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• 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gaul.
• 535 – Byzantine general Belisarius completes the conquest of Sicily, defeating the Gothic garrison of Palermo (Panormos), and ending his consulship for the year.
• 1225 – The Lý dynasty of Vietnam ends after 216 years by the enthronement of the boy emperor Trần Thái Tông, husband of the last Lý monarch, Lý Chiêu Hoàng, starting the Trần dynasty.
• 1229 – James I of Aragon the Conqueror enters Medina Mayurqa (now known as Palma, Spain) thus consummating the Christian reconquest of the island of Majorca.
• 1501 – The First Battle of Cannanore commences.
• 1600 – The British East India Company is chartered.
• 1660 – James II of England is named Duke of Normandy by Louis XIV of France.
• 1687 – The first Huguenots set sail from France to the Cape of Good Hope.
• 1696 – A window tax is imposed in England, causing many householders to brick up windows to avoid the tax.
• 1757 – Empress Elizabeth I of Russia issues her ukase incorporating Königsberg into Russia.
• 1759 – Arthur Guinness signs a 9,000 year lease at £45 per annum and starts brewing Guinness.
• 1775 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Quebec: British forces repulse an attack by Continental Army General Richard Montgomery.
• 1790 – Efimeris, the oldest Greek newspaper of which issues have survived till today, is published for the first time.
• 1796 – The incorporation of Baltimore as a city.
• 1831 – Gramercy Park is deeded to New York City.
• 1853 – A dinner party is held inside a life-size model of an iguanodon created by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins and Sir Richard Owen in south London, England.
• 1857 – Queen Victoria chooses Ottawa, then a small logging town, as the capital of Canada.
• 1862 – American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln signs an act that admits West Virginia to the Union, thus dividing Virginia in two.
• 1862 – American Civil War: The Battle of Stones River begins near Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
• 1878 – Karl Benz, working in Mannheim, Germany, filed for a patent on his first reliable two-stroke gas engine, and he was granted the patent in 1879.
• 1879 – Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting to the public for the first time, in Menlo Park, New Jersey.
• 1906 – Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar signs the Persian Constitution of 1906.
• 1907 – The first New Year's Eve celebration is held in Times Square (then known as Longacre Square) in New York, New York.
• 1909 – Manhattan Bridge opens.
• 1923 – The chimes of Big Ben are broadcast on radio for the first time by the BBC.
• 1944 – World War II: Hungary declares war on Nazi Germany.
• 1944 – World War II: Operation Nordwind, the last major German offensive on the Western Front begins.
• 1946 – President Harry S. Truman officially proclaims the end of hostilities in World War II.
• 1951 – The Marshall Plan expires after distributing more than US$13.3 billion in foreign aid to rebuild Europe.
• 1955 – General Motors becomes the first U.S. corporation to make over US$1 billion in a year.
• 1960 – The farthing coin ceases to be legal tender in the United Kingdom.
• 1961 – RTÉ, Ireland's state broadcaster, launches its first national television service.
• 1963 – The Central African Federation officially collapses, subsequently becoming Zambia, Malawi and Rhodesia.
• 1965 – Jean-Bédel Bokassa, leader of the Central African Republic army, and his military officers begins a coup d'état against the government of President David Dacko.
• 1967 – The Youth International Party, popularly known as the "Yippies", is founded.
• 1981 – A coup d'état in Ghana removes President Hilla Limann's PNP government and replaces it with the Provisional National Defence Council led by Flight lieutenant Jerry Rawlings.
• 1983 – The AT&T Bell System is broken up by the United States Government.
• 1983 – In Nigeria a coup d'état led by Major General Muhammadu Buhari ends the Second Nigerian Republic.
• 1985 – United Kingdom founds a member state of UNESCO.
• 1986 – A fire at the Dupont Plaza Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico, kills 97 and injures 140.
• 1988 – Pittsburgh Penguins' Mario Lemieux becomes the only National Hockey League player to score goals in five different ways: even strength, shorthanded, power play, penalty shot, and empty net, during an 8–6 win over the New Jersey Devils.
• 1988 – First Winter Ascent of Lhotse (8,516m) by Krzysztof Wielicki (solo).
• 1991 – All official Soviet Union institutions have ceased operations by this date and the Soviet Union is officially dissolved.
• 1992 – Czechoslovakia is peacefully dissolved in what is dubbed by media as the Velvet Divorce, resulting in the creation of the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
• 1994 – This date is skipped altogether in Kiribati as the Phoenix Islands and Line Islands change time zones from UTC−11:00 to UTC+13:00 and UTC−10:00 to UTC+14:00, respectively.
• 1994 – The First Chechen War: Russian army began a New Year's storming of Grozny.
• 1998 – The European Exchange Rate Mechanism freezes the values of the legacy currencies in the Eurozone, and establishes the value of the euro currency.
• 1999 – First President of Russia, Boris Yeltsin, resigns from office, leaving Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as the acting President and successor.
• 1999 – The United States Government hands control of the Panama Canal (as well all the adjacent land to the canal known as the Panama Canal Zone) to Panama. This act complied with the signing of the 1977 Torrijos–Carter Treaties.
• 1999 – Indian Airlines Flight 814 hijacking ended after seven days with the release of 190 survivors at Kandahar Airport, Afghanistan.
• 2004 – The official opening of Taipei 101, the tallest skyscraper at that time in the world, standing at a height of 509 metres (1,670 ft).
• 2009 – Both a blue moon and a lunar eclipse occur.
• 2010 – Tornadoes touch down in midwestern and southern United States, including Washington County, Arkansas; Greater St. Louis, Sunset Hills, Missouri, Illinois, and Oklahoma, with a few tornadoes in the early hours. A total 36 tornadoes touched down, resulting in the deaths of nine people and $113 million in damages.
• 2011 – NASA succeeds in putting the first of two Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory satellites in orbit around the Moon.
• 2014 – A New Year's Eve celebration stampede in Shanghai kills at least 36 people and injures 49 others.

Births[edit]

