July 8th: On this Day | |
1954, Producer Sam Phillips took an acetate recording of Elvis Presley singing 'That's All Right' to Memphis radio station WHBQ DJ Dewey Phillips. He played the song just after 9.30 that evening, the phone lines lit up asking the DJ to play the song again. | |
1958, The first Gold record album presented by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) was awarded to the soundtrack LP, 'Oklahoma'. The honor signified that the album had reached one million dollars in sales. The first Gold single issued by the RIAA was 'Catch a Falling Star' by Perry Como in March of 1958. A Gold single represented sales of one million records. | |
1965, The Dave Clark Five had their movie, Catch Us If You Can, premiere in London. The film was renamed to Having a Wild Weekend for its US release. Songs featured by the group in the movie included 'Catch Us If You Can,''Having a Wild Weekend' and 'I Can't Stand It.' | |
1966, The Beatles released the ‘Nowhere Man’ 4-track EP in the UK, which included: ‘Drive My Car’, ‘Michelle’ and ‘You Won't See Me’. All four tracks were taken from The Beatles sixth UK studio album, Rubber Soul. | |
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1967, UK music weekly the Melody Maker ran a front-page comment condemning the 3-month jail sentence given to Rolling Stone Mick Jagger for possession of Benzedrine tablets. Jagger was later given a conditional discharge. | |
1967, The Monkees began a 29-date tour with The Jimi Hendrix Experience as support act. Hendrix was dropped after six shows after being told his act was not suitable for their teenybopper audience. | |
1968, Pink Floyd kicked off their first 20-date North American tour at the Kinetic Playground in Chicago. The club became a driving force in the music business, hosting famous rock acts such as The Doors, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Led Zeppelin, The Who, The Byrds, Janis Joplin, The Mothers of Invention, The Grateful Dead, MC5, Jethro Tull, Deep Purple, Iron Butterfly, Fleetwood, Vanilla Fudge, Muddy Waters and Jefferson Airplane. | |
1969, Marianne Faithfull collapsed on the set of 'Ned Kelly' after taking a drug overdose. She was admitted to a Sydney Hospital, (she was later dropped from the movie). | |
1970, The Everly Brothers Show, started an eleven-week prime time slot on ABC- TV in the US. It began as a summer replacement in 1970 for The Johnny Cash Show. | |
1971, Over-enthusiastic fans at a Mott The Hoople gig at the Royal Albert Hall, London, England, caused some injuries and two damaged boxes, prompting a temporary ban on rock gigs at the venue. The group paid £1,467 for damages to property. | |
1972, Bill Withers started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Lean On Me', his only No.1 hit, it made No.18 in the UK. | |
1972, Donny Osmond was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with his version of the Paul Anka song 'Puppy Love.' The first of three solo No.1's for Donny. | |
1972, The Concert 10 Festival was held at Pocono International Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. Acts performing included, Claire Hamill, The Groundhogs, Edgar Winter, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Faces with Rod Stewart, Humble Pie, The J. Geils Band and Three Dog Night. | |
1973, Led Zeppelin's fifth album Houses Of The Holy was on both the US and UK album charts. The album spent a total of 39 weeks on the US chart. The cover art for Houses Of The Holy was inspired by the ending of Arthur C. Clarke's novel Childhood's End. It is a collage of several photographs which were taken at the Giant's Causeway, Northern Ireland, by Aubrey Powell of Hipgnosis. | |
1978, Gerry Rafferty's album City To City went to No.1 on the US chart, knocking off 'Saturday Night Fever', which had been at the top of the charts for almost six months. | |
1978, Joe Strummer and Paul Simonon from The Clash were arrested for being drunk and disorderly after a gig at the Apollo in Glasgow, both were fined. | |
1979, The B-52's made their UK live debut at London's Lyceum Ballroom, supported by The Tourists. | |
1984, Bob Dylan's current European tour came to an end at Slane Castle, County Meath in Ireland. Dylan was joined on stage by Van Morrison and they duetted on It’s All Over Now Baby Blue. U2's Bono, who was sent to interview Dylan for the Irish rock magazine Hot Press, ended up duetting with Dylan on Blowin’ In The Wind and Leopard Skin Pillbox Hat. Carlos Santana also joined Dylan on stage and played guitar on the last seven songs of the set. | |
1995, Outhere Brothers scored their second UK No.1 hit single with 'Boom Boom Boom'. It stayed at the top for four weeks. The original version of the song contained sexually explicit lyrics which were removed for the radio edit. | |
1995, TLC started a seven week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Waterfalls', the group's second US No.1, a No.4 hit in the UK. | |
1999, Take That former manager Nigel Martin Smith started a new business, as an undertaker. It was reported that he was unhappy with a service he had used so he decided to buy a local funeral firm in Manchester. | |
2002, Michael Jackson spoke out against the music industry's treatment of artists, alleging that the business was rife with racism. Speaking at a civil rights meeting in New York, Jackson claimed there was a 'conspiracy' among record companies, especially towards black artists. A spokesman for Jackson's record label said the remarks were 'ludicrous, spiteful and hurtful.' | |
2004, Mark Purseglove known as the world's ‘biggest bootlegger’ was sentenced to 3 years 6 months jail by Blackfriars Crown Court. Purseglove had built up a £15 million pirate CD empire by bootlegging live concerts of some of the world's biggest stars including The Beatles, David Bowie and Pink Floyd | |
2006, Queen guitarist Brian May made a "substantial" donation to save hedgehogs from slaughter in the Outer Hebrides. Although the exact amount was not revealed it was said to be enough to pay for the rescue of hundreds of hedgehogs from the Uists, where Scottish Natural Heritage has been culling the animals for the past four years. May's money would go towards funding cash rewards for islanders so hundreds more hedgehogs can be saved. | |
2007, Prince was forced off stage by police halfway through his set at the First Avenue nightclub during a late-night gig in his home town of Minneapolis. The club was only allowed to stay open until 3.am but Prince took to the stage at 2.45am. Prince had already played two concerts in Minneapolis before his late-night club appearance; His first performance was at a department store, where he promoted his new cologne with a nine-song, 45-minute set. | |
2007, Chemical Brothers went to No.1 on the UK album chart with 'We Are The Night' the duo's sixth studio album. | |
July 8th: Born on this day | |
1944, Born on this day, Jaimoe Johanson, American drummer and percussionist, The Allman Brothers Band (1973 US No.12 single 'Ramblin Man'). | |
1945, Born on this day, Ricky Wolf, The Flowerpot Men, (1967 UK No.4 single 'Let's Go To San Francisco'). | |
1955, Born on this day, Russell Christian, vocals, The Christians, (1988 UK No.8 single 'Harvest For The World'). | |
1960, Born on this day, Andy Fletcher, bass, synth, Depeche Mode, (1984 UK No.4 single 'People Are People', plus over 25 other UK Top 40 singles). | |
1961, Born on this day, Graham Jones, guitar, Haircut 100. The band had four UK Top 10 hit singles between 1981 and 1982, including 'Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)', 'Love Plus One' and 'Fantastic Day'. | |
1961, Born on this day, Toby Keith, country music singer-songwriter, record producer and actor. His debut 'Should've Been a Cowboy', topped the US country charts and was the most played country song of the 1990s. The song has received three million spins since then, according to Broadcast Music Incorporated. | |
1963, Born on this day, Joan Osborne, American singer, songwriter who had the 1996 UK No.6 single 'One Of Us'. She toured with Motown sidemen the Funk Brothers and was featured in the documentary film about them, Standing in the Shadows of Motown. | |
1970, Born on this day, American singer, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist Beck David Campbell, 1994 UK No.15 single 'Loser' from his 1994 album 'Mellow Gold'. His second official studio album Odelay has appeared in numerous publications' lists of the greatest records of the 1990s. | |
1971, Born on this day, Neil Mavers, drums, The La's, (1990 UK No.13 single 'There She Goes'). | |
1976, Born on this day, David Kennedy, American guitarist, songwriter who was a member of Box Car Racer, a band formed by Blink-182 members Tom DeLonge and Travis Barker. | |
1985, Born on this day, Jamie Cook, guitarist, Arctic Monkeys, (2005, UK No.1 single ‘I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor’, '2006 UK No.1 album ‘Whatever People Say I Am That's What I'm Not’). |
THIS DAY IN MUSIC
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EVENTS OF THIS DAY IN THE PAST 8/7
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- 1099 – Some 15,000 starving Christian soldiers begin the siege of Jerusalem by marching in a religious procession around the city as its Muslim defenders watch.
- 1283 – Roger of Lauria, commanding the Aragonese fleet defeats an Angevin fleet sent to put down a rebellion on Malta.
- 1497 – Vasco da Gama sets sail on the first direct European voyage to India.
- 1579 – Our Lady of Kazan, a holy icon of the Russian Orthodox Church, is discovered underground in the city of Kazan, Tatarstan.
- 1663 – Charles II of England grants John Clarke a Royal charter to Rhode Island.
- 1709 – Peter I of Russia defeats Charles XII of Sweden at the Battle of Poltava, thus effectively ending Sweden's time as a major power in Europe.
- 1716 – The Battle of Dynekilen forces Sweden to abandon its invasion of Norway.
- 1730 – An estimated magnitude 8.7 earthquake causes a tsunami that damages more than 1,000 km (620 mi) of Chile's coastline.
- 1758 – French forces hold Fort Carillon against the British at Ticonderoga, New York.
- 1760 – British forces defeat French forces in the last naval battle in New France.
- 1775 – The Olive Branch Petition is signed by the Continental Congress of the Thirteen Colonies of North America.
- 1776 – Church bells (possibly including the Liberty Bell) are rung after John Nixon delivers the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence of the United States.
- 1808 – Joseph Bonaparte approves the Bayonne Statute, a royal charter intended as the basis for his rule as king of Spain.
- 1822 – Chippewas turn over a huge tract of land in Ontario to the United Kingdom.
- 1853 – The Perry Expedition arrives in Edo Bay with a treaty requesting trade.
- 1859 – King Charles XV & IV accedes to the throne of Sweden–Norway.
- 1864 – Ikedaya Incident: The Choshu Han shishi's planned Shinsengumi sabotage on Kyoto, Japan at Ikedaya.
- 1874 – The Mounties begin their March West.
- 1876 – White supremacists kill five Black Republicans in Hamburg, South Carolina.
- 1879 – Sailing ship USS Jeannette departs San Francisco carrying an ill-fated expedition to the North Pole.
- 1889 – The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published.
- 1892 – St. John's, Newfoundland is devastated in the Great Fire of 1892.
- 1898 – The death of crime boss Soapy Smith, killed in the Shootout on Juneau Wharf, releases Skagway, Alaska from his iron grip.
- 1912 – Henrique Mitchell de Paiva Couceiro leads an unsuccessful royalist attack against the First Portuguese Republic in Chaves.
- 1932 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches its lowest level of the Great Depression, closing at 41.22.
- 1933 – The first rugby union test match between the Wallabies of Australia and the Springboks of South Africa is played at Newlands Stadium in Cape Town.
- 1937 – Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan sign the Treaty of Saadabad.
- 1947 – Reports are broadcast that a UFO crash landed in Roswell, New Mexico in what became known as the Roswell UFO incident.
- 1948 – The United States Air Force accepts its first female recruits into a program called Women in the Air Force (WAF).
- 1960 – Francis Gary Powers is charged with espionage resulting from his flight over the Soviet Union.
- 1962 – Ne Win besieges and dynamites the Rangoon University Student Union building to crush the Student Movement.
- 1966 – King Mwambutsa IV Bangiriceng of Burundi is deposed by his son Prince Charles Ndizi.
- 1968 – The Chrysler wildcat strike begins in Detroit, Michigan.
- 1970 – Richard Nixon delivers a special congressional message enunciating Native American self-determination as official US Indian policy, leading to the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975.
- 1982 – Assassination attempt against Iraqi president Saddam Hussein in Dujail.
- 1988 – The Island Express train travelling from Bangalore to Kanyakumari derails on the Peruman bridge and falls into Ashtamudi Lake, killing 105 passengers and injuring over 200 more.
- 1994 – Kim Jong-il begins to assume supreme leadership of North Korea upon the death of his father, Kim Il-sung.
- 2011 – Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched in the final mission of the U.S. Space Shuttle program.
- 2014 – Israel launches an offensive on Gaza amid rising tensions following the killing of Israeli teenagers.
Births[edit]
- 1478 – Gian Giorgio Trissino, Italian linguist, poet, and playwright (d. 1550)
- 1528 – Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy (d. 1580)
- 1545 – Carlos, Prince of Asturias (d. 1568)
- 1593 – Artemisia Gentileschi, Italian painter (d. 1653)
- 1604 – Heinrich Albert, German composer and poet (d. 1651)
- 1621 – Jean de La Fontaine, French author and poet (d. 1695)
- 1760 – Christian Kramp, French mathematician and academic (d. 1826)
- 1766 – Dominique Jean Larrey, French surgeon (d. 1842)
- 1792 – Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen (d. 1854)
- 1819 – Francis Leopold McClintock, Irish admiral and explorer (d. 1907)
- 1830 – Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg (d. 1911)
- 1830 – Frederick W. Seward, American lawyer and politician, 6th United States Assistant Secretary of State (d. 1915)
- 1831 – John Pemberton, American chemist and pharmacist, invented Coca-Cola (d. 1888)
- 1836 – Joseph Chamberlain, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (d. 1914)
- 1838 – Eli Lilly, American soldier, chemist, and businessman, founded Eli Lilly and Company (d. 1898)
- 1838 – Ferdinand von Zeppelin, German general and businessman, founded the Zeppelin Airship Company (d. 1917)
- 1839 – John D. Rockefeller, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Standard Oil Company (d. 1937)
- 1851 – Arthur Evans, English archaeologist and academic (d. 1941)
- 1857 – Alfred Binet, French psychologist and graphologist (d. 1911)
- 1867 – Käthe Kollwitz, German painter and sculptor (d. 1945)
- 1882 – Percy Grainger, Australian-American pianist and composer (d. 1961)
- 1885 – Ernst Bloch, German philosopher, author, and academic (d. 1977)
- 1885 – Hugo Boss, German fashion designer, founded Hugo Boss (d. 1948)
- 1890 – Stanton Macdonald-Wright, American painter (d. 1973)
- 1892 – Richard Aldington, English author and poet (d. 1962)
- 1892 – Pavel Korin, Russian painter (d. 1967)
- 1893 – R. Carlyle Buley, American historian and author (d. 1968)
- 1894 – Pyotr Kapitsa, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)
- 1895 – Igor Tamm, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971)
- 1898 – Melville Ruick, American actor (d. 1972)
- 1900 – George Antheil, American pianist, composer, and author (d. 1959)
- 1904 – Henri Cartan, French mathematician and academic (d. 2008)
- 1905 – Leonid Amalrik, Russian animator and director (d. 1997)
- 1906 – Philip Johnson, American architect, designed the IDS Center and PPG Place (d. 2005)
- 1907 – George W. Romney, American businessman and politician, 43rd Governor of Michigan (d. 1995)
- 1908 – Louis Jordan, American singer-songwriter, saxophonist, and actor (Tympany Five) (d. 1975)
- 1908 – Nelson Rockefeller, American businessman and politician, 41st Vice President of the United States (d. 1979)
- 1909 – Alan Brown, English soldier (d. 1971)
- 1911 – Ken Farnes, English cricketer (d. 1941)
- 1914 – Jyoti Basu, Indian politician, 6th Chief Minister of West Bengal (d. 2010)
- 1914 – Billy Eckstine, American singer and trumpet player (d. 1993)
- 1917 – Pamela Brown, English actress (d. 1975)
- 1917 – Faye Emerson, American actress (d. 1983)
- 1917 – J. F. Powers American author and academic (d. 1999)
- 1918 – Paul B. Fay, American businessman, soldier, and diplomat, 12th United States Secretary of the Navy (d. 2009)
- 1918 – Irwin Hasen, American illustrator (d. 2015)
- 1918 – Craig Stevens, American actor and singer (d. 2000)
- 1919 – Walter Scheel, German soldier and politician, 4th President of West Germany
- 1920 – Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, Danish businessman (d. 1995)
- 1923 – Harrison Dillard, American sprinter and hurdler
- 1924 – Johnnie Johnson, American pianist and songwriter (d. 2005)
- 1925 – Marco Cé, Italian cardinal (d. 2014)
- 1926 – David Malet Armstrong, Australian philosopher and author (d. 2014)
- 1926 – John Dingell, American lieutenant and politician
- 1926 – Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Swiss-American psychiatrist and author (d. 2004)
- 1927 – Maurice Hayes, Irish educator and politician
- 1930 – Jerry Vale, American singer (d. 2014)
- 1932 – Franca Raimondi, Italian singer (d. 1988)
- 1933 – Antonio Lamer, Canadian lawyer and politician, 16th Chief Justice of Canada (d. 2007)
- 1934 – Raquel Correa, Chilean journalist (d. 2012)
- 1934 – Marty Feldman, English actor and screenwriter (d. 1982)
- 1934 – Ed Lumley, Canadian businessman and politician, 8th Canadian Minister of Communications
- 1935 – John David Crow, American football player and coach (d. 2015)
- 1935 – Steve Lawrence, American actor and singer (Steve and Eydie)
- 1935 – Vitaly Sevastyanov, Russian engineer and astronaut (d. 2010)
- 1938 – Diane Clare, English actress (d. 2013)
- 1940 – Joe B. Mauldin, American bass player and songwriter (The Crickets) (d. 2015)
- 1941 – Dario Gradi, Italian-English footballer, coach, and manager
- 1942 – Phil Gramm, American economist and politician
- 1944 – Jai Johanny Johanson, American drummer (Sea Level and The Allman Brothers Band)
- 1944 – Jeffrey Tambor, American actor and singer
- 1945 – Micheline Calmy-Rey, Swiss politician, 91st President of the Swiss Confederation
- 1947 – Kim Darby, American actress
- 1947 – Jenny Diski, English author and screenwriter (d. 2016)
- 1947 – Luis Fernando Figari, Peruvian religious leader, founded the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae
- 1948 – Raffi, Egyptian-Canadian singer-songwriter
- 1949 – Wolfgang Puck, Austrian-American chef and actor
- 1949 – Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, Indian politician, 14th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (d. 2009)
- 1951 – Alan Ashby, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster
- 1951 – Anjelica Huston, American actress and director
- 1952 – Larry Garner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1952 – Jack Lambert, American football player and sportscaster
- 1952 – Marianne Williamson, American author and activist
- 1956 – Terry Puhl, Canadian baseball player and coach
- 1957 – Carlos Cavazo, Mexican-American guitarist and songwriter (Quiet Riot and Ratt)
- 1957 – Aleksandr Gurnov, Russian journalist and author
- 1958 – Kevin Bacon, American actor and singer (The Bacon Brothers)
- 1958 – Andreas Carlgren, Swedish educator and politician, 8th Swedish Minister for the Environment
- 1958 – Tzipi Livni, Israeli lawyer and politician, 18th Justice Minister of Israel
- 1959 – Billy Kimball, American screenwriter and producer
- 1959 – Pauline Quirke, English actress and screenwriter
- 1960 – Mal Meninga, Australian rugby player and coach
- 1961 – Ces Drilon, Filipino journalist
- 1961 – Andrew Fletcher, English keyboard player (Depeche Mode)
- 1961 – Toby Keith, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
- 1961 – Karl Seglem, Norwegian saxophonist and record producer (Isglem)
- 1962 – Joan Osborne, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Dead and Trigger Hippy)
- 1963 – Mark Christopher, American director and screenwriter
- 1963 – Whilce Portacio, Filipino-American author and illustrator
- 1964 – Alexei Gusarov, Russian ice hockey player and manager
- 1965 – Dan Levinson, American clarinet player, saxophonist, and bandleader
- 1966 – Ralf Altmeyer, German-Chinese virologist and academic
- 1966 – Shadlog Bernicke, Nauruan politician
- 1966 – Mike Nawrocki, American voice actor, animator, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded Big Idea Entertainment
- 1968 – Billy Crudup, American actor
- 1968 – Thom Fitzgerald, American-Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1968 – Shane Howarth, New Zealand rugby player and coach
- 1968 – Michael Weatherly, American actor
- 1969 – Sugizo, Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (Luna Sea, X Japan, Juno Reactor, and S.K.I.N.)
