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• 69 – Vespasian, formerly a general under Nero, enters Rome to claim the title of Emperor.
• 217 – The papacy of Zephyrinus ends. Callixtus I is elected as the sixteenth pope, but is opposed by the theologian Hippolytus who accuses him of laxity and of being a Modalist, one who denies any distinction between the three persons of the Trinity.
• 1192 – Richard I of England is captured and imprisoned by Leopold V of Austria on his way home to England after signing a treaty with Saladin ending the Third Crusade.
• 1334 – Pope Benedict XII is elected.
• 1522 – Siege of Rhodes: Suleiman the Magnificent accepts the surrender of the surviving Knights of Rhodes, who are allowed to evacuate. They eventually settle on Malta and become known as the Knights of Malta.
• 1606 – The Virginia Company loads three ships with settlers and sets sail to establish Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in the Americas.
• 1803 – The Louisiana Purchase is completed at a ceremony in New Orleans.
• 1808 – Peninsular War: The Siege of Zaragoza begins.
• 1832 – HMS Clio under the command of Captain Onslow arrives at Port Egmont under orders to take possession of the Falkland Islands
• 1860 – South Carolina becomes the first state to attempt to secede from the United States.
• 1915 – World War I: The last Australian troops are evacuated from Gallipoli.
• 1917 – Cheka, the first Soviet secret police force, is founded.
• 1924 – Adolf Hitler is released from Landsberg Prison
• 1941 – World War II: First battle of the American Volunteer Group, better known as the "Flying Tigers" in Kunming, China.
• 1942 – World War II: Japanese air forces[disambiguation needed] bomb Calcutta, India.
• 1946 – The popular Christmas film It's a Wonderful Life is first released in New York City.
• 1951 – The EBR-1 in Arco, Idaho becomes the first nuclear power plant to generate electricity. The electricity powered four light bulbs.
• 1952 – A United States Air Force C-124 crashes and burns in Moses Lake, Washington killing 87.
• 1955 – Cardiff is proclaimed the capital city of Wales, United Kingdom.
• 1957 – The initial production version of the Boeing 707 makes its first flight.
• 1959 – Unknown attackers murder the Walker family in Osprey, Florida.
• 1960 – The National Front for the Liberation of Vietnam is formed.
• 1967 – A Pennsylvania Railroad Budd Metroliner exceeds 155 mph on their New York Division, also present day Amtrak's Northeast Corridor.
• 1968 – The Zodiac Killer kills Betty Lou Jenson and David Faraday in Vallejo, California.
• 1971 – The international aid organization Doctors Without Borders is founded by Bernard Kouchner and a group of journalists in Paris, France.
• 1973 – The Prime Minister of Spain, Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco, is assassinated by a car bomb attack in Madrid.
• 1977 – Djibouti and Vietnam join the United Nations.
• 1984 – The Summit Tunnel fire is the largest underground fire in history, as a freight train carrying over 1 million liters of gasoline derails near the town of Todmorden, England, in the Pennines.
• 1985 – Pope John Paul II announces the institution of World Youth Day.
• 1987 – In the worst peacetime sea disaster, the passenger ferry Doña Paz sinks after colliding with the oil tanker Vector in the Tablas Strait in the Philippines, killing an estimated 4,000 people (1,749 official).
• 1988 – The United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances is signed in Vienna, Austria.
• 1989 – United States invasion of Panama: The United States sends troops into Panama to overthrow government of Manuel Noriega. This is also the first combat use of purpose-designed stealth aircraft.
• 1991 – A Missouri court sentences the Palestinian militant Zein Isa and his wife Maria to death for the honor killing of their daughter Palestina.
• 1995 – NATO begins peacekeeping in Bosnia.
• 1995 – American Airlines Flight 965, a Boeing 757, crashes into a mountain 50 km north of Cali, Colombia killing 159.
• 1999 – Macau is handed over to China by Portugal.
• 2004 – A gang of thieves steal £26.5 million worth of currency from the Donegall Square West headquarters of Northern Bank in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, one of the largest bank robberies in British history.
• 2005 – Aleksandër Moisiu University was founded in Durrës, Albania.
• 2007 – Elizabeth II becomes the oldest monarch of the United Kingdom, surpassing Queen Victoria, who lived for 81 years, 7 months and 29 days.
• 2007 – The Portrait of Suzanne Bloch (1904), by the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso, and O Lavrador de Café by Brazilian modernist painter Cândido Portinari, are stolen from the São Paulo Museum of Art.
• 2013 – China successfully launches the Bolivian Túpac Katari 1 from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center.
• 2014 – Two police officers of the New York City Police Department are shot and killed, allegedly in retaliation against the deaths of Eric Garner and Michael Brown.

Births[edit]