• 695 – Muhammad bin Qasim, Syrian general (d. 715)
• 1378 – Pope Callixtus III (d. 1458)
• 1491 – Jacques Cartier, French navigator and explorer (d. 1557)
• 1493 – Eleonora Gonzaga, Italian noble and Duchess of Urbino (d. 1570)
• 1514 – Andreas Vesalius, Belgian anatomist, physician, and author (d. 1564)
• 1552 – Simon Forman, English occultist and astrologer (d. 1611)
• 1572 – Emperor Go-Yōzei of Japan, (d. 1617)
• 1585 – Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Spanish general and politician, 24th Governor of the Duchy of Milan (d. 1645)
• 1668 – Herman Boerhaave, Dutch botanist and physician (d. 1738)
• 1714 – Arima Yoriyuki, Japanese mathematician and educator (d. 1783)
• 1720 – Charles Edward Stuart, Jacobite pretender to the thrones of England, Scotland, and Ireland (d. 1788)
• 1738 – Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, English general and politician, 3rd Governor-General of India (d. 1805)
• 1741 – Gottfried August Bürger, German poet and academic (d. 1794)
• 1741 – Princess Isabella of Parma (d. 1763)
• 1763 – Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, French admiral (d. 1806)
• 1776 – Johann Spurzheim, German-American physician and phrenologist (d. 1832)
• 1790 – Antonie Adamberger, Austrian actress (d. 1867)
• 1798 – Friedrich Robert Faehlmann, Estonian physician, philologist, and academic (d. 1850)
• 1805 – Marie d'Agoult, German-French historian and author (d. 1876)
• 1815 – George Meade, American general and engineer (d. 1872)
• 1830 – Isma'il Pasha, Egyptian politician (d. 1895)
• 1830 – Alexander Smith, Scottish poet and critic (d. 1867)
• 1851 – Henry Carter Adams, American economist and academic (d. 1921)
• 1855 – Giovanni Pascoli, Italian poet and scholar (d. 1912)
• 1857 – King Kelly, American baseball player and manager (d. 1894)
• 1860 – Joseph S. Cullinan, American businessman, co-founded Texaco (d. 1937)
• 1864 – Robert Grant Aitken, American astronomer and academic (d. 1951)
• 1869 – Henri Matisse, French painter and sculptor (d. 1954)
• 1872 – Fred Marriott, American racing driver (d. 1956)
• 1873 – Konstantin Konik, Estonian surgeon and politician, 19th Estonian Minister of Education (d. 1936)
• 1874 – Julius Meier, American businessman and politician, 20th Governor of Oregon (d. 1937)
• 1877 – Lawrence Beesley, English journalist and author (d. 1967)
• 1878 – Elizabeth Arden, Canadian businesswoman, founded Elizabeth Arden, Inc. (d. 1966)
• 1878 – Horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan-Argentinian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1937)
• 1880 – Fred Beebe, American baseball player and coach (d. 1957)
• 1880 – George Marshall, American general and politician, 50th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1959)
• 1881 – Max Pechstein, German painter and academic (d. 1955)
• 1884 – Bobby Byrne, American baseball and soccer player (d. 1964)
• 1884 – Mihály Fekete, Hungarian actor, screenwriter, and film director (d. 1960)
• 1885 – Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein (d. 1970)
• 1899 – Silvestre Revueltas, Mexican violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1940)
• 1900 – Ivan Riley, American hurdler (d. 1943)
• 1901 – Nikos Ploumpidis, Greek politician (d. 1954)
• 1902 – Lionel Daunais, Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 1982)
• 1904 – William Heynes, English engineer (d. 1989)
• 1905 – Helen Dodson Prince, American astronomer (d. 2002)
• 1905 – Jule Styne, English-American composer (d. 1994)
• 1908 – Simon Wiesenthal, Ukrainian-Austrian Holocaust survivor (d. 2005)
• 1909 – Jonah Jones, American trumpet player and saxophonist (d. 2000)
• 1910 – Carl Dudley, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1973)
• 1911 – Dal Stivens, Australian author (d. 1997)
• 1912 – John Frost, Indian-English general (d. 1993)
• 1914 – Yrjö Nikkanen, Finnish javelin thrower (d. 1985)
• 1915 – Sam Ragan, American journalist, author, and poet (d. 1996)
• 1917 – Evelyn Knight, American singer (d. 2007)
• 1917 – Wilfrid Noyce, English mountaineer and author (d. 1962)
• 1918 – Virginia Davis, American actress (d. 2009)
• 1919 – Tommy Byrne, American baseball player, coach, and politician (d. 2007)
• 1919 – Carmen Contreras-Bozak, Puerto Rican-American soldier
• 1919 – Fritz Schwab, Swiss race walker (d. 2006)
• 1919 – G. Wood, American actor (d. 2000)
• 1920 – Rex Allen, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1999)
• 1922 – Tomás Balduino, Brazilian bishop (d. 2014)
• 1922 – Halina Czerny-Stefańska, Polish pianist (d. 2001)
• 1922 – Luis Zuloaga, Venezuelan baseball player (d. 2013)
• 1923 – Giannis Dalianidis, Greek actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
• 1924 – Taylor Mead, American actor and poet (d. 2013)
• 1925 – Irina Korschunow, German author and screenwriter (d. 2013)
• 1925 – Sri Lal Sukla, Indian author (d. 2011)
• 1926 – Valerie Pearl, English historian and academic
• 1926 – Billy Snedden, Australian lawyer and politician, 17th Attorney-General for Australia (d. 1987)
• 1928 – Siné, French singer and cartoonist
• 1928 – Tatyana Shmyga, Russian actress and singer (d. 2011)
• 1928 – Veijo Meri, Finnish writer (d. 2015)
• 1929 – Mies Bouwman, Dutch television host
• 1930 – Odetta, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress (d. 2008)
• 1930 – Jaime Escalante, Bolivian-American educator (d. 2010)
• 1931 – Ray Graves, American football player and coach (d. 2015)
• 1931 – Bob Shaw, Northern Irish journalist and author (d. 1996)
• 1932 – Don James, American football player and coach (d. 2013)
• 1932 – Felix Rexhausen, German journalist, editor and author (d. 1992)
• 1933 – Edward Bunker, American author, screenwriter, and actor (d. 2005)
• 1934 – Ameer Muhammad Akram Awan, Indian scholar, author, and poet
• 1935 – Salman of Saudi Arabia
• 1936 – Noel Jan Tyl, American astrologer and author
• 1937 – Avram Hershko, Hungarian-Israeli biochemist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1937 – Anthony Hopkins, Welsh actor, director, and composer
• 1937 – Barry Hughes, Welsh footballer and manager
• 1937 – Tess Jaray, Austrian-English painter
• 1937 – Alvis Wayne, American singer (d. 2013)
• 1938 – Rosalind Cash, American actress and singer (d. 1995)
• 1938 – Atje Keulen-Deelstra, Dutch speed skater (d. 2013)
• 1938 – Berkant, Turkish singer (d. 2012)
• 1939 – Willye White, American sprinter and long jumper (d. 2007)
• 1940 – Mani Neumeier, German drummer (Guru Guru)
• 1941 – Sean S. Cunningham, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1941 – Alex Ferguson, Scottish footballer and manager
• 1941 – Johnny Leeze, English actor
• 1941 – Sarah Miles, English actress
• 1942 – Taufiq Kiemas, Indonesian politician, 5th First Gentleman of Indonesia (d. 2013)
• 1942 – Andy Summers, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (The Police and Zoot Money's Big Roll Band)
• 1943 – John Denver, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (The John Denver Band and Chad Mitchell Trio) (d. 1997)
• 1943 – Ben Kingsley, English actor
• 1943 – Mavis Maclean, English scholar and academic
• 1943 – Pete Quaife, English bass player (The Kinks) (d. 2010)
• 1944 – Taylor Hackford, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1944 – Neil Ross, English-American voice actor
• 1945 – Connie Willis, American author
• 1946 – Diane von Fürstenberg, Belgian-American fashion designer
• 1946 – Roy Greenslade, English journalist and academic
• 1946 – Pius Ncube, Zimbabwean archbishop
• 1946 – Lyudmila Pakhomova, Russian ice dancer (d. 1986)
• 1946 – Eric Robson, Scottish journalist and author
• 1946 – Nigel Rudd, English businessman, founded Williams Holdings
• 1946 – Tim Stevens, English bishop
• 1947 – Burton Cummings, Canadian keyboard player and songwriter (The Guess Who)
• 1947 – Rita Lee, Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress (Os Mutantes)
• 1947 – Tim Matheson, American actor, director, and producer
• 1948 – Joe Dallesandro, American actor
• 1948 – Sandy Jardine, Scottish footballer and manager (d. 2014)
• 1948 – René Robert, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1948 – Donna Summer, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2012)
• 1949 – Ellen Datlow, American anthologist and author
• 1949 – Seub Nakhasathien, Thai environmentalist (d. 1990)
• 1949 – Susan Shwartz, American author
• 1950 – Phil Blakeway, Welsh-English rugby player
• 1950 – Inge Helten, German sprinter
• 1950 – Cheryl Womack, American businesswoman and philanthropist
• 1951 – Tom Hamilton, American bass player and songwriter (Aerosmith)
• 1951 – Terry Rhoads, American actor (d. 2013)
• 1952 – Vaughan Jones, New Zealand mathematician and academic
• 1952 – Elizabeth Norment, American actress (d. 2014)
• 1953 – Jane Badler, American actress and singer
• 1953 – Michael Hedges, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1997)
• 1953 – Trevor Phillips, English broadcaster and politician
• 1953 – James Remar, American actor
• 1954 – Alex Salmond, Scottish economist and politician, 4th First Minister of Scotland
• 1954 – Hermann Tilke, German race car driver and engineer
• 1954 – Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu, Turkish politician and member of the Parliament of Turkey (d. 2009)
• 1956 – Robert Goodwill, English farmer and politician
• 1956 – Helma Knorscheidt, German shot putter
• 1956 – Steve Rude, American author and illustrator
• 1956 – Hussein Ahmed Salah, Djiboutian runner
• 1958 – Bebe Neuwirth, American actress and singer
• 1959 – Liveris Andritsos, Greek basketball player
• 1959 – Ron Bennington, American comedian and radio host
• 1959 – Val Kilmer, American actor, singer, and producer
• 1959 – Phill Kline, American lawyer and politician, Kansas Attorney General
• 1959 – Baron Waqa, Nauruan politician, 14th President of Nauru
• 1959 – Paul Westerberg, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Replacements)
• 1960 – Steve Bruce, English footballer and manager
• 1960 – John Allen Muhammad, American murderer (d. 2009)
• 1961 – Rick Aguilera, American baseball player and coach
• 1961 – Jeremy Heywood, English economist and civil servant
• 1961 – Nina Li, Chinese actress
• 1962 – Tyrone Corbin, American basketball player and coach
• 1962 – Don Diamont, American actor
• 1962 – Chris Hallam, English-Welsh swimmer and wheelchair racer (d. 2013)
• 1962 – Heather McCartney, American-English potter
• 1963 – Scott Ian, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Anthrax, Stormtroopers of Death, The Damned Things, and Damnocracy)
• 1963 – Konishiki Yasokichi, American-Japanese sumo wrestler
• 1964 – Michael McDonald, American comedian, actor, and director
• 1965 – Tony Dorigo, Australian-English footballer and sportscaster
• 1965 – Julie Doucet, Canadian cartoonist
• 1965 – Gong Li, Chinese actress
• 1965 – Nicholas Sparks, American author, screenwriter, and producer
• 1965 – Jeff Williams, American sprinter
• 1966 – Lisa Joyner, American journalist and actress
• 1968 – Gerry Dee, Canadian comedian, actor, and screenwriter
• 1968 – Junot Díaz, Dominican-American author and academic
• 1968 – Luciano Szafir, Brazilian model and actor
• 1969 – Dominik Diamond, Scottish radio and television host
• 1969 – Are Kalvø, Norwegian author and radio host
• 1970 – Jorge Alberto da Costa Silva, Brazilian footballer
• 1970 – Danny McNamara, English singer-songwriter (Embrace)
• 1970 – Carlos Morales Quintana, Spanish-Danish architect and sailor
• 1970 – Bryon Russell, American basketball player
• 1970 – Chandra West, Canadian actress
• 1971 – Brent Barry, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1971 – Esteban Loaiza, Mexican baseball player
• 1972 – Joey McIntyre, American singer-songwriter and actor (New Kids on the Block)
• 1973 – Shandon Anderson, American basketball player
• 1973 – Crystal Knight, American porn actress and model
• 1973 – Malcolm Middleton, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Arab Strap)
• 1974 – Joe Abercrombie, English author
• 1974 – Mario Aerts, Belgian cyclist
• 1974 – Tony Kanaan, Brazilian race car driver
• 1974 – Ryan Sakoda, Japanese-American wrestler
• 1975 – Rami Alanko, Finnish ice hockey player
• 1975 – Toni Kuivasto, Finnish footballer and coach
• 1975 – Rob Penders, Dutch footballer
• 1975 – Sander Schutgens, Dutch runner
• 1976 – Luís Carreira, Portuguese motorcycle racer (d. 2012)
• 1976 – Matthew Hoggard, English cricketer
• 1976 – Craig Reucassel, Australian comedian, actor, and screenwriter
• 1977 – Psy, South Korean singer-songwriter, producer, and dancer
• 1977 – Wardy Alfaro, Costa Rican footballer
• 1977 – Donald Trump, Jr., American businessman
• 1977 – Ceza, Turkish rapper and songwriter
• 1978 – Eisa Al Dah, Emirati boxer
• 1979 – Elaine Cassidy, Irish actress
• 1979 – Noriko Nakagoshi, Japanese actress
• 1979 – Paul O'Neill, English race car driver
• 1980 – Jesse Carlson, American baseball player
• 1980 – Matt Cross, American wrestler
• 1980 – Richie McCaw, New Zealand rugby player
• 1980 – Carsten Schlangen, German runner
• 1981 – Jason Campbell, American football player
• 1981 – Matthew Pavlich, Australian footballer
• 1981 – Margaret Simpson, Ghanaian heptathlete
• 1982 – Julio DePaula, Dominican baseball player
• 1982 – Craig Gordon, Scottish footballer
• 1982 – Luke Schenscher, Australian basketball player
• 1982 – The Rocket Summer, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1982 – Deniz Çakır, Turkish film and television actress
• 1983 – Mariana Renata, French-Indonesian model and actress
• 1984 – Édgar Lugo, Mexican footballer
• 1984 – Paul Rodriguez, American skateboarder and actor
• 1984 – Calvin Zola, Congolese footballer
• 1985 – Jonathan Horton, American gymnast
• 1985 – Jan Smit, Dutch singer and television host
• 1986 – Nate Freiman, American baseball player
• 1986 – Bronson Pelletier, Canadian actor
• 1987 – Javaris Crittenton, American basketball player
• 1987 – Danny Holla, Dutch footballer
• 1987 – Émilie Le Pennec, French gymnast
• 1987 – Nemanja Nikolić, Hungarian footballer
• 1990 – Patrick Chan, Canadian figure skater
• 1990 – Sam Faiers, English model
• 1991 – Camila Giorgi, Italian tennis player
• 1991 – Bojana Jovanovski, Serbian tennis player
• 1992 – Karl Kruuda, Estonian race car driver
• 1993 – Ryan Blaney, American race car driver
• 1995 – Gabby Douglas, American gymnast
• 2005 – Lakshmi Tatma, Indian deformed girl

Deaths[edit]