- 1969 – George Fisher, American singer-songwriter (Cannibal Corpse, Monstrosity, and Paths of Possession)
- 1970 – Beck, American singer-songwriter and producer
- 1970 – Sylvain Gaudreault, Canadian educator and politician
- 1970 – Todd Martin, American tennis player and coach
- 1971 – Neil Jenkins, Welsh rugby player and coach
- 1972 – Karl Dykhuis, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1972 – Sourav Ganguly, Indian cricketer and sportscaster
- 1972 – Shōsuke Tanihara, Japanese actor
- 1973 – Kathleen Robertson, Canadian actress and producer
- 1974 – Tami Erin, American actress
- 1974 – Jeanna Friske, Russian actress and singer (d. 2015)
- 1975 – Amara, Indonesian actress, singer and model
- 1975 – Elias Viljanen, Finnish singer and guitarist (Sonata Arctica)
- 1975 – Jamal Woolard, American actor and rapper
- 1976 – Talal El Karkouri, Moroccan footballer
- 1976 – David Kennedy, American guitarist and songwriter (Angels & Airwaves, Box Car Racer, Hazen Street, and Over My Dead Body)
- 1976 – Ellen MacArthur, English sailor
- 1976 – Grettell Valdéz, Mexican actress
- 1977 – Paolo Tiralongo, Italian cyclist
- 1977 – Milo Ventimiglia, American actor, director, and producer
- 1977 – Wang Zhizhi, Chinese basketball player
- 1978 – Rachael Lillis, American voice actress
- 1978 – Urmas Rooba, Estonian footballer
- 1979 – Mat McBriar, American football player
- 1980 – Eric Chouinard, American-Canadian ice hockey player
- 1980 – Robbie Keane, Irish footballer
- 1981 – Oka Antara, Indonesian actor and rapper
- 1981 – Iyari Limon, Mexican-American actress
- 1981 – Wolfram Müller, German runner
- 1981 – Anastasia Myskina, Russian tennis player
- 1981 – Dagmar Oja, Estonian singer
- 1982 – Sophia Bush, American actress and director
- 1982 – Pendleton Ward, American animator, producer, screenwriter, and voice actor
- 1982 – Hakim Warrick, American basketball player
- 1982 – Joshua Alba, American actor
- 1983 – John Bowker, American baseball player
- 1983 – Jaroslav Janiš, Czech race car driver
- 1983 – Daniel Navarro, Spanish cyclist
- 1983 – Rich Peverley, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1985 – Jamie Cook, English guitarist and songwriter (Arctic Monkeys)
- 1986 – Renata Costa, Brazilian footballer
- 1988 – Miki Roqué, Spanish footballer (d. 2012)
- 1988 – Jesse Sergent, New Zealand cyclist
- 1988 – Dave Taylor, Australian rugby player
- 1989 – Tor Marius Gromstad, Norwegian footballer (d. 2012)
- 1992 – Sky Ferreira, American singer-songwriter and actress
- 1992 – Son Heung-min, South Korean footballer
- 1992 – Benjamin Grosvenor, English pianist
Deaths[edit]
- 810 – Pepin of Italy (b. 773)
- 901 – Grimbald, French-English monk and saint (b. 827)
- 975 – Edgar the Peaceful, English king (b. 943)
- 1153 – Pope Eugene III (b. 1087)
- 1538 – Diego de Almagro, Spanish general and explorer (b. 1475)
- 1390 – Albert of Saxony, Bishop of Halberstadt and German philosopher (b. circa 1320)
- 1623 – Pope Gregory XV (b. 1554)
- 1689 – Edward Wooster, English-American settler (b. 1622)
- 1695 – Christiaan Huygens, Dutch mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (b. 1629)
- 1716 – Robert South, English preacher and theologian (b. 1634)
- 1721 – Elihu Yale, American-English merchant and philanthropist (b. 1649)
- 1726 – John Ker, Scottish spy (b. 1673)
- 1784 – Torbern Bergman, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (b. 1735)
- 1794 – Richard Mique, French architect (b. 1728)
- 1822 – Percy Bysshe Shelley, English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1792)
- 1850 – Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (b. 1774)
- 1859 – Oscar I of Sweden (b. 1799)
- 1873 – Franz Xaver Winterhalter, German painter and lithographer (b. 1805)
- 1887 – Ben Holladay, American businessman (b. 1819)
- 1895 – Johann Josef Loschmidt, Austrian chemist and physicist (b. 1821)
- 1905 – Walter Kittredge, American violinist and composer (b. 1834)
- 1913 – Louis Hémon, French-Canadian author (b. 1880)
- 1917 – Tom Thomson, Canadian painter (b. 1877)
- 1930 – Joseph Ward, Australian-New Zealand businessman and politician, 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1856)
- 1933 – Anthony Hope, English author and playwright (b. 1863)
- 1934 – Benjamin Baillaud, French astronomer and academic (b. 1848)
- 1939 – Havelock Ellis, English psychologist and author (b. 1859)
- 1941 – Moses Schorr, Polish rabbi, historian, and politician (b. 1874)
- 1942 – Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, Algerian-French general (b. 1856)
- 1942 – Refik Saydam, Turkish physician and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1881)
- 1943 – Jean Moulin, French soldier (b. 1899)
- 1950 – Othmar Spann, Austrian sociologist, economist, and philosopher (b. 1878)
- 1952 – August Alle, Estonian lawyer, author, and poet (b. 1890)
- 1956 – Giovanni Papini, Italian journalist, author, and critic (b. 1881)
- 1957 – Grace Coolidge, American wife of Calvin Coolidge, 37th First Lady of the United States (b. 1879)
- 1965 – Thomas Sigismund Stribling, American lawyer and author (b. 1881)
- 1968 – Désiré Mérchez, French swimmer and water polo player (b. 1882)
- 1971 – Charlie Shavers, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1920)
- 1973 – Gene L. Coon, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1924)
- 1973 – Ben-Zion Dinur, Russian-Israeli educator and politician, 4th Education Minister of Israel (b. 1884)
- 1973 – Wilfred Rhodes, English cricketer and coach (b. 1877)
- 1979 – Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
- 1979 – Michael Wilding, English actor (b. 1912)
- 1979 – Robert Burns Woodward, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917)
- 1981 – Bill Hallahan, American baseball player (b. 1902)
- 1985 – Phil Foster, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1913)
- 1985 – Jean-Paul Le Chanois, French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1909)
- 1986 – Skeeter Webb, American baseball player and manager (b. 1909)
- 1987 – Lionel Chevrier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 27th Canadian Minister of Justice (b. 1903)
- 1987 – Gerardo Diego, Spanish poet and author (b. 1896)
- 1988 – Ray Barbuti, American runner and football player (b. 1905)
- 1990 – Howard Duff, American actor (b. 1913)
- 1991 – James Franciscus, American actor (b. 1934)
- 1994 – Christian-Jaque, French director and screenwriter (b. 1904)
- 1994 – Kim Il-sung, North Korean commander and politician, President of North Korea (b. 1912)
- 1994 – Lars-Eric Lindblad, Swedish-American businessman and explorer (b. 1927)
- 1994 – Dick Sargent, American actor (b. 1930)
- 1995 – Aleksander Arulaid, Estonian chess player (b. 1924)
- 1996 – Irene Prador, Austrian-born actress and writer (b. 1911)
- 1999 – Pete Conrad, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1930)
- 2001 – John O'Shea, New Zealand director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1920)
- 2002 – Ward Kimball, American animator and trombonist (Firehouse Five Plus Two) (b. 1914)
- 2003 – Ladan and Laleh Bijani, Iranian conjoined twins (b. 1974)
- 2004 – Paula Danziger, American author and educator (b. 1944)
- 2005 – Maurice Baquet, French actor and cellist (b. 1911)
- 2006 – June Allyson, American actress and singer (b. 1917)
- 2007 – Chandra Shekhar, Indian lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of India (b. 1927)
- 2007 – Jack B. Sowards, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1929)
- 2008 – John Templeton, American-born British businessman and philanthropist (b. 1912)
- 2009 – Midnight, American singer-songwriter (Crimson Glory) (b. 1962)
- 2011 – Roberts Blossom, American actor and poet (b. 1924)
- 2011 – Betty Ford, American wife of Gerald Ford, 40th First Lady of the United States (b. 1918)
- 2012 – Muhammed bin Saud Al Saud, Saudi Arabian politician (b. 1934)
- 2012 – Lionel Batiste, American singer and drummer (Treme Brass Band) (b. 1931)
- 2012 – Ernest Borgnine, American actor and singer (b. 1917)
- 2012 – Gyang Dalyop Datong, Nigerian physician and politician (b. 1959)
- 2012 – Martin Pakledinaz, American costume designer (b. 1953)
- 2013 – Dick Gray, American baseball player (b. 1931)
- 2013 – Dave Hickson, English footballer and manager (b. 1929)
- 2013 – Edmund Morgan, American historian and author (b. 1916)
- 2013 – Claudiney Ramos, Brazilian footballer (b. 1980)
- 2013 – Rubby Sherr, American physicist and academic (b. 1913)
- 2013 – Sundri Uttamchandani, Indian author (b. 1924)
- 2013 – Brett Walker, American songwriter and producer (b. 1961)
- 2014 – Plínio de Arruda Sampaio, Brazilian lawyer and politician (b. 1930)
- 2014 – John V. Evans, American soldier and politician, 27th Governor of Idaho (b. 1925)
- 2014 – Ben Pangelinan, Guamanian businessman and politician (b. 1956)
- 2014 – Howard Siler, American bobsledder and coach (b. 1945)
- 2014 – Tom Veryzer, American baseball player (b. 1953)
- 2015 – Irwin Keyes, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1952)
- 2015 – Paul J. Lioy, American scientist and academic (b. 1947)
- 2015 – Ernie Maresca, American singer-songwriter (The Regents) (b. 1938)
- 2015 – Ken Stabler, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1945)
- 2015 – James Tate, American poet (b. 1943)
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ΣΑΚΗΣ ΡΟΥΒΑΣ ΣΤΙΣ 27 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ ΣΤΗΝ ΜΥΚΟΝΟ
Ο Σάκης Ρουβάς επιστρέφει στη Μύκονο για να ανατρέψει για ακόμα μια φορά τα δεδομένα της διασκέδασης.
Ο κορυφαίος star, θα παρουσιάσει την Τετάρτη 27 Ιουλίου, το #TheSummerEclipse, ένα δυναμικό μουσικό υπερθέαμα, στο εντυπωσιακό σκηνικό του νέου RAKKAN Mykonos στην παραλία Καλό Λιβάδι, το οποίο έχει γίνει ήδη ο αγαπημένος προορισμός των πιο απαιτητικών προσωπικοτήτων, από τον ελληνικό αλλά και το διεθνή χώρο.
Ο Σάκης Ρουβάς, θα απογειώσει το κοινό με την εκρηκτική σκηνική του παρουσία σε ένα εντυπωσιακό live performance, γεμάτο ανατροπές παρουσιάζοντας το #TheSummerEclipse, μια ανεπανάληπτη, διαδραστική μουσική εμπειρία, που θα αποτελέσει το μουσικό event του καλοκαιριού.
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Ο Κωστής Γεωργίου είναι από τους πιο γνωστούς και καταξιωμένους διεθνώς Έλληνες εικαστικούς! Με περισσότερες από 90 ατομικές εκθέσεις ζωγραφικής και γλυπτικής στα μεγαλύτερα μουσεία και γκαλερί του κόσμου και με περισσότερες από 300 ομαδικές εκθέσεις παγκοσμίως είναι ένας δημιουργός – παρατηρητής, όπως δηλώνει.
Έναν από τους πίνακες του τον έχουμε δει όλοι! Πρόκειται για το έργο Fight Omega με τους δύο ταύρους που στέκονται αντικριστά, ένα έργο παραγγελία του Αλέξη Τσίπρα.. Είναι ο μεγάλος κόκκινος πίνακας στην πλάτη του Πρωθυπουργού, όταν δίνει συνεντεύξεις που απεικονίζει δύο ταύρους «μούρη με μούρη» που μοιάζουν πανέτοιμοι για μία μεγάλη μονομαχία που κανείς δεν ξέρει πότε θα αρχίσει.. άλλοι πάλι βλέπουν υποχωρήσεις εκατέρωθεν.. ένα έργο που πληρώθηκε από τον Σύριζα! Άλλα έργα του Κωστή Γεωργίου κοσμούν πλατείες, όπως αυτήν της Βούλας και ακολουθεί και η Βουλιαγμένη..
