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• 618 – Li Yuan becomes Emperor Gaozu of Tang, initiating three centuries of Tang Dynasty rule over China.
• 1053 – Battle of Civitate: Three thousand horsemen of Norman Count Humphrey rout the troops of Pope Leo IX.
• 1178 – Five Canterbury monks see what is possibly the Giordano Bruno crater being formed. It is believed that the current oscillations of the Moon's distance from the Earth (on the order of meters) are a result of this collision.
• 1264 – The Parliament of Ireland meets at Castledermot in County Kildare, the first definitively known meeting of this Irish legislature.
• 1429 – French forces under the leadership of Joan of Arc defeat the main English army under Sir John Fastolf at the Battle of Patay. This turns the tide of the Hundred Years' War.
• 1633 – Charles I, is crowned King of Scots at St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh
• 1684 – The charter of the Massachusetts Bay Colony is revoked via a scire facias writ issued by an English court.
• 1757 – Battle of Kolín between Prussian forces under Frederick the Great and an Austrian army under the command of Field Marshal Count Leopold Joseph von Daun in the Seven Years' War.
• 1767 – Samuel Wallis, an English sea captain, sights Tahiti and is considered the first European to reach the island.
• 1778 – American Revolutionary War: British troops abandon Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• 1799 – Action of 18 June 1799: A frigate squadron under Rear-admiral Perrée is captured by the British fleet under Lord Keith
• 1812 – War of 1812: The U.S. Congress declares war on Great Britain, Canada, and Ireland.
• 1815 – Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Waterloo results in the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte by the Duke of Wellington and Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher forcing him to abdicate the throne of France for the second and last time.
• 1830 – French invasion of Algeria.
• 1858 – Charles Darwin receives a paper from Alfred Russel Wallace that includes nearly identical conclusions about evolution as Darwin's own, prompting Darwin to publish his theory.
• 1859 – First ascent of Aletschhorn, second summit of the Bernese Alps.
• 1873 – Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.
• 1887 – The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed.
• 1900 – Empress Dowager Longyu of China orders all foreigners killed, including foreign diplomats and their families.
• 1908 – Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the ship Kasato-Maru.
• 1908 – The University of the Philippines is established.
• 1923 – Checker Taxi puts its first taxi on the streets.
• 1928 – Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean (she is a passenger; Wilmer Stultz is the pilot and Lou Gordon the mechanic).
• 1930 – Groundbreaking ceremonies for the Franklin Institute are held.
• 1935 – Police in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada clash with striking longshoremen, resulting in a total 60 injuries and 24 arrests.
• 1940 – Appeal of June 18 by Charles de Gaulle.
• 1940 – "Finest Hour" speech by Winston Churchill.
• 1945 – William Joyce ("Lord Haw-Haw") is charged with treason for his pro-German propaganda broadcasting during World War II.
• 1946 – Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia, a Socialist, calls for a Direct Action Day against the Portuguese in Goa. A road is named after this date in Panjim.
• 1953 – The Egyptian Revolution of 1952 ends with the overthrow of the Muhammad Ali Dynasty and the declaration of the Republic of Egypt.
• 1953 – A United States Air Force C-124 crashes and burns near Tachikawa, Japan, killing 129.
• 1954 – Pierre Mendès-France becomes Prime Minister of France.
• 1965 – Vietnam War: The United States uses B-52 bombers to attack National Liberation Front guerrilla fighters in South Vietnam.
• 1972 – Staines air disaster: One hundred eighteen are killed when a BEA H.S. Trident crashes two minutes after take off from London Heathrow Airport.
• 1979 – SALT II is signed by the United States and the Soviet Union.
• 1981 – The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, the first operational aircraft initially designed around stealth technology, makes its first flight.
• 1983 – Space Shuttle program: STS-7, Astronaut Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space.
• 1983 – Mona Mahmudnizhad together with nine other Bahá'í women, is sentenced to death and hanged in Shiraz, Iran because of her Bahá'í Faith.
• 1984 – A major clash between about 5,000 police and a similar number of miners takes place at Orgreave, South Yorkshire, during the 1984–1985 UK miners' strike.
• 1996 – Ted Kaczynski, suspected of being the Unabomber, is indicted on ten criminal counts.
• 2006 – The first Kazakh space satellite, KazSat is launched.
• 2009 – The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), a NASA robotic spacecraft is launched.

Births[edit]