• 192 – Commodus, Roman emperor (b. 161)
• 335 – Pope Sylvester I
• 669 – Li Shiji, Chinese general (b. 594)
• 1164 – Ottokar III of Styria (b. 1124)
• 1194 – Leopold V, Duke of Austria (b. 1157)
• 1297 – Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford, English politician, Lord High Constable of England (b. 1249)
• 1302 – Frederick III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1238)
• 1384 – John Wycliffe, reformer and translator (b. 1331)
• 1426 – Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter (b. 1377)
• 1460 – Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury, English politician, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom (b. 1400)
• 1510 – Bianca Maria Sforza, Italian wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1472)
• 1535 – William Skeffington, English-Irish politician, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1465)
• 1568 – Shimazu Tadayoshi, Japanese daimyo (b. 1493)
• 1575 – Pierino Belli, Italian commander and jurist (b. 1502)
• 1583 – Thomas Erastus, Swiss physician and theologian (b. 1524)
• 1610 – Ludolph van Ceulen, German-Dutch mathematician and academic (b. 1540)
• 1650 – Dorgon, Chinese emperor (b. 1612)
• 1655 – Janusz Radziwiłł, Polish–Lithuanian politician (b. 1612)
• 1673 – Oliver St John, English judge and politician, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas (b. 1598)
• 1679 – Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Italian physiologist and physicist (b. 1608)
• 1691 – Robert Boyle, Irish chemist and physicist (b. 1627)
• 1691 – Dudley North, English merchant and economist (b. 1641)
• 1705 – Catherine of Braganza (b. 1638)
• 1719 – John Flamsteed, English astronomer (b. 1646)
• 1742 – Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine (b. 1661)
• 1799 – Jean-François Marmontel, French historian and author (b. 1723)
• 1872 – Aleksis Kivi, Finnish author and playwright (b. 1834)
• 1876 – Catherine Labouré, French nun and saint (b. 1806)
• 1877 – Gustave Courbet, French-Swiss painter (b. 1819)
• 1888 – Samson Raphael Hirsch, German rabbi and scholar (b. 1808)
• 1889 – Ion Creangă, Romanian author and educator (b. 1837)
• 1890 – Pancha Carrasco, Costa Rican soldier (b. 1826)
• 1891 – Samuel Ajayi Crowther, Nigerian bishop and linguist (b. 1809)
• 1894 – Thomas Joannes Stieltjes, Dutch mathematician and academic (b. 1856)
• 1909 – Spencer Trask, American financier and philanthropist (b. 1844)
• 1910 – Archibald Hoxsey, American pilot (b. 1884)
• 1910 – John Moisant, American pilot and engineer (b. 1868)
• 1921 – Boies Penrose, American lawyer and politician (b. 1860)
• 1936 – Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish philosopher, author, and poet (b. 1864)
• 1948 – Malcolm Campbell, English race car driver (b. 1885)
• 1949 – Raimond Valgre, Estonian pianist and composer (b. 1913)
• 1949 – Rıza Tevfik Bölükbaşı, Turkish philosopher, poet, politician, and a community leader (b. 1869)
• 1950 – Charles Koechlin, French composer and educator (b. 1867)
• 1953 – Albert Plesman, Dutch businessman, founded KLM (b. 1889)
• 1964 – Bobby Byrne, American baseball and soccer player (b. 1884)
• 1964 – Ólafur Thors, Icelandic politician, 8th Prime Minister of Iceland (b. 1892)
• 1964 – Henry Maitland Wilson, 1st Baron Wilson, English field marshal (b. 1881)
• 1968 – George Lewis, American clarinet player and composer (b. 1900)
• 1971 – Pete Duel American actor (b. 1940)
• 1971 – Marin Sais, American actress (b. 1890)
• 1972 – Roberto Clemente, Puerto Rican baseball player (b. 1934)
• 1972 – Henry Gerber, German-American activist, founded the Society for Human Rights (b. 1892)
• 1977 – Sabah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1924)
• 1978 – Basil Wolverton, American illustrator (b. 1909)
• 1980 – Marshall McLuhan, Canadian philosopher and theorist (b. 1911)
• 1980 – Raoul Walsh, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1887)
• 1983 – Sevim Burak, Turkish author (b. 1931)
• 1985 – Ricky Nelson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1940)
• 1987 – Jerry Turner, American journalist (b. 1929)
• 1988 – Nicolas Calas, Greek-American poet and critic (b. 1907)
• 1990 – George Allen, American football player and coach (b. 1918)
• 1990 – Vasily Lazarev, Russian physician, colonel, and astronaut (b. 1928)
• 1990 – Giovanni Michelucci, Italian architect, designed the Firenze Santa Maria Novella railway station (b. 1891)
• 1993 – Zviad Gamsakhurdia, Georgian anthropologist and politician, 1st President of Georgia (b. 1939)
• 1993 – Brandon Teena, American murder victim (b. 1972)
• 1994 – Leigh Bowery, Australian-English singer and actor (b. 1961)
• 1994 – Woody Strode, American football player, wrestler, and actor (b. 1914)
• 1997 – Floyd Cramer, American pianist (Million Dollar Band) (b. 1933)
• 1997 – Billie Dove, American actress (b. 1903)
• 1997 – Michael LeMoyne Kennedy, American son of Robert F. Kennedy (b. 1958)
• 1999 – Elliot Richardson, American lawyer and politician, 69th United States Attorney General (b. 1920)
• 2000 – Alan Cranston, American journalist and politician (b. 1914)
• 2000 – José Greco, Italian-American dancer and choreographer (b. 1918)
• 2000 – Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane, American-Israeli rabbi and scholar (b. 1966)
• 2001 – Eileen Heckart, American actress (b. 1919)
• 2002 – Kevin MacMichael, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Cutting Crew) (b. 1951)
• 2003 – Arthur R. von Hippel German-American physicist and author (b. 1898)
• 2004 – Gérard Debreu, French economist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1921)
• 2005 – Enrico Di Giuseppe, American tenor (b. 1932)
• 2005 – Phillip Whitehead, English screenwriter, producer, and politician (b. 1937)
• 2006 – Seymour Martin Lipset, American sociologist, author, and academic (b. 1922)
• 2006 – George Sisler, Jr., American businessman (b. 1917)
• 2007 – Roy Amara, American scientific researcher (b. 1925)
• 2007 – Tommy Dickson, Irish footballer (b. 1929)
• 2007 – Michael Goldberg, American painter and educator (b. 1924)
• 2007 – Bill Idelson, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1919)
• 2007 – Kathryn Ish, American actress (b. 1936)
• 2007 – Milton L. Klein, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1910)
• 2007 – Markku Peltola, Finnish actor and singer (b. 1956)
• 2007 – Ettore Sottsass, Austrian-Italian architect and designer (b. 1917)
• 2008 – Donald E. Westlake, American author and screenwriter (b. 1933)
• 2008 – Barry Nelson, American actor (b. 1918)
• 2009 – Erica Boyer, American porn actress, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1956)
• 2009 – Cahal Daly, Irish cardinal and philosopher (b. 1917)
• 2009 – Justin Keating, Irish surgeon, journalist, and politician, Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (b. 1930)
• 2010 – Raymond Impanis, Belgian cyclist (b. 1925)
• 2010 – Per Oscarsson, Swedish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1927)
• 2012 – Peter Ebert, English director and producer (b. 1918)
• 2012 – Tarak Mekki, Tunisian businessman and politician (b. 1958)
• 2012 – Jovette Marchessault, Canadian author and playwright (b. 1938)
• 2012 – James B. Reuter, American-Filipino priest and journalist (b. 1916)
• 2012 – Günter Rössler, German photographer and journalist (b. 1926)
• 2013 – Antonio Allocca, Italian actor (b. 1937)
• 2013 – James Avery, American actor (b. 1945)
• 2013 – Roberto Ciotti, Italian guitarist and composer (b. 1953)
• 2013 – John Fortune, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1939)
• 2013 – Bob Grant, American radio host (b. 1929)
• 2013 – Irina Korschunow, German author and screenwriter (b. 1925)
• 2013 – Al Porcino, American musician (b. 1925)
• 2014 – Edward Herrmann, American actor and singer (b. 1943)
• 2014 – Abdullah Hussain, Malaysian author (b. 1920)
• 2014 – Norm Phelps, American author and activist (b. 1939)
• 2014 – S. Arthur Spiegel, American captain, lawyer, and judge (b. 1920)
• 2014 – Arthur Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington, Italian-English soldier and politician (b. 1915)

Τρία ελληνικά νησιά στη λίστα με τους 20 καλύτερους γαστρονομικούς προορισμούς 

Το γνωστό ταξιδιωτικό περιοδικό «Travel&Leisure» παρουσίασε

 στους αναγνώστες του τις προτάσεις του για τα 20 καλύτερα 

νησιά στον κόσμο όπου οι επισκέπτες μπορούν να απολαύσουν 

ξεχωριστό, υπέροχο φαγητό. Μεταξύ αυτών και τρία ελληνικά 

νησιά.

Πιο συγκεκριμένα η Σαντορίνη καταλαμβάνει την 5η θέση, η Μύκονος βρίσκεται στην

 12η, ενώ η Κρήτη καταφέρνει να μπει στην τελική 20αδα, στην 18η θέση.
Δείτε τις 20 προτάσεις του περιοδικού, μέσα στο καταχείμωνο, για να πάρετε μια

 καλοκαιρινή ανάσα!

1) Ναντάκετ, Μασαχουσέτη

2) Άγιος Βαρθολομαίος, Καραϊβική

3) Μάουι, Χαβάη

4) Σικελία, Ιταλία

5) Σαντορίνη, Ελλάδα

6) Μαλδίβες, Ινδικός 

7) Νήσος Χάρμπορ, Μπαχάμες

8) Κάπρι, Ιταλία

9) Χίλτον Χέντ, Νότια Καρολίνα

10) Οάχου, Χαβάη

11) Μπαλί, Ινδονησία

12) Μύκονος, Ελλάδα

13) Μάλτα, Μεσόγειος

14) Μαγιόρκα, Ισπανία

15) Νήσος Βανκούβερ, Καναδάς

16) Φλόριντα Κις, ΗΠΑ

17) Νήσοι Γκόλντεν, Τζόρτζια

18) Κρήτη, Ελλάδα

19) Καουάι, Χαβάη

20) Ανγκουίλα, Καραϊβική

Η κορυφαία πισίνα σε βίλα στην Ευρώπη είναι στην... Ελλάδα 

ΗVillaHurmuses στη Μύκονο, βραβεύθηκε ως η καλύτερη ιδιωτική πισίνα σε βίλα στην  Ευρώπη για το 2015 

από το World Luxury Hotel, που πραγματοποιήθηκε στο Χονγκ Κονγκ.

Η βίλα πέντε υπνοδωματίων βρίσκεται στο νησί της Μυκόνου και ανήκει στον Ελληνοκαναδό Jeff Hurmuses και την σύζυγό του από την  Σιγκαπούρη, Sharon.

Κοντά σε μια γραφική παραλία στην όμορφη πόλη της Μυκόνου, η βίλα προσφέρει όμορφη θέα στα παραδοσιακά χωριά του νησιού, στο λιμάνι με τους ανεμόμυλους και στο περίφημο ηλιοβασίλεμα.

Το πολυτελές σπίτι μπορεί να φιλοξενήσει μέχρι και 10 άτομα σε πέντε υπνοδωμάτια και προσφέρει όλες τις ανέσεις που μπορεί κάποιος να ζητήσει, συμπεριλαμβανομένης της μεγάλης ιδιωτικής πισίνας, ενός μπαρ και μιας επαγγελματικά εξοπλισμένης κουζίνας.