• 1494 – Oronce Finé, French mathematician and cartographer (d. 1555)
• 1537 – John III of Sweden (d. 1592)
• 1626 – Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German scholar and politician (d. 1692)
• 1641 – Urban Hjärne, Swedish chemist, geologist, and physician (d. 1724)
• 1717 – Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes, French politician and diplomat, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1787)
• 1740 – Arthur Lee, American physician and diplomat (d. 1792)
• 1786 – Pietro Raimondi, Italian composer (d. 1853)
• 1792 – Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, French painter (d. 1845)
• 1833 – Samuel Mudd, American physician (d. 1883)
• 1838 – Edwin Abbott Abbott, English theologian, author, and educator (d. 1926)
• 1841 – Ferdinand Buisson, French academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1932)
• 1860 – Dan Leno, English actor (d. 1904)
• 1861 – Ferdinand Bonn, German actor (d. 1933)
• 1861 – Ivana Kobilca, Slovenian painter (d. 1926)
• 1865 – Elsie de Wolfe, American actress and interior decorator (d. 1950)
• 1868 – Harvey Samuel Firestone, American businessman, founded the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company (d. 1938)
• 1869 – Charley Grapewin, American actor and singer (d. 1956)
• 1873 – Kan'ichi Asakawa, Japanese historian, author, and academic (d. 1948)
• 1873 – Mehmet Akif Ersoy, Turkish poet, academic, and politician (d. 1936)
• 1874 – Frederick Steep, Canadian soccer player (d. 1956)
• 1881 – Branch Rickey, American baseball player and manager (d. 1965)
• 1886 – Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, American tennis player (d. 1974)
• 1888 – Yitzhak Baer, German-Israeli historian and academic (d. 1980)
• 1888 – Fred Merkle, American baseball player and manager (d. 1958)
• 1890 – Yvonne Arnaud, French actress and singer (d. 1958)
• 1890 – Jaroslav Heyrovský, Czech chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1967)
• 1891 – Erik Almlöf, Swedish triple jumper (d. 1971)
• 1893 – Piero Campelli, Italian footballer (d. 1946)
• 1894 – Robert Menzies, Australian lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1978)
• 1898 – Konstantinos Dovas, Greek general and politician, 156th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1973)
• 1898 – Irene Dunne, American actress and singer (d. 1990)
• 1901 – Robert J. Van de Graaff, American physicist and academic, invented the Van de Graaff generator (d. 1967)
• 1902 – Prince George, Duke of Kent (d. 1942)
• 1902 – Sidney Hook, American philosopher and author (d. 1989)
• 1904 – Spud Davis, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1984)
• 1904 – Yevgenia Ginzburg, Russian author (d. 1977)
• 1905 – Bill O'Reilly, Australian cricketer and sportscaster (d. 1992)
• 1907 – Paul Francis Webster, American soldier and songwriter (d. 1984)
• 1908 – Dennis Morgan, American actor and singer (d. 1994)
• 1909 – Vakkom Majeed, Indian journalist and politician (d. 2000)
• 1911 – Hortense Calisher, American author (d. 2009)
• 1914 – Harry F. Byrd, Jr., American lieutenant, publisher, and politician (d. 2013)
• 1915 – Aziz Nesin, Turkish author and poet (d. 1995)
• 1916 – Michel Chartrand, Canadian union leader and activist (d. 2010)
• 1917 – David Bohm, American-English physicist, neuropsychologist, and philosopher (d. 1992)
• 1917 – Cahit Külebi, Turkish poet and author (d. 1997)
• 1917 – Audrey Totter, American actress and singer (d. 2013)
• 1918 – Jean Marchand, Canadian union leader and politician, 43rd Secretary of State for Canada (d. 1988)
• 1922 – George Roy Hill, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2002)
• 1922 – Beverly Pepper, American sculptor and painter
• 1924 – Judy LaMarsh, Canadian soldier, lawyer, and politician, 42nd Secretary of State for Canada (d. 1980)
• 1925 – Benito Lorenzi, Italian footballer (d. 2007)
• 1926 – Geoffrey Howe, Welsh lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 2015)
• 1926 – Otto Graf Lambsdorff, German lawyer and politician, German Federal Minister of Economics (d. 2009)
• 1927 – Michael Beaumont, 22nd Seigneur of Sark, English engineer
• 1927 – Charlie Callas, American actor and drummer (d. 2011)
• 1927 – Kim Young-sam, South Korean soldier and politician, 7th President of South Korea (d. 2015)
• 1931 – Ike Skelton, American lawyer and politician (d. 2013)
• 1931 – Mala Powers, American actress (d. 2007)
• 1931 – Terry Sanders, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1932 – Leslie Adams, American composer and educator
• 1932 – John Hillerman, American actor
• 1933 – Jean Carnahan, American author and politician
• 1933 – Olavi Salonen, Finnish runner
• 1933 – Rik Van Looy, Belgian cyclist
• 1935 – Khalid Ibadulla, Pakistani cricketer and sportscaster
• 1935 – William Julius Wilson, American sociologist and academic
• 1937 – Charles Denton, English businessman
• 1938 – John Harbison, American composer and academic
• 1939 – Tony Bentley, English footballer
• 1939 – Kathryn Joosten, American actress (d. 2012)
• 1940 – Pat Chapman, English chef and author, founded The Curry Club
• 1941 – Tommy Cole, American actor, singer, and makeup artist
• 1942 – Rana Bhagwandas, Pakistani lawyer and judge, Chief Justice of Pakistan (d. 2015)
• 1942 – Bob Hayes, American sprinter and football player (d. 2002)
• 1942 – Jean-Claude Trichet, French banker and economist
• 1944 – Bobby Colomby, American drummer and producer (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
• 1944 – Jimmie F. Skaggs, American actor (d. 2004)
• 1945 – Peter Criss, American singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer (Kiss, Wicked Lester, and Chelsea)
• 1945 – Sivakant Tiwari, Indian-Singaporean lawyer and author (d. 2010)
• 1946 – Uri Geller, Israeli-English magician and psychic
• 1946 – Lesley Judd, English dancer and television host
• 1946 – Lloyd Mumphord, American football player
• 1946 – Sonny Perdue, American captain and politician, 81st Governor of Georgia
• 1946 – John Spencer, American actor (d. 2005)
• 1946 – Dick Wolf, American director, producer, and screenwriter, created Law & Order franchise
• 1947 – Roger Alton, English journalist
• 1947 – Gigliola Cinquetti, Italian singer-songwriter
• 1947 – Bo Ryan, American basketball player and coach
• 1948 – Alan Parsons, English keyboard player and producer (The Alan Parsons Project)
• 1948 – Carol Smart, English sociologist and academic
• 1948 – Mitsuko Uchida, Japanese-English pianist
• 1948 – Stevie Wright, English-Australian singer-songwriter (The Easybeats)
• 1949 – Soumaïla Cissé, Malian engineer and politician
• 1949 – Cecil Cooper, American baseball player and manager
• 1949 – Oscar Gamble, American baseball player
• 1949 – Leigh Hamilton, New Zealand-American actress (d. 2012)
• 1950 – Geoffrey Grimmett, English mathematician and academic
• 1950 – Arturo Márquez, Mexican-American composer