• 1269 – Eleanor of England, Countess of Bar (d. 1298)
• 1318 – Eleanor of Woodstock (d. 1355)
• 1466 – Ottaviano Petrucci, Italian printer (d. 1539)
• 1511 – Bartolomeo Ammannati, Italian architect and sculptor, designed the Ponte Santa Trinita (d. 1592)
• 1517 – Emperor Ōgimachi of Japan (d. 1593)
• 1521 – Maria of Portugal, Duchess of Viseu (d. 1577)
• 1662 – Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Cleveland, English son of Charles II of England (d. 1730)
• 1667 – Ivan Trubetskoy, Russian field marshal (d. 1750)
• 1673 – Antoni Lliteres Carrió, Spanish composer (d. 1747)
• 1677 – Antonio Maria Bononcini, Italian cellist and composer (d. 1726)
• 1716 – Joseph-Marie Vien, French painter (d. 1809)
• 1717 – Johann Stamitz, Czech violinist and composer (d. 1757)
• 1757 – Ignaz Pleyel, Austrian-French pianist and composer (d. 1831)
• 1757 – Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, Argentinian lawyer and politician (d. 1833)
• 1769 – Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, Irish-English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (d. 1822)
• 1799 – William Lassell, English astronomer (d. 1880)
• 1812 – Ivan Goncharov, Russian author (d. 1891)
• 1815 – Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen, German general (d. 1881)
• 1816 – Hélène Napoleone Bonaparte, French daughter of Napoleon (d. 1907)
• 1816 – Jung Bahadur Rana, Nepali ruler (d. 1877)
• 1834 – Auguste-Théodore-Paul de Broglie, French philosopher and academic (d. 1895)
• 1839 – William H. Seward, Jr., American general (d. 1920)
• 1845 – Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, French physician and parasitologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1922)
• 1850 – Richard Heuberger, Austrian composer and critic (d. 1914)
• 1854 – E. W. Scripps, American publisher, founded the E. W. Scripps Company (d. 1926)
• 1857 – Henry Clay Folger, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Folger Shakespeare Library (d. 1930)
• 1858 – Andrew Forsyth, British mathematician (d. 1942)
• 1863 – George Essex Evans, English-Australian poet (d. 1909)
• 1868 – Miklós Horthy, Hungarian admiral and politician, Regent of Hungary (d. 1957)
• 1870 – Édouard Le Roy, French mathematician and philosopher (d. 1954)
• 1877 – James Montgomery Flagg, American painter and illustrator (d. 1960)
• 1881 – Zoltán Halmay, Hungarian swimmer (d. 1956)
• 1882 – Georgi Dimitrov, Bulgarian politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Bulgaria (d. 1949)
• 1884 – Édouard Daladier, French politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 1970)
• 1886 – George Mallory, English mountaineer (d. 1924)
• 1886 – Alexander Wetmore, American ornithologist and paleontologist (d. 1978)
• 1887 – Tancrède Labbé, Canadian politician and businessman (d. 1956)
• 1891 – Mae Busch, Australian-American actress (d. 1946)
• 1895 – Manuela Fernández-Fojaco, Spanish super-centenarian (d. 2009)
• 1896 – Blanche Sweet, American actress (d. 1986)
• 1897 – Martti Marttelin, Finnish runner (d. 1940)
• 1901 – Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia (d. 1918)
• 1901 – Llewellyn Rees, English actor (b. 1994)
• 1902 – Paavo Yrjölä, Finnish decathlete (d. 1980)
• 1903 – Jeanette MacDonald, American actress and singer (d. 1965)
• 1903 – Raymond Radiguet, French author (d. 1923)
• 1904 – Keye Luke, Chinese-American actor (d. 1991)
• 1904 – Manuel Rosenthal, French conductor and composer (d. 2003)
• 1905 – Eduard Tubin, Estonian composer and conductor (d. 1982)
• 1907 – Frithjof Schuon, Swiss-American metaphysicist, philosopher, and author (d. 1998)
• 1908 – Bud Collyer, American actor and game show host (d. 1969)
• 1908 – Stanley Knowles, American-Canadian politician (d. 1997)
• 1908 – Nedra Volz, American actress (d. 2003)
• 1910 – Dick Foran, American actor and singer (d. 1979)
• 1910 – Avon Long, American actor and singer (d. 1984)
• 1910 – Ray McKinley, American singer, drummer, and bandleader (Glenn Miller Orchestra) (d. 1995)
• 1912 – Glenn Morris, American decathlete and actor (d. 1974)
• 1913 – Wilfred Gordon Bigelow, Canadian surgeon (d. 2005)
• 1913 – Sammy Cahn, American songwriter (d. 1993)
• 1913 – Sylvia Porter, American economist and journalist (d. 1991)
• 1913 – Françoise Loranger, Canadian playwright and producer (d. 1995)
• 1913 – Robert Mondavi, American winemaker (d. 2008)
• 1914 – E. G. Marshall, American actor (d. 1998)
• 1915 – Red Adair, American firefighter (d. 2004)
• 1915 – Robert Kanigher, American author (d. 2002)
• 1916 – Julio César Turbay Ayala, Colombian politician, 25th President of Colombia (d. 2005)
• 1917 – Richard Boone, American actor, singer, and director (d. 1981)
• 1917 – Jack Karnehm, English sportscaster (d. 2002)
• 1917 – Erik Ortvad, Danish painter (d. 2008)
• 1917 – Arthur Tremblay, Canadian politician (d. 1996)
• 1918 – Jerome Karle, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
• 1918 – Franco Modigliani, Italian-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2003)
• 1919 – Jüri Järvet, Estonian actor and screenwriter (d. 1995)
• 1920 – Ian Carmichael, English actor and singer (d. 2010)
• 1920 – John B. Heilman, American politician (d. 2013)
• 1920 – Matthew Ianniello, American mobster (d. 2012)
• 1920 – Lode Van Den Bergh, Belgian writer
• 1922 – Claude Helffer, French pianist (d. 2004)
• 1922 – Lois Ramsey, Australian actress
• 1923 – Jean Delumeau, French historian and academic
• 1924 – George Mikan, American basketball player and coach (d. 2005)
• 1925 – Robert Arthur, American actor (d. 2008)
• 1925 – Robert Beadell, American composer and educator (d. 1994)
• 1926 – Philip B. Crosby, American businessman and author (d. 2001)
• 1926 – Allan Sandage, American astronomer and cosmologist (d. 2010)
• 1926 – Tom Wicker, American journalist (d. 2011)
• 1927 – Eva Bartok, Hungarian-born English actress (d. 1998)
• 1927 – Paul Eddington, English actor (d. 1995)
• 1928 – Michael Blakemore, Australian actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1928 – David T. Lykken, American geneticist and academic (d. 2006)
• 1929 – Ann Mara, American businesswoman and philanthropist (d. 2015)
• 1929 – Jürgen Habermas, German sociologist and philosopher
• 1931 – Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Brazilian politician, 34th President of Brazil
• 1931 – K. S. Sudarshan, Indian politician (d. 2012)
• 1932 – Dudley R. Herschbach, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1932 – Geoffrey Hill, English poet and educator
• 1934 – Brian Kenny, English general
• 1934 – Mitsuteru Yokoyama, Japanese illustrator (d. 2004)
• 1935 – Hugh McColl, American banker
• 1936 – Denny Hulme, New Zealand race car driver (d. 1992)
• 1936 – Barack Obama, Sr., Kenyan economist (d. 1982)
• 1936 – Ronald Venetiaan, Surinamese politician, 6th President of Suriname
• 1937 – Wray Carlton, American football player
• 1937 – Del Harris, American basketball player and coach
• 1937 – Jay Rockefeller, American politician
• 1937 – Bruce Trigger, Canadian archaeologist, anthropologist and historian (d. 2006)
• 1937 – Vitaly Zholobov, Ukrainian colonel, engineer, and astronaut
• 1938 – Eddie Jones, American businessman (d. 2012)
• 1938 – Kevin Murray, Australian footballer and coach
• 1939 – Lou Brock, American baseball player
• 1939 – Jean-Claude Germain, Canadian author, journalist, and historian
• 1939 – Brooks Firestone, American businessman and politician
• 1940 – Michael Sheard, Scottish actor (d. 2005)
• 1941 – Paul Mayersberg, English director and screenwriter
• 1941 – Delia Smith, English chef and author
• 1942 – John Bellany, Scottish painter (d. 2013)
• 1942 – Roger Ebert, American journalist, critic, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
• 1942 – Pat Hutchins, English author and illustrator
• 1942 – Thabo Mbeki, South African politician, 23rd President of South Africa
• 1942 – Paul McCartney, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1942 – Carl Radle, American bass player and producer (Delaney & Bonnie and Derek and the Dominos) (d. 1980)
• 1942 – Nick Tate, Australian actor
• 1942 – Hans Vonk, Dutch conductor (d. 2004)
• 1943 – Raffaella Carrà, Italian singer, dancer, and actress
• 1944 – Sandy Posey, American singer
• 1946 – Russell Ash, English author
• 1946 – Bruiser Brody, American wrestler (d. 1988)
• 1946 – Fabio Capello, Italian footballer and manager
• 1946 – Luan Peters, English actress and singer
• 1946 – Gordon Murray, South African race car designer
• 1947 – Ivonne Coll, Puerto Rican model and actress, Miss Puerto Rico 1967
• 1947 – Bernard Giraudeau, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
• 1947 – Linda Thorson, Canadian actress
• 1948 – Philip Jackson, English actor
• 1948 – Eliezer Halfin, Israeli wrestler (d. 1972)
• 1948 – Éva Marton, Hungarian soprano
• 1949 – Chris Van Allsburg, American author and illustrator
• 1949 – Jarosław Kaczyński, Polish lawyer and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Poland
• 1949 – Lech Kaczyński, Polish lawyer and politician, 4th President of Poland (d. 2010)
• 1949 – Lincoln Thompson, Jamaican singer-songwriter (The Tartans) (d. 1999)
• 1950 – Rod de'Ath, Welsh drummer and producer (d. 2014)
• 1950 – Annelie Ehrhardt, German hurdler
• 1950 – Mike Johanns, American politician, 38th Governor of Nebraska
• 1950 – Jackie Leven, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Doll by Doll) (d. 2011)
• 1951 – Mohammed Al-Sager, Kuwaiti journalist and politician
• 1951 – Miriam Flynn, American actress
• 1951 – Ian Hargreaves, English journalist and academic
• 1951 – Stephen Hopper, Australian botanist
• 1951 – Gyula Sax, Hungarian chess player (d. 2014)
• 1952 – Tiiu Aro, Estonian physician and politician, Estonian Minister of Social Affairs
• 1952 – Denis Herron, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1952 – Carol Kane, American actress, director, and screenwriter
• 1952 – Isabella Rossellini, Italian actress and model
• 1952 – Lee Soo-man, South Korean singer and businessman, founded S.M. Entertainment
• 1953 – Raimo Aas, Estonian radio host
• 1953 – Derek Deane, English dancer and choreographer
• 1953 – Peter Donohoe, English pianist and educator
• 1953 – Vladislav Terzyul, Ukrainian mountaineer (d. 2004)
• 1955 – Ed Fast, Canadian lawyer and politician
• 1956 – Brian Benben, American actor
• 1957 – Ralph Brown, English actor
• 1957 – Ray Cochrane, Northern Irish jockey and sports agent
• 1957 – Andrea Evans, American actress
• 1957 – Miguel Ángel Lotina, Spanish footballer and manager
• 1957 – Richard Powers, American author
• 1958 – Peter Altmaier, German politician, Federal Minister for Special Affairs of Germany
• 1959 – Johnny Lee Clary, American wrestler and Ku Klux Klan leader (d. 2014)
• 1960 – Barbara Broccoli, American director and producer
• 1960 – Steve Murphy, Canadian journalist
• 1961 – Oz Fox, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Stryper, SinDizzy, and Bloodgood)
• 1961 – Dzintar Klavan, Estonian footballer
• 1961 – Andrés Galarraga, Venezuelan-American baseball player
• 1961 – Angela Johnson, American author and poet
• 1961 – Alison Moyet, English singer-songwriter (Yazoo and The Vandals)
• 1961 – Randy Spears, American pornographic actor and director
• 1962 – Jeff Mills, American DJ and producer (Underground Resistance)
• 1962 – Mitsuharu Misawa, Japanese wrestler (d. 2009)
• 1962 – Lisa Randall, American physicist and academic
• 1963 – Bruce Smith, American football player
• 1964 – Uday Hussein, Iraqi son of Saddam Hussein (d. 2003)
• 1965 – Andrew Grainger, British actor
• 1966 – Kurt Browning, Canadian figure skater
• 1966 – Troy Kemp, Bahamian high jumper
• 1968 – Frank Müller, German decathlete
• 1969 – Haki Doku, Albanian cyclist
• 1969 – Christopher Largen, American journalist and author
• 1969 – Vito LoGrasso, American wrestler
• 1970 – Robin Christopher, American actress
• 1970 – Ivan Kozák, Slovak footballer
• 1970 – Greg Yaitanes, American director and producer
• 1971 – Gaute Kivistik, Estonian journalist and author
• 1971 – Jason McAteer, English-Irish footballer and manager
• 1972 – Anu Tali, Estonian pianist and conductor
• 1973 – Julie Depardieu, French actress
• 1973 – Stephen Thomas Erlewine, American music critic and author
• 1973 – Ray LaMontagne, American singer-songwriter
• 1973 – Alexandros Papadimitriou, Greek hammer thrower
• 1973 – Matt Parsons, Australian rugby league player
• 1973 – Gavin Wanganeen Australian rules footballer
• 1974 – Kenan İmirzalıoğlu, Turkish actor
• 1974 – Vincenzo Montella, Italian footballer and manager
• 1974 – Sergey Sharikov, Russian fencer and coach (d. 2015)
• 1974 – Kenan İmirzalıoğlu, Turkish actor, operatic tenor, and former model
• 1975 – Jamel Debbouze, French-Moroccan actor and producer
• 1975 – Marie Gillain, Belgian actress
• 1975 – Aleksandrs Koļinko, Latvian footballer
• 1975 – Martin St. Louis, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1976 – Blake Shelton, American singer
• 1978 – Wang Liqin, Chinese table tennis player
• 1979 – Yumiko Kobayashi, Japanese voice actress
• 1979 – Ivana Wong, Hong Kong singer-songwriter
• 1980 – Antonio Gates, American football player
• 1980 – David Giuntoli, American actor
• 1980 – Sergey Kirdyapkin, Russian race walker
• 1980 – Craig Mottram, Australian runner
• 1980 – Antero Niittymäki, Finnish ice hockey player
• 1981 – Ella Chen, Taiwanese singer and actress
• 1981 – Marco Streller, Swiss footballer
• 1982 – Nadir Belhadj, French-Algerian footballer
• 1982 – Marco Borriello, Italian footballer
• 1983 – Billy Slater, Australian rugby league player
• 1983 – Cameron Smith, Australian rugby league player
• 1983 – Josh Santana, Filipino singer
• 1984 – Janne Happonen, Finnish ski jumper
• 1984 – Ronnie Stam, Dutch footballer
• 1985 – Chris Coghlan, American baseball player
• 1986 – Edgars Eriņš, Latvian decathlete
• 1986 – Richard Gasquet, French tennis player
• 1987 – Omar Arellano, Mexican footballer
• 1987 – O.T. Genasis, Belizean-American rapper
• 1987 – Ezgi Asaroğlu, Turkish film and television actress
• 1988 – Elini Dimoutsos, Greek footballer
• 1989 – Renee Olstead, American actress and singer
• 1990 – Luke Adam, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1990 – Sandra Izbașa, Romanian gymnast
• 1990 – Christian Taylor, American triple jumper
• 1990 – Mitsuki Tanimura, Japanese actress
• 1991 – Willa Holland, American actress
• 1996 – Alen Halilović, Croatian footballer
• 1996 – Niki Wories, Dutch figure skater
• 1997 – Max Records, American actor