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5 Ελληνικά νησιά top 10 της Ευρώπης!Τα αποτελέσματα της ετήσιας έρευνας World’s Best Awards, στην οποιά συμμετέχουν αναγνώστες-ταξιδιώτες βαθμολογώντας ξενοδοχεία, θέρετρα, πόλεις, γραμμές κρουαζιέρας, ιαματικές πηγές, αεροπορικές εταιρείες, και πολλά άλλα, δημοσίευσε ο διάσημος ταξιδιωτικός ιστότοπος Travel and Leisure. Aπό την έρευνα προέκυψαν τα καλύτερα νησιά, με βάση τη φυσική ομορφιά τους, τα αξιοθέατα και τις παραλίες, τις δραστηριότητες και τα αξιοθέατα, το φαγητό, τη φιλικότητα και το κόστος. Στα 10πρώτα της Ευρώπης συναντήσαμε κι ελληνικά νησιά: Σαντορίνη, Μύκονος, Κρήτη, Νησιά Ιονίου πλην Κέρκυρας και Πάρος. Δείτε αναλυτικά τη λίστα: 1. Ίσκια, Ιταλία – Βαθμολογία: 90.22 2. Σαντορίνη – Βαθμολογία: 89.07 3. Σικελία – Βαθμολογία: 86.63 4. Μαδέιρα, Πορτογαλία – Βαθμολογία: 86.50 5. Νησιά του Ιονίου (εκτός της Κέρκυρας που βαθμολογείται ξεχωριστά) – Βαθμολογία: 85.54 6. Μάλτα – Βαθμολογία: 85.21 7. Μύκονος- Βαθμολογία: 85.164 8. Πάρος – Βαθμολογία: 85.158 9. Hvar, Κροατία – Βαθμολογία: 84.96 10. Κρήτη – Βαθμολογία: 84.87 |
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Μετά από οκτώ χρόνια αναμονής, γίνονται τα εγκαίνια του πεντάστερου ξενοδοχείου. Ανεβαίνει τουριστικά η Θάσος και με το SENTIDO της Thomas Cook.
Για τον κ. Λούκαν Λουκάνοφ και το Thassos Grand Resort, τελείωσε η περίοδος των οκτώ χρόνων υπομονετικής αναμονής. Την Παρασκευή 15 Ιουλίου, θα γίνουν επιτέλους τα εγκαίνια του 5άστερου ξενοδοχειακού συγκροτήματος στη καταπράσινη περιοχή του Οσίου Ιωάννη Λουκά.
Ο Βούλγαρος επιχειρηματίας και πρώην αντιπρόεδρος της Συνομοσπονδίας Βιομηχάνων & Εργοδοτών Βουλγαρίας (CEIBG) κ. Λούκαν Λουκάνοφ, επένδυσε συνολικά 15 εκατ. ευρώ, για τη δημιουργία του Thassos Grand Resort, μία επένδυση που έχει ενταχθεί στον προηγούμενο αναπτυξιακό αλλά η οποία ολοκληρώθηκε, χωρίς ευρώ επιδότησης μέχρι σήμερα. Το έργο υλοποιήθηκε από την Amiridis & Associates Engineers.
Το Thassos Grand Resort, που βρίσκεται στο νοτιοανατολικό τμήμα του νησιού και σε έκταση 47 στρεμμάτων, διαθέτει 166 δωμάτια και 348 κλίνες. Το συγκρότημα που είναι ανεπτυγμένο σε οικήματα χαμηλού ύψους, διαθέτει τέσσερις εξωτερικές πισίνες, κέντρο spa, δύο εστιατόρια και δύο μπαρ, ενώ καταλήγει στον όρμο του Οσίου Ιωάννη Λουκά.
H επένδυση Λουκάνοφ αποκτά μεγαλύτερη σημασία για το νησί, αφού για την προσέλκυση επισκεπτών θα αξιοποιηθεί ο τουριστικός – ξενοδοχειακός βραχίονας του ομίλου που ελέγχεται από την εταιρεία ΕΤΟΝ. Σημειώνεται ότι η βασική επιχειρηματική δραστηριότητα του Λ. Λουκάνοφ αφορά τη βιομηχανία καλλυντικών και ειδών υγιεινής Aroma A.D.
Μέχρι σήμερα πάντως, οι περισσότερες κρατήσεις στο Thassos Grand Resort αφορούν Βρετανούς, Γερμανούς και αρκετούς Πολωνούς.
Το Thassos Grand Resort ανοίγει σε μία περίοδο που η Θάσος αναδεικνύεται σαν τουριστικός προορισμός σε Δυτική και Ν.Α. Ευρώπη, κάτι που αποδεικνύεται από τη λειτουργία, μέσα στο Μάιο, του SENTIDO Thassos Imperial, ενός νεόδμητου ξενοδοχείου στην παραλία Παχύ, που ανήκει στην αλυσίδα ξενοδοχείων του τουριστικού ομίλου Thomas Cook.
Για τον κ. Λούκαν Λουκάνοφ και το Thassos Grand Resort, τελείωσε η περίοδος των οκτώ χρόνων υπομονετικής αναμονής. Την Παρασκευή 15 Ιουλίου, θα γίνουν επιτέλους τα εγκαίνια του 5άστερου ξενοδοχειακού συγκροτήματος στη καταπράσινη περιοχή του Οσίου Ιωάννη Λουκά.
Ο Βούλγαρος επιχειρηματίας και πρώην αντιπρόεδρος της Συνομοσπονδίας Βιομηχάνων & Εργοδοτών Βουλγαρίας (CEIBG) κ. Λούκαν Λουκάνοφ, επένδυσε συνολικά 15 εκατ. ευρώ, για τη δημιουργία του Thassos Grand Resort, μία επένδυση που έχει ενταχθεί στον προηγούμενο αναπτυξιακό αλλά η οποία ολοκληρώθηκε, χωρίς ευρώ επιδότησης μέχρι σήμερα. Το έργο υλοποιήθηκε από την Amiridis & Associates Engineers.
Το Thassos Grand Resort, που βρίσκεται στο νοτιοανατολικό τμήμα του νησιού και σε έκταση 47 στρεμμάτων, διαθέτει 166 δωμάτια και 348 κλίνες. Το συγκρότημα που είναι ανεπτυγμένο σε οικήματα χαμηλού ύψους, διαθέτει τέσσερις εξωτερικές πισίνες, κέντρο spa, δύο εστιατόρια και δύο μπαρ, ενώ καταλήγει στον όρμο του Οσίου Ιωάννη Λουκά.
H επένδυση Λουκάνοφ αποκτά μεγαλύτερη σημασία για το νησί, αφού για την προσέλκυση επισκεπτών θα αξιοποιηθεί ο τουριστικός – ξενοδοχειακός βραχίονας του ομίλου που ελέγχεται από την εταιρεία ΕΤΟΝ. Σημειώνεται ότι η βασική επιχειρηματική δραστηριότητα του Λ. Λουκάνοφ αφορά τη βιομηχανία καλλυντικών και ειδών υγιεινής Aroma A.D.
Μέχρι σήμερα πάντως, οι περισσότερες κρατήσεις στο Thassos Grand Resort αφορούν Βρετανούς, Γερμανούς και αρκετούς Πολωνούς.
Το Thassos Grand Resort ανοίγει σε μία περίοδο που η Θάσος αναδεικνύεται σαν τουριστικός προορισμός σε Δυτική και Ν.Α. Ευρώπη, κάτι που αποδεικνύεται από τη λειτουργία, μέσα στο Μάιο, του SENTIDO Thassos Imperial, ενός νεόδμητου ξενοδοχείου στην παραλία Παχύ, που ανήκει στην αλυσίδα ξενοδοχείων του τουριστικού ομίλου Thomas Cook.
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Τα νέα υπέρ-πολυτελή ξενοδοχεία που άνοιξαν στην Ελλάδα μέσα στο 2016
Μπορεί οι εποχές που διανύουμε να είναι δύσκολες, πόσο μάλλον στον τομέα της επιχειρηματικότητας, φαίνεται όμως πως στο αναπτυξιακό κομμάτι του τουρισμού δεν τα πάμε και τόσο άσχημα ως χώρα. Για την ακρίβεια, αν ρίξει κανείς μια ματιά στις πέντε νέες ξενοδοχειακές μονάδες που εγκαινιάστηκαν σε διάφορα μέρη της Ελλάδας μέσα στο 2016, θα μείνει τουλάχιστον έκπληκτος από τα πολυτελή, σύγχρονα και εντελώς εντυπωσιακά ξενοδοχεία που υλοποιήθηκαν παρά τα όποια εμπόδια.
Ναι, μπορεί να μην είναι όλα τους για όλες τις «τσέπες» και κατά πάσα πιθανότητα να μην καταφέρουμε να μείνουμε ποτέ σε κάποια από αυτά (ή και όχι, ποτέ δεν ξέρεις, μη χάνετε την αισιοδοξία σας), η ουσία όμως είναι άλλη. Η ουσία είναι πως εν μέσω κρίσης η χώρα απέκτησε και έχει να επιδείξει ξενοδοχεία-κοσμήματα που δεν έχουν να ζηλέψουν σε τίποτα τα αντίστοιχα του εξωτερικού, τόσο σε design και τοποθεσία όσο και σε παροχές, τα οποία όχι μόνο αναπτερώνουν το κύρος του ελληνικού τουρισμού αλλά από ότι φαίνεται θα τον τονώσουν και σημαντικά -ήδη τα περισσότερα είναι σχεδόν κλεισμένα για τη φετινή καλοκαιρινή σεζόν.
Σας τα παρουσιάζουμε παρακάτω:
Casa Cook, Ρόδος
Συνδυάζοντας την λιτή, διακριτική πολυτέλεια με το νομαδικό στυλ και τη μποέμ φιλοσοφία και δημιουργώντας δωμάτια που θυμίζουν περισσότερο ένα «ζεστό», οικείο περιβάλλον σπιτιού παρά ξενοδοχείου, το Casa Cook στη Ρόδο προσφέρει μια ολοκληρωμένη ταξιδιωτική εμπειρία σε όχι-και-τόσο απλησίαστες τιμές, φέρνοντας πινελιές αστικού περιβάλλοντος σε έναν ειδυλλιακό τόπο διακοπών. Τα διαμερίσματα διαθέτουν ιδιωτικές βεράντες και πισίνες με υπέροχες αιώρες και αναπαυτικές ξαπλώστρες ενώ στις υπηρεσίες που διαθέτει αυτό το boutique ξενοδοχείου περιλαμβάνονται γυμναστήριο, spa, μαθήματα yoga, εστιατόριο με έμφαση στο φρέσκο και υγιεινό φαγητό και μια πληθώρα δραστηριοτήτων που εμπλουτίζονται διαρκώς.
Domes Noruz, Κρήτη (Χανιά)
Η νέα προσθήκη 5 αστέρων στον ούτως ή άλλως εξωτικό προορισμό των Χανίων ήρθε για να φέρει μια νέα λάμψη και exclusive ανέσεις σε μια από τις πιο δημοφιλείς παραλίες της περιοχής, τους Αγίους Αποστόλους. Η μονάδα διαθέτει 83 μοναδικά δωμάτια, κομμένα και ραμμένα για κάθε γούστο και ανάγκη, εξοπλισμένα με κάθε μικρή και μεγάλη πολυτέλεια που μπορεί να χρειάζεται (ή και να φανταστεί) ο φιλοξενούμενος, κρατώντας όμως χαμηλούς τόνους στη διακόσμηση και την αισθητική. Το καλύτερο από όλα, τουλάχιστον για τους άτεκνους ταξιδιώτες που αποζητούν την απόλυτη ηρεμία; Η adults only πολιτική του ξενοδοχείου.
Miraggio Thermal Spa Resort, Χαλκιδική
300 υπέρ-πολυτελείς σουίτες και δωμάτια, εγκαταστάσεις spa μοναδικού design, δέκα κοσμοπολίτικα εστιατόρια για κάθε διάθεση, ειδικός χώρος για τη διασκέδαση των παιδιών, τεράστιες πισίνες και μια μεγάλη ποικιλία δραστηριοτήτων και παροχών είναι κάποια μόνο από τα βασικά «ατού» της νέας ξενοδοχειακής μονάδας Miraggio στη Χαλκιδική. Η πράσινη έκταση και οι χρυσαφένιες παραλίες που περικλείουν την περιοχή είναι απλά το κερασάκι σε αυτό το resort που θα μπορούσε κάλλιστα να φιγουράρει δίπλα στη λέξη «πολυτέλεια» στο λεξικό.
Radisson Blu Beach Resort, Κρήτη (Μιλάτος)
Επιστροφή στην Κρήτη για μια νέα είσοδο από την διάσημη αλυσίδα ξενοδοχείων Radisson Blu, γνωστή για τις εξαίρετες υπηρεσίες της και την μοναδική ποιότητα διακοπών που προσφέρει. Το ξενοδοχείο βρίσκεται ανάμεσα στα χωριά Μιλάτος και Σίσσι του Λασιθίου και διαθέτει υπέροχα δωμάτια με μεσογειακή αισθητική, από καμπάνες και σουίτες μέχρι ολόκληρες μεζονέτες, εστιατόριο με πλούσιο μενού σχεδιασμένο από τον βραβευμένο με 2 αστέρια Michelin σεφ Yves Mattagne, «εξωτικό» μπαρ δίπλα στην γιγαντιαίων διαστάσεων πισίνα του ξενοδοχείου (μία από τις επτά για την ακρίβεια), ιδιωτική παραλία και fitness center.
Santo Maris, Σαντορίνη (Οία)
Με μότο το «δημιουργήστε τη δική σας ιδανική ιστορία διακοπών», το Santo Maris Oia Luxury Suites and Spa προσφέρει ασύγκριτη άνεση, μοναδικό design, ονειρεμένη ατμόσφαιρα και μια πληθώρα πολυτελών υπηρεσιών που θα ικανοποιήσουν και τον πιο απαιτητικό πελάτη. Η ξενοδοχειακή αυτή μονάδα χωρίζεται σε θεματικές «γειτονιές» εμπνευσμένες από τα ελληνικά νησιά και το Αιγαίο, διαθέτει 24 πολυτελείς σουίτες minimal αισθητικής, κάθε μία εκ των οποίων περιλαμβάνει τζακούζι και ιδιωτική βεράντα, ένα εξαιρετικό εστιατόριο γεμάτο γαστρονομικούς θησαυρούς και φυσικά το απαραίτητο spa για επιπλέον χαλάρωση,
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- 455 – The military commander Avitus is proclaimed Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
- 491 – Odoacer makes a night assault with his Heruli guardsmen, engaging Theoderic the Great in Ad Pinetam. Both sides suffer heavy losses, but in the end Theodoric forces Odoacer back into Ravenna.
- 660 – Korean forces under general Kim Yu-shin of Silla defeat the army of Baekje in the Battle of Hwangsanbeol.
- 869 – A magnitude 8.6 Ms earthquake and subsequent tsunami strikes the area around Sendai in the northern part of Honshu, Japan.
- 1357 – Emperor Charles IV assists in laying the foundation stone of Charles Bridge in Prague.
- 1386 – The Old Swiss Confederacy makes great strides in establishing control over its territory by soundly defeating the Archduchy of Austria in the Battle of Sempach.
- 1540 – King Henry VIII of England annuls his marriage to his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves.
- 1572 – Nineteen Catholics suffer martyrdom for their beliefs in the Dutch town of Gorkum.
- 1609 – Bohemia is granted freedom of religion through the Letter of Majesty by the Holy Roman Emperor, Rudolf II.
- 1701 – A Bourbon force under Nicolas Catinat withdraws from a smaller Habsburg force under Prince Eugene of Savoy in the Battle of Carpi.
- 1745 – French victory in the Battle of Melle allows them to capture Ghent in the days after.
- 1755 – The Braddock Expedition is soundly defeated by a smaller French and native American force in its attempt to capture Fort Duquesne in what is now downtown Pittsburgh.
- 1776 – George Washington orders the Declaration of Independence to be read out to members of the Continental Army in Manhattan, while thousands of British troops on Staten Island prepare for the Battle of Long Island.
- 1789 – In Versailles, the National Assembly reconstitutes itself as the National Constituent Assembly and begins preparations for a French constitution.
- 1790 – The Swedish Navy captures one third of the Russian Baltic fleet.
- 1793 – The Act Against Slavery in Upper Canada bans the importation of slaves and will free those who are born into slavery after the passage of the Act at 25 years of age.
- 1807 – The Treaties of Tilsit are signed by Napoleon I of France and Alexander I of Russia.
- 1810 – Napoleon annexes the Kingdom of Holland as part of the First French Empire.
- 1811 – Explorer David Thompson posts a sign near what is now Sacajawea State Park in Washington state, claiming the Columbia District for the United Kingdom.
- 1815 – Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord becomes the first Prime Minister of France.
- 1816 – Argentina declares independence from Spain.
- 1821 – Four hundred and seventy prominent Cypriots including Archbishop Kyprianos are executed in response to Cypriot aid to the Greek War of Independence
- 1850 – U.S. President Zachary Taylor dies after eating raw fruit and iced milk, to be succeeded by Millard Fillmore.
- 1850 – Persian prophet Báb is executed in Tabriz, Persia.
- 1863 – The Siege of Port Hudson ends, giving the Union complete control of the Mississippi River.
- 1864 – Franz Muller commits the first known murder on a British train.
- 1868 – The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing African Americans full citizenship and all persons in the United States due process of law.
- 1875 – The Herzegovina Uprising against Ottoman rule begins, which would last until 1878 and have far-reaching implications throughout the Balkans.
- 1877 – The inaugural Wimbledon Championships begins.