• 1951 – Lynne Featherstone, English blogger and politician
• 1951 – Christopher Le Brun, English painter and sculptor
• 1951 – Peter May, Scottish author and screenwriter
• 1951 – Nuala O'Loan, Baroness O'Loan, Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland (1999-2007)
• 1951 – Marta Russell, American author and activist (d. 2013)
• 1951 – Joey Silvera, American porn actor and director
• 1952 – Jenny Agutter, English actress
• 1952 – Sky Gilbert, Canadian drag queen performer, actor, and author
• 1954 – Michael Badalucco, American actor and producer
• 1954 – Sandra Cisneros, American author and poet
• 1955 – David Breashears, American mountaineer, director, and producer
• 1955 – Ed Kuepper, German-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Saints, Laughing Clowns, and The Apartments)
• 1955 – Rory Markas, American sportscaster (d. 2010)
• 1955 – Binali Yıldırım, Turkish politician
• 1956 – Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, Mauritanian general and politician, President of Mauritania
• 1956 – Guy Babylon, American keyboard player and songwriter (d. 2009)
• 1956 – Blanche Baker, American actress and screenwriter
• 1956 – Junji Hirata, Japanese wrestler
• 1956 – Andrew Mackenzie, Scottish businessman
• 1957 – Stephen Bicknell, English organ builder (d. 2007)
• 1957 – Billy Bragg, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1957 – Anna Vissi, Cypriot singer-songwriter and actress (Epikouri)
• 1957 – Anita Ward, American singer
• 1957 – Mike Watt, American singer-songwriter and bass player (Banyan, Minutemen, Dos, The Stooges, and Firehose)
• 1958 – Doug Nordquist, American high jumper
• 1958 – James Thomson, American biologist and academic
• 1959 – Simon Hughes, English cricketer and journalist
• 1959 – Hildegard Körner, German runner
• 1959 – Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz, Polish physicist and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Poland
• 1959 – Trent Tucker, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1960 – Nalo Hopkinson, Jamaican-Canadian author
• 1960 – Kim Ki-duk, South Korean director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1961 – Mohammad Fouad, Egyptian singer-songwriter and actor
• 1961 – Mike Keneally, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Dethklok)
• 1961 – Freddie Spencer, American motorcycle racer
• 1963 – Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo
• 1963 – Joel Gretsch, American actor
• 1963 – Iqbal Theba, Pakistani-American actor
• 1964 – Mark Coleman, American mixed martial artist and wrestler
• 1965 – Robert Cavanah, Scottish actor and director
• 1965 – Rich Gannon, American football player and sportscaster
• 1966 – Matt Neal, English race car driver
• 1966 – Veronica Pershina, Russian-American figure skater and coach
• 1966 – Chris Robinson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Black Crowes, Chris Robinson Brotherhood)
• 1968 – Joe Cornish, English actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1968 – Karl Wendlinger, Austrian race car driver
• 1969 – Alain de Botton, Swiss-English philosopher and author
• 1969 – Brian O'Halloran, American actor
• 1969 – Zahra Ouaziz, Moroccan runner
• 1969 – Bobby Phills, American basketball player (d. 2000)
• 1970 – Nicole de Boer, Canadian actress
• 1970 – Grant Flower, Zimbabwean cricketer and coach
• 1970 – Alister McRae, Scottish race car driver
• 1970 – Jörg Schmidt, German footballer
• 1971 – Roger J. Beaujard, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Mortician and Malignancy)
• 1972 – Anders Odden, Norwegian guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Cadaver, Magenta, Satyricon and Doctor Midnight & The Mercy Cult)
• 1972 – Anja Rücker, German sprinter
• 1973 – Maarja Kangro, Estonian author and poet
• 1973 – David Nedohin, Canadian curler and sportscaster
• 1973 – Cory Stillman, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1974 – Die, Japanese guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Dir En Grey)
• 1974 – Paul Linger, English footballer
• 1975 – Bartosz Bosacki, Polish footballer
• 1975 – Jaydy Michel, Mexican model and actress
• 1976 – Aubrey Huff, American baseball player and radio host
• 1976 – Jang Hyuk, South Korean actor
• 1976 – Adam Powell, Welsh game designer and businessman, co-founded Meteor Games
• 1976 – Ramon Stoppelenburg, Dutch businessman and author
• 1976 – Nenad Vučković, Croatian footballer
• 1978 – Andrei Markov, Russian-Canadian ice hockey player
• 1978 – Geremi Njitap, Cameroon footballer
• 1978 – Bouabdellah Tahri, French runner
• 1979 – David DeJesus, American baseball player
• 1979 – George Lamb, English radio and television host
• 1979 – Michael Rogers, Australian cyclist
• 1979 – Ramón Rodríguez, Puerto Rican-American actor
• 1979 – Benedikte Kruse, Norwegian singer and actor (Pitsj)
• 1980 – Israel Castro, Mexican footballer
• 1980 – Ashley Cole, English footballer
• 1980 – Anthony da Silva, French-Portuguese footballer
• 1980 – Martín Demichelis, Argentinian footballer
• 1980 – Fitz Hall, English footballer
• 1981 – Royal Ivey, American basketball player
• 1981 – Darya Pchelnik, Belarusian hammer thrower
• 1981 – James Shields, American baseball player
• 1981 – Roy Williams, American football player
• 1982 – Keny Arkana, French rapper
• 1982 – Mohammad Asif, Pakistani cricketer
• 1982 – David Cook, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Axium and Midwest Kings)
• 1982 – Kasper Klausen, Danish footballer
• 1982 – Masahiro Kuranuki, Japanese actor
• 1982 – David Wright, American baseball player
• 1983 – Jonah Hill, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1983 – Chelsea Johnson, American pole vaulter
• 1983 – Lucy Pinder, English model and actress
• 1983 – Darren Sammy, Saint Lucian cricketer
• 1983 – Lara Stone, Dutch model
• 1983 – Takuma Terashima, Japanese voice actor
• 1983 – Adrián Varela, Mexican singer
• 1984 – Nikolaos Karabelas, Greek footballer
• 1984 – Bobby Morley, Australian actor and singer
• 1984 – David Tavaré, Spanish singer and DJ
• 1985 – Jillian Grace, American model
• 1985 – Gilbert Kirwa, Kenyan runner
• 1986 – Benjamin Brierley, English-German rugby player
• 1986 – Anoop Desai, American singer-songwriter
• 1987 – Yutaka Otsuka, Japanese baseball player
• 1987 – Tariel Zintiridis, Greek martial artist
• 1988 – Andrés Bottiglieri, Italian–Argentinian footballer
• 1989 – Allan Hyde, Danish actor, singer, and screenwriter
• 1990 – JoJo, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1990 – Filipp Breytveyt, Russian footballer
• 1991 – Hunter Gomez, American actor and producer
• 1991 – Fabian Schär, Swiss footballer, FC Basel
• 1992 – Ksenia Makarova, Russian-American figure skater
• 1994 – Jacko Gill, New Zealand shot putter
• 1994 – Nazriya Nazim, Indian actress
• 1998 – Ivett Tóth, Hungarian figure skater
• 2002 – Yuuna Sugiyama, Japanese actress