Deaths[edit]

• 741 – Leo III the Isaurian, Byzantine emperor (b. 685)
• 1234 – Emperor Chūkyō of Japan (b. 1218)
• 1291 – Alfonso III of Aragon (b. 1265)
• 1464 – Rogier van der Weyden, Flemish painter (b. 1400)
• 1588 – Robert Crowley, English clergyman and poet (b. 1517)
• 1629 – Piet Pieterszoon Hein, Dutch admiral (b. 1577)
• 1650 – Christoph Scheiner, German priest, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1575)
• 1673 – Jeanne Mance, French-Canadian nurse, founded the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal (b. 1606)
• 1704 – Tom Brown, English author (b. 1662)
• 1726 – Michel Richard Delalande, French organist and composer (b. 1657)
• 1742 – John Aislabie, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1670)
• 1749 – Ambrose Philips, English poet and politician (b. 1674)
• 1772 – Johann Ulrich von Cramer, German jurist and scholar (b. 1706)
• 1772 – Gerard van Swieten, Dutch-Austrian physician (b. 1700)
• 1788 – Adam Gib, Scottish religious leader (b. 1714)
• 1794 – François Buzot, French politician (b. 1760)
• 1794 – James Murray, Scottish-English general and politician (b. 1721)
• 1815 – Thomas Picton, Welsh-English general and politician (b. 1758)
• 1833 – Robert Hett Chapman, American minister, missionary, and academic (b. 1771)
• 1835 – William Cobbett, English farmer and journalist (b. 1763)
• 1866 – Prince Sigismund of Prussia (b. 1864)
• 1902 – Samuel Butler, English author and poet (b. 1835)
• 1905 – Carmine Crocco, Italian soldier (b. 1830)
• 1915 – Eufemio Zapata, Mexican brother of Emiliano Zapata (b. 1873)
• 1916 – Max Immelmann, German lieutenant and pilot (b. 1890)
• 1917 – Titu Maiorescu, Romanian critic and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1840)
• 1922 – Jacobus Kapteyn, Dutch astronomer and academic (b. 1851)
• 1928 – Roald Amundsen, Norwegian explorer (b. 1872)
• 1936 – Maxim Gorky, Russian author (b. 1868)
• 1937 – Gaston Doumergue, French politician, 13th President of France (b. 1863)
• 1942 – Arthur Pryor, American trombonist, bandleader, and politician (b. 1870)
• 1943 – Elias Degiannis, Greek commander (b. 1912)
• 1945 – Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr., American general (b. 1886)
• 1947 – Shigematsu Sakaibara, Japanese admiral (b. 1898)
• 1952 – Heinrich Schlusnus, German singer (b. 1888)
• 1959 – Ethel Barrymore, American actress (b. 1879)
• 1963 – Pedro Armendáriz, Mexican-American actor (b. 1912)
• 1967 – Geki, Italian race car driver (b. 1937)
• 1967 – Beat Fehr, Swiss race car driver (b. 1942)
• 1971 – Thomas Gomez, American actor (b. 1905)
• 1971 – Paul Karrer, Swiss chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889)
• 1973 – Roger Delgado, English actor (b. 1918)
• 1974 – Júlio César de Mello e Souza, Brazilian mathematician and author (b. 1896)
• 1974 – Georgy Zhukov, Russian marshal and politician, Minister of Defence for the Soviet Union (b. 1896)
• 1975 – Hugo Bergmann, German-Israeli philosopher and author (b. 1883)
• 1978 – Walter C. Alvarez, American physician and author (b. 1884)
• 1980 – Terence Fisher, English director and screenwriter (b. 1904)
• 1980 – André Leducq, French cyclist (b. 1904)
• 1982 – Djuna Barnes, American journalist, author, and poet (b. 1892)
• 1982 – John Cheever, American author (b. 1912)
• 1982 – Curd Jürgens, German-Austrian actor and director (b. 1915)
• 1984 – Alan Berg, American lawyer and radio host (b. 1934)
• 1985 – Paul Colin, French illustrator (b. 1892)
• 1986 – Frances Scott Fitzgerald, American journalist and author (b. 1921)
• 1989 – I. F. Stone, American journalist (b. 1907)
• 1992 – Peter Allen, Australian singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1944)
• 1992 – Mordecai Ardon, Israeli painter (b. 1896)
• 1993 – Craig Rodwell, American activist, founded the Oscar Wilde Bookshop (b. 1940)
• 1997 – Lev Kopelev, Russian author (b. 1912)
• 2000 – Nancy Marchand, American actress (b. 1928)
• 2002 – Jack Buck, American sportscaster (b. 1924)
• 2003 – Larry Doby, American baseball player and manager (b. 1923)
• 2003 – Ernest Martin, American murderer (b. 1960)
• 2004 – Abdel Aziz al-Muqrin, Saudi Arabian terrorist (b. 1972)
• 2005 – Mushtaq Ali, Indian cricketer (b. 1914)
• 2005 – Manuel Sadosky, Argentinian mathematician and academic (b. 1914)
• 2006 – Vincent Sherman, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1906)
• 2007 – Bernard Manning, English comedian and actor (b. 1930)
• 2007 – Hank Medress, American singer and producer (The Tokens) (b. 1938)
• 2007 – Georges Thurston, Canadian singer-songwriter (b. 1951)
• 2008 – Jean Delannoy, French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1908)
• 2008 – Miyuki Kanbe, Japanese actor (b. 1984)
• 2008 – Tasha Tudor, American author and illustrator (b. 1915)
• 2010 – Trent Acid, American wrestler (b. 1980)
• 2010 – José Saramago, Portuguese journalist, author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1922)
• 2010 – Okan Demiriş, Turkish composer (b. 1942)
• 2011 – Yelena Bonner, Russian activist (b. 1923)
• 2011 – Frederick Chiluba, Zambian politician, 2nd President of Zambia (b. 1943)
• 2011 – Clarence Clemons, American saxophonist and actor (E Street Band) (b. 1942)
• 2012 – Horacio Coppola, Argentinian photographer and director (b. 1906)
• 2012 – Lina Haag, German author and activist (b. 1907)
• 2012 – Ghazala Javed, Pakistani singer (b. 1988)
• 2012 – Tom Maynard, Welsh cricketer (b. 1989)
• 2012 – Luis Edgardo Mercado Jarrín, Peruvian politician, 109th Prime Minister of Peru (b. 1919)
• 2012 – Alketas Panagoulias, Greek footballer and manager (b. 1934)
• 2012 – Victor Spinetti, Welsh actor (b. 1929)
• 2012 – William Van Regenmorter, American politician (b. 1939)
• 2013 – Brent F. Anderson, American engineer and politician (b. 1932)
• 2013 – Alastair Donaldson, Scottish bass player (The Rezillos and Silly Wizard) (b. 1955)
• 2013 – Garde Gardom, Canadian lawyer and politician, 26th Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia (b. 1924)
• 2013 – Michael Hastings, American journalist and author (b. 1980)
• 2013 – Dave Petitjean, American actor (b. 1928)
• 2013 – Claudio Rocchi, Italian singer-songwriter and bass player (Stormy Six) (b. 1951)
• 2013 – David Wall, English ballet dancer (b. 1946)
• 2014 – Stephanie Kwolek, American chemist and engineer (b. 1923)
• 2014 – Johnny Mann, American singer-songwriter and conductor (b. 1928)
• 2014 – Claire Martin, Canadian author (b. 1914)
• 2014 – Vladimir Popovkin, Russian general (b. 1957)
• 2014 – Horace Silver, American pianist and composer (b. 1928)

Οι πιο ωραιες παραλίες του κόσμου 

Οι ειδικοί της μόδας του περιοδικού Vogue συγκεντρώθηκαν

και επέλεξαν τις καλύτερες παραλίες σε όλο τον κόσμο και 

μέσα σε αυτές βρίσκεται και μία ελληνική.