- 1896 – William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of Gold speech advocating bimetallism at the 1896 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
- 1900 – The Federation of Australia is given royal assent.
- 1900 – The Governor of Shanxi province in North China orders the execution of 45 foreign Christian missionaries and local church members, including children.
- 1903 – Future Soviet leader Joseph Stalin is exiled to Siberia for three years.
- 1918 – In Nashville, Tennessee, an inbound local train collides with an outbound express, killing 101 and injuring 171 people, making it the deadliest rail accident in United States history.
- 1922 – Johnny Weissmuller swims the 100 meters freestyle in 58.6 seconds breaking the world swimming record and the 'minute barrier'.
- 1932 – The state of São Paulo revolts against the Brazilian Federal Government, starting the Constitutionalist Revolution.
- 1937 – The silent film archives of Fox Film Corporation are destroyed by the 1937 Fox vault fire.
- 1943 – The Allied invasion of Sicily soon causes the downfall of Mussolini and forces Hitler to break off the Battle of Kursk.
- 1944 – Operation Charnwood gives British and Canadian forces control of Caen north of the Odon and Orne rivers, as well as the Carpiquet airfield.
- 1944 – American forces take Saipan, bringing the Japanese archipelago within range of B-29 raids, and causing the downfall of the Tojo government.
- 1944 – Finland wins the Battle of Tali-Ihantala, the largest battle ever fought in northern Europe. The Red Army withdraws its troops from Ihantala and digs into a defensive position, thus ending the Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive.
- 1955 – The Russell–Einstein Manifesto calls for a reduction of the risk of nuclear warfare.
- 1956 – The 7.7 Mw Amorgos earthquake triggers a destructive tsunami that affects the Aegean Sea. The mainshock was followed minutes later by a damaging M7.2 aftershock. Fifty-three people were killed and 100 were injured.
- 1958 – A 7.8 Mw strike-slip earthquake in Alaska causes a landslide that produces a megatsunami. The runup from the waves reached 525 m (1,722 ft) on the rim of Lituya Bay. Due to the remote location, only five people were killed.
- 1961 – Turkish voters approve the Turkish Constitution of 1961 in a referendum.
- 1962 – Starfish Prime tests the effects of a nuclear test at orbital altitudes.
- 1962 – Andy Warhol's Campbell's Soup Cans exhibition opens at the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles.
- 1972 – The Troubles: In Belfast, British Army snipers shoot five civilians dead in the Springhill Massacre.
- 1979 – A car bomb destroys a Renault motor car owned by the famed "Nazi hunters" Serge and Beate Klarsfeld at their home in France. A note purportedly from ODESSA claims responsibility.
- 1981 – Donkey Kong, a video game created by Nintendo, is released. The game marks the debut of Nintendo's future mascot, Mario.
- 1982 – Pan Am Flight 759 crashes in Kenner, Louisiana killing all 145 people on board and eight others on the ground.
- 1986 – The Parliament of New Zealand passes the Homosexual Law Reform Act legalising homosexuality in New Zealand.
- 1993 – The Parliament of Canada passes the Nunavut Act leading to the 1999 creation of Nunavut, dividing the Northwest Territories into arctic (Inuit) and sub-arctic (Dene) lands based on a plebiscite.
- 1995 – The Navaly church bombing is carried out by the Sri Lanka Air Force killing 125 Tamil civilian refugees.
- 1999 – Days of student protests begin after Iranian police and hardliners attack a student dormitory at the University of Tehran.
- 2006 – At least 122 people are killed after a Sibir Airlines Airbus A310 passenger jet, carrying 200 passengers veers off the runway while landing in wet conditions at Irkutsk Airport in Siberia.
- 2011 – South Sudan gains independence and secedes from Sudan.
- 2014 – A gunman kills six people including four children near Spring, Texas.
Births[edit]
- 1511 – Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg (d. 1571)
- 1577 – Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, English-American soldier and politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (d. 1618)
- 1578 – Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1637)
- 1654 – Emperor Reigen of Japan (d. 1732)
- 1686 – Philip Livingston, American merchant and politician (d. 1749)
- 1689 – Alexis Piron, French epigrammatist and playwright (d. 1773)
- 1721 – Johann Nikolaus Götz, German poet and author (d. 1781)
- 1753 – William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock, English admiral and politician, 34th Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland (d. 1825)
- 1764 – Ann Radcliffe, English author and poet (d. 1823)
- 1775 – Matthew Lewis, English author and playwright (d. 1818)
- 1786 – Princess Sophie Hélène Béatrice of France (d. 1787)
- 1800 – Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle, German physician, pathologist, and anatomist (d. 1885)
- 1808 – Alexander William Doniphan, American lawyer and colonel (d. 1887)
- 1819 – Elias Howe, American inventor, invented the sewing machine (d. 1867)
- 1825 – A. C. Gibbs, American lawyer and politician, 2nd Governor of Oregon (d. 1886)
- 1828 – Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano, Italian cardinal (d. 1913)
- 1834 – Jan Neruda, Czech journalist and poet (d. 1891)
- 1836 – Camille of Renesse-Breidbach (d. 1904)
- 1848 – Robert I, Duke of Parma (d. 1907)
- 1853 – William Turner Dannat, American painter (d. 1929)
- 1858 – Franz Boas, German-American anthropologist and linguist (d. 1942)
- 1867 – Georges Lecomte, French author and playwright (d. 1958)
- 1878 – Eduard Sõrmus, Estonian violinist (d. 1940)
- 1879 – Carlos Chagas, Brazilian physician and parasitologist (d. 1934)
- 1879 – Ottorino Respighi, Italian composer and conductor (d. 1936)
- 1887 – James Ormsbee Chapin, American-Canadian painter and illustrator (d. 1975)
- 1887 – Saturnino Herrán, Mexican painter (d. 1918)
- 1887 – Samuel Eliot Morison, American admiral and historian (d. 1976)
- 1889 – Léo Dandurand, American-Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and referee (d. 1964)
- 1893 – George Geary, English cricketer and coach (d. 1981)
- 1896 – Maria Gomes Valentim, Brazilian super-centenarian (d. 2011)
- 1901 – Barbara Cartland, English author and singer (d. 2000)
- 1902 – Peter Acland, English soldier (d. 1993)
- 1905 – Clarence Campbell, Canadian ice hockey player and referee (d. 1984)
- 1907 – Eddie Dean, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1999)
- 1908 – Allamah Rasheed Turabi, Pakistani philosopher and scholar (d. 1973)
- 1908 – Minor White, American photographer, critic, and educator (d. 1976)
- 1909 – Basil Wolverton, American author and illustrator (d. 1978)
- 1911 – Mervyn Peake, English author and illustrator (d. 1968)
- 1911 – John Archibald Wheeler, American physicist and author (d. 2008)
- 1914 – Willi Stoph, German engineer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of East Germany (d. 1999)
- 1915 – David Diamond, American composer and educator (d. 2005)
- 1915 – Lee Embree, American sergeant and photographer (d. 2008)
- 1916 – Dean Goffin, New Zealand composer (d. 1984)
- 1916 – Edward Heath, English colonel and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 2005)
- 1918 – Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn, Dutch mathematician and academic (d. 2012)
- 1918 – Jarl Wahlström, Finnish 12th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1999)
- 1921 – David C. Jones, American general (d. 2013)
- 1924 – Pierre Cochereau, French organist and composer (d. 1984)
- 1924 – Leonard Pennario, American pianist and composer (d. 2008)
- 1925 – Guru Dutt, Indian actor, director, and producer (d. 1964)
- 1925 – Charles E. Wicks, American engineer, author, and academic (d. 2010)
- 1926 – Murphy Anderson, American illustrator (d. 2015)
- 1926 – Ben Roy Mottelson, American-Danish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1927 – Ed Ames, American singer and actor (Ames Brothers)
- 1927 – Susan Cabot, American actress (d. 1986)
- 1927 – Red Kelly, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and politician
- 1928 – Federico Bahamontes, Spanish cyclist
- 1928 – Vince Edwards, American actor, singer, and director (d. 1996)
- 1929 – Lee Hazlewood, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2007)
- 1929 – Jesse McReynolds, American singer and mandolin player (Jim & Jesse)
- 1929 – Hassan II of Morocco (d. 1999)
- 1930 – K. Balachander, Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
- 1930 – Buddy Bregman, American composer and conductor
- 1930 – Janice Lourie, American computer scientist and graphic artist
- 1930 – Roy McLean, South African cricketer and rugby player (d. 2007)
- 1931 – Haynes Johnson, American journalist and author (d. 2013)
- 1932 – Donald Rumsfeld, American captain and politician, 13th United States Secretary of Defense
- 1932 – Amitzur Shapira, Israeli sprinter and long jumper (d. 1972)
- 1933 – Oliver Sacks, English-American neurologist, author, and academic (d. 2015)
- 1934 – Michael Graves, American architect, designed the Portland Building and the Humana Building (d. 2015)
- 1935 – Wim Duisenberg, Dutch economist and politician, Dutch Minister of Finance (d. 2005)
- 1935 – Mercedes Sosa, Argentinian singer and activist (d. 2009)
- 1935 – Michael Williams, English actor (d. 2001)
- 1936 – June Jordan, American poet and educator (d. 2002)
- 1936 – Richard Wilson, Scottish actor and director
- 1936 – David Zinman, American violinist and conductor
- 1937 – David Hockney, English painter and photographer
- 1938 – Brian Dennehy, American actor, director, and producer
- 1940 – David B. Frohnmayer, American lawyer and politician, 12th Oregon Attorney General (d. 2015)
- 1940 – Eugene Victor Wolfenstein, American psychoanalyst and theorist (d. 2010)
- 1941 – Mac MacLeod, English musician
- 1942 – David Chidgey, Baron Chidgey, English engineer and politician
- 1942 – Richard Roundtree, American actor
- 1943 – John Casper, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
- 1943 – Soledad Miranda, Spanish actress (d. 1970)
- 1944 – Judith M. Brown, Indian-English historian and academic
- 1944 – John Cunniff, American ice hockey player and coach (d. 2002)
- 1945 – Dean Koontz, American author and screenwriter
- 1945 – Root Boy Slim, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1993)
- 1946 – Natasha Pyne, English actress
- 1946 – Bon Scott, Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter (AC/DC, Fraternity, The Valentines, and The Spektors) (d. 1980)
- 1947 – Haruomi Hosono, Japanese singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (Yellow Magic Orchestra and Happy End)
- 1947 – Mitch Mitchell, English drummer (The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Dirty Mac, and The Riot Squad) (d. 2008)
- 1947 – O. J. Simpson, American football player and actor
- 1947 – Patrick Wormald, English historian (d. 2004)
- 1948 – Hassan Wirajuda, Indonesian lawyer and politician, 15th Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs
- 1950 – Amal ibn Idris al-Alami, Moroccan physician and neurosurgeon
- 1950 – Gwen Guthrie, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1999)
- 1950 – Adriano Panatta, Italian tennis player and sailor
- 1950 – Viktor Yanukovych, Ukrainian engineer and politician, 4th President of Ukraine
- 1951 – Chris Cooper, American actor
- 1951 – Māris Gailis, Latvian politician, businessman, and former Prime Minister of Latvia
- 1952 – John Tesh, American pianist, composer, and radio and television host
- 1953 – Margie Gillis, Canadian dancer and choreographer
- 1953 – Thomas Ligotti, American author
- 1954 – Théophile Abega, Cameroonian footballer and politician (d. 2012)
- 1954 – Kevin O'Leary, Canadian journalist and businessman
- 1955 – Steve Coppell, English footballer and manager
- 1955 – Lindsey Graham, American colonel, lawyer, and politician
- 1955 – Fred Norris, American radio host and actor
- 1955 – Jimmy Smits, American actor and producer
- 1955 – Willie Wilson, American baseball player and manager
- 1956 – Tom Hanks, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1956 – Michael Lederer, American author, poet, and playwright
- 1957 – Marc Almond, English singer-songwriter (Marc and the Mambas, Soft Cell, and The Immaculate Consumptive)
- 1957 – Tim Kring, American screenwriter and producer
- 1957 – Kelly McGillis, American actress
- 1957 – Paul Merton, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
- 1957 – Jim Paxson, American basketball player and manager
- 1959 – Jim Kerr, Scottish singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Simple Minds)
- 1959 – Clive Stafford Smith, English lawyer and author
- 1960 – Yūko Asano, Japanese actress and singer
- 1960 – Wally Fullerton Smith, Australian rugby player
- 1960 – Eduardo Montes-Bradley, Argentinian journalist, photographer, and author
- 1963 – Klaus Theiss, German footballer
- 1964 – Courtney Love, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress (Hole, Pagan Babies, Sugar Babydoll, and Babes in Toyland)
- 1964 – Gianluca Vialli, Italian footballer and coach
- 1965 – Frank Bello, American bass player (Anthrax and Helmet)
- 1965 – Thomas Jahn, German director and screenwriter
- 1965 – Jason Rhoades, American sculptor (d. 2006)
- 1966 – Pamela Adlon, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
- 1966 – Zheng Cao, Chinese-American soprano and actress (d. 2013)
- 1966 – Marco Pennette, American screenwriter and producer
- 1967 – Gunnar Axén, Swedish politician
- 1967 – Mark Stoops, American football player and coach
- 1968 – Paolo Di Canio, Italian footballer and manager
- 1968 – Lars Gyllenhaal, Swedish historian and author
- 1969 – Nicklas Barker, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Anekdoten)
- 1969 – Jason Kearton, Australian footballer and coach
- 1969 – Mark Lui, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and producer (Dry)
- 1970 – Trent Green, American football player and sportscaster
- 1970 – Masami Tsuda, Japanese author and illustrator
- 1971 – Marc Andreessen, American software developer, co-founded Netscape
- 1971 – Scott Grimes, American singer-songwriter and actor
- 1972 – Ara Babajian, American drummer and songwriter (The Slackers, Leftöver Crack, and Star Fucking Hipsters)
- 1973 – Kelly Holcomb, American football player and sportscaster
- 1973 – Enrique Murciano, American actor
- 1974 – Dani Behr, English singer and actress (Faith Hope & Charity)
- 1974 – Siân Berry, English environmentalist and politician
- 1974 – Ian Bradshaw, Barbadian cricketer
- 1974 – Gary Kelly, Irish footballer
- 1974 – Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Japanese actor and singer (SMAP)
- 1974 – Nikola Šarčević, Swedish singer-songwriter and bass player (Millencolin)
- 1975 – Shelton Benjamin, American wrestler
- 1975 – Isaac Brock, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Modest Mouse and Ugly Casanova)
- 1975 – Robert Koenig, American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1975 – Craig Quinnell, Welsh rugby player
- 1975 – Jack White, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The White Stripes, The Raconteurs, The Dead Weather, and The Go)
- 1976 – Thomas Cichon, Polish-German footballer and manager
- 1976 – Yekaterina Guseva, Russian actress
- 1976 – Fred Savage, American actor, director, and producer
- 1976 – Radike Samo, Fijian-Australian rugby player
- 1976 – Jochem Uytdehaage, Dutch speed skater
- 1977 – Jun Hori, Japanese journalist and host
- 1978 – Kara Goucher, American runner
- 1978 – Nuno Santos, Portuguese footballer
- 1979 – Ella Koon, Hong Kong singer and actress
- 1981 – Lee Chun-soo, South Korean footballer
- 1981 – Michael Norgrove, Zambian-English boxer (d. 2013)
- 1981 – Emily West, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1982 – Alecko Eskandarian, American soccer player and manager
- 1982 – Sakon Yamamoto, Japanese race car driver
- 1982 – Tomokazu Yoshida, Japanese actor
- 1983 – Lucia Micarelli, American violinist and actress
- 1984 – Chris Campoli, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1984 – Gianni Fabiano, Italian footballer
- 1984 – Jacob Hoggard, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Hedley)
- 1984 – Ave Pajo, Estonian footballer
- 1984 – Piia Suomalainen, Finnish tennis player
- 1984 – LA Tenorio, Filipino basketball player
- 1985 – Lee Hee-ah, South Korean pianist
- 1985 – Paweł Korzeniowski, Polish swimmer
- 1985 – Ashley Young, English footballer
- 1986 – Sébastien Bassong, Cameroonian footballer
- 1986 – Dominic Cervi, American soccer player
- 1986 – Simon Dumont, American skier
- 1986 – Severo Meza, Mexican footballer
- 1986 – Genevieve Morton, South African model
- 1986 – Kiely Williams, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress (3LW and The Cheetah Girls)
- 1987 – Gert Jõeäär, Estonian cyclist
- 1987 – Rebecca Sugar, American animator, composer, and screenwriter
- 1988 – Raul Rusescu, Romanian footballer
- 1990 – Earl Bamber, New Zealand race car driver
- 1990 – Fábio Pereira da Silva, Brazilian footballer
- 1990 – Rafael, Brazilian footballer
- 1992 – Douglas Booth, English actor
- 1993 – Jake Vargas, Filipino singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
- 1993 – DeAndre Yedlin, American footballer
Deaths[edit]
- 518 – Anastasius I Dicorus, Byzantine emperor (b. 430)
- 1228 – Stephen Langton, English cardinal and theologian (b. 1150)
- 1386 – Leopold III, Duke of Austria (b. 1351)
- 1553 – Maurice, Elector of Saxony (b. 1521)