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• 153 BC – Roman consuls begin their year in office.
• 45 BC – The Julian calendar takes effect as the civil calendar of the Roman Empire, establishing January 1 as the new date of the new year.
• 42 BC – The Roman Senate posthumously deifies Julius Caesar
• 69 – The Roman legions in Germania Superior refuse to swear loyalty to Galba. They rebel and proclaim Vitellius as emperor.
• 193 – The Senate chooses Pertinax against his will to succeed Commodus as Roman emperor.
• 404 – An infuriated Roman mob tears Telemachus, a Christian monk, to pieces for trying to stop a gladiators' fight in the public arena held in Rome.
• 414 – Galla Placidia, half-sister of Emperor Honorius, is married to the Visigothic king Ataulf at Narbonne. The wedding is celebrated with Roman festivities and magnificent gifts from the Gothic booty.
• 417 – Emperor Honorius forces Galla Placidia into marriage to Constantius, his famous general (magister militum).
• 1001 – Grand Prince Stephen I of Hungary is named the first King of Hungary by Pope Sylvester II.
• 1068 – Romanos IV Diogenes marries Eudokia Makrembolitissa and is crowned Byzantine Emperor.
• 1259 – Michael VIII Palaiologos is proclaimed co-emperor of the Empire of Nicaea with his ward John IV Laskaris.
• 1438 – Albert II of Habsburg is crowned King of Hungary.
• 1502 – The present-day location of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is first explored by the Portuguese.
• 1515 – King Francis I of France succeeds to the French throne.
• 1527 – Croatian nobles elect Ferdinand I of Austria as King of Croatia in the Parliament on Cetin.
• 1600 – Scotland begins its numbered year on January 1 instead of March 25.
• 1651 – Charles II is crowned King of Scotland.
• 1700 – Russia begins using the Anno Domini era and no longer uses the Anno Mundi era of the Byzantine Empire.
• 1707 – John V is crowned King of Portugal.
• 1739 – Bouvet Island is discovered by French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier.
• 1772 – The first traveler's cheques, which can be used in 90 European cities, go on sale in London, England.
• 1773 – The hymn that became known as "Amazing Grace", then titled "1 Chronicles 17:16–17" is first used to accompany a sermon led by John Newton in the town of Olney, England.
• 1776 – American Revolutionary War: Norfolk, Virginia is burned by combined Royal Navy and Continental Army action.
• 1781 – American Revolutionary War: One thousand five hundred soldiers of the 6th Pennsylvania Regiment under General Anthony Wayne's command rebel against the Continental Army's winter camp in Morristown, New Jersey in the Pennsylvania Line Mutiny of 1781.
• 1788 – First edition of The Times of London, previously The Daily Universal Register, is published.
• 1801 – The legislative union of Kingdom of Great Britain and Kingdom of Ireland is completed to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
• 1801 – The dwarf planet Ceres is discovered by Giuseppe Piazzi.
• 1803 – Emperor Gia Long orders all bronze wares of the Tây Sơn dynasty to be collected and melted into nine cannons for the Royal Citadel in Huế, Vietnam.
• 1804 – French rule ends in Haiti. Haiti becomes the first black republic and second independent country in North America after the United States
• 1806 – The French Republican Calendar is abolished.
• 1808 – The importation of slaves into the United States is banned.
• 1810 – Major-General Lachlan Macquarie officially becomes Governor of New South Wales
• 1812 – The Bishop of Durham, Shute Barrington, orders troops from Durham Castle to break up a miners' strike in Chester-le-Street, Co. Durham
• 1822 – The Greek Constitution of 1822 is adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus.
• 1833 – The United Kingdom claims sovereignty over the Falkland Islands.
• 1845 – The Cobble Hill Tunnel in Brooklyn, New York City is completed.
• 1847 – The world's first "Mercy" Hospital is founded in Pittsburgh by the Sisters of Mercy, the name will go on to grace over 30 major hospitals throughout the world.
• 1860 – First Polish stamp is issued.
• 1861 – Porfirio Díaz conquers Mexico City, Mexico.
• 1863 – American Civil War: The Emancipation Proclamation takes effect in Confederate territory.
• 1863 – The first claim under the Homestead Act is made by Daniel Freeman for a farm in Nebraska.
• 1870 – Adolf Loos, architect, co-founder of modern architecture, baptized in St. Thomas church, Brno, Moravia
• 1873 – Japan begins using the Gregorian calendar.
• 1877 – Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom is proclaimed Empress of India.
• 1880 – Ferdinand de Lesseps begins French construction of the Panama Canal.
• 1885 – Twenty-five nations adopt Sandford Fleming's proposal for standard time (and also, time zones)
• 1890 – Eritrea is consolidated into a colony by the Italian government.
• 1890 – The Rose Parade in Pasadena, California, is first held.
• 1892 – Ellis Island opens to begin processing immigrants into the United States.
• 1894 – The Manchester Ship Canal, is officially opened to traffic.
• 1898 – New York, New York annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York. The four initial boroughs, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and The Bronx, are joined on January 25 by Staten Island to create the modern city of five boroughs.
• 1899 – Spanish rule ends in Cuba.
• 1901 – Nigeria becomes a British protectorate.
• 1901 – The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton is appointed the first Prime Minister.
• 1902 – The first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena, California.
• 1906 – British India officially adopts Indian Standard Time.
• 1908 – For the first time, a ball is dropped in New York City's Times Square to signify the start of the New Year at midnight.
• 1909 – Drilling begins on the Lakeview Gusher.
• 1910 – Captain David Beatty is promoted to Rear admiral, and becomes the youngest admiral in the Royal Navy (except for Royal family members), since Horatio Nelson.
• 1911 – Northern Territory is separated from South Australia and transferred to Commonwealth control.
• 1912 – The Republic of China is established.
• 1913 – The British Board of Censors is established.
• 1916 – German troops abandon Yaoundé and their Kamerun colony to British forces and begin the long march to Spanish Guinea.
• 1920 – The Belorussian Communist Organisation is founded as a separate party.
• 1923 – Britain's Railways are grouped into the Big Four: LNER, GWR, SR, and LMS.
• 1927 – The Cristero War begins in Mexico.
• 1927 – Turkey adopts the Gregorian calendar: December 18, 1926 (Julian), is immediately followed by January 1, 1927 (Gregorian).
• 1928 – Boris Bazhanov defects through Iran. He is the only assistant of Joseph Stalin's secretariat to have defected from the Eastern Bloc.
• 1929 – The former municipalities of Point Grey, British Columbia and South Vancouver, British Columbia are amalgamated into Vancouver.
• 1932 – The United States Post Office Department issues a set of 12 stamps commemorating the 200th anniversary of George Washington's birth.
• 1934 – Alcatraz Island becomes a United States federal prison.
• 1934 – Nazi Germany passes the "Law for the Prevention of Genetically Diseased Offspring".
• 1937 – Safety glass in vehicle windscreens becomes mandatory in the United Kingdom.
• 1939 – Sydney, Australia, swelters in 45 ˚C (113 ˚F) heat, a record for the city.
• 1942 – The Declaration by United Nations is signed by twenty-six nations.
• 1945 – World War II: In retaliation for the Malmedy massacre, U.S. troops massacre 30 SS prisoners at Chenogne.
• 1945 – World War II: The German Luftwaffe launches Operation Bodenplatte, a massive, but failed attempt to knock out Allied air power in northern Europe in a single blow.
• 1947 – The American and British occupation zones in Germany, after World War II, merge to form the Bizone, which later (with the French zone) became part of West Germany.
• 1947 – The Canadian Citizenship Act 1946 comes into effect, converting British subjects into Canadian citizens. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes the first Canadian citizen.
• 1948 – The British railway network is nationalized to form British Railways.
• 1948 – The Constitution of Italy comes into force.
• 1949 – United Nations cease-fire takes effect in Kashmir from one minute before midnight. War between India and Pakistan stops accordingly.
• 1949 –Tokelau becomes part of New Zealand.
• 1950 – Standard practice uses this day as the origin of the age scale Before Present
• 1954 – NBC makes the first coast-to-coast NTSC color broadcast when it telecast the Tournament of Roses Parade, with public demonstrations given across the United States on prototype color receivers.
• 1956 – Sudan achieves independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom.
• 1956 – A new year event causes panic and stampedes at Yahiko Shrine, Yahiko, Niigata, Japan, killing at least 124 people.
• 1957 – George Town, Penang becomes a city by a royal charter granted by Elizabeth II.
• 1957 – An Irish Republican Army (IRA) unit attacks Brookeborough RUC barracks during Operation Harvest; two IRA volunteers killed.
• 1958 – The European Economic Community is established.
• 1959 – Fulgencio Batista, dictator of Cuba, is overthrown by Fidel Castro's forces during the Cuban Revolution.
• 1960 – Cameroon achieves independence from France and the United Kingdom.
• 1962 – Western Samoa achieves independence from New Zealand; its name is changed to the Independent State of Western Samoa.
• 1962 – United States Navy SEALs established.
• 1964 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is divided into the independent republics of Zambia and Malawi, and the British-controlled Rhodesia.
• 1965 – The People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan is founded in Kabul, Afghanistan.
• 1966 – A twelve-day New York City transit strike begins.
• 1966 – After a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa assumes power as president of the Central African Republic.
• 1970 – Unix time begins at 00:00:00 UTC/GMT.
• 1971 – Cigarette advertisements are banned on American television.
• 1971 – Hellenic Railways Organisation, the Greek national railway company, is founded.
• 1973 – Denmark, the United Kingdom, and Ireland are admitted into the European Economic Community.
• 1977 – Charter 77 published its first document.
• 1978 – Air India Flight 855 Boeing 747 crashes into the sea, due to instrument failure and pilot disorientation, off the coast of Bombay, India, killing 213.
• 1978 – The Constitution of the Northern Mariana Islands becomes effective.
• 1979 – Formal diplomatic relations are established between China and the United States.
• 1980 – Victoria is crowned princess of Sweden.
• 1981 – Greece is admitted into the European Community.
• 1981 – Palau achieves self-government though it is not independent from the United States.
• 1982 – Peruvian Javier Pérez de Cuéllar becomes the first Latin American to hold the title of Secretary-General of the United Nations.
• 1983 – The ARPANET officially changes to using the Internet Protocol, creating the Internet.
• 1984 – The original American Telephone & Telegraph Company is divested of its 22 Bell System companies as a result of the settlement of the 1974 United States Department of Justice antitrust suit against AT&T.
• 1984 – Brunei becomes independent of the United Kingdom.
• 1985 – The first British mobile phone call is made by Michael Harrison to his father Sir Ernest Harrison, chairman of Vodafone.
• 1986 – Aruba becomes independent of Curaçao, though it remains in free association with the Netherlands.
• 1986 – Spain and Portugal are admitted into the European Community.
• 1987 – A value-added tax is introduced in Greece for the first time.
• 1988 – The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America comes into existence, creating the largest Lutheran denomination in the United States.
• 1989 – The Montreal Protocol comes into force, stopping the use of chemicals contributing to ozone depletion.
• 1990 – David Dinkins is sworn in as New York City's first black mayor.
• 1992 – The Russian Federation is formally established.
• 1993 – Dissolution of Czechoslovakia: Czechoslovakia is divided into Slovakia and the Czech Republic.
• 1993 – A single market within the European Community is introduced.
• 1994 – The Zapatista Army of National Liberation initiates twelve days of armed conflict in the Mexican state of Chiapas.
• 1994 – The North American Free Trade Agreement comes into effect.
• 1995 – The World Trade Organization goes into effect.
• 1995 – Sweden, Austria, and Finland are admitted into the European Union.
• 1995 – The Conference for Security and Co-operation in Europe becomes the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.
• 1995 – The Draupner wave in the North Sea in Norway is detected, confirming the existence of freak waves.
• 1996 – Curaçao gains limited self-government, though it remains within free association with the Netherlands.
• 1997 – Zaire officially joins the World Trade Organization.
• 1997 – Ghanaian diplomat Kofi Annan is appointed Secretary-General of the United Nations.
• 1998 – Russia begins to circulate new rubles to stem inflation and promote confidence.
• 1998 – The European Central Bank is established.
• 1999 – The Euro currency is introduced in 11 countries - members of the European Union (with the exception of the United Kingdom, Denmark, Greece and Sweden).
• 2002 – Euro banknotes and coins become legal tender in twelve of the European Union's member states.
• 2002 – Taiwan officially joins the World Trade Organization, as Chinese Taipei.
• 2002 – The Open Skies mutual surveillance treaty, initially signed in 1992, officially comes into force.
• 2004 – In a vote of confidence, General Pervez Musharraf wins 658 out of 1,170 votes in the Electoral College of Pakistan, and according to Article 41(8) of the Constitution of Pakistan, is "deemed to be elected" to the office of President until October 2007.
• 2007 – Bulgaria and Romania officially join the European Union. Slovenia joins Eurozone.
• 2007 – Adam Air Flight 574 disappears over Indonesia with 102 people on board.
• 2008 – Cyprus and Malta join the Eurozone.
• 2009 – Sixty-six people die in a nightclub fire in Bangkok, Thailand.
• 2009 – Slovakia joins the Eurozone.
• 2010 – A suicide car bomber detonates at a volleyball tournament in Lakki Marwat, Pakistan, killing 105 and injuring 100 more.
• 2011 – A bomb explodes as Coptic Christians in Alexandria, Egypt, leave a new year service, killing 23 people.
• 2011 – The Kallikratis plan becomes the new administrative system of Greece.
• 2011 – Estonia becomes the 17th member of the Eurozone.
• 2012 – A Moldovan civilian is fatally wounded by a Russian peacekeeper in the Transnistrian security zone, leading to demonstrations against Russia.
• 2013 – At least 60 people are killed and 200 injured in a stampede after celebrations at Félix Houphouët-Boigny Stadium in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
• 2014 – Latvia becomes the 18th member of the Eurozone.
• 2014 – Asteroid 2014 AA impacts the Earth over the Atlantic Ocean.
• 2015 – The Eurasian Economic Union comes into effect, creating a political and economic union between Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.
• 2015 – Lithuania becomes the 19th member of the Eurozone.
• 2016 – The Address Downtown Dubai burns over midnight as the New Year is rung in. The blaze started on the night of New Year's Eve 2015, by currently unknown causes. There was one fatality.