Deaths[edit]

• 217 – Pope Zephyrinus
• 860 – Æthelbald of Wessex (b. 834)
• 1295 – Margaret of Provence (b. 1221)
• 1355 – Stephen Uroš IV Dušan of Serbia (b. 1308)
• 1539 – Johannes Lupi, Flemish composer (b. 1506)
• 1590 – Ambroise Paré, French physician and surgeon (b. 1510)
• 1722 – Kangxi Emperor of China (b. 1654)
• 1723 – Augustus Quirinus Rivinus, German physician and botanist (b. 1652)
• 1740 – Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon, English field marshal and politician, Governor of Portsmouth (b. 1675)
• 1765 – Louis, Dauphin of France (b. 1729)
• 1768 – Carlo Innocenzo Frugoni, Italian poet and academic (b. 1692)
• 1783 – Antonio Soler, Spanish priest and composer (b. 1729)
• 1812 – Sacagawea, American explorer (b. 1788)
• 1820 – John Bell, American farmer (b. 1750)
• 1856 – Francesco Bentivegna, Italian activist (b. 1820)
• 1862 – Robert Knox, Scottish surgeon and zoologist (b. 1791)
• 1880 – Gaspar Tochman, Polish-American colonel and lawyer (b. 1797)
• 1893 – George C. Magoun, American businessman (b. 1840)
• 1915 – Upendrakishore Ray, Indian painter and composer (b. 1863)
• 1916 – Louis de Champsavin, French horse rider (b. 1867)
• 1917 – Lucien Petit-Breton, French cyclist (b. 1882)
• 1920 – Linton Hope, English sailor and architect (b. 1863)
• 1921 – Hans Hartwig von Beseler, German general and politician (b. 1850)
• 1927 – Frederick Semple, American golfer and tennis player (b. 1872)
• 1929 – Émile Loubet, French lawyer and politician, 8th President of France (b. 1838)
• 1935 – Martin O'Meara, Irish-Australian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1882)
• 1937 – Erich Ludendorff, German general (b. 1865)
• 1938 – Annie Armstrong, American missionary (b. 1850)
• 1938 – Matilda Howell, American archer (b. 1859)
• 1941 – Igor Severyanin, Russian-Estonian poet and author (b. 1887)
• 1950 – Enrico Mizzi, Maltese lawyer and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1885)
• 1954 – James Hilton, English-American author and screenwriter (b. 1900)
• 1956 – Ramón Carrillo, Argentinian neurologist and physician (b. 1906)
• 1959 – Juhan Simm, Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1885)
• 1961 – Moss Hart, American director and playwright (b. 1904)
• 1961 – Earle Page, Australian soldier and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1880)
• 1968 – John Steinbeck, American author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
• 1969 – Giles Chippindall, Australian public servant (b. 1893)
• 1971 – Roy O. Disney, American businessman, co-founded The Walt Disney Company (b. 1893)
• 1972 – Adolfo Orsi, Italian industrialist (b. 1888)
• 1973 – Luis Carrero Blanco, Spanish admiral and politician, 69th President of the Government of Spain (b. 1904)
• 1973 – Bobby Darin, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1936)
• 1974 – R. A. Bevan, English advertiser (b. 1901)
• 1974 – Rajani Palme Dutt, English journalist and politician (b. 1896)
• 1974 – André Jolivet, French composer (b. 1905)
• 1976 – Richard J. Daley, American lawyer and politician, 48th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1902)
• 1981 – Dimitris Rontiris, Greek actor and director (b. 1899)
• 1982 – Arthur Rubinstein, Polish-American pianist and composer (b. 1887)
• 1984 – Stanley Milgram, American psychologist (b. 1933)
• 1986 – Joe DeSa, American baseball player (b. 1959)
• 1989 – Kurt Böhme, German opera singer (b. 1908)
• 1991 – Simone Beck, French chef and author (b. 1904)
• 1991 – Sam Rabin, English wrestler, singer, and sculptor (b. 1903)
• 1991 – Albert Van Vlierberghe, Belgian cyclist (b. 1942)
• 1993 – W. Edwards Deming, American statistician, academic, and author (b. 1900)
• 1993 – Hulusi Kentmen, Turkish actor (b. 1912)
• 1994 – Dean Rusk, American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 54th United States Secretary of State (b. 1909)
• 1996 – Carl Sagan, American astronomer, astrophysicist, and cosmologist (b. 1934)
• 1997 – Juzo Itami, Japanese actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1933)
• 1997 – Denise Levertov, English-American poet and author (b. 1923)
• 1997 – Dawn Steel, American film producer (b. 1946)
• 1998 – Irene Hervey, American actress (b. 1909)
• 1998 – Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, English physiologist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)
• 1998 – C. P. Lyons, Canadian historian and author (b. 1915)
• 1999 – Riccardo Freda, Egyptian-Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1909)
• 1999 – Hank Snow, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1914)
• 2001 – Foster Brooks, American actor (b. 1912)
• 2001 – Léopold Sédar Senghor, Senegalese poet and politician, 1st President of Senegal (b. 1906)
• 2002 – Bernard King, Australian actor and chef (b. 1934)
• 2005 – M. Moorthy, Malaysian soldier and mountaineer
• 2005 – Raoul Bott, Hungarian-American mathematician (b. 1923)
• 2006 – Anne Rogers Clark, American dog breeder and trainer (b. 1929)
• 2006 – Piergiorgio Welby, Italian poet and activist (b. 1945)
• 2006 – Shi Yuejun, Chinese spree killer (b. 1970)
• 2007 – Savaş Dinçel, Turkish actor (b. 1942)
• 2008 – Adrian Mitchell, English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1932)
• 2009 – Mairoon Ali, Trinidadian actress (b. 1954)
• 2009 – Brittany Murphy, American actress and singer (b. 1977)
• 2009 – Arnold Stang, American actor and singer (b. 1918)
• 2010 – Brian Hanrahan, English journalist (b. 1949)
• 2010 – Steve Landesberg, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1936)
• 2010 – James Robert Mann, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1920)
• 2010 – K. P. Ratnam, Sri Lankan academic and politician (b. 1914)
• 2011 – Barry Reckord, Jamaican playwright (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Stan Charlton, English footballer and manager (b. 1929)
• 2012 – Robert Juniper, Australian painter and sculptor (b. 1929)
• 2012 – Eagle Keys, American-Canadian football player and coach (b. 1923)
• 2012 – Jimmy McCracklin, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1921)
• 2012 – Victor Merzhanov, Russian pianist and educator (b. 1919)
• 2013 – Pyotr Bolotnikov, Russian runner (b. 1930)
• 2013 – Lord Infamous, American rapper (Three 6 Mafia) (b. 1973)
• 2013 – Nelly Omar, Argentinian actress and singer (b. 1911)
• 2013 – Masafumi Ōura, Japanese volleyball player and coach (b. 1969)
• 2013 – Reginaldo Rossi, Brazilian singer-songwriter (b. 1944)
• 2013 – Vivian St. John, American wrestler (b. 1950)
• 2014 – Per-Ingvar Brånemark, Swedish surgeon and academic (b. 1929)
• 2014 – John Freeman, English lawyer, politician, and diplomat, British Ambassador to the United States (b. 1915)
• 2014 – Ranulph Glanville, English architect and academic (b. 1946)
• 2014 – Bob Lanier, American lawyer, banker, and politician, 58th Mayor of Houston (b. 1925)
• 2014 – William Lowell Putnam III, American mountaineer and businessman (b. 1924)

Σπύρος Σούλης: Το πρόβλημα υγείας  

Η βόλτα  Καραμανλή στην παραλία Θεσσαλονίκης -Μαζί με Νατάσα και παιδιά

Το στούντιο των δέκα τετραγωνικών που πωλείται… 827.000 ευρώ!

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Πολυτέλεια σε πολύ μικρές διαστάσεις 

Προς πώληση βγαίνει ένα μικρό στούντιο, μικρότερο και από γκαράζ, στο Λονδίνο. Το αντίτιμο για την απόκτησή του είναι το διόλου ευκαταφρόνητο ποσό των 827.000 ευρώ! 

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• 69 – The Roman Senate declares Vespasian as Roman emperor, the last in the Year of the Four Emperors.
• 1124 – Pope Honorius II is elected.
• 1140 – Conrad III of Germany besieged Weinsberg.
• 1237 – The city of Ryazan is sacked by the Mongol army of Batu Khan.
• 1361 – The Battle of Linuesa is fought in the context of the Spanish Reconquista between the forces of the Emirate of Granada and the combined army of the Kingdom of Castile and of Jaén resulting in a Castilian victory.
• 1598 – Battle of Curalaba: The revolting Mapuche, led by cacique Pelentaru, inflict a major defeat on Spanish troops in southern Chile.
• 1620 – Plymouth Colony: William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims land on what is now known as Plymouth Rock in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
• 1826 – American settlers in Nacogdoches, Mexican Texas, declare their independence, starting the Fredonian Rebellion.
• 1832 – Egyptian–Ottoman War: Egyptian forces decisively defeat Ottoman troops at the Battle of Konya.
• 1844 – The Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers commences business at its cooperative in Rochdale, England, starting the Cooperative movement.
• 1861 – Medal of Honor: Public Resolution 82, containing a provision for a Navy Medal of Valor, is signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln.
• 1872 – Challenger expedition: HMS Challenger, commanded by Captain George Nares, sails from Portsmouth, England.
• 1879 – World première of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark.
• 1883 – The Royal Canadian Dragoons and The Royal Canadian Regiment, the first Permanent Force cavalry and infantry regiments of the Canadian Army, are formed: .
• 1907 – The Chilean Army commits a massacre of at least 2,000 striking saltpeter miners in Iquique, Chile.
• 1910 – An underground explosion at the Hulton Bank Colliery No. 3 Pit in Over Hulton, Westhoughton, England, kills 344 miners.
• 1913 – Arthur Wynne's "word-cross", the first crossword puzzle, is published in the New York World.
• 1919 – American anarchist Emma Goldman is deported to Russia.
• 1923 – United Kingdom and Nepal formally signed an agreement of friendship, called the Nepal–Britain Treaty of 1923, which superseded the Treaty of Sugauli signed in 1816.
• 1936 – First flight of the Junkers Ju 88 multi-role combat aircraft.
• 1937 – Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the world's first full-length animated feature, premieres at the Carthay Circle Theatre.
• 1941 – World War II: A formal treaty of alliance between Thailand and Japan is signed in the presence of the Emerald Buddha in Wat Phra Kaew, Thailand.
• 1946 – An 8.1 M_w earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Nankaidō, Japan, kills over 1,300 people and destroys over 38,000 homes.
• 1962 – Rondane National Park is established as Norway's first national park.
• 1963 – The episode of intercommunal violence called "Bloody Christmas" begins in Cyprus, ultimately resulting in the displacement of 25,000-30,000 Turkish Cypriots and destruction of more than 100 villages.
• 1967 – Louis Washkansky, the first man to undergo a heart transplant, dies in Cape Town, South Africa, having lived for 18 days after the transplant.
• 1968 – Apollo program: Apollo 8 is launched from the Kennedy Space Center, placing its crew on a lunar trajectory for the first visit to another celestial body by humans.
• 1969 – The United Nations adopts the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.
• 1973 – The Geneva Conference on the Arab–Israeli conflict opens.
• 1979 – Lancaster House Agreement: An independence agreement for Rhodesia is signed in London by Lord Peter Carrington, Sir Ian Gilmour, Robert Mugabe, Joshua Nkomo, Bishop Abel Muzorewa and S.C. Mundawarara.
• 1988 – A bomb explodes on board Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, killing 270.
• 1992 – A Dutch DC-10, flight Martinair MP 495, crashes at Faro Airport, killing 56.
• 1994 – Mexican volcano Popocatépetl, dormant for 47 years, erupts gases and ash.
• 1995 – The city of Bethlehem passes from Israeli to Palestinian control.
• 1999 – The Spanish Civil Guard intercepts a van loaded with 950 kg of explosives that ETA intended to use to blow up Torre Picasso in Madrid, Spain.
• 2004 – Iraq War: A suicide bomber killed 22 at the forward operating base next to the main U.S. military airfield at Mosul, Iraq, the single deadliest suicide attack on American soldiers.