- 1654 – Ferdinand IV, King of the Romans (b. 1633)
- 1706 – Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, Canadian captain and explorer (b. 1661)
- 1737 – Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1671)
- 1742 – John Oldmixon, English historian, poet, and playwright (b. 1673)
- 1746 – Philip V of Spain (b. 1683)
- 1747 – Giovanni Bononcini, Italian cellist and composer (b. 1670)
- 1766 – Jonathan Mayhew, American minister (b. 1720)
- 1771 – Michael Paknanas, Greek gardener and martyr (b. 1753)
- 1795 – Henry Seymour Conway, English general and politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (b. 1721)
- 1797 – Edmund Burke, Irish-English philosopher, academic, and politician (b. 1729)
- 1850 – Báb, Persian religious leader, founded Bábism (b. 1819)
- 1850 – Zachary Taylor, American general and politician, 12th President of the United States (b. 1784)
- 1852 – Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan, American lawyer and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1794)
- 1856 – Amedeo Avogadro, Italian chemist and academic (b. 1776)
- 1856 – James Strang, American religious leader and politician (b. 1813)
- 1880 – Paul Broca, French physician and anatomist (b. 1824)
- 1882 – Ignacio Carrera Pinto, Chilean captain (b. 1848)
- 1903 – Alphonse Francois Renard, Belgian geologist and photographer (b. 1842)
- 1927 – John Drew, Jr., American actor (b. 1853)
- 1932 – King Camp Gillette, American businessman, founded the Gillette Company (b. 1855)
- 1937 – Oliver Law, American commander (b. 1899)
- 1938 – Benjamin N. Cardozo, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1870)
- 1947 – Lucjan Żeligowski, Polish-Lithuanian general and politician (b. 1865)
- 1949 – Fritz Hart, English-Australian composer and conductor (b. 1874)
- 1951 – Harry Heilmann, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1894)
- 1955 – Don Beauman, English race car driver (b. 1928)
- 1959 – Ferenc Talányi, Slovene journalist and painter (b. 1883)
- 1967 – Eugen Fischer, German physician and academic (b. 1874)
- 1967 – Fatima Jinnah, Pakistani dentist and politician (b. 1893)
- 1970 – Sigrid Holmquist, Swedish actress (b. 1899)
- 1971 – Karl Ast, Estonian author and politician (b. 1886)
- 1972 – Robert Weede, American opera singer (b. 1903)
- 1974 – Earl Warren, American jurist and politician, 14th Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1891)
- 1977 – Alice Paul, American activist (b. 1885)
- 1979 – Cornelia Otis Skinner, American actress and author (b. 1899)
- 1980 – Vinicius de Moraes, Brazilian poet, playwright, and composer (b. 1913)
- 1985 – Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (b. 1896)
- 1985 – Jimmy Kinnon, Scottish-American activist, founded Narcotics Anonymous (b. 1911)
- 1986 – Patriarch Nicholas VI of Alexandria (b. 1915)
- 1992 – Kelvin Coe, Australian ballet dancer (b. 1946)
- 1992 – Eric Sevareid, American journalist (b. 1912)
- 1993 – Metin Altıok, Turkish poet and educator (b. 1940)
- 1994 – Bill Mosienko, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1921)
- 1996 – Melvin Belli, American lawyer and actor (b. 1907)
- 1999 – Robert de Cotret, Canadian politician, 56th Secretary of State for Canada (b. 1944)
- 2000 – Doug Fisher, English actor (b. 1941)
- 2002 – Mayo Kaan, American bodybuilder (b. 1914)
- 2002 – Rod Steiger, American actor (b. 1925)
- 2004 – Paul Klebnikov, American journalist and historian (b. 1963)
- 2004 – Jean Lefebvre, French-Moroccan actor (b. 1919)
- 2004 – Riley Dobi Noel, American murderer (b. 1972)
- 2004 – Isabel Sanford, American actress (b. 1917)
- 2005 – Chuck Cadman, Canadian engineer and politician (b. 1948)
- 2005 – Yevgeny Grishin, Russian speed skater (b. 1931)
- 2005 – Kevin Hagen, American actor (b. 1928)
- 2005 – Alex Shibicky, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1914)
- 2006 – Milan Williams, American keyboard player and producer (Commodores) (b. 1948)
- 2007 – Charles Lane, American actor and singer (b. 1905)
- 2008 – Séamus Brennan, Irish accountant and politician, Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (b. 1948)
- 2010 – Jessica Anderson, Australian author and playwright (b. 1916)
- 2011 – Würzel, English guitarist (Motörhead) (b. 1949)
- 2011 – Don Ackerman, American basketball player (b. 1930)
- 2011 – Facundo Cabral, Argentinian singer-songwriter (b. 1937)
- 2012 – Shin Jae-chul, South Korean-American martial artist (b. 1936)
- 2012 – Chick King, American baseball player (b. 1930)
- 2012 – Terepai Maoate, Cook Islander physician and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Cook Islands (b. 1934)
- 2012 – Eugênio Sales, Brazilian cardinal (b. 1920)
- 2013 – Markus Büchel, Liechtensteiner politician, 9th Prime Minister of Liechtenstein (b. 1959)
- 2013 – Andrew Nori, Solomon lawyer and politician (b. 1952)
- 2013 – Kiril of Varna, Bulgarian metropolitan (b. 1954)
- 2013 – Barbara Robinson, American author and poet (b. 1927)
- 2013 – Toshi Seeger, American activist, co-founded the Clearwater Festival (b. 1922)
- 2014 – Lorenzo Álvarez Florentín, Paraguayan violinist and composer (b. 1926)
- 2014 – David Azrieli, Polish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1922)
- 2014 – Eileen Ford, American businesswoman, co-founded Ford Models (b. 1922)
- 2014 – Don Lenhardt, American baseball player and coach (b. 1922)
- 2014 – John Spinks, English guitarist and songwriter (The Outfield) (b. 1954)
- 2015 – Christian Audigier, French fashion designer (b. 1958)
- 2015 – Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian economist and politician, Saudi Arabian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1940)
- 2015 – Jim Bede, American aircraft designer (b. 1933)
- 2015 – David M. Raup, American paleontologist and academic (b. 1933)
- 2015 – Tahsin Şahinkaya, Turkish general (b. 1925)
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THIS DAY IN MUSIC
July 9th: On this Day | |
1954, Elvis Presley recorded ‘Blue Moon of Kentucky', (the B-side for his first single) at Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee. Presley had recorded the A-side ‘That’s Alright’ four days earlier. | |
1955, Bill Haley & His Comets went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Rock Around the Clock', staying at No.1 for eight weeks and becoming one of the biggest selling singles of all time. | |
1956, After the June 30th trouble at Asbury Park, Bill Haley and His Comets were denied permission to play at the Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City. A city ordnance was passed that read: "Rock and roll music encouraged juvenile delinquency and inspired young females in lewd bathing suits to perform obscene dances on the city's beaches." | |
1958, Johnny Cash signed with Columbia Records, where he would remain for the next 30 years releasing over 60 albums. | |
1962, Bob Dylan recorded 'Blowin' In the Wind' at Columbia Recording Studios in New York City during an afternoon session. Dylan originally wrote and performed a two-verse version of the song, as in its first public performance, at Gerde's Folk City on April 16th, 1962. Shortly after this, he added the middle verse. | |
1967, On a US tour supporting The Monkees, The Jimi Hendrix Experience appeared at the Convention Hall, Miami, Florida. After it became plainly apparent that the group is not suited to teenybopper audiences, the tour’s promoter Dick Clark and Hendrix’s manager Chas Chandler concoct a story saying that the conservative Daughters of the American Revolution group had complained at Jimi’s act and so the Experience left the tour after just six shows. | |
1969, Working at Abbey Road studios in London The Beatles recorded ‘Maxwell's Silver Hammer.’ John Lennon returned to the studio after recovering from a car crash in Scotland, and a bed was installed in the Abbey Road studio for Yoko, who was pregnant, and who had been more seriously injured in the car accident. | |
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1971, David Bowie started recording sessions at Trident Studios in London, for what would become the concept album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars. The character of Ziggy was initially inspired by British rock 'n' roll singer Vince Taylor, whom Bowie met after Taylor had had a breakdown and believed himself to be a cross between a god and an alien. | |
1972, Paul McCartney and Wings played their very first show in the small French town of Chateauvillon. The band included Denny Laine, Denny Seiwell, Henry McCullough and Paul's wife, Linda. It was McCartney's first time on the road since The Beatles quit touring in 1966. The band travelled on a double Decker London bus with a psychedelic interior. | |
1976, The Pretty Things, Supercharge and third on the bill the Sex Pistols all appeared at The Lyceum, London, England, tickets £1.75. | |
1977, Elvis Costello quit his day job at Elizabeth Arden Cosmetics to become a full time musician. | |
1983, The Police started an eight week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Every Breath You Take' also No.1 in the UK. Taken from the bands album Synchronicity, Sting won Song of the Year and The Police won Best Pop Performance for the song at the 1984 Grammy Awards. | |
1983, Wham! went to No.1 on the UK album chart with their debut release 'Fantastic!', which went on to spend 116 weeks on the chart. | |
1988, Cheap Trick went to No.1 on the US singles chart with The Flame, the group's only US No.1. | |
1988, Glenn Medeiros was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You'. The 18 year old from Hawaii was one of the youngest males to reach the top of the charts. | |
1989, New Edition's production manager was charged with criminal homicide after allegedly shooting the support acts security man after they ran over their stage time. | |
1995, The Grateful Dead gave their last concert with leader Jerry Garcia at Chicago's Soldier Field. Jerry would die of a heart attack a month later while in drug rehab. | |
1999, A statement was issued by Jerry Hall's lawyers saying that she had formally agreed to separate from husband Mick Jagger after more than 8 years of marriage. | |
1999, Elton John had a pacemaker fitted in an operation at a London hospital following reports about his ill health. Sir Elton was forced to cancel a series of concerts. | |
2004, David Bowie was forced to cancel a string of European shows after emergency heart surgery. The 57 year-old singer had an operation last month in Germany, where he was on tour, to treat "an acutely blocked artery". The star's cancellation last month of 11 European dates was originally attributed to a shoulder injury. | |
2006, Muse started a two week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Black Holes & Revelations' the bands fifth album release and second No.1. | |
2006, Lily Allen scored her first UK No.1 single with 'Smile'. The organ riff is a sample of Jackie Mittoo playing keyboards on 'Free Soul' by The Soul Brothers. Lily's actor dad, Keith Allen, was part of the Fat Les band who had a hit with 'Vindaloo' in 1998. | |
2007, Happy Mondays' frontman Shaun Ryder was in trouble after he smoked several cigarettes on stage during a concert at The Ritz in Manchester. Smoking had been banned in all enclosed public places in England on 1 July of this year, and anyone flouting the law faced a £50 fine. Performers were only exempt from the smoking ban if the "artistic integrity" of their act required it. | |
2010, During a Santana concert at First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre in Tinley Park, Illinois, guitarist Carlos Santana proposed to his girlfriend, Cindy Blackman who had just finished a drum solo during the band's set. The couple married in December 2010. | |
2011, Former Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant joined three local musicians at a fundraising charity show in Monmouth Wales, where tickets cost £3. The event was a tribute to his friend, former Led Zeppelin producer Pat Moran, who died of a rare dementia in January. Plant delighted the small crowd in the Monmouthshire town with songs from his Led Zeppelin days as well as tunes from his solo career. | |
2013, Former Fugees singer Lauryn Hill began a three-month prison sentence in Connecticut for tax evasion. The 38-year-old was sentenced in May for failing to pay tax on $1.8m (£1.2m) of her earnings between 2005-07. After her release, Hill would be under parole supervision for a year, with the first three months to be spent confined to her home. | |
2013, 32 year-old Junior Bradshaw who was involved in a plot to rob and murder soul singer Joss Stone was jailed for 18 years. Both he and Kevin Liverpool, were found guilty at Exeter Crown Court three months ago. The pair were found near the singers home with a body bag and a variety of weapons including a Samurai sword, two hammers and knives. | |
2015, Phil Rudd, a drummer with AC/DC was sentenced in New Zealand to eight months house detention for drug possession and making threats to kill. The court heard how Rudd had fired several employees after the failure of his solo album, Head Job, in August last year, Rudd had also called one victim saying: "I'm going to come over and kill you." His sentence would be served at his beachfront home in Tauranga, with Judge Thomas Ingram warning he would be face jail if he breached the conditions. | |
July 9th: Born on this day | |
1925, Born on this day, Alan Dale, US singer. Had his own TV & radio show during the 50's. 1955 US No.7 single 'Cheery Pink and Apple Blossom White'. Dale died on 20th April 2002. | |
1929, Born on this day, Lee Hazlewood, US male singer, (1967 US No.14 & UK No. 11 single 'Jackson', 1971 UK No.2 single with Nancy Sinatra). Wrote the Nancy Sinatra hit, 'These Boots Are Made for Walkin.' Died of cancer on 4th Aug 2007 at his home near Las Vegas aged 78. | |
1941, Born on this day, Don McPherson, Main Ingredient, (1974 US No.10 & UK No.27 single 'Just Don't Want To Be Lonely'). He died on 4th July 1971. | |
1946, Born on this day in Forfar, Scotland, Bon Scott (Ronald Belford Scott), singer with AC/DC from 1974 until his death in 1980. He was brought up in Kirriemuir before moving to Melbourne, Australia, with his family in 1952 at the age of six. Having arrived from 'Bonnie Scotland', he was dubbed 'Bon', and the nickname stuck. After a night of heavy drinking, Scott was found dead in the backseat of a friend's car in South London on 19th February 1980, the cause of death being subsequently listed as ’acute alcohol poisoning'. | |
1946, Born on this day, Joe Micelli, John Fred and His Playboy Band, (1968 US No.1 & UK No.3 single 'Judy In Disguise'). | |
1947, Born on this day, Mitch Mitchell, drums, The Jimi Hendrix Experience (1967 UK No.3 single 'Purple Haze', 1970 UK No.1 single Voodoo Chile'). Mitchell had been in the ITV's 'Ready Steady Go!' house band. Mitchell was found dead in his US hotel room on 12th Nov 2008 aged 61. Are You Experienced? | |
1950, Born on this day, Gwen Guthrie, soul singer, (1986 UK No.5 single 'Ain't Nothing Goin' But The Rent'). She died on 4th February 1999. | |
1953, Born on this day, Kate Garner, vocals, Haysi Fantayzee, (1982 UK No.11 single 'John Wayne Is Big Leggy'). | |
1954, Born on this day, Debbie Sledge, singer, Sister Sledge, (1979 US No.2 single 'We Are Family', 1985 UK No.1 single 'Frankie'). | |
1959, Born on this day, Jim Kerr, vocals, Simple Minds, (1985 US No.1 single 'Don't You, Forget About Me', 1989 UK No.1 single 'Belfast Child', plus over 20 other UK Top 40 singles'). | |
1959, Born on this day, Marc Almond, singer, Soft Cell, (1981 UK No.1 single 'Tainted Love'). Solo, (1989 UK No.1 single with Gene Pitney, 'Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart'). | |
1959, Born on this day, D.H. Peligro, American punk rock musician and the second drummer for the Dead Kennedys from February 1981 until their breakup in December 1986. In 1988, Peligro joined the Red Hot Chili Peppers replacing drummer Jack Irons for a short time. | |
1965, Born on this day, Courtney Love, guitar, vocals, Babes In Toyland, Hole, (1995 UK No.16 single 'Doll Parts') and solo records. Married Kurt Cobain from Nirvana on 24th Feb 1992. | |
1965, Born on this day, Frankie Bello, bass, Anthrax, (1991 UK No.16 single 'Got The Time'). | |
1965, Born on this day, Tom Hingley, vocals, Inspiral Carpets, (1990 UK No.14 single 'This Is How It Feels'). | |
1967, Born on this day, Dickon Hinchcliffe, guitar, violin, Tindersticks, (1993 album 'Tindersticks'). | |
1967, Born on this day, Owen Paul, guitar, Catatonia, (1998 UK No.3 single 'Mulder And Scully'). | |
1971, Born on this day, Kelvin Grant, vocals, Musical Youth, best remembered for their successful 1982 single 'Pass the Dutchie', which became a No.1 hit around the world. It was a cover version of two songs: 'Gimme the Music' by U Brown, and 'Pass the Kouchie' by Mighty Diamonds, which deals with the recreational use of cannabis (kouchie being slang for a cannabis pipe). | |
1975, Born on this day, Jack White, (John Gillis), guitar, vocals, The White Stripes, (2003 UK No.1 album 'Elephant' spent 46 weeks on the UK chart). Also a member of The Raconteurs and The Dead Weather. | |
1975, Born on this day, Isaac Brock, singer, guitarist, Modest Mouse, (2007 US No.1 album 'We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank'). | |
1976, Born on this day, Dan Estrin, guitarist, Hoobastank, 2004 US No.2 hit ‘The Reason.’ |
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Drake scores 13th week at number one
Canadian star Drake has notched up a 13th consecutive week at number one with his single One Dance.