Births[edit]

• 870 – Zwentibold, Frankish son of Arnulf of Carinthia (d. 900)
• 1431 – Pope Alexander VI (d. 1503)
• 1449 – Lorenzo de' Medici, Italian politician (d. 1492)
• 1467 – Sigismund I the Old, Polish king (d. 1548)
• 1484 – Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss pastor and theologian (d. 1531)
• 1488 – Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (d. 1543)
• 1511 – Henry, Duke of Cornwall, short lived infant son of King Henry VIII of England and his first wife Catherine of Aragon (d. 1511)
• 1516 – Margaret Leijonhufvud, Swedish wife of Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1551)
• 1557 – Stephen Bocskay, Romanian prince (d. 1606)
• 1600 – Friedrich Spanheim, Dutch theologian and academic (d. 1649)
• 1628 – Christoph Bernhard, German composer and theorist (d. 1692)
• 1638 – Emperor Go-Sai of Japan (d. 1685)
• 1655 – Christian Thomasius, German jurist and philosopher (d. 1728)
• 1684 – Arnold Drakenborch, Dutch scholar and author (d. 1748)
• 1704 – Soame Jenyns, English author, poet, and politician (d. 1787)
• 1709 – Johann Heinrich Hartmann Bätz, German-Dutch organ builder (d. 1770)
• 1711 – Baron Franz von der Trenck, Austrian soldier (d. 1749)
• 1714 – Giovanni Battista Mancini, Italian soprano and author (d. 1800)
• 1714 – Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lithuanian pastor and poet (d. 1780)
• 1735 – Paul Revere, American silversmith and engraver (d. 1818)
• 1745 – Anthony Wayne, American general and politician (d. 1796)
• 1750 – Frederick Muhlenberg, American minister and politician, 1st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1801)
• 1752 – Betsy Ross, American seamstress; credited with designing the Flag of the United States (d. 1836)
• 1768 – Maria Edgeworth, Anglo-Irish author (d. 1849)
• 1774 – André Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist and academic (d. 1860)
• 1779 – William Clowes, English publisher (d. 1847)
• 1803 – Guglielmo Libri Carucci dalla Sommaja, Italian mathematician and academic (d. 1869)
• 1806 – Lionel Kieseritzky, Estonian-French chess player (d. 1853)
• 1814 – Hong Xiuquan, Chinese rebel leader (d. 1864)
• 1819 – Arthur Hugh Clough, English-Italian poet and academic (d. 1861)
• 1823 – Sándor Petőfi, Hungarian poet and activist (d. 1849)
• 1833 – Robert Lawson, New Zealand architect, designed the Otago Boys' High School and Knox Church (d. 1902)
• 1834 – Ludovic Halévy, French author and playwright (d. 1908)
• 1839 – Ouida, English-Italian author (d. 1908)
• 1848 – John W. Goff, Irish-American lawyer and politician (d. 1924)
• 1852 – Eugène-Anatole Demarçay, French chemist and academic (d. 1904)
• 1854 – James George Frazer, Scottish anthropologist and academic (d. 1941)
• 1859 – Thibaw Min, Burmese king (d. 1916)
• 1860 – Dan Katchongva, American tribal leader and activist (d. 1972)
• 1860 – Jan Vilímek, Czech illustrator and painter (d. 1938)
• 1860 – John Cassidy, Irish sculptor and painter (d. 1939)
• 1860 – Michele Lega, Italian cardinal (d. 1935)
• 1863 – Pierre de Coubertin, French historian and educator, founded the International Olympic Committee (d. 1937)
• 1864 – Alfred Stieglitz, American photographer and curator (d. 1946)
• 1864 – Qi Baishi, Chinese painter (d. 1957)
• 1867 – Mary Ackworth Evershed, English astronomer and Dante scholar (d. 1949)
• 1867 – Lew Fields, American actor, producer, and manager (d. 1941)
• 1868 – Snitz Edwards, Hungarian-American actor (d. 1937)
• 1871 – Montagu Toller, English cricketer and lawyer (d. 1948)
• 1873 – Mariano Azuela, Mexican physician and author (d. 1952)
• 1874 – Frank Knox, American publisher and politician, 46th United States Secretary of the Navy (d. 1944)
• 1874 – Gustave Whitehead, German-American pilot and engineer (d. 1927)
• 1877 – Alexander von Staël-Holstein, German sinologist and orientalist (d. 1937)
• 1878 – Agner Krarup Erlang, Danish mathematician, statistician, and engineer (d. 1929)
• 1879 – E. M. Forster, English author and playwright (d. 1970)
• 1879 – William Fox, Hungarian-American screenwriter and producer, founded the Fox Film Corporation and Fox Theatres (d. 1952)
• 1880 – Vajiravudh, Thai king (d. 1925)
• 1883 – William J. Donovan, American general, lawyer, and politician (d. 1959)
• 1884 – Chikuhei Nakajima, Japanese naval officer, engineer, and politician, founded Nakajima Aircraft Company (d. 1949)
• 1885 – Béla Balogh, Hungarian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1945)
• 1887 – Wilhelm Canaris, German admiral (d. 1945)
• 1888 – Georgios Stanotas, Greek general (d. 1965)
• 1888 – John Garand, Canadian-American engineer, designed the M1 Garand rifle (d. 1974)
• 1889 – Charles Bickford, American actor and singer (d. 1967)
• 1890 – Anton Melik, Slovenian geographer and academic (d. 1966)
• 1891 – Sampurnanand, Indian educator and politician, 3rd Governor of Rajasthan (d. 1969)
• 1892 – Artur Rodziński, Polish-born American conductor (d. 1958)
• 1892 – Mahadev Desai, Indian activist (d. 1942)
• 1892 – Manuel Roxas, Filipino lawyer and politician, 5th President of the Philippines (d. 1948)
• 1893 – Mordehai Frizis, Greek colonel (d. 1940)
• 1894 – Satyendra Nath Bose, Indian physicist and mathematician (d. 1974)
• 1894 – Shitsu Nakano, Japanese super-centenarian (d. 2007)
• 1894 – Iván Petrovich, Serbian actor (d. 1962)
• 1895 – J. Edgar Hoover, American 1st Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (d. 1972)
• 1900 – Chiune Sugihara, Japanese diplomat (d. 1986)
• 1900 – Xavier Cugat, American singer-songwriter (d. 1990)
• 1902 – Buster Nupen, South African cricketer and lawyer (d. 1977)
• 1904 – Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, Pakistani lawyer and politician, 5th President of Pakistan (d. 1982)
• 1905 – Stanisław Mazur, Ukrainian-Polish mathematician and theorist (d. 1981)
• 1906 – Giovanni D'Anzi, Italian songwriter (d. 1974)
• 1906 – Hacı Ömer Sabancı, Turkish entrepreneur (d. 1966)
• 1907 – Kinue Hitomi, Japanese sprinter and long jumper (d. 1931)
• 1908 – Bill Tapia, American singer and guitarist (d. 2011)
• 1909 – Dana Andrews, American actor (d. 1992)
• 1909 – Dattaram Hindlekar, Indian cricketer (d. 1949)
• 1909 – Stepan Bandera, Ukrainian soldier and politician (d. 1959)
• 1911 – Audrey Wurdemann, American poet and author (d. 1960)
• 1911 – Basil Dearden, English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1971)
• 1911 – Hank Greenberg, American baseball player and lieutenant (d. 1986)
• 1911 – Roman Totenberg, Polish-American violinist and educator (d. 2012)
• 1911 – Necdet Kent, Turkish diplomat (d. 2002)
• 1912 – Boris Vladimirovich Gnedenko, Russian mathematician and historian (d. 1995)
• 1912 – Kim Philby, British double agent (d. 1988)
• 1912 – Nikiforos Vrettakos, Greek poet and academic (d. 1991)
• 1917 – Jule Gregory Charney, American meteorologist and academic (d. 1981
• 1917 – Albert Mol, Dutch actor and author (d. 2004)
• 1918 – Patrick Anthony Porteous, Scottish colonel, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 2000)
• 1918 – Edgar Price, American pilot and politician (d. 2012)
• 1919 – Rocky Graziano, American boxer and actor (d. 1990)
• 1919 – Carole Landis, American actress and singer (d. 1948)
• 1919 – J.D. Salinger, American author (d. 2010)
• 1919 – Yoshio Tabata, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
• 1920 – Osvaldo Cavandoli, Italian cartoonist (d. 2007)
• 1920 – Willie Fennell, Australian comedian and actor (d. 1992)
• 1920 – Virgilio Savona, Italian singer-songwriter (Quartetto Cetra) (d. 2009)
• 1920 – Mahmoud Zoufonoun, Iranian-American violinist (d. 2013)
• 1921 – César Baldaccini, French sculptor (d. 1998)
• 1921 – Regina Bianchi, Italian actress (d. 2013)
• 1921 – Ismail al-Faruqi, Palestinian-American philosopher and academic (d. 1986)
• 1921 – Alain Mimoun, Algerian-French runner (d. 2013)
• 1921 – John Strawson, English general (d. 2014)
• 1922 – Ernest Hollings, American soldier and politician, 106th Governor of South Carolina
• 1922 – Roz Howard, American race car driver (d. 2013)
• 1922 – Jerry Robinson, American illustrator (d. 2011)
• 1923 – Daniel Gorenstein, American mathematician and academic (d. 1992)
• 1923 – Milt Jackson, American vibraphonist and composer (Modern Jazz Quartet) (d. 1999)
• 1923 – Valentina Cortese, Italian actress
• 1924 – Charlie Munger, American businessman and philanthropist
• 1924 – Francisco Macías Nguema, Equatorial Guinean politician, 1st President of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea (d. 1979)
• 1925 – Matthew Beard, American actor and singer (d. 1981)
• 1925 – Paul Bomani, Tanzanian politician and diplomat, 1st Tanzanian Minister of Finance (d. 2005)
• 1925 – Raymond Pellegrin, French actor (d. 2007)
• 1926 – Kazys Petkevičius, Lithuanian basketball player and coach (d. 2008)
• 1926 – Richard Verreau, Canadian tenor (d. 2005)
• 1927 – Maurice Béjart, French-Swiss dancer, choreographer, and director (d. 2007)
• 1927 – Calum MacKay, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2001)
• 1927 – Vernon L. Smith, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1927 – Doak Walker, American football player (d. 1998)
• 1928 – Ernest Tidyman, American author and screenwriter (d. 1984)
• 1928 – Vello Viisimaa, Estonian opera singer and actor (d. 1991)
• 1928 – Gerhard Weinberg, German-American historian, author, and academic
• 1929 – Raymond Chow, Hong Kong film producer, co-founded Orange Sky Golden Harvest
• 1929 – Larry L. King, American journalist, author, and playwright (d. 2012)
• 1929 – Joseph Lombardo, American mob boss
• 1929 – Haruo Nakajima, Japanese actor, stuntman, and choreographer
• 1930 – Jean-Pierre Duprey, French poet and sculptor (d. 1959)
• 1930 – Ty Hardin, American actor
• 1930 – Gaafar Nimeiry, Sudanese politician, 4th President of the Sudan (d. 2009)
• 1930 – Frederick Wiseman, American director and producer
• 1931 – Jimmy Smyth, Irish hurler (d. 2013)
• 1932 – Leman Çıdamlı, Turkish actress (d. 2012)
• 1932 – Jackie Parker, American football player and coach (d. 2006)
• 1932 – Giuseppe Patanè, Italian conductor (d. 1989)
• 1933 – James Hormel, American philanthropist and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Luxembourg
• 1933 – Joseph Koo, Chinese composer
• 1933 – Frederick Lowy, Canadian psychiatrist and academic
• 1933 – Joe Orton, English author and playwright (d. 1967)
• 1934 – Alan Berg, American television personality and talk show host (d. 1984)
• 1934 – Lakhdar Brahimi, Algerian politician, Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1935 – Brian G. Hutton, American actor and director (d. 2014)
• 1935 – B. Kliban, American cartoonist (d. 1990)
• 1936 – Don Nehlen, American football player and coach
• 1936 – James Sinegal, American businessman, co-founded Costco
• 1937 – John Fuller, English poet and author
• 1937 – Petros Markaris, Greek author, poet, and playwright
• 1937 – Matt Robinson, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2002)
• 1938 – Clay Cole, American television host and producer (d. 2010)
• 1938 – Robert Jankel, English businessman, founded Panther Westwinds (d. 2005)
• 1938 – Frank Langella, American actor
• 1939 – Michèle Mercier, French actress
• 1939 – Phil Read, English racing motorcyclist
• 1941 – Asrani, Indian actor and producer
• 1941 – Martin Evans, English-Welsh geneticist and academic
• 1941 – Younoussi Touré, Malian politician, Prime Minister of Mali
• 1942 – Al Hunt, American journalist
• 1942 – Alassane Ouattara, Ivorian economist and politician, President of the Ivory Coast
• 1942 – Anthony Hamilton-Smith, 3rd Baron Colwyn, English dentist and politician
• 1942 – Country Joe McDonald, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Country Joe and the Fish)
• 1942 – Dennis Archer, American lawyer and politician, 67th Mayor of Detroit
• 1942 – Gennadi Sarafanov, Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2005)
• 1942 – Judy Stone, Australian singer
• 1942 – Cevat Yurdakul, prosecutor and the chief of police of Adana Province, Turkey (d. 1979)