Ο λόγος για την Σάντα Μαρίνα στη Μύκονο, η οποία αποτελεί την κορυφαία επιλογή

 για την Fashion Editor, Serena Hood.

«Ανυπομονώ να επιστρέψω στη Μύκονο το καλοκαίρι, ένα μέρος από το οποίο

 κρατάω υπέροχες αναμνήσεις, αφού εκεί πέρασα το μήνα του μέλιτος, πριν

 από δύο χρόνια. Η παραλία στο ξενοδοχείο Santa Marina είναι η μόνη ιδιωτική

 παραλία του νησιού, με απίστευτα γαλαζοπράσινα νερά του κόλπου», σημειώνει

 χαρακτηριστικά.

Αναλυτικά η λίστα με τις πιο μοδάτες παραλίες:

Η ιδιωτική παραλία στο Le Guanahani, Αγιος Βαρθολομαίος

Venice Beach, Λος Αντζελες

Sipadan island, Μαλαισία

Hove Beach, Δυτικό Σάσεξ

Caló des Mort, Φορμεντέρα

Dogs Bay, Γκάλγουεϊ

Σάντα Μαρίνα, Μύκονος

Half Moon Beach, Αντίγκουα

Οι ωραιότερες βιβλιοθήκες της Θεσσαλονίκης! 

Λέξεις: Κύα Τζήμου
Εικόνες: Ελένη Βράκα, Δήμητρα Καρέτσου

Ίσως σε μερικά χρόνια από τώρα να αποτελούν μουσειακές εγκαταστάσεις. Χώροι συνδεδεμένοι με τη μυρωδιά του χαρτιού, με την ησυχία, με τη γνώση. Κάθε χρόνο χάνουν ένα αριθμό από τους πάλαι ποτέ φανατικούς θαμώνες τους, υποκύπτουν στην ψηφιακή εποχή και προσθέτουν ηλεκτρονικά βιβλία στο υλικό τους. Και όμως η ατμόσφαιρα των αιθουσών τους είναι αδύνατον να μη σε αγγίξει όσο κολλημένος στην οθόνη σου και να είσαι. Διαλέξαμε 5 βιβιλιοθήκες της πόλης. Εσύ το μόνο που έχεις να κάνεις είναι να τις επισκεφθείς. Το σίγουρο είναι ότι θα ξαναπάς.

Στη νέα µονάδα της Κεντρικής Βιβλιοθήκης του Α.Π.Θ.

Θα σας ξενίσει η ιδέα να κατεβείτε κάτω απ΄την επιφάνεια της γης, αλλά ο προορισμός σας είναι πραγματικά μαγικός. Το κυκλικό αίθριο θα σας βάλει ήδη στην ατμόσφαιρα ενός αρχιτεκτονικού κοσμήματος της πόλης, που λίγοι έχουν επισκεφθεί. Δεν είναι ανάγκη να είστε φοιτητές για να πάτε. Είναι ανοικτό για όλους το Πανεπιστήμιο και έχει πραγματικά χώρους υπέροχους. Η εξωστρέφεια είναι ένα από τα πράγματα για τα οποία πρέπει να παλέψει ακόμη, ένα Πανεπιστήμιο για το οποίο η πόλη είναι υπερήφανη, παρά τα προβλήματά του που έχουν εντεθεί τα τελευταία χρόνια.. Το νέο κτίριο της κεντρικής βιβλιοθήκης του Α.Π.Θ. εγκαινιάστηκε το 2000 και οριοθετείται βορειανατολικά του κτιρίου, σαν συνέχεια της παλιάς βιβλιοθήκης που λειτουργεί από το 1974 (έργο των Κ. Παπαϊωάννου -Κ. Φινέ),. Σχεδιάστηκε από τον καθηγητή αρχιτεκτονικού και αστικού σχεδιασμού του Τμήματος Αρχιτεκτόνων της Πολυτεχνικής Σχολής του ΑΠΘ, κ. Αναστάσιο Κωτσιόπουλο και τις αρχιτέκτονες κυρίες Μόρφω Παπανικολάου και Ρένα Σακελλαρίδου (με συνεργάτιδα την κ. Αλεξ. Οικονομίδου) και έχει τιμηθεί στο σχετικό διαγωνισμό του Ελληνικού Ινστιτούτου Αρχιτεκτονικής με το πρώτο βραβείο “Αρχιτεκτονική 2000” ως το καλύτερο δημόσιο κτίριο της πενταετίας 1995-1999. Το νέο κτίριο έχει συνολική επιφάνεια 4.500 τ.μ. Και οργανώνεται σε τρία επίπεδα, γύρω από ένα κυλινδρικό αίθριο και αποτελείται από κλειστό βιβλιοστάσιο, διπλού ύψους χώρο αναγνωστηρίου και ανοικτό βιβλιοστάσιο σε πατάρι. Κύρια υλικά της εξωτερικής του όψης είναι το τούβλο, το σκληρό μπετόν και το γυαλί, σε μια υποδειγματική συνύπαρξη. Εκείνο που σε γοητεύει σαν βρεθείς μέσα είναι το παιχνίδισμα με το φως, που στην αρχή θα σου αποσπάσει την προσοχή από το διάβασμα. Μετά απλώς θα αφεθείς στην υποβλητική επιρροή του. Το τεχνητό φως κάνει ένα συνεχές παιχνίδισμα με το φυσικό που εισέρχεται από τα καλά μελετημένα ανοίγματα, με έναν τρόπο μοναδικό. Ο εκπληκτικός φωτισμός οφείλεται σε ένα από τα πιο ξεχωριστά στοιχεία που συνεισφέρουν στην μοντέρνα κατασκευή. Ένα γυάλινο “ιστίο”, όπως χαρακτηρίζεται από τους αρχιτέκτονες, μια μεγάλη τριγωνική επιφάνεια ουσιαστικά που φωτίζει το αναγνωστήριο και καταλήγει στο κεντρικό κυλινδρικό αίθριο.

*Κεντρική βιβλιοθήκη Α.Π.Θ., τηλ. 2310 995390, 995388, 995354 Ωράριο: Επιστημονικό αναγνωστήριο: Δευ-Παρ: 08:00-20:00. Φοιτητικό αναγνωστήριο: Δευ-Παρ: 08:00-02:00, Σάβ- Κυρ: 08:00-24.00

Βιβλιοθήκη ΕΜΣ

Η πιο παλιά από τις βιβλιοθήκες της πόλης ανήκει σε έναν θεσμό της πόλης με μεγάλη ιστορία. Έχει την ατμόσφαιρα των βιβλιοθηκών μιας άλλης εποχής. Πριν το διαδίκτυο. Τότε που οι βιβλιοθήκες ήταν ο μοναδικός τόπος για να βρεις πληροφορίες και βιβλία. Τότε που το άυλο της γνώσης δεν υπήρχε στον ορίζοντα. Η γνώση ήταν αποκλειστικά συνδεδεμένη με την μυρωδιά του χαρτιού, το βάρος ενός δερματόδετου τόμου, την ησυχία του αναγνωστηρίου, την ανάγνωση ανάμεσα σε ανθρώπους άγνωστους αλλά οικείους μέσα σε ένα χώρο που δημιουργούσε δεσμούς από μόνος του. Η όμορφη αίθουσα της βιβλιοθήκης βρίσκεται στον τρίτο όροφο του κτιρίου της Εταιρείας Μακεδονικών Σπουδών, στην οδό Εθνικής Αμύνης 4, που αποπερατώθηκε το 1951, για να στεγαστούν σ’ αυτό οι υπηρεσίες της Εταιρείας. Η σύσταση της Βιβλιοθήκης, προβλεπόταν ήδη από το Καταστατικό του 1939. Πρώτος πυρήνας της βιβλιοθήκης υπήρξε το βιβλιακό υλικό που αποκτήθηκε κατά τη διάρκεια της δεκαετίας του 1940 από δωρεές Μακεδόνων της Αθήνας, των Θεσσαλονικέων μελών της Εταιρείας και φυσικά από αγορές. Το επιβλητικό και φωτεινό αναγνωστήριο της βιβλιοθήκης των μόλις 170 τ.μ., διαθέτει 56 θέσεις αναγνωστών και στα τελευταία χρόνια αρχιτεκτονικές μικρές επεμβάσεις το κατέστησαν λειτουργικότερο για τους βιβλιοθηκονόμους και τους αναγνώστες. Στα μέσα της δεκαετίας του 1990 η βιβλιοθήκη μηχανοργανώθηκε, απέκτησε δίκτυο υπολογιστών, συνδέθηκε με το ίντερνετ και επεκτάθηκε σε νέους χώρους και βιβλιοστάσια. Σήμερα διαθέτει περίπου 70.000 τόμους βιβλίων, περιοδικών, χειρογράφων, εφημερίδων και χαρτών, αλλά και πολλές παλαιότυπες και σπάνιες εκδόσεις. Ο συνδετικός κρίκος του υλικού της είναι ότι αναφέρεται στον βόρειο ελληνικό χώρο, κυρίως αυτόν της Μακεδονίας και των σχέσεών της με τον βαλκανικό χώρο, την ιστορία, την αρχαιολογία, τη φιλολογία, τις τέχνες και τη λαογραφία, αρκεί να αναφέρονται άμεσα ή έμμεσα στη Μακεδονία. Δυστυχώς το ωράριό της είναι ένα από τα αδύναμα σημεία της και είναι απαγορευτικό για τους εργαζόμενους.