The song has now had the longest reign at the top of the charts since Wet Wet Wet's Love Is All Around in 1994.
Only two songs have had a longer unbroken spell at the summit: Love Is All Around (15 weeks) and Bryan Adams' Everything I Do, I Do It For You (16).
Frankie Laine's I Believe also spent 18 weeks at number one in 1953, but his run was interrupted by two other songs.
Drake's minimalist R&B track has dominated the charts since its release in April.
However, its success is primarily down to streaming. The song is only number 11 in this week's sales chart - with millions of streams pushing it to number one in the official Top 40, which combines sales and on-demand music.
Summery house track This Girl, by Kungs vs Cookin' on Three Burners, is the best-selling single of the week, but only manages to make number two in the singles chart.
Top five singles | |
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1) Drake ft Wizkid and Kyla | One Dance |
2) Kungs vs Cookin' on Three Burners | This Girl |
3) Drake ft Rihanna | Too Good |
4) Calvin Harris ft Rihanna | This Is What You Came For |
5) Adele | Send My Love To Your New Lover |
Source: Official Charts Company | |
In the album chart, US pop-punk band Blink-182 score their first ever number one with California.
The band's seventh album, it is also the first to feature vocalist Matt Skiba, who replaced founding member Tom Delonge.
"We're so excited and thankful," said the band. "This is the first time we have ever got a number one, and we are super thankful to all of you for supporting us."
The record sold 24,000 copies to top the chart, pushing Adele's 25 into second place.
There were new entries for Bat For Lashes' concept album The Bride - about a woman whose fiance dies on his way to their wedding - at number nine, while dance band Metronomy debut at 20 with their throwback album Summer '08.
Top five albums | |
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1) Blink-182 | California |
2) Adele | 25 |
3) Coldplay | A Head Full of Dreams |
4) Beyonce | Lemonade |
5) ELO | All Over the World - The Very Best of |
Source: Official Charts Company |
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ΣΗΜΕΡΑ-10 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ
48: στη μάχη του Δυρραχίου, ο Καίσαρας, την τελευταία στιγμή αποφεύγει την καταστροφή του στρατεύματος του από τον Πομπήιο.
138: πεθαίνει ο Ρωμαίος αυτοκράτορας Αδριανός.
1584: πεθαίνει ο Γουλιέλμος ο Σιωπηλός, ο αρχηγός του ολλανδικού πολέμου της ανεξαρτησίας από τον ισπανικό ζυγό.
1821: οι ΗΠΑ παίρνουν την κυριαρχία της Φλόριντα από την Ισπανία.
1830: γεννιέται ο Γάλλος ιμπρεσιονιστής ζωγράφος Καμίλ Πισαρό. Μερικοί από τους μαθητές του ήταν ο Σεζάν και ο Γκογκέν.
1832: ο Αμερικανός Πρόεδρος ’Αντριου Τζάκσον ασκεί βέτο και σταματά το νόμο, που θα επανίδρυε τη Δεύτερη Τράπεζα των ΗΠΑ.
1842: γεννιέται ο Αδόλφος Μπους, ιδρυτής της εταιρίας μπύρας ’Ανχεουσερ-Μπους, μία από τις μεγαλύτερες εταιρίας ζυθοποιίας του κόσμου.
1871: γεννιέται ο Γάλλος συγγραφέας και φιλόσοφος Μαρσέλ Προυστ.
1884: πεθαίνει ένας από τους μεγαλύτερους σκακιστές, ο Αμερικανός Πολ Μόρφι.
1888: γεννιέται στο Βόλο ο Ιταλός σουρεαλιστής ζωγράφος Τζόρτζιο ντε Κίρικο.
1890: το Γουαιόμινγκ γίνεται η 44η Πολιτεία των ΗΠΑ.
1895: γεννιέται ο Γερμανός συνθέτης, δημιουργός των Κάρμινα Μπουράνα, Καρλ Ορφ.
1900: το Βουλευτικό του Ναυπλίου γίνεται Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο.
1902: γεννιέται ο Γερμανός χημικός Κερτ ’Αλντερ, ο οποίος το 1950 τιμήθηκε με το Νόμπελ Χημείας.
1911: γεννιέται στο Κάιρο ο συγγραφέας Στρατής Τσίρκας, κατά κόσμον Γιάννης Χατζηαντρέας.
1913: μέχρι το 2003 την υψηλότερη καταγεγραμμένη θερμοκρασία στις ΗΠΑ, είχε σημειωθεί εκείνη την ημέρα στο Ντεθ Βάλεϊ (κάτι λιγότερο από 57 βαθμούς Κελσίου).
1915: γεννιέται ο Αμερικανός συγγραφέας Σολ Μπιλόου, ο οποίος τιμήθηκε το 1976 με το Νόμπελ Λογοτεχνίας.
1920: γεννιέται ο Αμερικανός φυσικός Όουεν Τσάμπερλεν, ο οποίος το 1959 μοιράστηκε το Νόμπελ Φυσικής με τον Αιμίλιο Σεγκρέ.
1921: γεννιέται ο Αμερικανός μποξέρ Τζέικ Λα Μότα.
1921: γεννιέται ο Αμερικανός Χάρβεϊ Μπαλ, δημιουργός του Smiley, της διάσημης χαρούμενης φατσούλας.
1923: ο Μουσολίνι διαλύει όλα τα μη φασιστικά κόμματα στην Ιταλία.
1924: ο Φινλανδός Πάαβο Νιούρμι κερδίζει το πρώτο από τα 5 χρυσά στους 8ους Ολυμπιακούς Αγώνες του Παρισιού (3000 στιπλ με 9:36.6) και ταυτόχρονα πραγματοποιεί τον μεγαλύτερο άθλο της ιστορίας των Ολυμπιακών Αγώνων κερδίζοντας 2 χρυσά μετάλλια σε διάστημα 1 ώρας στα 1500μ & 5000μ.
1925: "αρχίζει στο Τενεσσί των ΗΠΑ η δίκη του δάσκαλου Τζον Σκόουπς, ο οποίος δίδασκε την απαγορευμένη ""Εξέλιξη των Ειδών""του Δαρβίνου."
1925: ιδρύεται το TASS, το επίσημο πρακτορείο ειδήσεων της Σοβιετικής Ένωσης.
1928: ο Τζορτζ Ίστμαν, δημιουργός της εταιρείας Kodak, επιδεικνύει το πρώτο έγχρωμο φιλμ.
1929: οι Κινέζοι καταλαμβάνουν το Ανατολικό Σιδηρόδρομο από τη Ρωσία στη Μαντζουρία.
1931: αρχίζει η εφαρμογή του νέου ελληνικού νόμου περί Τύπου.
1932: στη Χιλή, αποτυγχάνει το στρατιωτικό πραξικόπημα που είχε σχεδιάσει ο πρώην Πρόεδρος, Κάρλος Ιμπάνεθ.
1938: ο Αμερικανός εκκεντρικός δισεκατομμυριούχος Χάουαρντ Χιούς, κάνει ένα νέο ρεκόρ: επιχειρει με το αεροπλάνο του το γύρο του κόσμου, σε μία πτήση, που διαρκεί 91 ώρες.
1939: "το ""Γιάνκι Κλίπερ""προσγειώνεται στο Λονδίνο, ολοκληρώνοντας έτσι την πρώτη πτήση με επιβάτες πάνω από τον Ατλαντικό."
1940: "η Τρίτη Δημοκρατία ""πεθαίνει""στη Γαλλία, όταν μια φασιστική και απολυταρχική κυβέρνηση με επικεφαλής τον στρατάρχη Ανρί Πετέν, συνεργαζόμενη με τους Ναζί εγκαθίσταται στο Βισί."
1941: πεθαίνει ο Αμερικανός τζαζίστας Τζέλι Ρολ Μόρτον.
1942: γεννιέται ο Ρώσος κοσμοναύτης Πιότρ Κλιμούκ.
1942: ο Μουσολίνι εγκαταλείπει την ελπίδα της θριαμβευτικής εισόδου του στο Κάιρο και επιστρέφει στη Ρώμη.
1943: αμερικανικά και βρετανικά στρατεύματα αποβιβάζονται στη Σικελία.
1943: γεννιέται ο Αφροαμερικανός τενίστας, ’Αρθουρ Ας.
1951: ο Ράντολφ Τιούρπιν γίνεται ο πρώτος ’Αγγλος από την εποχή του Μπομπ Φιτζσίμονς (τον προηγούμενο αιώνα) που κερδίζει τον τίτλο στην κατηγορία των μέσων κιλών όταν υποχρεώνει τον Σούγκαρ Ρέι Ρομπινσον στη δεύτερη μόλις ήττα του σε 133 αγώνες.
1951: στον πόλεμο της Κορέας, στην περιοχή της Κάεσονγκ, αρχίζουν οι διαπραγματεύσεις για ανακωχή.
1953: ο Πρόεδρος των ΗΠΑ Αϊζενχάουερ ζητά την άδεια του Κρεμλίνου για να αποστείλει οικονομική ενίσχυση στο Ανατολικό Βερολίνο, ύψους 15 εκ. δολαρίων.
1953: τέσσερις μήνες μετά το θάνατο του Ιωσήφ Στάλιν, οι σοβιετικές αρχές συλλαμβάνουν τον Λαυρέντη Μπερία, τον επικεφαλής ασφαλείας του Στάλιν. Ο Μπερία θα εκτελεστεί αργότερα την ίδια χρονιά.
1954: γεννιέται ο Βρετανός μουσικός Νιλ Τέναντ, ο οποίος μαζί με τον Κρις Λόου, έφτιαξαν τους Pet Shop Boys.
1960: η Ρωσία νικά στην παράταση τη Γιουγκοσλαβία με 2-1 στο Παρίσι και κατακτά το πρώτο Κύπελλο Εθνών Ευρώπης στο ποδόσφαιρο.
1962: "εκτοξεύεται από το Ακρωτήριο Κανάβεραλ ο ""TellStar"", ο πρώτος τηλεοπτικός και τηλεπικοινωνιακός δορυφόρος, κάνοντας δυνατή την αναμετάδοση τηλεοπτικών προγραμμάτων πάνω από τον Ατλαντικό."
1964: νέος αρχηγός του Κονγκό ορκίζεται ο Μόουζες Τόμπε, πρώην επικεφαλής της κυβέρνησης της Κατάνγκα.
1965: "οι Rolling Stones ανεβαίνουν για πρώτη φορά στο Νο1 με το ""Satisfaction""."
1968: γεννιέται η Αλγερινή δρομέας Χασίμπα Μπουλμέρκα, η οποία έγινε το 1992 η πρώτη Αλγερινή, που κατακτά μετάλλιο στους Ολυμπιακούς Αγώνες.
1968: "ο Έρικ Κλάπτον ανακοινώνει τη διάλυση των ""Cream""."
1969: αιγυπτιακά στρατεύματα επιτίθενται κατά ισραηλινών θέσεων στο λιμάνι Ταουφίκ, σκοτώνοντας 40 άτομα.
1971: αποτυχαίνει στρατιωτικό πραξικόπημα στο Μαρόκο.
1972: η Βρετανία διατάζει την αποστολή άλλων 1.200 στρατιωτών στη Βόρεια Ιρλανδία.
1973: μετά από 300 και πλέον χρόνια βρετανικής παρουσίας, οι Μπαχάμες ανακηρύσσονται ανεξάρτητο κράτος, έτοιμο να απαλλαγεί από κάθε ίχνος αποικιοκρατικής διακυβέρνησης.
1976: ο Σοβιετικός σφαιροβόλος Αλεξάντρ Μπαρίνικοφ υιοθετώντας περιστροφικό παλμό κάνει παγκόσμιο ρεκόρ με 22μ στο Στάδιο Κολόμπους του Παρισιού.
1978: πεθαίνει ο ’Αγγλος παίκτης του αμερικανικού μπιλιάρδου, Τζο Ντέιβις.
1980: γεννιέται η Αμερικανίδα τραγουδίστρια Τζέσικα Σίμπσον.
1980: γεννιέται ο ’Ανταμ Πέτι, Αμερικανός οδηγός αγώνων NASCAR, ο οποίος πέθανε σε αυτοκινητικό δυστύχημα το Μάιο του 2000, στο Λονδίνο, ενώ δοκίμαζε ένα αυτοκίνητο.
1980: ο Μιχαήλ Γκορμπατσόφ επανεκλέγεται Γενικός Γραμματέας του Κομμουνιστικού Κόμματος της Σοβιετικής Ένωσης.
1980: ο Πρόεδρος των ΗΠΑ Τζον Κάρτερ συναντάται με τον Κινέζο ομόλογό του Χούα, με σκοπό την ενδυνάμωση των μεταξύ τους σχέσεων έναντι της σοβιετικής απειλής.
1985: μετά από τις αντιδράσεις του κοινού, η Coca Cola γυρνά στην παλιά γνώριμη της γεύση, αφού για λίγους μήνες η εταιρία είχε αλλάξει τη σύσταση του διάσημου ποτού.
1985: οι Γάλλοι πράκτορες της γαλλικής εξωτερικής υπηρεσίας πληροφοριών (DGSE) βομβαρδίζουν και βυθίζουν στο λιμάνι του Όκλαντ, στη Νέα Ζηλανδία, το πλοίο της Greenpeace, Rainbow Warrior.
1989: οι εργάτες των μεταλλείων του Κουσμπάλ της Σιβηρίας αρχίζουν απεργία, η οποία εξαπλωνόταν σιγά-σιγά σε όλες τις περιοχές μεταλλείων της ΕΣΣΔ.
1989: πεθαίνει ο Αμερικανός ηθοποιός Μελ Μπλανκ, ο οποίος δάνεισε τη φωνή του στον Μπαγκς Μπάνι, τον Τουίτι, τον Πόρκι Πιγκ, τον Ντάφι Ντακ και πολλούς άλλους.
1991: ο Μπόρις Γιέλτσιν ορκίζεται Πρόεδρος της Ρωσίας. Είναι ο πρώτος εκλεγμένος από το λαό ηγέτης στη χιλιετή ιστορία της χώρας.
1992: ο πρώην δικτάτορας του Παναμά, Μανουέλ Νοριέγκα, καταδικάζεται σε 40 χρόνια φυλάκιση στις ΗΠΑ, επειδή είχε επιτρέψει κατά τη διάρκεια της θητείας του τη χρήση της χώρας του από λαθρεμπόρους ναρκωτικών.
1992: στην Πολωνία, ορίζεται πρώτη γυναίκα πρωθυπουργός η Χάνα Σουτσόσκα.
1993: ο Κενυάτης Γιομπς Οντιέκι γίνεται ο πρώτος δρομέας που τρέχει τα 10.000 μ. σε χρόνο κάτω από 27 λεπτά με νέο παγκόσμιο ρεκόρ 26:58.38.
1993: ο ΟΗΕ επικηρύσσει τον Σομαλό πολέμαρχο Αϊντίντ για 25.000 δολάρια, καθώς έχει κριθεί υπεύθυνος για το θάνατο 24 Πακιστανών στρατιωτών.
1994: η υποψηφιότητα της Μαρίας Δαμανάκη για το Δήμο της Αθήνας υποστηρίζεται από τη συντριπτική πλειοψηφία των μελών της Κεντρικής Πολιτικής Επιτροπής του ΣΥΝ.
1994: στις ΗΠΑ, 24 είναι οι νεκροί από τις πλημμύρες που πλήττουν την Πολιτεία Τζόρτζια.
1995: στη Νότια Κορέα, ο απολογισμός των νεκρών από την κατάρρευση πολυκαταστήματος στη Σεούλ, ανέρχεται στους 192 και οι αγνοούμενοι στους 242.
1996: ο πρόεδρος των ΗΠΑ Μπιλ Κλίντον εγκρίνει στρατιωτική βοήθεια 100 εκατ. δολαρίων για τη Βοσνία και το στρατό της.
1997: έντονες επιφυλάξεις για την ελληνοτουρκική συμφωνία της Μαδρίτης διατυπώνουν πολιτικά κόμματα και βουλευτές του ΠΑΣΟΚ.