Births[edit]

• 1118 – Thomas Becket, English archbishop and saint (d. 1170)
• 1401 – Masaccio, Italian painter (d. 1428)
• 1596 – Peter Mogila, Romanian-Ukrainian metropolitan (d. 1646)
• 1603 – Roger Williams, English-American minister, theologian, and politician, 9th President of the Colony of Rhode Island (d. 1684)
• 1672 – Benjamin Schmolck, German pastor and composer (d. 1737)
• 1714 – John Bradstreet, Canadian-English general (d. 1774)
• 1728 – Hermann Raupach, German harpsichord player and composer (d. 1778)
• 1778 – Anders Sandøe Ørsted, Danish jurist and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Denmark (d. 1860)
• 1795 – John Russell, English hunter and dog breeder (d. 1883)
• 1795 – Leopold von Ranke, German historian, author, and academic (d. 1886)
• 1803 – Achille Vianelli, Italian painter (d. 1894)
• 1804 – Benjamin Disraeli, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1881)
• 1805 – Thomas Graham, Scottish chemist and academic (d. 1869)
• 1811 – Archibald Tait, Scottish-English archbishop (d. 1882)
• 1815 – Thomas Couture, French painter and educator (d. 1879)
• 1818 – Amalia of Oldenburg (d. 1875)
• 1820 – William H. Osborn, American businessman (d. 1894)
• 1830 – Bartolomé Masó, Cuban soldier and politician (d. 1907)
• 1832 – John H. Ketcham, American general and politician (d. 1906)
• 1840 – Namık Kemal, Turkish journalist, playwright, and activist (d. 1888)
• 1843 – Thomas Bracken, Irish-New Zealand journalist, poet, and politician (d. 1898)
• 1850 – Zdeněk Fibich, Czech composer and poet (d. 1900)
• 1850 – William Wallace Lincoln, American son of Abraham Lincoln (d. 1862)
• 1851 – Thomas Chipman McRae, American lawyer and politician, 26th Governor of Arkansas (d. 1929)
• 1859 – Gustave Kahn, French poet and critic (d. 1936)
• 1866 – Maud Gonne, English-Irish actress and activist (d. 1953)
• 1868 – George W. Fuller, American engineer (d. 1934)
• 1872 – Sidney Ainsworth, English-American actor (d. 1922)
• 1872 – Lorenzo Perosi, Italian priest and composer (d. 1956)
• 1872 – Albert Payson Terhune, American journalist and author (d. 1942)
• 1872 – Trevor Kincaid, American scientist (d. 1970)
• 1873 – Blagoje Bersa, Croatian composer and educator (d. 1934)
• 1876 – Jack Lang, Australian politician, 23rd Premier of New South Wales (d. 1975)
• 1877 – Jaan Sarv, Estonian mathematician and scholar (d. 1954)
• 1878 – Jan Łukasiewicz, Polish-Irish mathematician and philosopher (d. 1956)
• 1885 – Frank Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1960)
• 1888 – Jean Bouin, French runner and rugby player (d. 1914)
• 1889 – Sewall Wright, American geneticist and biologist (d. 1988)
• 1890 – Hermann Joseph Muller, American geneticist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1967)
• 1891 – John William McCormack, American lawyer and politician, 53rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1980)
• 1892 – Amy Clarke, English poet, author, and academic (d. 1980)
• 1892 – Walter Hagen, American golfer (d. 1969)
• 1892 – Rebecca West, English journalist and author (d. 1983)
• 1896 – Leroy Robertson, American composer and educator (d. 1971)
• 1903 – Maria Balcerkiewiczówna, Polish-English actress (d. 1975)
• 1905 – Anthony Powell, English author (d. 2000)
• 1908 – Herbert Hutner, American banker and lawyer (d. 2008)
• 1909 – Seichō Matsumoto, Japanese journalist and author (d. 1992)
• 1911 – Josh Gibson, American baseball player (d. 1947)
• 1913 – Arnold Friberg, American illustrator and painter (d. 2010)
• 1914 – Frank Fenner, Australian microbiologist and virologist (d. 2010)
• 1914 – Ivan Generalić, Hungarian-Croatian painter (d. 1992)
• 1915 – Joe Mantell, American actor (d. 2010)
• 1915 – Werner von Trapp, Austrian-American singer (d. 2007)
• 1917 – Diana Athill, English author
• 1917 – Heinrich Böll, German soldier and author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1985)
• 1918 – Donald Regan, American colonel and politician, 11th White House Chief of Staff (d. 2003)
• 1918 – Kurt Waldheim, Austrian colonel and politician, 9th President of Austria (d. 2007)
• 1920 – Bob Bindig, American illustrator and historian (d. 2007)
• 1920 – Jean Gascon, Canadian actor and director (d. 1988)
• 1921 – Alicia Alonso, Cuban ballerina and choreographer, founded the Cuban National Ballet
• 1921 – Robert Lipshutz, American lawyer and politician, 17th White House Counsel (d. 2010)
• 1922 – Itubwa Amram, Nauruan pastor and politician (d. 1989)
• 1922 – Paul Winchell, American ventriloquist and voice actor (d. 2005)
• 1923 – Richard Hugo, American poet and educator (d. 1982)
• 1924 – Rita Reys, Dutch singer (d. 2013)
• 1925 – Olga Aroseva, Russian actress (d. 2013)
• 1926 – Arnošt Lustig, Czech author and playwright (d. 2011)
• 1926 – Joe Paterno, American football player and coach (d. 2012)
• 1928 – Michalis Kounelis, Greek violinist (d. 1999)
• 1928 – Ed Nelson, American actor (d. 2014)
• 1931 – David Baker, American composer and educator
• 1931 – Moira Orfei, Italian actress (d. 2015)
• 1932 – U. R. Ananthamurthy, Indian author, poet, and critic (d. 2014)
• 1932 – Edward Hoagland, American author and critic
• 1933 – Denis E. Dillon, American jurist and politician (d. 2010)
• 1933 – Robert Worcester, American businessman, founder of MORI
• 1934 – Giuseppina Leone, Italian sprinter
• 1935 – John G. Avildsen, American director, producer, and cinematographer
• 1935 – Lorenzo Bandini, Italian race car driver (d. 1967)
• 1935 – Yusuf Bey, American activist (d. 2003)
• 1935 – Phil Donahue, American talk show host and producer
• 1935 – Edward Schreyer, Canadian academic and politician, 22nd Governor General of Canada
• 1937 – Jane Fonda, American actress, producer, and activist
• 1937 – Donald F. Munson, American politician
• 1938 – Larry Bryggman, American actor
• 1938 – Frank Moorhouse, Australian journalist, author, and screenwriter
• 1938 – John Quayle, English actor
• 1939 – Lloyd Axworthy, Canadian academic and politician, 2nd Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1939 – Wafic Saïd, Syrian-Monacan businessman and philanthropist
• 1940 – Arvi Lind, Finnish journalist
• 1940 – Ray Hildebrand, American singer-songwriter (Paul & Paula)
• 1940 – Frank Zappa, American contemporary composer, guitarist, and record producer (The Mothers of Invention) (d. 1993)
• 1942 – Hu Jintao, Chinese engineer and politician, 6th President of China
• 1942 – Reinhard Mey, German singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1942 – Anthony Summers, Irish journalist and author
• 1942 – Carla Thomas, American singer
• 1943 – André Arthur, Canadian journalist and politician
• 1943 – Lena Bergman, Swedish actress
• 1943 – Albert Lee, English guitarist and songwriter (Heads Hands & Feet and Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings)
• 1943 – Jack Nance, American actor (d. 1996)
• 1943 – Walter Spanghero, French rugby player
• 1944 – Bill Atkinson, English footballer and referee (d. 2013)
• 1944 – Michael Tilson Thomas, American pianist, composer, and conductor