*Ε.Μ.Σ., Εθνικής Αμύνης 4, τηλ. 2310 271 195, Ώρες λειτουργίας: Δευτέρα έως Παρασκευή 8:30 -14:30

Βιβλιοθήκη «Bissell» - Ανατόλια

Δεν υπάρχει περίπτωση να περάσεις τυχαία από μπροστά της για να την επισκεφτείς, μια που βρίσκεται στο Πανόραμα στις εγκαταστάσεις του Κολεγίου Ανατόλια. Αξίζει τον κόπο πάντως να το κάνεις μια τουλάχιστον φορά. Η νεόκτιστη βιβλιοθήκη είναι ένα από τα πιο αξιόλογα δείγματα μοντέρνας αρχιτεκτονικής που ενσωματώνει βασικές αρχές του σύγχρονου design σε µία απλή, λιτή κατασκευή.

Το τριώροφο κτίριο που κατασκευάστηκε το 2002, σχεδιάστηκε από την αρχιτεκτονική ομάδα “ Πέτρος Μακρίδης και συνεργάτες” και καλύπτει επιφάνεια 4.400 τ.µ.. Το κυρίαρχο στοιχείο είναι η εκμετάλλευση με τον καλύτερο τρόπο του φυσικού φωτός, που ευνοείται από την ανοιχτωσιά του περιβάλλοντα χώρου και εισάγεται στο κέντρο του κτιρίου μέσω ενός αίθριου. Η χωροθέτηση του κτιρίου κοντά στο δάσος του Campus είναι ιδανική. Η πανέμορφη αλέα αλέα με τις ελιές που σε οδηγεί στην κεντρική είσοδο του κτιρίου, απομακρύνοντας σε από τους υπόλοιπους θορυβώδεις χώρους του campus, σε βάζει στο κλίμα της ησυχίας που περιμένεις να “ακούσεις” σε μια βιβλιοθήκη. Η ξύλινη πεζογέφυρα που διασχίζεις για να φτάσεις στην κύρια είσοδο εδράζεται πάνω σε μια ρηχή τεχνητή λίμνη (τάφρο;) με σαφείς συνειρμούς. Η βιβλιοθήκη είναι εξ ορισμού εξάλλου ένα κάστρο. Όπου απομονώνεσαι ασφαλής από εξωτερικές επιδράσεις. Ήσυχος και απερίσπαστος. Το μοντέρνο κτίριο είναι φιλικό προς το περιβάλλον, με ενεργειακός σχεδιασμό με εφαρμογή αρχών βιοκλιματικής αρχιτεκτονικής. Γύρω από τη βασική κατασκευή διαµορφώθηκε ένα ελαφρύ κέλυφος που συµβάλλει στην εξασφάλιση των καλύτερων συνθηκών θερµοµόνωσης και ηχοµόνωσης. Κατασκευάστηκε με φέροντα οργανισμό από οπλισμένο σκυρόδεμα και περιλαμβάνει υπόγειο, ισόγειο, όροφο και ένα υπέροχο δώμα, όπου κυριαρχεί μια μεγάλη, γραμμική, στεγασμένη με υαλοστάσια σχισμή – skylight. Στο υπόγειο διαμορφώθηκαν χώροι διδασκαλίας, κέντρο εκπαίδευσης, αίθουσες προβολών – multimedia, γραφεία καθηγητών, μηχανοστάσιο, υποσταθμός ΔΕΗ και δεξαμενή νερού. Το ισόγειο και ο όροφος διαμορφώθηκαν σε μια ενιαία αίθουσα με τρεις ενότητες χρήσεων: χώρους μελέτης με πρόσβαση στους πάνω από 50.000 ηλεκτρονικούς τίτλους βιβλίων, εκατοντάδες τίτλους πολυμέσων που περιλαμβάνουν DVDs, CD-ROMS και video, βιβλιοστάσια που φιλοξενούν πάνω από 25.000 τόμους και γραφεία καθηγητών. Οι όψεις επενδύθηκαν με πωρόλιθο, εξασφαλίζοντας ένα αεριζόμενο εξωτερικό διπλό κέλυφος που ελαχιστοποιεί τις ενεργειακές απώλειες του κτιρίου και ρυθμίζει τη θερμική άνεση των χρηστών στο εσωτερικό του. H βόρεια πρόσοψη με την καμπύλη γυάλινη προεξοχή, εξασφαλίζει υπέροχη θέα προς τη γειτονική δασική έκταση και την πόλη. Όλοι οι χώροι της βιβλιοθήκης είναι προσπελάσιμοι από άτομα μειωμένης κινητικότητας.
Το έργο βραβεύτηκε το 2005 με το βραβείο «ΕΥΠΑΛΙΝΟΣ» από την Πανελλήνια Ένωση Αρχιτεκτόνων ΣΑΔΑΣ-ΠΕΑ, ως υλοποιημένο έργο υψηλής ποιότητας και για τη βέλτιστη συνεργασία αρχιτέκτονα-κατασκευαστή. Το όνομά της το οφείλει στον πρώην Προέδρο των Εφόρων του Αμερικανικού Κολεγίου Ανατόλια, κ. George Bissell, του οποίου η δωρεά μαζί με αυτήν του Ιδρύματος Σταύρου Νιάρχου έκαναν δυνατή την κατασκευή της.

*Βιβλιοθήκη Bissel, Αμερικανικό Κολέγιο Θεσσαλονίκης (ACT), Οδός Σεβενίδη, Πυλαία Θεσσαλονίκης, τηλ. 2310 398 390, Ώρες λειτουργίας: Δευτέρα-Πέμπτη: 10:00-20:00, Παρασκευή: 10:00-18:00, Σάββατο: 11:00-14:00

Βιβλιοθήκη Μουσείου κινηματογράφου

Στην αγαπημένη Πρώτη Προβλήτα, στο λιμάνι, στο Μουσείο Κινηματογράφου, στην καρδιά της νεοσύστατης Ταινιοθήκης Θεσσαλονίκης, λίγο πριν τη λήξη του 15ου Φεστιβάλ Ντοκιμαντέρ Θεσσαλονίκης (2013), πραγματοποιήθηκαν τα εγκαίνια της Κινηματογραφικής Βιβλιοθήκης που ανακαινίστηκε πλήρως με τη χορηγία του Ιδρύματος Σταύρος Νιάρχος. Η ειδικού ενδιαφέροντος αυτή μικρή βιβλιοθήκη, που όμως είναι η μεγαλύτερη του είδους στην Ελλάδα, έχει ήδη εξοπλιστεί με 8.000 τίτλους βιβλίων και περιοδικών για το σινεμά και αποτελεί ένα σημαντικό εργαλείο για την καλλιέργεια της κινηματογραφικής εκπαίδευσης. Ένα μέρος της Κινηματογραφικής Βιβλιοθήκης έχει ήδη ψηφιοποιηθεί, ενώ η ψηφιοποίηση θα συνεχιστεί με τη χρηματοδότηση εγκεκριμένου προγράμματος ΕΣΠΑ. Οι 2.000 τίτλοι της βιβλιοθήκης του Μουσείου Κινηματογράφου, μαζί με τα 6.000 βιβλία και περιοδικά της συλλογής του Studio-Παράλληλο Κύκλωμα, που γεννήθηκαν από την προσωπική βιβλιοθήκη του ιδρυτή του Φεστιβάλ Παύλου Ζάννα, εμπλουτίστηκαν με προσωπικές δωρεές ανθρώπων του κινηματογράφου (όπως αυτή του κριτικού Αντώνη Μοσχοβάκη). Η αίθουσα είναι λιτή και φιλόξενη με το λευκό να κυριαρχεί στους τοίχους, στο δάπεδο και στον εξοπλισμό, σύμφωνα με τον σχεδιασμό των αρχιτεκτόνων Πρόδρομο Νικηφορίδη και Μπερνάρ Κουόμο. Στα πάλλευκα ράφια ξεχωρίζεις αμέσως τους δερματόδετους τόμους των Cahiers du Cinema, του Sight and Sound, του Κινηματογραφικού Αστέρα, της Οθόνης και του Φιλμ, όλων αυτών των ιστορικών περιοδικών που συγκεντρώνουν την κινηματογραφική γνώση. Αν δεν σε ενδιαφέρει το σινεμά δύσκολα θα το αποφασίσεις να βρεθείς εκεί, αλλά αν το κάνεις η βιβλιοθήκη είναι εκεί για να σε πείσει να ενδιαφερθείς. Πού ξέρεις; Μπορεί να βγεις από κει πιο σινεφίλ από ποτέ.