1997: στο Λονδίνο, Βρετανοί επιστήμονες, μετά από εξετάσεις DNA, ανακαλύπτουν, ότι ο ανθρώπινος σκελετός, που βρήκαν στην Αφρική χρονολογείται 100.000 ή 200.000 χρόνια πριν και ενισχύει τη θεωρία, ότι ο άνθρωπος κατάγεται από την Αφρική.
1999: οι ΗΠΑ κατακτούν για πρώτη φορά στην ιστορία τους το Παγκόσμιο Κύπελλο Ποδοσφαίρου Γυναικών νικώντας στον τελικό την Κίνα στα πέναλτι με 5-4 μπροστά σε 90.000 θεατές στο Ρόουζ Μπόουλ της Πασαντίνα.
1999: ολοκληρώνεται στο Στάδιο Καραϊσκάκη το 5ο Πανευρωπαϊκό Πρωτάθλημα Κωφών που ξεκίνησε στις 7 του ιδίου μήνα. Συμμετείχαν 250 αθλητές και αθλήτριες από 22 κράτη. Η Δέσποινα Μπατζιανούλη κατέκτησε το αργυρό μετάλλιο στα 400μ και το χάλκινο στα 200μ. Η Ελλάδα κατατάσσεται δωδέκατη με πρώτη την Ουκρανία.
2000: στη νότια Νιγηρία, εκρήγνυται ένας αγωγός πετρελαίου και σκοτώνει 250 χωρικούς, που είχαν πάει να βρουν βενζίνη.
2002: "ο λόρδος Τόμσον, σε μία δημοπρασία του οίκου Σόθμπις, αγοράζει τον πίνακα του Ρούμπενς ""Η σφαγή των αθώων"", για περίπου 74 εκατομμύρια ευρώ."
2003: στο Χονγκ Κονγκ, ένα λεωφορείο της εταιρίας ΚΜΒ συγκρούεται με ένα φορτηγό, στη λεωφόρο Τουέν Μουν και χάνουν τη ζωή τους 21 άνθρωποι. Πρόκειται για το χειρότερο δυστύχημα με λεωφορείο στη χώρα.
138: πεθαίνει ο Ρωμαίος αυτοκράτορας Αδριανός.
1584: πεθαίνει ο Γουλιέλμος ο Σιωπηλός, ο αρχηγός του ολλανδικού πολέμου της ανεξαρτησίας από τον ισπανικό ζυγό.
1821: οι ΗΠΑ παίρνουν την κυριαρχία της Φλόριντα από την Ισπανία.
1830: γεννιέται ο Γάλλος ιμπρεσιονιστής ζωγράφος Καμίλ Πισαρό. Μερικοί από τους μαθητές του ήταν ο Σεζάν και ο Γκογκέν.
1832: ο Αμερικανός Πρόεδρος ’Αντριου Τζάκσον ασκεί βέτο και σταματά το νόμο, που θα επανίδρυε τη Δεύτερη Τράπεζα των ΗΠΑ.
1842: γεννιέται ο Αδόλφος Μπους, ιδρυτής της εταιρίας μπύρας ’Ανχεουσερ-Μπους, μία από τις μεγαλύτερες εταιρίας ζυθοποιίας του κόσμου.
1871: γεννιέται ο Γάλλος συγγραφέας και φιλόσοφος Μαρσέλ Προυστ.
1884: πεθαίνει ένας από τους μεγαλύτερους σκακιστές, ο Αμερικανός Πολ Μόρφι.
1888: γεννιέται στο Βόλο ο Ιταλός σουρεαλιστής ζωγράφος Τζόρτζιο ντε Κίρικο.
1890: το Γουαιόμινγκ γίνεται η 44η Πολιτεία των ΗΠΑ.
1895: γεννιέται ο Γερμανός συνθέτης, δημιουργός των Κάρμινα Μπουράνα, Καρλ Ορφ.
1900: το Βουλευτικό του Ναυπλίου γίνεται Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο.
1902: γεννιέται ο Γερμανός χημικός Κερτ ’Αλντερ, ο οποίος το 1950 τιμήθηκε με το Νόμπελ Χημείας.
1911: γεννιέται στο Κάιρο ο συγγραφέας Στρατής Τσίρκας, κατά κόσμον Γιάννης Χατζηαντρέας.
1913: μέχρι το 2003 την υψηλότερη καταγεγραμμένη θερμοκρασία στις ΗΠΑ, είχε σημειωθεί εκείνη την ημέρα στο Ντεθ Βάλεϊ (κάτι λιγότερο από 57 βαθμούς Κελσίου).
1915: γεννιέται ο Αμερικανός συγγραφέας Σολ Μπιλόου, ο οποίος τιμήθηκε το 1976 με το Νόμπελ Λογοτεχνίας.
1920: γεννιέται ο Αμερικανός φυσικός Όουεν Τσάμπερλεν, ο οποίος το 1959 μοιράστηκε το Νόμπελ Φυσικής με τον Αιμίλιο Σεγκρέ.
1921: γεννιέται ο Αμερικανός μποξέρ Τζέικ Λα Μότα.
1921: γεννιέται ο Αμερικανός Χάρβεϊ Μπαλ, δημιουργός του Smiley, της διάσημης χαρούμενης φατσούλας.
1923: ο Μουσολίνι διαλύει όλα τα μη φασιστικά κόμματα στην Ιταλία.
1924: ο Φινλανδός Πάαβο Νιούρμι κερδίζει το πρώτο από τα 5 χρυσά στους 8ους Ολυμπιακούς Αγώνες του Παρισιού (3000 στιπλ με 9:36.6) και ταυτόχρονα πραγματοποιεί τον μεγαλύτερο άθλο της ιστορίας των Ολυμπιακών Αγώνων κερδίζοντας 2 χρυσά μετάλλια σε διάστημα 1 ώρας στα 1500μ & 5000μ.
1925: "αρχίζει στο Τενεσσί των ΗΠΑ η δίκη του δάσκαλου Τζον Σκόουπς, ο οποίος δίδασκε την απαγορευμένη ""Εξέλιξη των Ειδών""του Δαρβίνου."
1925: ιδρύεται το TASS, το επίσημο πρακτορείο ειδήσεων της Σοβιετικής Ένωσης.
1928: ο Τζορτζ Ίστμαν, δημιουργός της εταιρείας Kodak, επιδεικνύει το πρώτο έγχρωμο φιλμ.
1929: οι Κινέζοι καταλαμβάνουν το Ανατολικό Σιδηρόδρομο από τη Ρωσία στη Μαντζουρία.
1931: αρχίζει η εφαρμογή του νέου ελληνικού νόμου περί Τύπου.
1932: στη Χιλή, αποτυγχάνει το στρατιωτικό πραξικόπημα που είχε σχεδιάσει ο πρώην Πρόεδρος, Κάρλος Ιμπάνεθ.
1938: ο Αμερικανός εκκεντρικός δισεκατομμυριούχος Χάουαρντ Χιούς, κάνει ένα νέο ρεκόρ: επιχειρει με το αεροπλάνο του το γύρο του κόσμου, σε μία πτήση, που διαρκεί 91 ώρες.
1939: "το ""Γιάνκι Κλίπερ""προσγειώνεται στο Λονδίνο, ολοκληρώνοντας έτσι την πρώτη πτήση με επιβάτες πάνω από τον Ατλαντικό."
1940: "η Τρίτη Δημοκρατία ""πεθαίνει""στη Γαλλία, όταν μια φασιστική και απολυταρχική κυβέρνηση με επικεφαλής τον στρατάρχη Ανρί Πετέν, συνεργαζόμενη με τους Ναζί εγκαθίσταται στο Βισί."
1941: πεθαίνει ο Αμερικανός τζαζίστας Τζέλι Ρολ Μόρτον.
1942: γεννιέται ο Ρώσος κοσμοναύτης Πιότρ Κλιμούκ.
1942: ο Μουσολίνι εγκαταλείπει την ελπίδα της θριαμβευτικής εισόδου του στο Κάιρο και επιστρέφει στη Ρώμη.
1943: αμερικανικά και βρετανικά στρατεύματα αποβιβάζονται στη Σικελία.
1943: γεννιέται ο Αφροαμερικανός τενίστας, ’Αρθουρ Ας.
1951: ο Ράντολφ Τιούρπιν γίνεται ο πρώτος ’Αγγλος από την εποχή του Μπομπ Φιτζσίμονς (τον προηγούμενο αιώνα) που κερδίζει τον τίτλο στην κατηγορία των μέσων κιλών όταν υποχρεώνει τον Σούγκαρ Ρέι Ρομπινσον στη δεύτερη μόλις ήττα του σε 133 αγώνες.
1951: στον πόλεμο της Κορέας, στην περιοχή της Κάεσονγκ, αρχίζουν οι διαπραγματεύσεις για ανακωχή.
1953: ο Πρόεδρος των ΗΠΑ Αϊζενχάουερ ζητά την άδεια του Κρεμλίνου για να αποστείλει οικονομική ενίσχυση στο Ανατολικό Βερολίνο, ύψους 15 εκ. δολαρίων.
1953: τέσσερις μήνες μετά το θάνατο του Ιωσήφ Στάλιν, οι σοβιετικές αρχές συλλαμβάνουν τον Λαυρέντη Μπερία, τον επικεφαλής ασφαλείας του Στάλιν. Ο Μπερία θα εκτελεστεί αργότερα την ίδια χρονιά.
1954: γεννιέται ο Βρετανός μουσικός Νιλ Τέναντ, ο οποίος μαζί με τον Κρις Λόου, έφτιαξαν τους Pet Shop Boys.
1960: η Ρωσία νικά στην παράταση τη Γιουγκοσλαβία με 2-1 στο Παρίσι και κατακτά το πρώτο Κύπελλο Εθνών Ευρώπης στο ποδόσφαιρο.
1962: "εκτοξεύεται από το Ακρωτήριο Κανάβεραλ ο ""TellStar"", ο πρώτος τηλεοπτικός και τηλεπικοινωνιακός δορυφόρος, κάνοντας δυνατή την αναμετάδοση τηλεοπτικών προγραμμάτων πάνω από τον Ατλαντικό."
1964: νέος αρχηγός του Κονγκό ορκίζεται ο Μόουζες Τόμπε, πρώην επικεφαλής της κυβέρνησης της Κατάνγκα.
1965: "οι Rolling Stones ανεβαίνουν για πρώτη φορά στο Νο1 με το ""Satisfaction""."
1968: γεννιέται η Αλγερινή δρομέας Χασίμπα Μπουλμέρκα, η οποία έγινε το 1992 η πρώτη Αλγερινή, που κατακτά μετάλλιο στους Ολυμπιακούς Αγώνες.
1968: "ο Έρικ Κλάπτον ανακοινώνει τη διάλυση των ""Cream""."
1969: αιγυπτιακά στρατεύματα επιτίθενται κατά ισραηλινών θέσεων στο λιμάνι Ταουφίκ, σκοτώνοντας 40 άτομα.
1971: αποτυχαίνει στρατιωτικό πραξικόπημα στο Μαρόκο.
1972: η Βρετανία διατάζει την αποστολή άλλων 1.200 στρατιωτών στη Βόρεια Ιρλανδία.
1973: μετά από 300 και πλέον χρόνια βρετανικής παρουσίας, οι Μπαχάμες ανακηρύσσονται ανεξάρτητο κράτος, έτοιμο να απαλλαγεί από κάθε ίχνος αποικιοκρατικής διακυβέρνησης.
1976: ο Σοβιετικός σφαιροβόλος Αλεξάντρ Μπαρίνικοφ υιοθετώντας περιστροφικό παλμό κάνει παγκόσμιο ρεκόρ με 22μ στο Στάδιο Κολόμπους του Παρισιού.
1978: πεθαίνει ο ’Αγγλος παίκτης του αμερικανικού μπιλιάρδου, Τζο Ντέιβις.
1980: γεννιέται η Αμερικανίδα τραγουδίστρια Τζέσικα Σίμπσον.
1980: γεννιέται ο ’Ανταμ Πέτι, Αμερικανός οδηγός αγώνων NASCAR, ο οποίος πέθανε σε αυτοκινητικό δυστύχημα το Μάιο του 2000, στο Λονδίνο, ενώ δοκίμαζε ένα αυτοκίνητο.
1980: ο Μιχαήλ Γκορμπατσόφ επανεκλέγεται Γενικός Γραμματέας του Κομμουνιστικού Κόμματος της Σοβιετικής Ένωσης.
1980: ο Πρόεδρος των ΗΠΑ Τζον Κάρτερ συναντάται με τον Κινέζο ομόλογό του Χούα, με σκοπό την ενδυνάμωση των μεταξύ τους σχέσεων έναντι της σοβιετικής απειλής.
1985: μετά από τις αντιδράσεις του κοινού, η Coca Cola γυρνά στην παλιά γνώριμη της γεύση, αφού για λίγους μήνες η εταιρία είχε αλλάξει τη σύσταση του διάσημου ποτού.
1985: οι Γάλλοι πράκτορες της γαλλικής εξωτερικής υπηρεσίας πληροφοριών (DGSE) βομβαρδίζουν και βυθίζουν στο λιμάνι του Όκλαντ, στη Νέα Ζηλανδία, το πλοίο της Greenpeace, Rainbow Warrior.
1989: οι εργάτες των μεταλλείων του Κουσμπάλ της Σιβηρίας αρχίζουν απεργία, η οποία εξαπλωνόταν σιγά-σιγά σε όλες τις περιοχές μεταλλείων της ΕΣΣΔ.
1989: πεθαίνει ο Αμερικανός ηθοποιός Μελ Μπλανκ, ο οποίος δάνεισε τη φωνή του στον Μπαγκς Μπάνι, τον Τουίτι, τον Πόρκι Πιγκ, τον Ντάφι Ντακ και πολλούς άλλους.
1991: ο Μπόρις Γιέλτσιν ορκίζεται Πρόεδρος της Ρωσίας. Είναι ο πρώτος εκλεγμένος από το λαό ηγέτης στη χιλιετή ιστορία της χώρας.
1992: ο πρώην δικτάτορας του Παναμά, Μανουέλ Νοριέγκα, καταδικάζεται σε 40 χρόνια φυλάκιση στις ΗΠΑ, επειδή είχε επιτρέψει κατά τη διάρκεια της θητείας του τη χρήση της χώρας του από λαθρεμπόρους ναρκωτικών.
1992: στην Πολωνία, ορίζεται πρώτη γυναίκα πρωθυπουργός η Χάνα Σουτσόσκα.
1993: ο Κενυάτης Γιομπς Οντιέκι γίνεται ο πρώτος δρομέας που τρέχει τα 10.000 μ. σε χρόνο κάτω από 27 λεπτά με νέο παγκόσμιο ρεκόρ 26:58.38.
1993: ο ΟΗΕ επικηρύσσει τον Σομαλό πολέμαρχο Αϊντίντ για 25.000 δολάρια, καθώς έχει κριθεί υπεύθυνος για το θάνατο 24 Πακιστανών στρατιωτών.
1994: η υποψηφιότητα της Μαρίας Δαμανάκη για το Δήμο της Αθήνας υποστηρίζεται από τη συντριπτική πλειοψηφία των μελών της Κεντρικής Πολιτικής Επιτροπής του ΣΥΝ.
1994: στις ΗΠΑ, 24 είναι οι νεκροί από τις πλημμύρες που πλήττουν την Πολιτεία Τζόρτζια.
1995: στη Νότια Κορέα, ο απολογισμός των νεκρών από την κατάρρευση πολυκαταστήματος στη Σεούλ, ανέρχεται στους 192 και οι αγνοούμενοι στους 242.
1996: ο πρόεδρος των ΗΠΑ Μπιλ Κλίντον εγκρίνει στρατιωτική βοήθεια 100 εκατ. δολαρίων για τη Βοσνία και το στρατό της.
1997: έντονες επιφυλάξεις για την ελληνοτουρκική συμφωνία της Μαδρίτης διατυπώνουν πολιτικά κόμματα και βουλευτές του ΠΑΣΟΚ.
1997: στο Λονδίνο, Βρετανοί επιστήμονες, μετά από εξετάσεις DNA, ανακαλύπτουν, ότι ο ανθρώπινος σκελετός, που βρήκαν στην Αφρική χρονολογείται 100.000 ή 200.000 χρόνια πριν και ενισχύει τη θεωρία, ότι ο άνθρωπος κατάγεται από την Αφρική.
1999: οι ΗΠΑ κατακτούν για πρώτη φορά στην ιστορία τους το Παγκόσμιο Κύπελλο Ποδοσφαίρου Γυναικών νικώντας στον τελικό την Κίνα στα πέναλτι με 5-4 μπροστά σε 90.000 θεατές στο Ρόουζ Μπόουλ της Πασαντίνα.