• 1943 – Bud Hollowell, American baseball player and manager (d. 2014)
• 1943 – Don Novello, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1943 – Raghunath Anant Mashelkar, Indian rheologist and engineer
• 1943 – Ronald Perelman, American businessman, founded MacAndrews & Forbes
• 1943 – Stanley Kamel, American actor (d. 2008)
• 1943 – Tony Knowles, American soldier and politician, 7th Governor of Alaska
• 1943 – Vladimir Šeks, Croatian lawyer and politician, 16th Speaker of the Croatian Parliament
• 1944 – Jimmy Hart, American wrestling manager and singer (The Gentrys)
• 1944 – Mati Unt, Estonian author, playwright, and director (d. 2005)
• 1944 – Omar al-Bashir, Sudanese field Marshal and politician, 7th President of Sudan
• 1944 – Teresa Torańska, Polish journalist (d. 2013)
• 1944 – Zafarullah Khan Jamali, Pakistani politician, 13th Prime Minister of Pakistan
• 1945 – Jacky Ickx, Belgian race car driver
• 1945 – Martin Schanche, Norwegian race car driver
• 1945 – Peter Duncan, Australian politician
• 1946 – Alain Voss, Brazilian-French illustrator (d. 2011)
• 1946 – Carl B. Hamilton, Swedish economist and politician
• 1946 – Rivellino, Brazilian footballer and manager
• 1946 – Shelby Steele, American journalist, author, and director
• 1946 – Susannah McCorkle, American singer (d. 2001)
• 1947 – Jon Corzine, American sergeant and politician, 54th Governor of New Jersey
• 1947 – Leonard Thompson, American golfer
• 1948 – Ampon Tangnoppakul, Thai criminal (d. 2012)
• 1948 – Devlet Bahçeli, Turkish economist, academic, and politician, 57th Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey
• 1948 – Dick Quax, New Zealand runner and politician
• 1948 – Ismael Zambada García, Mexican drug lord
• 1948 – Joe Petagno, American illustrator
• 1948 – Pavel Grachev, Russian general and politician, 1st Russian Minister of Defence (d. 2012)
• 1949 – Borys Tarasyuk, Ukrainian politician
• 1949 – Max Azria, Tunisian-French fashion designer
• 1949 – Olivia Goldsmith, American author (d. 2004)
• 1950 – Tony Currie, English footballer
• 1950 – Deepa Mehta, Indian-Canadian director and screenwriter
• 1950 – James Richardson, American poet and academic
• 1950 – Morgan Fisher, English keyboard player and songwriter (Mott the Hoople and Morgan)
• 1950 – Wayne Bennett, Australian rugby player and coach
• 1951 – Martha P. Haynes, American astronomer
• 1951 – Ashfaq Hussain, Pakistani-Canadian poet and journalist
• 1951 – Hans-Joachim Stuck, German race car driver
• 1951 – Nana Patekar, Indian actor, singer, and director
• 1951 – Prospero Gallinari, Italian terrorist (d. 2013)
• 1952 – Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Qatari ruler, 7th Emir of Qatar
• 1952 – İbrahim Tatlıses, Turkish singer and actor
• 1952 – Rosario Marchese, Italian-Canadian educator and politician
• 1952 – Shaji N. Karun, Indian director and cinematographer
• 1952 – Stephanie Faracy, American actress
• 1953 – Alpha Blondy, Ivorian-American singer-songwriter
• 1953 – Greg Carmichael, English guitarist (Acoustic Alchemy)
• 1953 – Gary Johnson, American businessman and politician, 29th Governor of New Mexico
• 1953 – Lynn Jones, American baseball player and coach
• 1954 – Richard Edson, American drummer and actor (Sonic Youth and Konk)
• 1954 – Bob Menendez, American lawyer and politician
• 1954 – Dennis O'Driscoll, Irish poet and critic (d. 2012)
• 1954 – Yannis Papathanasiou, Greek engineer and politician, Greek Minister of Finance
• 1955 – LaMarr Hoyt, American baseball player
• 1955 – Gennady Lyachin, Russian captain (d. 2000)
• 1955 – Precious, Canadian wrestler
• 1956 – Sergei Avdeyev, Russian engineer and astronaut
• 1956 – Mark R. Hughes, American businessman, founded Herbalife (d. 2000)
• 1956 – Christine Lagarde, French lawyer and politician, French Minister of Finance
• 1956 – Sheila McCarthy, Canadian actress and singer
• 1956 – Mike Mitchell, American basketball player (d. 2011)
• 1956 – Ziad Rahbani, Lebanese pianist and composer
• 1956 – Kōji Yakusho, Japanese actor
• 1957 – Evangelos Venizelos, Greek lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Greece
• 1957 – Mark Hurd, American businessman
• 1957 – Urmas Arumäe, Estonian lawyer and politician, Estonian Minister of Justice
• 1958 – Dave Silk, American ice hockey player and coach
• 1958 – Grandmaster Flash, Barbadian rapper and DJ (Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five)
• 1958 – Renn Woods, African-American film and television actress, and singer
• 1959 – Andy Andrews, American tennis player
• 1959 – Azali Assoumani, Comorian colonel and politician, President of the Comoros
• 1959 – Abdul Ahad Mohmand, Afghan pilot and astronaut
• 1959 – Michel Onfray, French philosopher and author
• 1959 – Panagiotis Giannakis, Greek basketball player and coach
• 1960 – Danny Wilson, English footballer and manager
• 1960 – Michael Seibert, American ice dancer and choreographer
• 1960 – Rayo de Jalisco, Jr., Mexican wrestler
• 1960 – Toomas Vitsut, Estonian businessman and politician
• 1960 – Hakan Karahan, Turkish writer and song-writer
• 1961 – Fiona Phillips, English journalist
• 1961 – Sam Backo, Australian rugby player
• 1961 – Sam Palahnuk, American video game designer
• 1961 – Sergei Babayan, Armenian-American pianist and academic
• 1961 – Uğur Polat, Turkish actor
• 1962 – Anton Muscatelli, Italian-Scottish economist and academic
• 1963 – Alberigo Evani, Italian footballer and manager
• 1963 – Dražen Ladić, Croatian footballer and manager
• 1963 – Jean-Marc Gounon, French race car driver
• 1963 – Lina Kačiušytė, Lithuanian swimmer
• 1963 – Linda Henry, English actress
• 1964 – Dedee Pfeiffer, American actress and producer
• 1964 – Juliana Donald, American actress
• 1965 – Andrew Valmon, American runner and coach
• 1965 – John Sullivan, American politician
• 1966 – Anna Burke, Australian politician, 28th Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives
• 1966 – Ivica Dačić, Serbian journalist and politician, 95th Prime Minister of Serbia
• 1967 – Derrick Thomas, American football player (d. 2000)
• 1967 – Gorsha Sur, Russian ice dancer, coach, and choreographer
• 1967 – Juanma Bajo Ulloa, Spanish director and screenwriter
• 1967 – Sharon Small, Scottish actress
• 1967 – Spencer Tunick, American photographer
• 1967 – Tim Dog, American rapper (Ultramagnetic MCs) (d. 2013)
• 1968 – Davor Šuker, Croatian footballer
• 1968 – Felix Chong, Hong Kong actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1968 – Joey Stefano, American porn actor (d. 1994)
• 1968 – Miki Higashino, Japanese pianist and composer
• 1969 – Christi Paul, Hong Kong-American journalist
• 1969 – Morris Chestnut, American actor and producer
• 1969 – Nicolle Dickson, Australian actress
• 1969 – Paul Lawrie, Scottish golfer and journalist
• 1969 – Verne Troyer, American actor and stuntman
• 1970 – Kimberly Page, American wrestling manager and actress
• 1970 – Sergei Kiriakov, Russian footballer
• 1971 – Phoebus, Greek songwriter and producer
• 1971 – Rodney, American wrestler
• 1971 – Bobby Holík, Czech-American ice hockey player
• 1971 – Chris Potter, American saxophonist and composer
• 1971 – Juan Carlos Plata, Guatemalan footballer
• 1971 – Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia, Indian politician
• 1971 – Sammie Henson, American wrestler
• 1972 – Barron Miles, American-Canadian football player and coach
• 1972 – Garrett K. Gomez, American jockey
• 1972 – Lilian Thuram, French footballer
• 1973 – Bryan Thao Worra, Laotian-American author, poet, and playwright
• 1973 – Danny Lloyd, American actor and educator
• 1973 – Li Fang, Chinese tennis player
• 1973 – Magnus Sahlgren, Swedish guitarist (Lake of Tears, Dismember, and Tiamat)
• 1973 – Shelda Bede, Brazilian volleyball player
• 1974 – Christian Paradis, Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Canadian Minister of Industry
• 1975 – Becky Kellar-Duke, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1975 – Bengt Sæternes, Norwegian footballer and manager
• 1975 – Chris Anstey, Australian basketball player and coach
• 1975 – Eiichiro Oda, Japanese illustrator
• 1975 – Fernando Tatís, Dominican baseball player
• 1975 – Joe Cannon, American soccer player
• 1975 – Mohamed Albuflasa, Bahraini poet and activist
• 1975 – Sonali Bendre, Indian model and actress
• 1976 – Mustafa Doğan, German footballer of Turkish descent
• 1977 – Leoš Friedl, Czech tennis player
• 1977 – María de la Paz Hernández, Argentinian field hockey player
• 1977 – Craig Reucassel, Australian comedian and television presenter (The Chaser)
• 1977 – Hasan Salihamidžić, Bosnian footballer
• 1977 – Jerry Yan, Taiwanese actor and singer (F4)
• 1978 – Vidya Balan, Indian model and actress
• 1978 – Nina Bott, German actress
• 1978 – Yohann Diniz, French race walker
• 1978 – Kris Lemche, Canadian actor
• 1978 – Philip Mulryne, Northern Irish footballer
• 1979 – Brody Dalle, Australian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Distillers and Spinnerette)
• 1979 – Fadi El Khatib, Lebanese basketball player
• 1979 – Kathryn Thomas, Irish television host
• 1979 – Koichi Domoto, Japanese singer-songwriter and actor (KinKi Kids)
• 1980 – Daniil Sapljoshin, Estonian kick-boxer
• 1980 – Elin Nordegren, Swedish-American model
• 1980 – Karina Jacobsgaard, Danish tennis player
• 1980 – Lazaros Agadakos, Greek basketball player
• 1980 – Richie Faulkner, English guitarist and songwriter (Judas Priest)
• 1981 – Abdülkadir Koçak, Turkish boxer
• 1981 – Eden Riegel, American actress
• 1981 – Jacqui Maxwell, Australian actress
• 1981 – Jonas Armstrong, Irish actor
• 1981 – Mladen Petrić, Croatian footballer
• 1981 – Zsolt Baumgartner, Hungarian race car driver
• 1982 – David Nalbandian, Argentinian tennis player
• 1982 – Egidio Arévalo Ríos, Uruguayan footballer
• 1982 – Luke Rodgers, English footballer
• 1983 – Calum Davenport, English footballer
• 1983 – Emi Kobayashi, Japanese model and actress
• 1983 – Melaine Walker, Jamaican hurdler
• 1983 – Park Sung-hyun, South Korean archer
• 1983 – Thomas Morrison, English actor
• 1984 – Alok Kapali, Bangladeshi cricketer
• 1984 – Cheung Kin Fung, Hong Kong footballer
• 1984 – Christian Eigler, German footballer
• 1984 – Michael Witt, Australian rugby player
• 1984 – Mohammed Ghaddar, Lebanese footballer
• 1984 – Paolo Guerrero, Peruvian footballer
• 1984 – Rubens Sambueza, Argentinian footballer
• 1984 – Stefano Pastrello, Italian footballer
• 1985 – Jeff Carter, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1985 – Eyjólfur Héðinsson, Icelandic footballer and model
• 1985 – Steven Davis, Northern Irish footballer
• 1985 – Tiago Splitter, Brazilian basketball player
• 1986 – Pablo Cuevas, Uruguayan tennis player
• 1986 – Glen Davis, American basketball player
• 1986 – Lee Sungmin, South Korean singer, dancer, and actor (Super Junior)
• 1986 – Colin Morgan, Northern Irish actor
• 1987 – Gilbert Brulé, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1987 – Meryl Davis, American ice dancer
• 1987 – Gia Coppola, American film director
• 1987 – Estefanía Craciún, Uruguayan tennis player
• 1987 – Devin Setoguchi, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1987 – Serdar Özkan, Turkish professional footballer
• 1988 – Nelufar Hedayat, Afghan-English journalist
• 1988 – Ghazala Javed, Pakistani singer and dancer (d. 2012)
• 1988 – Grzegorz Panfil, Polish tennis player
• 1989 – Adèle Haenel, French actress
• 1989 – Stefan Reinartz, German footballer
• 1990 – Bugoy Cariño, Filipino actor
• 1990 – Safaa Rashed, Iraqi weightlifter
• 1992 – Daniel Kofi Agyei, Ghanaian footballer
• 1992 – René Binder, Austrian race car driver
• 1992 – Ali Ferydoon, Irani footballer
• 1992 – He Kexin, Chinese gymnast
• 1992 – Jack Wilshere, English footballer
• 1992 – Hazar Ergüçlü, Turkish-Cypriot actress
• 1993 – Jon Flanagan, English footballer
• 1993 – Michael Olaitan, Nigerian footballer
• 1994 – Craig Murray, Scottish footballer
• 1999 – Diamond White, American actress and singer