*Μουσείο Κινηματογράφου, Αποθήκη Α, Λιμάνι, τηλ. Tηλ. 2310 508398. Ώρες λειτουργίας: Δευτέρα, Τρίτη, Τετάρτη 09:00-15:00, Πέμπτη, Παρασκευή 09:00-19:00

Δημοτική βιβλιοθήκη Άνω Πόλης

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• 1179 – The Norwegian Battle of Kalvskinnet outside Nidaros. Earl Erling Skakke is killed, and the battle changes the tide of the civil wars.
• 1269 – King Louis IX of France orders all Jews found in public without an identifying yellow badge to be fined ten livres of silver.
• 1306 – The Earl of Pembroke's army defeats Bruce's Scottish army at the Battle of Methven.
• 1586 – English colonists leave Roanoke Island, after failing to establish England's first permanent settlement in North America.
• 1816 – Battle of Seven Oaks between North West Company and Hudson's Bay Company, near Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
• 1821 – Decisive defeat of the Filiki Eteria by the Ottomans at Drăgășani (in Wallachia).
• 1846 – The first officially recorded, organized baseball game is played under Alexander Cartwright's rules on Hoboken, New Jersey's Elysian Fields with the New York Base Ball Club defeating the Knickerbockers 23-1. Cartwright umpired.
• 1850 – Princess Louise of the Netherlands marries Crown Prince Karl of Sweden–Norway.
• 1857 – The 19 June 1857 law (Loi relative à l'assainissement et de mise en culture des Landes de Gascogne): A turning point in the history of the Landes forest.
• 1862 – The U.S. Congress prohibits slavery in United States territories, nullifying Dred Scott v. Sandford.
• 1865 – Over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, slaves in Galveston, Texas, United States, are finally informed of their freedom. The anniversary is still officially celebrated in Texas and 41 other contiguous states as Juneteenth.
• 1867 – Maximilian I of the Second Mexican Empire is executed by a firing squad in Querétaro, Querétaro.
• 1875 – The Herzegovinian rebellion against the Ottoman Empire begins.
• 1910 – The first Father's Day is celebrated in Spokane, Washington.
• 1911 – the Norwegian football club Molde FK was founded.
• 1913 – Natives Land Act, 1913 in South Africa implemented.
• 1934 – The Communications Act of 1934 establishes the United States' Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
• 1944 – World War II: First day of the Battle of the Philippine Sea.
• 1953 – Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed at Sing Sing, in New York.
• 1961 – Kuwait declares independence from the United Kingdom.
• 1964 – The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is approved after surviving an 83-day filibuster in the United States Senate.
• 1965 – Nguyễn Cao Kỳ becomes Prime Minister of South Vietnam at the head of a military junta; General Nguyễn Văn Thiệu becomes the figurehead chief of state.
• 1966 – Shiv Sena a political party in India is founded in Mumbai.
• 1970 – The Patent Cooperation Treaty is signed.
• 1978 – Garfield, holder of the Guinness World Record for the world's most widely syndicated comic strip, makes its debut.
• 1982 – In one of the first militant attacks by Hezbollah, David S. Dodge, president of the American University of Beirut, is kidnapped.
• 1985 – Members of the Revolutionary Party of Central American Workers, dressed as Salvadoran soldiers, attack the Zona Rosa area of San Salvador.
• 1990 – The current international law defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, is ratified for the first time by Norway.
• 1990 – The Communist Party of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic is founded in Moscow.
• 1991 – The Soviet occupation of Hungary ends.
• 2007 – The al-Khilani Mosque bombing in Baghdad leaves 78 people dead and another 218 injured.
• 2009 – Mass riots involving over 10,000 people and 10,000 police officers break out in Shishou, China, over the dubious circumstances surrounding the death of a local chef.
• 2009 – War in North-West Pakistan: The Pakistani Armed Forces open Operation Rah-e-Nijat against the Taliban and other Islamist rebels in the South Waziristan area of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas.
• 2010 – The Wedding of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, and Daniel Westling was held at Storkyrkan in Stockholm.
• 2012 – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange requested asylum in London's Ecuatorian Embassy for fear of extradition to the US after publication of previously classified documents including footage of civilian killings by the US army.
• 2014 – Felipe VI, Prince of Asturias, rises to the Spanish throne following the abdication of his father, Juan Carlos I.

Births[edit]

