only Stores (b. 1932)
- 2013 – George Stanley Gordon, American businessman (b. 1926)
- 2013 – Richie Havens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1941)
- 2013 – Lalgudi Jayaraman, Indian violinist and composer (b. 1930)
- 2013 – Mike Smith, English footballer (b. 1935)
- 2013 – Robert Suderburg, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1936)
- 2013 – J. S. Verma, Indian judge and politician, 27th Chief Justice of India (b. 1933)
- 2014 – George H. Heilmeier, American engineer (b. 1936)
- 2014 – Allen Jacobs, American football player and coach (b. 1941)
- 2014 – Jovan Krkobabić, Serbian politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia (b. 1930)
- 2014 – Mohammad Naseem, Pakistani-English activist (b. 1924)
- 2014 – Werner Potzernheim, German cyclist (b. 1927)
- 2014 – Oswaldo Vigas, Venezuelan painter (b. 1926)
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THIS DAY IN MUSIC
| 1957, Elvis Presley had his custom built 'Music Gates' installed at Gracelands. The gates were designed by Abe Saucer and custom built by John Dillars Jr, of Memphis Doors inc. More on Elvis Presley | |
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| 1964, The President of The National Federation Of Hairdressers offered a free haircut to the next No.1 group in the UK pop charts. He said 'The Rolling Stones are the worst, one of them looks as if he's got a feather duster on his head.' More on The Rolling Stones | |
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| 1965, The Beatles were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Ticket To Ride.' Taken from the film Help! it was the group's seventh UK No.1. | |
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| 1966, 'Wild Thing' by The Troggs (who were originally called The Troglodytes) was released in the U.S. on both the Atco and Fontana labels. The song went on to reach No.1. Fronted by Reg Presley, 'Wild Thing' became a major influence on garage rock and punk rock. More on The Troggs | |
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| 1966, Two dozen local group's appeared at a ‘battle of the bands’ gig in Matawan Keyport Roller Drome in New Jersey. All acts performed three songs each. The Rogues won first place, second was Sonny & The Starfires, and third place went to The Castiles, (with Bruce Springsteen on vocals). The three winners were given an opportunity to perform at the Roller Drome the following week as part of a major concert headlined by The Crystals. | |
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| 1967, In the most popular Monkee poll conducted in the music paper Disc & Music Echo, Davy Jones received 63% of the votes, Mickey Dolenz 22%, Peter Tork 8% and Mike Nesmith 7%. | |
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| 1969, On the roof of the Apple building in London, John Lennon changed his middle name from Winston to Ono. | |
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| 1972, Deep Purple scored their second UK No.1 album with Machine Head. The album which features 'Smoke on the Water' and 'Highway Star', is often cited as a major influence in the early development of the heavy metal music genre and commercially, it was Deep Purple's most successful album. More on Deep Purple | |
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| 1977, The Jam released their first single 'In The City', which peaked at No. 40 in the UK charts. The English punk rock/New Wave/mod revival formed in Woking, Surrey, fronted by Paul Weller, achieved 17 other Top 40 hits including four UK No.1's. | |
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| 1978, Bob Marley and the Wailers performed at the 'One Love Peace Concert' in Jamaica. It was Marley's first public appearance in Jamaica since being wounded in an assassination attempt a year and a half earlier. | |
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| 1978, John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd made their first ever appearance as The Blues Brothers when they appeared on US TV's 'Saturday Night Live'. | |
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| 1989, Madonna started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Like A Prayer', the singers seventh US No.1, also a No.1 in the UK. | |
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| 1991, The Dave Matthews Band played their first ever-live show when they appeared at The Earth Day festival in Charlottesville, Virginia. | |
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| 2001, Destiny's Child went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Survivor.' Their second chart topper, they were the first US female band to have more than one UK No.1. The song won the trio a Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Group. | |
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| 2003, Songwriter Felice Bryant died of cancer. Wrote many hits with her husband Boudleaux including; The Everly Brothers, 'Bye Bye Love', 'All I Have To Do Is Dream', 'Wake Up Little Susie' and 'Raining In My Heart' a hit for Buddy Holly. Other acts to record their song include Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Tony Bennett, Simon & Garfunkel, Sarah Vaughan, Grateful Dead, Dolly Parton, Elvis Presley, Beach Boys, Roy Orbison, Elvis Costello, Count Basie, Dean Martin, Ruth Brown, Cher, R.E.M. and Ray Charles. | |