Deaths[edit]

• 510 – Eugendus, French saint (b. 449)
• 680 – Javanshir, Albanian king (b. 616)
• 898 – Odo of France (b. 860)
• 962 – Baldwin III, Count of Flanders (b. 940)
• 1204 – Haakon III of Norway (b. 1170)
• 1387 – Charles II of Navarre (b. 1332)
• 1515 – Louis XII of France (b. 1462)
• 1559 – Christian III of Denmark (b. 1503)
• 1560 – Joachim du Bellay, French poet and critic (b. 1522)
• 1617 – Hendrik Goltzius, Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1558)
• 1697 – Filippo Baldinucci, Florentine historian and author (b. 1624)
• 1716 – William Wycherley, English playwright (b. c.1641)
• 1748 – Johann Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and academic (b. 1667)
• 1759 – Jacques-Joachim Trotti, marquis de La Chétardie, French diplomat (b. 1705)
• 1766 – James Francis Edward Stuart, English son of James II of England (b. 1688)
• 1782 – Johann Christian Bach, German composer (b. 1735)
• 1789 – Fletcher Norton, 1st Baron Grantley, English lawyer and politician, British Speaker of the House of Commons (b. 1716)
• 1793 – Francesco Guardi, Venetian painter (b. 1712)
• 1796 – Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde, French mathematician and chemist (b. 1735)
• 1817 – Martin Heinrich Klaproth, German chemist and academic (b. 1743)
• 1846 – John Torrington, English soldier and explorer (b. 1825)
• 1853 – Gregory Blaxland, Australian farmer and explorer (b. 1778)
• 1862 – Mikhail Ostrogradsky, Ukrainian mathematician and physicist (b. 1801)
• 1881 – Louis Auguste Blanqui, French activist (b. 1805)
• 1892 – Roswell B. Mason, American politician, 25th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)
• 1894 – Heinrich Hertz, German physicist and academic (b. 1857)
• 1896 – Alfred Ely Beach, American publisher and lawyer, created the Beach Pneumatic Transit (b. 1826)
• 1906 – Hugh Nelson, Scottish-Australian politician, 11th Premier of Queensland (b. 1835)
• 1918 – William Wilfred Campbell, Canadian poet and author (b. 1858)
• 1919 – Mikhail Drozdovsky, Russian general (b. 1881)
• 1921 – Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, German politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1856)
• 1922 – István Kühár, Slovene priest and politician (b. 1887)
• 1929 – Mustafa Necati, Turkish statesman (b. 1894)
• 1931 – Martinus Beijerinck, Dutch microbiologist and botanist (b. 1851)
• 1937 – Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, Indian religious leader, founder of the Gaudiya Math (b. 1874)
• 1940 – Panuganti Lakshminarasimha Rao, Indian author and educator (b. 1865)
• 1944 – Charles Turner, Australian cricketer (b. 1862)
• 1944 – Edwin Lutyens, English architect, designed the Castle Drogo and Thiepval Memorial (b. 1869)
• 1953 – Hank Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Drifting Cowboys) (b. 1923)
• 1954 – Duff Cooper, English politician and diplomat, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1890)
• 1954 – Leonard Bacon, American poet and critic (b. 1887)
• 1955 – Arthur C. Parker, American archaeologist and historian (b. 1881)
• 1955 – Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar, Indian chemist and academic (b. 1894)
• 1957 – Seán South, Irish Republican Army volunteer (b. 1928)
• 1957 – Fergal O'Hanlon, Irish Republican Army volunteer (b. 1936)
• 1958 – Edward Weston, American photographer (b. 1886)
• 1960 – Aimé Clariond, French actor (b. 1894)
• 1960 – Margaret Sullavan, American actress and screenwriter (b. 1909)
• 1965 – Emma Asson, Estonian historian and politician (b. 1889)
• 1966 – Vincent Auriol, French journalist and politician, 16th President of the French Republic (b. 1884)
• 1969 – Barton MacLane, American actor, playwright and screenwriter (b. 1902)
• 1969 – Bruno Söderström, Swedish pole vaulter and javelin thrower (b. 1888)
• 1971 – Amphilochius of Pochayiv, Ukrainian saint (b. 1894)
• 1972 – Maurice Chevalier, French actor and singer (b. 1888)
• 1973 – Sergei Kourdakov, Russian KGB agent (b. 1951)
• 1978 – Don Freeman, American author and illustrator (b. 1908)
• 1980 – Pietro Nenni, Italian journalist and politician, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1891)
• 1981 – Hephzibah Menuhin, American-Australian pianist (b. 1920)
• 1982 – Victor Buono, American actor (b. 1938)
• 1984 – Alexis Korner, French-English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Blues Incorporated and Collective Consciousness Society) (b. 1928)
• 1985 – Sigerson Clifford, Irish poet, playwright, and civil servant (b. 1913)
• 1987 – Jack Latham, American actor, and journalist (b. 1914)
• 1989 – Aleka Stratigou, Greek actress (b. 1926)
• 1992 – Grace Hopper, American computer scientist and admiral, co-developed COBOL (b. 1906)
• 1994 – Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt, New Zealand physician and politician, 11th Governor-General of New Zealand (b. 1900)
• 1994 – Cesar Romero, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1907)
• 1994 – Edward Arthur Thompson, Irish historian and academic (b. 1914)
• 1995 – Eugene Wigner, Hungarian-American physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
• 1995 – Fred West, English serial killer (b. 1941)
• 1996 – Arleigh Burke, American admiral (b. 1901)
• 1996 – Arthur Rudolph, German engineer (b. 1906)
• 1997 – Ivan Graziani, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1945)
• 1997 – Townes Van Zandt, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1944)
• 1998 – Helen Wills, American tennis player and coach (b. 1905)
• 2000 – Colin Vaughan, Australian-Canadian journalist and activist (b. 1931)
• 2001 – Ray Walston, American actor and singer (b. 1914)
• 2002 – Julia Phillips, American film producer and author (b. 1944)
• 2003 – Dumitru Tinu, Romanian journalist (b. 1940)
• 2003 – Joe Foss, American pilot, politician, and broadcaster, 20th Governor of South Dakota (b. 1915)
• 2003 – Royce D. Applegate, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1939)
• 2005 – Eugene J. Martin, American painter (b. 1938)
• 2005 – Shirley Chisholm, American educator, politician, and author (b. 1924)
• 2006 – Dawn Lake, Australian comedian, actress, and singer (b. 1927)
• 2006 – Harry Magdoff, American economist and journalist (b. 1913)
• 2006 – Hugh McLaughlin, Irish publisher, invented the Water hog (b. 1918)
• 2007 – Darrent Williams, American football player (b. 1982)
• 2007 – Leon Davidson, American chemist and engineer (b. 1922)
• 2007 – Roland Levinsky, South African-English biochemist and academic (b. 1943)
• 2008 – Harold Corsini, American photographer and educator (b. 1919)
• 2008 – Peter Caffrey, Irish-English actor (b. 1949)
• 2008 – Pratap Chandra Chunder, Indian educator and politician (b. 1919)
• 2008 – Salvatore Bonanno, American mobster (b. 1932)
• 2009 – Aarne Arvonen, Finnish super-centenarian (b. 1897)
• 2009 – Claiborne Pell, American captain and politician (b. 1918)
• 2009 – Nizar Rayan, Palestinian Hamas leader (b. 1962)
• 2009 – Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan Kenyan terrorist (b. 1960)
• 2010 – Lhasa de Sela, American-Mexican singer-songwriter (b. 1972)
• 2011 – Flemming Jørgensen, Danish singer-songwriter, bass player, and actor (Bamses Venner) (b. 1947)
• 2011 – Marin Constantin, Romanian composer and conductor (b. 1925)
• 2012 – Alessandro Liberati, Italian physician and epidemiologist (b. 1954)
• 2012 – Bob Anderson, English fencer, stuntman, and choreographer (b. 1922)
• 2012 – Carlos Soria, Argentinian lawyer and politician (b. 1948)
• 2012 – Fred Milano, American singer (The Belmonts and Dion and the Belmonts) (b. 1939)
• 2012 – Kiro Gligorov, Bulgarian-Macedonian lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Macedonia (b. 1917)
• 2012 – Nay Win Maung, Burmese physician, businessman, and activist (b. 1962)
• 2012 – Tommy Mont, American football player and coach (b. 1922)
• 2012 – Yafa Yarkoni, Israeli singer and actress (b. 1925)
• 2013 – Barbara Werle, American actress and singer (b. 1928)
• 2013 – Christopher Martin-Jenkins, English journalist (b. 1945)
• 2013 – Michael Patrick Cronan, American graphic designer (b. 1951)
• 2013 – Patti Page, American singer and actress (b. 1927)
• 2013 – Yuri Alexandrov, Russian boxer (b. 1963)
• 2014 – Higashifushimi Kunihide, Japanese monk and educator (b. 1910)
• 2014 – Juanita Moore, American actress (b. 1914)
• 2014 – Michael Glennon, Australian priest (b. 1944)
• 2014 – Pete DeCoursey, American journalist (b. 1961)
• 2014 – William Mgimwa, Tanzanian banker and politician, 13th Tanzanian Minister of Finance (b. 1950)
• 2015 – Boris Morukov, Russian physician and astronaut (b. 1950)
• 2015 – Donna Douglas, American actress and singer (b. 1933)
• 2015 – Jeff Golub, American guitarist (b. 1955)
• 2015 – Mario Cuomo, American lawyer and politician, 52nd Governor of New York (b. 1932)
• 2015 – Ninón Sevilla, Cuban-Mexican actress and dancer (b. 1929)
• 2015 – Omar Karami, Lebanese lawyer and politician, 58th Prime Minister of Lebanon (b. 1934)

Γιάννης Πουλόπουλος: Με τις γυναίκες της ζωής του στον Βοσκόπουλο  

Συνοδευόμενος από τη σύζυγό του, Μπέτυ και την κόρη του 

Αντα εθεάθη σε μια από τις σπάνιες του νυχτερινές εξόδους ο 

Γιάννης  Πουλόπουλος.

Ο 74χρονος δημοφιλής τραγουδιστής απαθανατίστηκε το βράδυ της Τρίτης στο

 νυχτερινό κέντρο όπου εμφανίζονται ο Τόλης Βοσκόπουλος και ο Νίκος Νομικός.

Πρόκειται για μια σπάνια δημόσια εμφάνιση του λαϊκού τραγουδιστή που αποφεύγει

 τα φώτα της δημοσιότητας από τότε που αποσύρθηκε από το τραγούδι.