• 1301 – Prince Morikuni of Japan (d. 1333)
• 1566 – James VI and I of the United Kingdom (d. 1625)
• 1606 – James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton, Scottish soldier and politician, Lord Chancellor of Scotland (d. 1649)
• 1623 – Blaise Pascal, French mathematician and physicist (d. 1662)
• 1633 – Philipp van Limborch, Dutch theologian (d. 1712)
• 1701 – François Rebel, French violinist and composer (d. 1775)
• 1708 – Johann Gottlieb Janitsch, German composer (d. 1763)
• 1731 – Joaquim Machado de Castro, Portuguese sculptor (d. 1822)
• 1764 – José Gervasio Artigas, Uruguayan general (d. 1850)
• 1771 – Joseph Diaz Gergonne, French mathematician and philosopher (d. 1859)
• 1783 – Friedrich Sertürner, German pharmacist (d. 1841)
• 1792 – Gustav Schwab, German author (d. 1850)
• 1795 – James Braid, Scottish surgeon (d. 1860)
• 1815 – Cornelius Krieghoff, Canadian painter (d. 1872)
• 1816 – William H. Webb, American shipbuilder and philanthropist, founded the Webb Institute (d. 1899)
• 1834 – Charles Spurgeon, English pastor and author (d. 1892)
• 1846 – Antonio Abetti, Italian astronomer and academic (d. 1928)
• 1850 – David Jayne Hill, American historian and politician, 24th United States Assistant Secretary of State (d. 1932)
• 1851 – Billy Midwinter, English-Australian cricketer (d. 1890)
• 1851 – Silvanus P. Thompson, British physicist and engineer (d. 1916)
• 1854 – Alfredo Catalani, Italian composer (d. 1893)
• 1858 – Sam Walter Foss, American poet and librarian (d. 1911)
• 1861 – Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, Scottish-English field marshal (d. 1928)
• 1861 – Émile Haug, French geologist and paleontologist (d. 1927)
• 1861 – José Rizal, Filipino journalist, author, and poet (d. 1896)
• 1865 – May Whitty, English-American actress (d. 1948)
• 1871 – Alajos Szokolyi, Hungarian hurdler, jumper, and physician (d. 1932)
• 1872 – Theodore Payne, English-American gardener and botanist (d. 1963)
• 1874 – Peder Oluf Pedersen, Danish physicist and engineer (d. 1941)
• 1876 – Nigel Gresley, Scottish engineer (d. 1941)
• 1877 – Charles Coburn, American actor and singer (d. 1961)
• 1884 – Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, French painter (d. 1974)
• 1891 – John Heartfield, German artist and political activist (d. 1968)
• 1893 – Madeleine Astor, American survivor of the Sinking of the RMS Titanic (d. 1940)
• 1896 – Rajani Palme Dutt, English journalist and politician (d. 1974)
• 1896 – Wallis Simpson, American wife of Edward VIII (d. 1986)
• 1897 – Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1967)
• 1897 – Moe Howard, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (d. 1975)
• 1898 – James Joseph Sweeney, American bishop (d. 1968)
• 1900 – Laura Z. Hobson, American author (d. 1986)
• 1902 – Guy Lombardo, Canadian-American violinist and bandleader (d. 1977)
• 1903 – Mary Callery, American sculptor (d. 1977)
• 1903 – Lou Gehrig, American baseball player (d. 1941)
• 1903 – Wally Hammond, English cricketer (d. 1965)
• 1903 – Hans Litten, German lawyer (d. 1938)
• 1905 – Mildred Natwick, American actress (d. 1994)
• 1906 – Ernst Boris Chain, German-Irish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979)
• 1906 – Knut Kroon, Swedish footballer (d. 1975)
• 1906 – Walter Rauff, German SS officer (d. 1984)
• 1907 – Clarence Wiseman, Canadian 10th General of the Salvation Army (d. 1985)
• 1909 – Osamu Dazai, Japanese author (d. 1948)
• 1909 – Midori Naka, Japanese actress (d. 1945)
• 1910 – Sydney Allard, English racing driver and founder of the Allard car company (d. 1966)
• 1910 – Paul Flory, American chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1985)
• 1910 – Abe Fortas, American jurist (d. 1982)
• 1912 – Don Gutteridge, American baseball player and manager (d. 2008)
• 1912 – Virginia MacWatters, American soprano (d. 2005)
• 1912 – George Spitz, American high jumper (d. 1986)
• 1914 – Alan Cranston, American journalist and politician (d. 2000)
• 1914 – Lester Flatt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Foggy Mountain Boys and Nashville Grass) (d. 1979)
• 1914 – Morgan Morgan-Giles, English admiral and politician (d. 2013)
• 1914 – Anthony of Sourozh, Swiss-English bishop (d. 2003)
• 1915 – Pat Buttram, American actor (d. 1994)
• 1915 – Julius Schwartz, American publisher and agent (d. 2004)
• 1917 – Joshua Nkomo, Zimbabwean politician, Vice President of Zimbabwe (d. 1999)
• 1919 – Pauline Kael, American author and critic (d. 2001)
• 1919 – Dave Lambert, American singer-songwriter (Lambert, Hendricks & Ross) (d. 1966)
• 1920 – Yves Robert, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2002)
• 1921 – Louis Jourdan, French-American actor and singer (d. 2015)
• 1922 – Aage Bohr, Danish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009)
• 1922 – Fritz Schollmeyer, German footballer and manager
• 1923 – Bob Hank, Australian footballer and coach (d. 2012)
• 1924 – Cornelius, Estonian metropolitan
• 1924 – Erkki Kataja, Finnish pole vaulter (d. 1969)
• 1924 – Leo Nomellini, Italian-American football player and wrestler (d. 2000)
• 1924 – Ray Noorda, American computing entrepreneur (d. 2006)
• 1925 – Charlie Drake, English actor, singer, and screenwriter (d. 2006)
• 1928 – Nancy Marchand, American actress (d. 2000)
• 1928 – Barry Took, English actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2002)
• 1930 – François Abadie, French politician (d. 2001)
• 1930 – Bryan Kneale, Manx sculptor
• 1930 – Gena Rowlands, American actress
• 1932 – Pier Angeli, Italian-American actress (d. 1971)
• 1932 – José Sanchis Grau, Spanish author and illustrator (d. 2011)
• 1932 – Marisa Pavan, Italian-American actress
• 1933 – Michael M. Ames, Canadian anthropologist and academic (d. 2006)
• 1933 – Viktor Patsayev, Kazakh engineer and astronaut (d. 1971)
• 1933 – Janusz Sidło, Polish javelin thrower (d. 1993)
• 1934 – Terence Clark, English diplomat, British Ambassador to Iraq
• 1934 – Gérard Latortue, Haitian politician, 12th Prime Minister of Haiti
• 1936 – Marisa Galvany, American soprano
• 1938 – Jean-Claude Labrecque, Canadian director and cinematographer
• 1938 – Wahoo McDaniel, American football player and wrestler (d. 2002)
• 1938 – John Sheil, English lawyer and judge
• 1938 – Ian Smith, Australian actor and screenwriter
• 1939 – Bernd Hoss, German footballer and manager
• 1939 – Al Wilson, American singer (d. 2008)
• 1940 – Shirley Muldowney, American race car driver
• 1940 – Paul Shane, English actor and singer (d. 2013)
• 1941 – Conchita Carpio-Morales, Filipino jurist
• 1941 – Václav Klaus, Czech politician, 2nd President of the Czech Republic
• 1942 – Jos Brink, Dutch actor and producer (d. 2007)
• 1942 – Merata Mita, New Zealand director and producer (d. 2010)
• 1944 – Chico Buarque, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1944 – Richard Monette, Canadian actor and director (d. 2008)
• 1945 – Peter Bardens, English keyboard player and songwriter (Camel, Them, and Mirage) (d. 2002)
• 1945 – John Hind, English bishop
• 1945 – Radovan Karadžić, Serbian-Bosnian politician, 1st President of Republika Srpska
• 1945 – Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese politician, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1945 – Tobias Wolff, American author
• 1946 – Jimmy Greenhoff, English footballer and manager
• 1946 – Michael Jay, Baron Jay of Ewelme, English diplomat, British Ambassador to France
• 1947 – Salman Rushdie, Indian author
• 1947 – John Ralston Saul, Canadian author
• 1948 – Nick Drake, Burmese-English singer-songwriter (d. 1974)
• 1948 – Phylicia Rashād, American actress and singer
• 1950 – Ann Wilson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Heart)
• 1951 – Ayman al-Zawahiri, Egyptian terrorist, 2nd leader of al-Qaeda
• 1951 – Francesco Moser, Italian cyclist
• 1952 – Bob Ainsworth, English politician, Secretary of State for Defence
• 1953 – Larry Dunn, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (Earth, Wind & Fire)
• 1953 – Hilary Jones, English physician
• 1954 – Kathleen Turner, American actress
• 1956 – Danny Chauncey, American guitarist (38 Special)
• 1956 – Doug Stone, American singer and actor
• 1957 – Anna Lindh, Swedish politician, 39th Minister of Foreign Affairs for Sweden (d. 2003)
• 1958 – Sergei Makarov, Russian-American ice hockey player
• 1959 – Christian Wulff, German lawyer and politician, 10th President of Germany
• 1960 – Johnny Gray, American runner
• 1961 – Frank Mischke, German footballer
• 1961 – Joel Torre, Filipino actor
• 1962 – Paula Abdul, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
• 1963 – Margarita Ponomaryova, Russian hurdler
• 1963 – Rory Underwood, English rugby player
• 1964 – Bill Barretta, American actor and puppeteer
• 1964 – Laura Ingraham, American radio host and author
• 1964 – Boris Johnson, British journalist and politician, Mayor of London
• 1965 – Sabine Braun, German heptathlete
• 1965 – Luc Donckerwolke, Belgian car designer
• 1966 – Joi Ito, Japanese-American businessman
• 1966 – Michalis Romanidis, Greek basketball player
• 1966 – Samuel West, English actor and director
• 1966 – Jojo Alejar, Filipino actor and host
• 1967 – Bjørn Dæhlie, Norwegian skier
• 1967 – Araceli González, Argentinian model and actress
• 1967 – Mia Sara, American actress
• 1968 – Alastair Lynch, Australian footballer and sportscaster
• 1969 – Thomas Breitling, American journalist and businessman
• 1969 – Trine Pallesen, Danish actress
• 1970 – Rahul Gandhi, Indian politician
• 1970 – Antonis Remos, German-Greek singer
• 1970 – Quincy Watts, American runner
• 1972 – Jean Dujardin, French actor, director, and producer
• 1972 – Dennis Lyxzén, Swedish singer-songwriter (The (International) Noise Conspiracy)
• 1972 – Ilya Markov, Russian race walker
• 1972 – Brian McBride, American soccer player
• 1972 – Poppy Montgomery, Australian-American actress
• 1972 – Robin Tunney, American actress
• 1973 – Mónica Ayos, Argentinian actress
• 1973 – Yuko Nakazawa, Japanese singer and actress (Morning Musume and Dream Morning Musume)
• 1973 – Yasuhiko Yabuta, Japanese baseball player
• 1974 – Doug Mientkiewicz, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 1974 – Bumper Robinson, American actor and singer
• 1975 – Hugh Dancy, English actor and model
• 1975 – Anthony Parker, American basketball player
• 1976 – Bryan Hughes, English footballer
• 1976 – Ryan Hurst, American actor
• 1976 – Abdoul Thiam, German footballer
• 1977 – Maria Cioncan, Romanian runner (d. 2007)
• 1978 – Mía Maestro, Argentinian actress and singer
• 1978 – Assefa Mezgebu, Ethiopian runner
• 1978 – Dirk Nowitzki, German basketball player
• 1978 – Zoe Saldana, American actress
• 1979 – U Gambira, Burmese monk and activist
• 1979 – José Kléberson, Brazilian footballer
• 1980 – Adel Abdulaziz, Emirati footballer
• 1980 – Dan Ellis, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1980 – Milka Loff Fernandes, German actress
• 1980 – Robbie Neilson, Scottish footballer and manager
• 1980 – Nuno Santos, Portuguese footballer
• 1980 – Lauren Lee Smith, Canadian actress
• 1981 – Mohammed Al-Khuwalidi, Saudi Arabian long jumper
• 1981 – Moss Burmester, New Zealand swimmer
• 1982 – Joe Cheng, Taiwanese actor and singer
• 1982 – Alexander Frolov, Russian ice hockey player
• 1982 – Chris Vermeulen, Australian motorcycle racer
• 1983 – Macklemore, American rapper (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis)
• 1983 – Gregor Arbet, Estonian basketball player
• 1983 – Tanja Mihhailova, Russian-Estonian singer and actress
• 1983 – Mark Selby, English snooker player
• 1983 – Aidan Turner, Irish actor
• 1984 – Paul Dano, American actor and producer
• 1984 – Wieke Dijkstra, Dutch field hockey player
• 1985 – Kajal Aggarwal, Indian actress
• 1985 – José Ernesto Sosa, Argentinian footballer
• 1985 – Dire Tune, Ethiopian runner
• 1986 – Lázaro Borges, Cuban pole vaulter
• 1986 – Sjoerd Huisman, Dutch speed skater (d. 2013)
• 1986 – Diego Hypólito, Brazilian gymnast
• 1986 – Dimitris Sialmas, Greek footballer
• 1986 – Marvin Williams, American basketball player
• 1987 – Sthefany Brito, Brazilian actress
• 1987 – Rashard Mendenhall, American football player
• 1990 – Moa Hjelmer, Swedish sprinter
• 1996 – Larisa Iordache, Romanian gymnast