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| 2007, Beyonce & Shakira were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Beautiful Liar'. The track won the Most Earth-Shattering Collaboration award at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards and the song won an Ivor Novello Award for Best-Selling British Song. | |
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| 2008, It was revealed that 60's singer Tommy Steele took Elvis Presley on a secret tour of London in 1958 after Presley struck up a friendship with Steele. When the rock legend flew into London for a day, Steele apparently took him round the city, showing him famous landmarks such as the Houses of Parliament. For more than 50 years, Presley fans had believed the only time Elvis ever set foot in the UK was during a stop-over at Prestwick Airport in Scotland in March 1960. More on Elvis Presley | |
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| 2013, Richie Havens, the folk singer who opened the legendary 1969 Woodstock rock festival, died of a heart attack at 72. He died at his home in Jersey City, New Jersey. | |
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| 1922, Born on this day, Jazz musician and bandleader Charles Mingus, died 5th January 1979 aged 56. His final project was collaboration with Joni Mitchell 'Mingus.' | |
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| 1936, Born on this day, Glen Campbell, country singer, songwriter, actor, TV presenter. Hits include ‘By the Time I Get to Phoenix’, ‘Wichita Lineman’, and ‘Rhinestone Cowboy’. As a session musician in the 1960s he worked with Bobby Darin, Ricky Nelson, The Monkees, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Velvet Underground and The Mamas & the Papas. He was a touring member of The Beach Boys, filling in for an ailing Brian Wilson in 1964/65. His guitar playing can be heard on ‘Strangers in the Night’ by Frank Sinatra, ‘You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'‘ by The Righteous Brothers and ‘I'm a Believer’ by The Monkees. More on Glen Campbell | |
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| 1937, Born on this day, Jack Nitzsche, producer, songwriter. Produced The Rolling Stones, Neil Young and The Walker Brothers. Co-wrote, 'Up Where We Belong' with Buffy Sainte-Marie. Died of a heart attack on 25th August 2000. | |
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| 1939, Born on this day, Simon Napier- Bell, UK manager of Wham! T Rex and Japan. | |
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| 1944, Born on this day, Drummer Howard Wyeth, Worked with Bob Dylan, Don McLean, Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell. He died of a heart attack 27th March 1996. | |
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| 1950, Born on this day, Peter Frampton, guitar, vocals, The Herd, (1968 UK No.5 single 'I Don't Want Our Loving To Die'), Humble Pie, (1969 UK No.4 single 'Natural Born Bugie') & solo, (1976 UK No.10 single 'Show Me The Way'). Worked with David Bowie, George Harrison, Harry Nilsson. | |
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| 1950, Born on this day, Pete Car, American guitarist best known as part of the studio backing band known as the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section of Alabama. He has contributed to hit recordings by Joan Baez, Luther Ingram, Bob Seger, Joe Cocker, Boz Scaggs, Paul Simon, The Staple Singers, Rod Stewart, Barbra Streisand, Wilson Pickett, Bob Seger and many more. | |
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| 1951, Born on this day, Paul Carrack, keyboards, guitar, vocals, Ace, (1974 UK No.20 single 'How Long') Squeeze, (1981 UK No.41 single 'Tempted'), Mike And The Mechanics, (1989 US No.1 & UK No.2 single 'The Living years') and solo hits. | |
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| 1956, Born on this day, Kenny Lyons, The Lemonheads, (1993 UK No.14 single 'Into Your Arms'). | |
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| 1969, Born on this day, Craig Logan, Bros, (1988 UK No.1 single 'I Owe You Nothing', plus 10 other UK Top singles). | |
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| 1974, Born on this day, Shavo Odadjian, bassist, System of a Down, (2005 US No.1 & UK No.2 album ‘Mezmerize’). | |
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| 1979, Born on this day, Daniel Johns, Silverchair, (1997 Australian No.1 & UK No.34 single 'Freak', 1995 Australian No.1 album 'Frogstomp' plus three other Australian No.1 albums). | |
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| 1984, Born on this day Amelle Berrabah, Sugababes. (replaced co-founding member Mutya Buena in December 2005), 2007 UK No.1 single 'About You Now.' | |
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