• 1944 – Zheng Xiaoyu, Chinese diplomat (d. 2007)
• 1946 – Roy Karch, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1946 – Christopher Keene, American conductor (d. 1995)
• 1946 – Kevin Peek, Australian guitarist and songwriter (Sky) (d. 2013)
• 1946 – Carl Wilson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Beach Boys) (d. 1998)
• 1947 – Paco de Lucía, Spanish guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Paco de Lucía Sextet) (d. 2014)
• 1947 – Bryan Hamilton, Irish footballer and manager
• 1948 – Samuel L. Jackson, American actor and producer
• 1948 – Dave Kingman, American baseball player
• 1948 – Willi Resetarits, Austrian singer-songwriter, actor, and activist
• 1949 – Nicholas Penny, English historian and academic
• 1949 – Thomas Sankara, Burkinabé captain and politician, 5th President of Burkina Faso (d. 1987)
• 1949 – Nikolaos Sifounakis, Greek politician
• 1950 – Jeffrey Katzenberg, American screenwriter and producer, co-founded DreamWorks Animation
• 1950 – Lillebjørn Nilsen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Gitarkameratene)
• 1950 – David Thacker, English director and screenwriter
• 1951 – Nick Gilder, English-Canadian singer-songwriter (Sweeney Todd)
• 1951 – Steve Perryman, English footballer and manager
• 1952 – Joaquín Andújar, Dominican baseball player (d. 2015)
• 1953 – András Schiff, Hungarian-English pianist and conductor
• 1953 – Betty Wright, American singer-songwriter
• 1954 – Chris Evert, American tennis player and coach
• 1954 – Tsurutaro Kataoka, Japanese boxer, television personality, actor, and artist
• 1955 – Jane Kaczmarek, American actress
• 1955 – Kazuyuki Sekiguchi, Japanese singer-songwriter and bass player (Southern All Stars)
• 1956 – Dave Laut, American shot putter (d. 2009)
• 1957 – Tom Henke, American baseball player
• 1957 – Rolf Kanies, German actor
• 1957 – Ray Romano, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1958 – Tamara Bykova, Russian high jumper
• 1959 – Florence Griffith Joyner, American sprinter and actress (d. 1998)
• 1960 – Roger McDowell, American baseball player and coach
• 1960 – Sherry Rehman, Pakistani journalist, politician, and diplomat, 25th Pakistan Ambassador to the United States
• 1960 – Tim Rucks, American football player and coach (d. 2015)
• 1960 – Andy Van Slyke, American baseball player and coach
• 1961 – Henry Ford Kamel, Ghanaian banker and politician (d. 2012)
• 1961 – Francis Ng, Hong Kong actor and director
• 1961 – The Patriot, American wrestler
• 1961 – Rein Raud, Estonian scholar and author
• 1961 – Ryuji Sasai, Japanese bass player and composer
• 1963 – Govinda, Indian actor, singer, and politician
• 1964 – Rob Kelly, English footballer and manager
• 1964 – Joe Kocur, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1964 – Kunihiko Ikuhara, Japanese director
• 1964 – Daniel Suarez, American author
• 1964 – Fabiana Udenio, Argentinian-Italian actress
• 1965 – Andy Dick, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1965 – Anke Engelke, Canadian-German actress, director, and screenwriter
• 1965 – Stuart Mitchell, Scottish pianist and composer
• 1965 – Masahiro Motoki, Japanese actor
• 1966 – Martin Bayfield, English rugby player, actor, and stuntman
• 1966 – Adam Schefter, American journalist and sportscaster
• 1966 – Kiefer Sutherland, English-Canadian actor, director, and producer
• 1966 – Karri Turner, American actress
• 1967 – Ervin Johnson, American basketball player
• 1967 – Fritz Karl, Austrian actor
• 1967 – Terry Mills, American basketball player and coach
• 1967 – Mikheil Saakashvili, Georgian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Georgia
• 1969 – Julie Delpy, French-American model, actress, director, and screenwriter
• 1969 – Jack Noseworthy, American actor
• 1969 – Mihails Zemļinskis, Latvian footballer, coach, and manager
• 1971 – Matthieu Chedid, French singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1971 – Margarita Drobiazko, Lithuanian ice dancer
• 1971 – Fenton Keogh, Australian chef
• 1971 – Brett Scallions, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Fuel, Manzarek–Krieger, and Circus Diablo)
• 1971 – Jamie Theakston, English actor and television host
• 1972 – Gloria De Piero, English journalist and politician
• 1972 – LaTroy Hawkins, American baseball player
• 1972 – Dustin Hermanson, American baseball player
• 1972 – Claudia Poll, Nicaraguan-Costa Rican swimmer
• 1972 – Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy, Indian journalist and politician
• 1972 – Erwin Schrott, Uruguayan opera singer
• 1973 – Irakli Alasania, Georgian colonel and politician, Georgian Minister of Defense
• 1973 – Mike Alstott, American football player
• 1973 – Karmen Stavec, German-Slovenian singer
• 1974 – Karrie Webb, Australian golfer
• 1975 – Paloma Herrera, Argentinian ballerina
• 1976 – Mirela Maniani, Albanian-Greek javelin thrower
• 1976 – Lukas Rossi, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Rock Star Supernova and Daylight Division)
• 1977 – A. J. Bowen, American actor and producer
• 1977 – Toby Rand, Australian singer-songwriter (Juke Kartel)
• 1978 – Emiliano Brembilla, Italian swimmer
• 1978 – Mike Vitar, American actor
• 1979 – Steve Montador, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2015)
• 1979 – Tuva Novotny, Swedish actress, singer, and director
• 1979 – Kristjan Sarv, Estonian actor
• 1980 – Michele Di Piedi, Italian footballer
• 1980 – Royce Ring, American baseball player
• 1981 – Frankie Abernathy, American purse designer, cast member on The Real World: San Diego (d. 2007)
• 1981 – Mohammed Jabarah, Kuwaiti terrorist
• 1981 – Sajid Mahmood, English cricketer
• 1981 – Sanita Pušpure, Latvian-Irish rower
• 1981 – Lynda Thomas, Mexican singer-songwriter and producer
• 1981 – Cristian Zaccardo, Italian footballer
• 1982 – Primo, Puerto Rican and Canadian wrestler
• 1982 – Mike Gansey, American basketball player
• 1982 – Philip Humber, American baseball player
• 1982 – Iljo Keisse, Belgian cyclist
• 1982 – Tom Payne, English actor
• 1983 – Steven Yeun, South Korean-American actor
• 1984 – Andrea Jeremiah, Indian actress and singer
• 1984 – Sarah Mutch, Canadian model and actress
• 1984 – Darren Potter, Irish footballer
• 1985 – James Stewart, Jr., American motorcycle racer
• 1985 – Tom Sturridge, English actor
• 1985 – Kotaro Yanagi, Japanese actor
• 1986 – Davey Browne, Australian boxer (d. 2015)
• 1986 – Rachel Shenton, English actress
• 1987 – Denis Alekseyev, Russian sprinter
• 1987 – Ryza Cenon, Filipino actress and dancer
• 1987 – Valerie Concepcion, Filipino actress
• 1987 – Brad Howard, Australian footballer
• 1987 – Michael Lohan Jr., American actor
• 1988 – Yasmin, English-Scottish singer-songwriter and DJ
• 1988 – Alexa Goddard, English singer
• 1988 – Perri Shakes-Drayton, English sprinter and hurdler
• 1989 – Tamannaah, Indian model and actress
• 1989 – Mark Ingram, Jr., American football player
• 1990 – Ioannis Fetfatzidis, Greek footballer
• 1994 – Eva Paalma, Estonian tennis player