Deaths[edit]

• 626 – Soga no Umako, Japanese son of Soga no Iname (b. 551)
• 1027 – Romuald, Italian mystic and saint (b. 951)
• 1282 – Eleanor de Montfort, English daughter of Eleanor of Leicester (b. 1252)
• 1312 – Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall, English politician (b. 1284)
• 1542 – Leo Jud, Swiss theologian and reformer (b. 1482)
• 1545 – Abraomas Kulvietis, Lithuanian jurist (b. 1509)
• 1584 – Francis, Duke of Anjou (b. 1555)
• 1608 – Alberico Gentili, Italian jurist (b. 1551)
• 1650 – Matthäus Merian, Swiss-German engraver and publisher (b. 1593)
• 1747 – Alessandro Marcello, Italian composer (b. 1669)
• 1762 – Johann Ernst Eberlin, German organist and composer (b. 1702)
• 1768 – Benjamin Tasker, Sr., American politician, 10th Colonial Governor of Maryland (b. 1690)
• 1786 – Nathanael Greene, American general (b. 1742)
• 1787 – Princess Sophie Hélène Béatrice of France (b. 1786)
• 1805 – Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée, French painter (b. 1724)
• 1820 – Joseph Banks, English botanist and author (b. 1743)
• 1844 – Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, French zoologist and biologist (b. 1772)
• 1865 – Evangelos Zappas, Greek businessman and philanthropist (b. 1800)
• 1884 – Juan Bautista Alberdi, Argentinian politician (b. 1810)
• 1867 – Maximilian I of Mexico (b. 1832)
• 1902 – Albert of Saxony (b. 1828)
• 1903 – Herbert Vaughan, English archbishop (b. 1832)
• 1921 – Ramón López Velarde, Mexican poet (b. 1888)
• 1922 – Hitachiyama Taniemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 19th Yokozuna (b. 1874)
• 1932 – Sol Plaatje, South African journalist and activist (b. 1876)
• 1937 – J. M. Barrie, Scottish author and playwright (b. 1860)
• 1939 – Grace Abbott, American social worker and activist (b. 1878)
• 1940 – Maurice Jaubert, French composer and conductor (b. 1900)
• 1949 – Syed Zafarul Hasan, Indian philosopher and academic (b. 1885)
• 1951 – Angelos Sikelianos, Greek poet and playwright (b. 1884)
• 1953 – Ethel Rosenberg, American spy (b. 1915)
• 1953 – Julius Rosenberg, American spy (b. 1918)
• 1956 – Thomas J. Watson, American businessman (b. 1874)
• 1966 – Ed Wynn, American actor and singer (b. 1886)
• 1973 – Gustaf Molander, Swedish actor and film director (b. 1888)
• 1975 – Sam Giancana, American mobster (b. 1908)
• 1977 – Ali Shariati, Iranian sociologist and philosopher (b. 1933)
• 1984 – Lee Krasner, American painter (b. 1908)
• 1986 – Coluche, French comedian and actor (b. 1944)
• 1986 – Len Bias, American basketball player (b. 1963)
• 1988 – Fernand Seguin, Canadian biochemist and academic (b. 1922)
• 1988 – Gladys Spellman, American politician (b. 1918)
• 1989 – Betti Alver, Estonian author and poet (b. 1906)
• 1991 – Jean Arthur, American actress and singer (b. 1900)
• 1993 – William Golding, English author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
• 1995 – Peter Townsend, Burmese-English captain and pilot (b. 1914)
• 1996 – G. David Schine, American businessman (b. 1927)
• 1997 – Olga Georges-Picot, Chinese-French actress (b. 1944)
• 1997 – Bobby Helms, American singer and guitarist (b. 1933)
• 2001 – John Heyer, Australian director and producer (b. 1916)
• 2001 – Steve Sheppard-Brodie, American voice actor (b. 1950)
• 2002 – Navleen Kumar, Indian activist (b. 1948)
• 2003 – Laura Sadler, English actress (b. 1980)
• 2007 – Antonio Aguilar, Mexican singer-songwriter, actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1919)
• 2007 – El Fary, Spanish singer and actor (b. 1937)
• 2007 – Terry Hoeppner, American football player and coach (b. 1947)
• 2007 – Ze'ev Schiff, Israeli journalist (b. 1932)
• 2008 – Barun Sengupta, Bengali journalist, founded Bartaman (b. 1934)
• 2008 – Bennie Swain, American basketball player and coach (b. 1930)
• 2009 – Tomoji Tanabe, Japanese engineer (b. 1895)
• 2010 – Manute Bol, Sudanese-American basketball player (b. 1962)
• 2010 – R. Kanagasuntheram, Sri Lankan physician, zoologist, and academic (b. 1919)
• 2010 – Anthony Quinton, Baron Quinton, English philosopher and academic (b. 1925)
• 2010 – Paul Thiebaud, American art dealer (b. 1960)
• 2011 – Don Diamond, American actor (b. 1921)
• 2012 – Richard Lynch, American actor (b. 1936)
• 2012 – Emili Teixidor, Catalan journalist (b. 1933)
• 2012 – Norbert Tiemann, American politician, 32nd Governor of Nebraska (b. 1924)
• 2013 – Vince Flynn, American author (b. 1966)
• 2013 – James Gandolfini, American actor (b. 1961)
• 2013 – Gyula Horn, Hungarian politician, 37th Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1932)
• 2013 – Paul Mees, Australian lawyer and academic (b. 1961)
• 2013 – Filip Topol, Czech singer-songwriter and pianist (Psí vojáci) (b. 1965)
• 2013 – Slim Whitman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1923)
• 2014 – Tahira Asif, Pakistani politician (b. 1961)
• 2014 – Gerry Goffin, American songwriter (b. 1939)
• 2014 – Ibrahim Touré, Ivorian footballer (b. 1985)

Οι καλύτερες παραλίες της Ευρώπης 

Μπορεί η Σαντορίνη να έχει βραβευτεί πολλάκις, ωστόσο δεν

 είναι το μοναδικό μέρος που ξεχωρίζει από τον ελληνικό τόπο.

Το Lonely Planet ανέδειξε τις καλύτερες παραλίες της Ευρώπης για το 2015, 

με τους ειδικούς των ταξιδιών να κατατάσσουν την παραλία Βουτούμι των

 Αντίπαξων στην 8η θέση της λίστας.

«Οι Αντίπαξοι, ο μικροσκοπικός μαγνήτης των Ιονίων Νησιών, μπορεί να σας 

εκπλήξει με μερικές από τις ωραιότερες παραλίες που μπορεί να έχουν δει τα

 μάτια σας», αναφέρει η ιστοσελίδα και συνεχίζει:

«Βρίσκεται στα νότια της Κέρκυρας και είναι εύκολα προσβάσιμοι με το ιπτάμενο 

δελφίνι από τους Παξούς. Αυτό το μικρό νησί μπορεί να περπατηθεί καθώς δεν

 είναι μεγάλο, ενώ ο πληθυσμός του όλο το χρόνο είναι περίπου 20 άτομα. 

Τι ομορφιά, όμως, είναι αυτή; Αμπέλια, ελιές, οπωροφόρα δέντρα και αγριολούλουδα,

 περλέ παραλίες, που από τιρκουάζ γίνονται λουλακί. Πουθενά δεν θα θέλετε

 να βουτήξετε όσο στο Βουτούμι, ένα τόξο από ελεφαντόδοντο-λευκό βότσαλο και

 άμμο, όπου κάτσετε σε απομόνωση πριν κάνετε 200 βήματα για να πάτε σε

 μία ταβέρνα για καλαμαράκια και 

 παγωμένη μπύρα με θέα τη θάλασσα».

Η λίστα με τις καλύτερες παραλίες της Ευρώπης για το 2015:

Jaz Beach, Μοντενέγρο

Peniche, Πορτογαλία

Rondinara Beach, Κορσική

Cale Goloritzé, Σαρδηνία

Vik Beach, Ισλανδία

Bantham Beach, Αγγλία

Sandwood Bay, Σκωτία

Cala Macarella, Ισπανία

Βουτούμι, Ελλάδα