Frankie Laine discography

Julie London discography

Julie London discography
Julie London in 1958
Studio albums	29
Live albums	1
Compilation albums	5
Singles	29
Other albums	2

The discography of Julie London, an American Jazz artist, consists of twenty nine studio albums, one live album, five compilation albums, two additional albums, and twenty-nine singles. After a moderately successful film career, London signed a recording contract with the newly formed Liberty Records in 1955. Her debut single "Cry Me a River" reached number nine on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1955. In June of 1957, it would also peak at number twenty-two on the UK Singles Chart."Cry Me a River" became London's most successful and highest-selling single of her musical career. The single would sell three million copies in total^]Her debut studio album Julie Is Her Name was issued in December 1955 and reached the second position on the Billboard 200albums chart. London's next three studio releases, Lonely Girl (1956), Calendar Girl (1956), and About the Blues (1957), reached the top-twenty of the Billboard 200 survey as well.

Although London did not have further success, she continued releasing material. Her 1950s studio albums received reception due to the sexuality of her album covers.^[4] This can be seen on the covers of Make Love to Me (1957) and London by Night (1958). In 1959 she recorded two studio albums of Traditional Pop material: Swing Me an Old Song and Your Number Please. In 1960 she recorded a studio album at her home in California entitled Julie...At Home.^[5] London's 1961 studio album Whatever Julie Wantsfeatured her naked, wearing a fur coat over her body.^[6] Her nineteenth studio record The End of the World (1963) became her first in six years to chart the Billboard 200, reaching the one hundred twenty seventh position. The Wonderful World of Julie London, her twentieth studio release, also reached the Billboard 200 chart.^[2] London issued her first live album in 1964 titled In Person at the Americana. In 1965 she released an album of music dedicated to Cole Porter. London continued recording for the Liberty label until 1969. She released her final studio album Yummy, Yummy, Yummy in 1968. The title track also became London's final appearance on a Billboard chart, reaching the twenty fifth position on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 singles chart.

Albums[edit]

Studio albums[edit]

List of studio albums, showing selected chart positions and other relevant details

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		US [2]	CAN [7]
Julie Is Her Name	Released: December 1955 Label: Liberty Formats: Vinyl, CD, music download	2	—
Lonely Girl	Released: 1956 Label: Liberty Formats: Vinyl, CD, music download	16	—
Calendar Girl	Released: 1956 Label: Liberty Formats: Vinyl, CD, music download	18	—
About the Blues	Released: 1957 Label: Liberty Formats: Vinyl, CD, music download	15	—
Make Love to Me	Released: 1957 Label: Liberty Formats: Vinyl, CD, music download	—	—
Julie	Released: 1957 Label: Liberty Formats: Vinyl, CD, music download	—	—
Julie Is Her Name, Volume II	Released: 1958 Label: Liberty Formats: Vinyl, CD, music download	—	—
London by Night	Released: 1958 Label: Liberty Formats: Vinyl, CD, music download	—	—
Swing Me an Old Song	Released: 1959 Label: Liberty Formats: Vinyl, CD, music download	—	—
Your Number Please	Released: 1959 Label: Liberty Formats: Vinyl, CD, music download	—	—
Julie...At Home	Released: 1960 Label: Liberty Formats: Vinyl, CD, music download	—	—
Around Midnight	Released: 1960 Label: Liberty Formats: Vinyl, CD, music download	—	—
Send for Me	Released: 1961 Label: Liberty Formats: Vinyl, CD, music download	—	—
Whatever Julie Wants	Released: 1961 Label: Liberty Formats: Vinyl, CD, music download	—	—
Sophisticated Lady	Released: 1962 Label: Liberty Formats: Vinyl, CD, music download	—	—
Love Letters	Released: 1962 Label: Liberty Formats: Vinyl, CD, music download	—	—
Love on the Rocks	Released: 1963 Label: Liberty Formats: Vinyl, CD, music download	—	—
Latin in a Satin Mood	Released: 1963 Label: Liberty Formats: Vinyl, CD, music download	—	—
The End of the World	Released: 1963 Label: Liberty Formats: Vinyl, CD, music download	127	—
The Wonderful World of Julie London	Released: 1963 Label: Liberty Formats: Vinyl, CD, music download	136	—
Julie London	Released: 1964 Label: Liberty Formats: Vinyl, CD, music download	—	—
Our Fair Lady	Released: 1965 Label: Liberty Formats: Vinyl, CD, music download	—	11
Feeling Good	Released: 1965 Label: Liberty Formats: Vinyl, CD, music download	—	—
All Through the Night: Julie London Sings the Choicest of Cole Porter	Released: 1965 Label: Liberty Formats: Vinyl, CD, music download	—	—
For the Night People	Released: 1966 Label: Liberty Formats: Vinyl, CD, music download	—	—
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast	Released: 1967 Label: Liberty Formats: Vinyl, CD, music download	—	—
With Body & Soul	Released: 1967 Label: Liberty Formats: Vinyl, CD, music download	—	—
Easy Does It	Released: 1968 Label: Liberty Formats: Vinyl, CD, music download	—	—
Yummy, Yummy, Yummy	Released: 1969 Label: Liberty Formats: Vinyl, CD, music download	—	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other albums[edit]

List of other albums, showing relevant details

Title	Album details
In Person at the Americana	Released: 1964 Label: Liberty Formats: Vinyl, CD, music download
By Myself	Released: 1965 Label: Liberty Formats: Vinyl

Compilation albums[edit]

List of compilation albums, showing relevant details

Title	Album details
The Best of Julie	Released: 1962 Label: Liberty Formats: Vinyl
The Very Best of Julie London	Released: 1975 Label: EMI Formats: Vinyl, CD, music download
Time for Love: The Best of Julie London	Released: February 1, 1991 Label: Rhino Formats: Cassette, CD
Ultra Lounge: Wild, Cool & Swingin'– The Artist Collection Vol. 5	Released: June 29, 1999 Label: Capitol Formats: CD, music download
The Ultimate Collection	Released: July 10, 2006 Label: EMI Formats: CD

Singles[edit]

As lead artist[edit]

List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing other relevant details

Title	Year	Peak chart positions				Album
		US [8]	US AC [8]	ITA [9]	UK [10]
"Cry Me a River"	1955	9	—	46	22	Julie Is Her Name
"Baby, Baby, All the Time"		—	—	—	—	N/A
"Lonely Girl"	1956	—	—	—	—	Lonely Girl
"Now Baby Now"		—	—	—	—	N/A
"Meaning of the Blues"	1957	—	—	—	—	About the Blues
"It Had to Be You"		—	—	—	—	N/A
"Saddle the Wind"		—	—	—	—	N/A
"Tell Me You're Home"	1958	—	—	—	—	N/A
"Voice in the Mirror"		—	—	—	—	N/A
"Blue Moon"		—	—	—	—	Julie Is Her Name, Volume II
"My Strange Affair"	1959	—	—	—	—	N/A
"Something I Dreamed Last Night"		—	—	—	—	London by Night
"Makin' Whoopee"		—	—	—	—	Your Number Please
"It's a Blue World"		—	—	—	—
"In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning"	1960	—	—	—	—	Around Midnight
"Send for Me"	1961	—	—	—	—	Send for Me
"Sanctuary"		—	—	—	—	N/A
"My Darling, My Darling"		—	—	—	—	N/A
"Desafinado"	1962	110	—	—	—	The End of the World
"I'm Coming Back to You"	1963	118	—	—	—	The Wonderful World of Julie London
"I Want to Find Out for Myself"	1964	—	—	—	—	Julie London
"Boy from Ipanema"		—	—	—	—	N/A
"We Proved Them Wrong"		—	—	—	—	N/A
"Girl Talk"	1965	—	—	—	—	Feeling Good
"Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey"	1966	—	—	—	—	For the Night People
"Mickey Mouse March"	1967	—	—	—	—	Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
"Yummy Yummy Yummy"	1968	125	—	—	—	Yummy, Yummy, Yummy
"Louie Louie"		—	—	—	—
"Like to Get to Know You"	1969	—	15	—	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Η πιο ακριβή σαμπάνια στον κόσμο

Η πιο ακριβή σαμπάνια στον κόσμο παρουσιάστηκε από την βρετανική μάρκα

 σαμπάνιας «Goût de diamants» τον Ιούνιο του 2013 και κοστίζει 1,838 εκατομμύρια 

ευρώ.

Το μπουκάλι έχει ένα logo σε σχήμα «S», όπως ο Superman, η ετικέτα είναι από 

λευκόχρυσο 18 καρατίων και κοσμείται από ένα διαμάντι 19 καρατίων. Το σύνολο 

είναι κατασκευασμένο στο χέρι από ειδικούς πολυτελών ειδών. Στο εσωτερικό 

βρίσκεται η πιο φίνα σαμπάνια από λευκό, ροζέ ή λευκό των λευκών κρασί.

Είναι δύσκολο να πιστέψει κανείς ότι υπάρχουν άνθρωποι που μπορούν να αγοράσουν

 ένα μπουκάλι σαμπάνιας σε αυτή την τιμή. Κι όμως ο σχεδιαστής της σαμπάνιας, ο

 Alexander Amosu, 38 ετών, από την Νιγηρία, ο οποίος ζει στη Μεγάλη Βρετανία και

 είναι πολυεκατομμυριούχος, σίγουρα βρίσκει πάρα πολλούς αγοραστές.
Ο εν λόγω σχεδιαστής ειδικεύεται, εξάλλου, στις πιο τρελές και ακριβές ιδέες, οι

 οποίες ξεπουλάνε παγκόσμια. Σχεδίασε ένα κινητό Blackberry γεμάτο διαμάντια το

 οποίο κοστίζει 90.000 δολάρια.

Σχεδίασε επίσης ένα κλειδί αυτοκινήτου Λαμποργκίνι στην τιμή των 7.000 δολαρίων.

Το πιο διάσημο έργο του είναι το κοστούμι στην τιμή των 100.000 δολαρίων, με 

χρυσή κλωστή και μαλλί Ιμαλαϊων και κουμπιά από διαμάντια. Λέγεται ότι όταν του

 παραγγέλνουν ένα τέτοιο κοστούμι, ο σχεδιαστής το μεταφέρει με θωρακισμένο

 Range Rover.

Εκανα την καριέρα και την περιουσία μου με αίμα και δάκρυα, λέει ο νιγηριανός

 σχεδιαστής.

 η Ελλάδα γίνεται πιο όμορφη όταν χιονίζει..

Σύμφωνοι! Η χώρα μας έχει απίστευτες παραλίες, υπέροχο ήλιο και καταγάλανη θάλασσα. Αλλά αυτό δεν σημαίνει δεν είναι όμορφη και τον χειμώνα.

Ειδικά όταν χιονίζει, όπως αυτές τις μέρες, και τα χιόνια σκεπάζουν στέγες, βουνά και κάμπους, οι φωτογραφίες μοιάζουν με πίνακες ζωγραφικής.

Σας παρουσιάζουμε  30 εικόνες εξωπραγματικής ομορφιάς. Έτσι, για Καλή Χρονιά!

1. Τσεπέλοβο

2.  Νυμφαίο, Φλώρινα

3. Φλώρινα

4.  Μετέωρα

5. Πήλιο

6. Μ.Πάπιγκο

7.  Καλαρρύτες Ιωαννίνων

8. Μέτσοβο

9. Η λίμνη της Καστοριάς

10.  Βασιλίτσα, Γρεβενά

11. Ορεινή Αρκαδία

12. Γιάννενα

13.  Μηλιά, Μέτσοβο

14.  Μετέωρα

15. Πάπιγκο

16. Μελισσουργοί, Άρτα

17.  Περτούλι, Τρίκαλα

18.  Ανώγεια Ρεθύμνου Κρήτης

19. Μέτσοβο

20.  Τζουμέρκα, Ιωάννινα

21. Γρεβενά

22. Ελατοχώρι

23. 3-5 Πηγάδια

24. Πήλιο

25. Λίμνη Πλαστήρα

26.  Βασιλίτσα, Γρεβενά

27. Δημητσάνα

28. Ονειρούπολη Δράμας

29.  Πορταριά, Πήλιο

30. Τσεπέλοβο, Ζαγοροχώρια