Deaths[edit]

• 72 – Thomas the Apostle, Israeli martyr and saint (b. 1 AD)
• 882 – Hincmar, French archbishop (b. 806)
• 1308 – Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse (b. 1244)
• 1375 – Giovanni Boccaccio, Italian author and poet (b. 1313)
• 1504 – Berthold von Henneberg, German archbishop (b. 1442)
• 1549 – Marguerite de Navarre, French wife of Henry II of Navarre (b. 1492)
• 1597 – Peter Canisius, Dutch priest and saint (b. 1521)
• 1807 – John Newton, English soldier and minister (b. 1725)
• 1824 – James Parkinson, English physician and paleontologist (b. 1755)
• 1869 – Friedrich Ernst Scheller, German jurist and politician (b. 1791)
• 1873 – Francis Garnier, French admiral and explorer (b. 1839)
• 1889 – Friedrich August von Quenstedt, German geologist and palaeontologist (b. 1809)
• 1900 – Roger Wolcott, American lawyer and politician, 39th Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1847)
• 1907 – Klara Hitler, Austrian mother of Adolf Hitler (b. 1860)
• 1920 – Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, Somalian general, founded the Dervish state (b. 1856)
• 1933 – Knud Rasmussen, Greenlandic anthropologist and explorer (b. 1879)
• 1935 – Ted Birnie, English footballer and manager (b. 1878)
• 1935 – Kurt Tucholsky, German-Swedish journalist and author (b. 1890)
• 1937 – Ted Healy, American comedian and actor (b. 1896)
• 1937 – Frank B. Kellogg, American lawyer and politician, 45th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1856)
• 1940 – F. Scott Fitzgerald, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1896)
• 1941 – David Howard, American film director (b. 1896)
• 1945 – George S. Patton, American general (b. 1885)
• 1952 – Kenneth Edwards, American golfer (b. 1886)
• 1953 – Kaarlo Koskelo, Finnish-American wrestler (b. 1888)
• 1957 – Eric Coates, English-American viola player and composer (b. 1886)
• 1958 – Lion Feuchtwanger, German-American author and playwright (b. 1884)
• 1959 – Rosanjin, Japanese calligrapher, engraver, and painter (b. 1883)
• 1962 – Gary Hocking, Welsh-Rhodesian motorcycle racer (b. 1937)
• 1963 – Jack Hobbs, English cricketer and journalist (b. 1882)
• 1964 – Carl Van Vechten, American author and photographer (b. 1880)
• 1965 – Claude Champagne, Canadian violinist, pianist, and composer (b. 1891)
• 1967 – Stuart Erwin, American actor (b. 1903)
• 1968 – Vittorio Pozzo, Italian footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1886)
• 1971 – Charles C. Banks, English fighting pilot (b. 1893)
• 1974 – James Henry Govier, English painter and illustrator (b. 1910)
• 1974 – Richard Long, American actor and director (b. 1927)
• 1976 – Karin Ekelund, Swedish actress (b. 1913)
• 1982 – Abu Al-Asar Hafeez Jullundhri, Pakistani poet and composer (b. 1900)
• 1982 – Ants Oras, Estonian-American author and academic (b. 1900)
• 1983 – Paul de Man, Belgian-American philosopher, critic, and academic (b. 1919)
• 1986 – Bill Simpson, Scottish actor (b. 1931)
• 1987 – John Spence, American singer (No Doubt) (b. 1969)
• 1988 – Paul Jeffreys, English bass player (Be-Bop Deluxe) (b. 1952)
• 1988 – Nikolaas Tinbergen, Dutch-English ethologist and ornithologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1907)
• 1989 – Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Nigerian-English photographer, co-founded Autograph ABP (b. 1955)
• 1990 – Clarence Johnson, American engineer, designed the Lockheed U-2 and Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird (b. 1910)
• 1991 – Sheldon Mayer, American author and illustrator (b. 1917)
• 1992 – Stella Adler, American actress and educator (b. 1901)
• 1992 – Albert King, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1924)
• 1992 – Nathan Milstein, Russian-American violinist and composer (b. 1903)
• 1995 – Charlie Tumahai, New Zealand singer-songwriter and bass player (Be-Bop Deluxe, Mississippi, and Herbs) (b. 1949)
• 1997 – Amie Comeaux, American singer and actress (b. 1976)
• 1998 – Roger Avon, English actor (b. 1914)
• 1998 – Karl Denver, Scottish-English singer (b. 1931)
• 1998 – Ernst-Günther Schenck, German colonel and physician (b. 1904)
• 2001 – Dick Schaap, American journalist and author (b. 1934)
• 2003 – Prince Alfonso of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (b. 1924)
• 2004 – Autar Singh Paintal, Indian physiologist and neurologist (b. 1925)
• 2005 – Elrod Hendricks, American baseball player and coach (b. 1940)
• 2006 – Scobie Breasley, Australian jockey and trainer (b. 1914)
• 2006 – Saparmurat Niyazov, Turkmen engineer and politician, 1st President of Turkmenistan (b. 1940)
• 2007 – Ken Hendricks, American businessman, founded ABC Supply (b. 1941)
• 2009 – Edwin G. Krebs, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
• 2009 – Christos Lambrakis, Greek journalist and businessman (b. 1934)
• 2010 – Enzo Bearzot, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1927)
• 2012 – Vivian Anderson, American baseball player (b. 1921)
• 2012 – Boyd Bartley, American baseball player (b. 1920)
• 2012 – Lee Dorman, American bass player (Iron Butterfly and Captain Beyond) (b. 1942)
• 2012 – David Lomon, English soldier (b. 1918)
• 2012 – Daphne Oxenford, English actress (b. 1919)
• 2013 – Eli Beeding, American captain and pilot (b. 1928)
• 2013 – Edgar Bronfman, Sr., Canadian-American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1929)
• 2013 – David Coleman, English sportscaster and game show host (b. 1926)
• 2013 – John Eisenhower, American historian, general, and diplomat, 45th United States Ambassador to Belgium (b. 1922)
• 2013 – Richard Hart, Jamaican-English historian, lawyer, and politician (b. 1917)
• 2013 – Rodolfo P. Hernández, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1931)
• 2014 – Jane Bown, English photographer (b. 1925)
• 2014 – Horacio Ferrer, Uruguayan poet and composer (b. 1922)
• 2014 – Udo Jürgens, Austrian-Swiss singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1934)
• 2014 – Sitor Situmorang, Indonesian poet and author (b. 1923)
• 2014 – Frank Truitt, American basketball player and coach (b. 1925)
• 2014 – Billie Whitelaw, English actress (b. 1932)

Miss Universe: Wrong winner crowned

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Shock and disbelief have erupted online after the wrong Miss Universe winner was crowned.

Miss Colombia Ariadna Gutierrez was announced winner of the 2015 beauty pageant before organisers revealed she was actually the first runner-up.

Miss Philippines Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach was later declared the winner.

#MissUniverse2015 also became Twitter's biggest trend of the night as thousands of social media users began to express disbelief using jokes and memes. 

'Miss Information'

"Talk about awkward," described one Twitter user who "couldn't help" but find the gaffe "hilarious". 

Another user, Mark Critch from Canada, said: "And the winner is - Miss Information."

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Facebook users also expressed their opinions on a post shared on the pageant's official page.

It was shared more than 62,000 times and received more than 17,000 comments from viewers across the world. 

"That was poorly handled. Both of these gorgeous ladies deserve an apology because that was embarrassing for both of them. I literally felt both of their pain," read a top comment by Lemmy Cliff.

"That was the most annoying Miss Universe contest ever," said another commenter Andres Felipe Arbelaez. "The host was horrible and Miss Colombia should have won." 

Pageant fans from the Philippines also began to express anger at the incident.

"Our Miss Philippines didn't get her shining moment," said a fan on Facebook. "It feels like she and our country were robbed of the winning moment, shame!" 

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'Everything happens for a reason' 

Ms Wurtzbach has since told reporters that she wishes Ms Gutierrez well following the incident.

"I'm very sorry, I did not take the crown away from her and I wish her well in whatever she wants to pursue after this pageant," she said.

Ms Gutierrez also addressed fans in a backstage video that has been shared on the pageant's official page.

She said: "Everything happens for a reason so I'm happy for all that I did."

At the end of the night, Ms Gutierrez was named first runner-up followed by Olivia Jordan from the United States.

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Host Steve Harvey responded, saying it was "his mistake" and he would take responsibility for not reading the winning card correctly.

"I'd like to apologize wholeheartedly to Miss Colombia & Miss Philippines for my huge mistake. I feel terrible," he said in a tweet that was re-tweeted more than 51,000 times.

"I don't want to take away from this amazing night and pageant. As well as the wonderful contestants - they were all amazing."

While some Twitter users remained upset over the mistake, others began to tweet out messages of support.

"Don't feel terrible. Everyone makes mistakes," said Pedro Da Cunha.

"To err is human... to forgive is divine," said another user in reply to Mr Harvey's apology.

In an incident apparently unconnected to the competition, at least one person was killed and dozens injured after a car ploughed into a crowd next to the Miss Universe venue.

 Mυστικό δωμάτιο στον Πύργο του Άιφελ

Αυτό το διαμέρισμα μπορεί να μην είχε όλες τις ανέσεις, είχε,

 όμως, σίγουρα την καλύτερη θέα. Ολόκληρο το Παρίσι στα

 πόδια των ενοίκων. Το μυστικό διαμέρισμα στον Πύργο του

 Αιφελ... δεν είναι πια μυστικό.

Οταν ο σχεδιαστής Γκουστάβ Αιφελ ολοκλήρωσε τον Πύργο του το 1889,

 δημιούργησε μια μυστική κατοικία στο τρίτο επίπεδο περίπου 300 μέτρα πάνω από

 το Champ de Mars.

Το μικρό δωμάτιο είχε ξύλινα πατώματα, ταπετσαρίες με πολύχρωμα μοτίβα, ενώ

 δεν έλειπε ένα πιάνο με ουρά. Επιπλέον, είχε ένα μικρό χώρο εργαστηρίου, το οποίο

 ήταν εφοδιασμένο με εξοπλισμό της τότε τελευταίας τεχνολογίας για τις 

μετεωρολογικές του μελέτες.

Οταν η υψηλή κοινωνία του Παρισιού, πληροφορήθηκε την ύπαρξή του ησυχαστηρίου

 του σχεδιαστή, άρχισαν να τον ικετεύουν να τους το νοικιάσει ακόμα και για μία

 μέρα, προσφέροντάς του μικρές περιουσίες. Ο ίδιος το αρνήθηκε, προτιμώντας να

 κρατήσει τη μοναδική θέα για τον εαυτό του για ήσυχες μέρες προβληματισμού ή 

για επισκέπτες κύρους, όπως ο φίλος του Τόμας Εντισον.

Μετά από χρόνια, το διαμέρισμα είναι στη διάθεση των επισκεπτών, οι οποίοι μπορούν

 να κοιτάξουν με προσοχή το εσωτερικό του, την ώρα που τους επισκέπτες 

συντροφεύουν ομοιώματα του Αιφελ και του φίλου του Τόμας Εντισον. Πολλά από

 τα έπιπλα παρέμειναν αναλλοίωτα στον χρόνο, δίνοντας στον χώρο την αίγλη μιας

 παλιότερης εποχής.

Χριστούγεννα… όλο το χρόνο!

Το Rothenburg-ob-der-Tauber θεωρείται η πρωτεύουσα των Χριστουγέννων. Μάθε γιατί!

Είναι μια μικρή πόλη της Γερμανίας, γνωστή σε όλον τον κόσμο για το πάθος των πολιτών για τα Χριστούγεννα. Εδώ μπορείτε να μάθετε την ιστορία της γιορτής, να δείτε διάφορα έθιμα από όλον το κόσμο, και βέβαια να βγάλετε φωτογραφίες με τους Άγιους Βασίληδες και τα ελαφάκια τους! Φυσικά, θα βρείτε τα πιο όμορφα χριστουγεννιάτικα σουβενίρ για να στολίσετε και το δικό σας σπίτι.

Αλλά το βασικό αξιοθέατο της πόλης είναι το μουσείο των Χριστουγέννων Weihnachtsmuseum. Εδώ μπορείτε να γνωρίσετε όλα τα σημαντικά χριστουγεννιάτικα σύμβολα. Ωστόσο, το κύριο αντικείμενο της έκθεσης είναι το έλατο, σε όλες του τις μορφές! 

Επίσης, το μουσείο έχει μια πλούσια συλλογή από χριστουγεννιάτικα στολίδια. Το παλιότερο μάλιστα χρονολογείται από τον 18 αιώνα. Υπάρχουν μπάλες από μαλλί, πλαστικό, γυαλί, ξύλο, αλλά και κάποιες που είναι για φάγωμα!!!

Δείτε φωτογραφίες από το μουσείο:

Τα πιο μαγικά μέρη για να περάσετε τα φετινά Χριστούγεννα 

Δέκα από τα πιο μαγικά μέρη που μπορεί να επισκεφθεί κανείς αυτά τα Χριστούγεννα παρουσιάζει ο ταξιδιωτικός ιστότοπος travelandleisure.

Οι προτάσεις είναι όλες μια προς μια και αφορούν μεγαλύτερες ή μικρότερες πόλεις που την περίοδο των γιορτών αποκτούν ένα διαφορετικό χρώμα.

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