1999: ολοκληρώνεται στο Στάδιο Καραϊσκάκη το 5ο Πανευρωπαϊκό Πρωτάθλημα Κωφών που ξεκίνησε στις 7 του ιδίου μήνα. Συμμετείχαν 250 αθλητές και αθλήτριες από 22 κράτη. Η Δέσποινα Μπατζιανούλη κατέκτησε το αργυρό μετάλλιο στα 400μ και το χάλκινο στα 200μ. Η Ελλάδα κατατάσσεται δωδέκατη με πρώτη την Ουκρανία.
2000: στη νότια Νιγηρία, εκρήγνυται ένας αγωγός πετρελαίου και σκοτώνει 250 χωρικούς, που είχαν πάει να βρουν βενζίνη.
2002: "ο λόρδος Τόμσον, σε μία δημοπρασία του οίκου Σόθμπις, αγοράζει τον πίνακα του Ρούμπενς ""Η σφαγή των αθώων"", για περίπου 74 εκατομμύρια ευρώ."
2003: στο Χονγκ Κονγκ, ένα λεωφορείο της εταιρίας ΚΜΒ συγκρούεται με ένα φορτηγό, στη λεωφόρο Τουέν Μουν και χάνουν τη ζωή τους 21 άνθρωποι. Πρόκειται για το χειρότερο δυστύχημα με λεωφορείο στη χώρα.
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- 48 BC – Battle of Dyrrhachium: Julius Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat by Pompey in Macedonia.
- 138 – Emperor Hadrian dies of heart failure at Baiae; he is buried at Rome in the Tomb of Hadrian beside his late wife, Vibia Sabina.
- 645 – Isshi Incident: Prince Naka-no-Ōe and Fujiwara no Kamatari assassinate Soga no Iruka during a coup d'état at the imperial palace.
- 988 – The Norse King Glúniairn recognises Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill, High King of Ireland, and agrees to pay taxes and accept Brehon Law; the event is considered to be the founding of the city of Dublin.
- 1086 – King Canute IV of Denmark is killed by rebellious peasants.
- 1212 – The most severe of several early fires of London burns most of the city to the ground.
- 1460 – Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, defeats the king's Lancastrian forces and takes King Henry VI prisoner in the Battle of Northampton.
- 1499 – The Portuguese explorer Nicolau Coelho returns to Lisbon after discovering the sea route to India as a companion of Vasco da Gama.
- 1519 – Zhu Chenhao declares the Ming dynasty's Zhengde Emperor a usurper, beginning the Prince of Ning rebellion, and leads his army north in an attempt to capture Nanjing.
- 1553 – Lady Jane Grey takes the throne of England.
- 1584 – William I of Orange is assassinated in his home in Delft, Holland, by Balthasar Gérard.
- 1645 – English Civil War: The Battle of Langport takes place.
- 1778 – American Revolution: Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain.
- 1789 – Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Mackenzie River delta.
- 1806 – The Vellore Mutiny is the first instance of a mutiny by Indian sepoys against the British East India Company.
- 1821 – The United States takes possession of its newly bought territory of Florida from Spain.
- 1832 – U.S. President Andrew Jackson vetoes a bill that would re-charter the Second Bank of the United States.
- 1850 – U.S. President Millard Fillmore is sworn in, a day after becoming President upon Zachary Taylor's death.
- 1869 – Gävle, Sweden, is largely destroyed in a fire; 80% of its 10,000 residents are left homeless.
- 1877 – The then-villa of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, formally receives its city charter from the Royal Crown of Spain.
- 1882 – War of the Pacific: Chile suffers its last military defeat in the Battle of La Concepción when a garrison of 77 men is annihilated by a 1,300-strong Peruvian force, many of them armed with spears.
- 1890 – Wyoming is admitted as the 44th U.S. state.
- 1913 – The temperature in Death Valley, California, hits 134 °F (57 °C), the highest temperature ever to be recorded on Earth.
- 1921 – Belfast's Bloody Sunday: Sixteen people are killed and 161 houses destroyed during rioting and gun battles in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
- 1925 – Meher Baba begins his silence of 44 years. His followers observe Silence Day on this date in commemoration.
- 1925 – Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, the so-called "Monkey Trial" begins of John T. Scopes, a young high school science teacher accused of teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act.
- 1927 – Kevin O'Higgins TD, Vice-President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State is assassinated by the IRA.
- 1938 – Howard Hughes sets a new record by completing a 91-hour airplane flight around the world.
- 1940 – World War II: The Vichy government is established in France.
- 1941 – Jedwabne pogrom: The massacre of Jewish people living in and near the village of Jedwabne in Poland.
- 1942 – Diplomatic relations between the Netherlands and the Soviet Union are established.
- 1942 – World War II: An American pilot spots a downed, intact Mitsubishi A6M Zero on Akutan Island (the "Akutan Zero") that the US Navy uses to learn the aircraft's flight characteristics.
- 1946 – Hungarian hyperinflation sets a record with inflation of 348.46 percent per day, or prices doubling every eleven hours.
- 1947 – Muhammad Ali Jinnah is recommended as the first Governor-General of Pakistan by the British Prime Minister, Clement Attlee.
- 1951 – Korean War: Armistice negotiations begin at Kaesong.
- 1962 – Telstar, the world's first communications satellite, is launched into orbit.
- 1966 – The Chicago Freedom Movement, led by Martin Luther King, Jr., holds a rally at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois. As many as 60,000 people come to hear Dr. King as well as Mahalia Jackson, Stevie Wonder, and Peter, Paul and Mary.
- 1967 – Uruguay becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
- 1967 – New Zealand adopts decimal currency.
- 1973 – The Bahamas gain full independence within the Commonwealth of Nations.
- 1973 – National Assembly of Pakistan passes a resolution on the recognition of Bangladesh.
- 1973 – John Paul Getty III, a grandson of the oil magnate J. Paul Getty, is kidnapped in Rome, Italy.
- 1976 – The Seveso disaster occurs in Italy.
- 1976 – One American and three British mercenaries are executed in Angola following the Luanda Trial.
- 1978 – ABC World News Tonight premieres on ABC.
- 1978 – President Moktar Ould Daddah of Mauritania is ousted in a bloodless coup d'état.
- 1980 – Alexandra Palace burns down for a second time.
- 1985 – The Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior is bombed and sunk in Auckland harbour by French DGSE agents, killing Fernando Pereira.
- 1985 – An Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-154 stalls and crashes near Uchkuduk, Uzbekistan (then part of the Soviet Union), killing all 200 people on board in the USSR's worst-ever airline disaster.
- 1991 – The South African cricket team is readmitted into the International Cricket Council following the end of Apartheid.
- 1991 – Boris Yeltsin takes office as the first elected President of Russia.
- 1992 – In Miami, former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega is sentenced to 40 years in prison for drug and racketeering violations.
- 1997 – In London, scientists report the findings of the DNA analysis of a Neanderthal skeleton which supports the "out of Africa theory" of human evolution, placing an "African Eve" at 100,000 to 200,000 years ago.
- 1997 – Miguel Ángel Blanco, a member of Partido Popular (Spain), is kidnapped in the Basque city of Ermua by ETA members, sparking widespread protests.
- 1998 – Catholic Church sexual abuse cases: The Diocese of Dallas agrees to pay $23.4 million to nine former altar boys who claimed they were sexually abused by Rudolph Kos, a former priest.
- 2000 – EADS, the world's second-largest aerospace group is formed by the merger of Aérospatiale-Matra, DASA, and CASA.
- 2002 – At a Sotheby's auction, Peter Paul Rubens' painting The Massacre of the Innocents is sold for £49.5 million (US$76.2 million) to Lord Thomson.
- 2005 – Hurricane Dennis slams into the Florida Panhandle, causing billions of dollars in damage.
- 2007 – Erden Eruç begins the first solo human-powered circumnavigation of the world.
- 2008 – Former Macedonian Interior Minister Ljube Boškoski is acquitted of all war-crimes charges by a United Nations Tribunal.
- 2011 – Russian cruise ship Bulgaria sinks in Volga near Syukeyevo, Tatarstan, leading to 122 deaths.
Births[edit]
- 1419 – Emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (d. 1471)
- 1451 – James III of Scotland (d. 1488)
- 1501 – Cho Shik, Korean poet and scholar (d. 1572)
- 1509 – John Calvin, French pastor and theologian (d. 1564)
- 1517 – Odet de Coligny, French cardinal (d. 1571)
- 1592 – Pierre d'Hozier, French genealogist and historian (d. 1660)
- 1614 – Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, Irish-English politician (d. 1686)
- 1625 – Jean Herauld Gourville, French adventurer (d. 1703)
- 1638 – David Teniers III, Flemish painter (d. 1685)
- 1666 – John Ernest Grabe, German theologian and academic (d. 1711)
- 1682 – Roger Cotes, English mathematician and astronomer (d. 1716)
- 1682 – Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg, German missionary and linguist (d. 1719)
- 1723 – William Blackstone, English lawyer, judge, and politician (d. 1780)
- 1736 – Maria, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (d. 1807)
- 1792 – George M. Dallas, American lawyer and politician, 11th Vice President of the United States (d. 1864)
- 1802 – Robert Chambers, Scottish geologist and publisher, co-founded Chambers Harrap (d. 1871)
- 1804 – Emma Smith, American religious leader (d. 1879)
- 1809 – Friedrich August von Quenstedt, German geologist and palaeontologist (d. 1889)
- 1823 – Louis-Napoléon Casault, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (d. 1908)
- 1830 – Camille Pissarro, Danish-French painter (d. 1903)
- 1832 – Alvan Graham Clark, American astronomer (d. 1897)
- 1834 – James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American-English painter and illustrator (d. 1903)
- 1835 – Henryk Wieniawski, Polish violinist and composer (d. 1880)
- 1839 – Adolphus Busch, German brewer, co-founded Anheuser-Busch (d. 1913)
- 1856 – Nikola Tesla, Serbian-American physicist and engineer (d. 1943)
- 1864 – Austin Chapman, Australian businessman and politician, 4th Australian Minister for Defence (d. 1926)
- 1867 – Prince Maximilian of Baden (d. 1929)
- 1871 – Marcel Proust, French novelist, critic, and essayist (d. 1922)
- 1874 – Sergey Konenkov, Russian sculptor (d. 1971)
- 1875 – Mary McLeod Bethune, American educator and activist (d. 1955)
- 1878 – Otto Freundlich, German painter and sculptor (d. 1943)
- 1883 – Johannes Blaskowitz, German general (d. 1948)
- 1883 – Hugo Raudsepp, Estonian playwright and politician (d. 1952)
- 1888 – Giorgio de Chirico, Greek-Italian painter and set designer (d. 1978)
- 1888 – Toyohiko Kagawa, Japanese evangelist, author, and activist (d. 1960)
- 1894 – Jimmy McHugh, American composer (d. 1969)
- 1895 – Carl Orff, German composer and educator (d. 1982)
- 1896 – Thérèse Casgrain, Canadian politician (d. 1981)
- 1897 – Legs Diamond, American gangster (d. 1931)
- 1897 – Karl Plagge, German general and engineer (d. 1957)
- 1898 – Renée Björling, Swedish actress (d. 1975)
- 1899 – John Gilbert, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1936)
- 1899 – Heiri Suter, Swiss cyclist (d. 1978)
- 1900 – Mitchell Parish, Lithuanian-American songwriter (d. 1993)
- 1900 – Sampson Sievers, Russian monk and mystic (d. 1979)
- 1902 – Kurt Alder, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1958)
- 1902 – Nicolás Guillén, Cuban poet, journalist, and activist (d. 1989)
- 1903 – Werner Best, German SS officer and jurist (d. 1989)
- 1903 – John Wyndham, English soldier and author (d. 1969)
- 1904 – Lili Damita, French-American actress and singer (d. 1994)
- 1905 – Mildred Benson, American journalist and author (d. 2002)
- 1905 – Thomas Gomez, American actor (d. 1971)
- 1905 – Wolfram Sievers, German physician (d. 1948)
- 1907 – Blind Boy Fuller, American singer and guitarist (d. 1941)
- 1909 – Donald Sinclair, English lieutenant and businessman (d. 1981)
- 1911 – Cootie Williams, American trumpeter and bandleader (d. 1985)
- 1913 – Salvador Espriu, Spanish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1985)
- 1914 – Joe Shuster, Canadian-American illustrator, co-created Superman (d. 1992)
- 1914 – Rempo Urip, Indonesian film director
- 1916 – Judith Jasmin, Canadian journalist (d. 1972)
- 1917 – Hugh Alexander, American baseball player and scout (d. 2000)
- 1917 – Don Herbert, American television host and producer (d. 2007)
- 1917 – Reg Smythe, English cartoonist (d. 1998)
- 1918 – James Aldridge, Australian-English journalist and author (d. 2015)
- 1918 – Fred Wacker, American race driver and engineer (d. 1998)
- 1919 – Pierre Gamarra, French author, poet, and critic (d. 2009)
- 1919 – Ian Wallace, English actor and singer (d. 2009)
- 1920 – David Brinkley, American journalist (d. 2003)
- 1920 – Owen Chamberlain, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2006)
- 1920 – Cyril Grant, English footballer (d. 2002)
- 1921 – Harvey Ball, American illustrator, created the Smiley (d. 2001)
- 1921 – Jeff Donnell, American actress (d. 1988)
- 1921 – Jake LaMotta, American boxer and actor
- 1921 – Eunice Kennedy Shriver, American activist, co-founded the Special Olympics (d. 2009)
- 1922 – Jean Kerr, American author and playwright (d. 2003)
- 1922 – Herb McKenley, Jamaican sprinter (d. 2007)
- 1923 – John Bradley, American soldier (d. 1994)
- 1923 – Suzanne Cloutier, Canadian actress and producer (d. 2003)
- 1923 – G. A. Kulkarni, Indian author and academic (d. 1987)
- 1924 – Johnny Bach, American basketball player and coach (d. 2016)
- 1924 – Bobo Brazil, American wrestler (d. 1998)
- 1925 – Mahathir Mohamad, Malaysian physician and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Malaysia
- 1926 – Fred Gwynne, American actor (d. 1993)
- 1927 – Grigory Barenblatt, Russian mathematician and academic
- 1927 – David Dinkins, American soldier and politician, 106th Mayor of New York City
- 1928 – Bernard Buffet, French painter and illustrator (d. 1999)
- 1928 – Alejandro de Tomaso, Argentinian-Italian race car driver and businessman, founded De Tomaso (d. 2003)
- 1928 – Moshe Greenberg, American-Israeli rabbi and scholar (d. 2010)
- 1929 – Winnie Ewing, Scottish lawyer and politician
- 1929 – George Clayton Johnson, American author and screenwriter (d. 2015)
- 1929 – Moe Norman, Canadian golfer (d. 2004)
- 1930 – Bruce Boa, Canadian-English actor (d. 2004)
- 1930 – Susan Cummings, German-American actress
- 1930 – Josephine Veasey, English soprano and actress
- 1931 – Nick Adams, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1968)
- 1931 – Jerry Herman, American composer and songwriter
- 1931 – Julian May, American author
- 1931 – Alice Munro, Canadian short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1932 – Carlo Maria Abate, Italian race car driver
- 1933 – Jan DeGaetani, American soprano (d. 1989)
- 1933 – C.K. Yang, Taiwanese decathlete and pole vaulter (d. 2007)
- 1934 – Jerry Nelson, American puppeteer and voice actor (d. 2012)
- 1935 – Tura Satana, American actress and dancer (d. 2011)
- 1935 – Wilson Tuckey, Australian politician
- 1935 – Wilson Whineray, New Zealand rugby player and businessman (d. 2012)
- 1936 – Herbert Boyer, American businessman, co-founded Genentech
- 1936 – Tunne Kelam, Estonian journalist and politician
- 1937 – Edwards Barham, American farmer and politician (d. 2014)
- 1937 – Gun Svensson, Swedish politician
- 1938 – Paul Andreu, French architect, designed the Osaka Maritime Museum and the National Grand Theater of China
- 1938 – Lee Morgan, American trumpet player and composer (d. 1972)
- 1939 – Phil Kelly, Irish-English footballer and manager (d. 2012)
- 1939 – Ahmet Taner Kışlalı, Turkish political scientist, journalist and educator (d. 1999)
- 1939 – Mavis Staples, American singer (The Staple Singers)
- 1940 – Meghnad Desai, Baron Desai, Indian-English economist and politician
- 1940 – Helen Donath, American soprano and actress
- 1940 – Brian Priestley, English pianist and composer (National Youth Jazz Orchestra)
- 1940 – Keith Stackpole, Australian cricketer
- 1941 – Jake Eberts, Canadian film producer (d. 2012)
- 1941 – David G. Hartwell, American anthologist, author, and critic (d. 2016)
- 1941 – Robert Pine, American actor and director
- 1941 – Ian Whitcomb, English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
- 1942 – Ronnie James Dio, American singer-songwriter and producer (Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Dio, Heaven & Hell, and Elf) (d. 2010)
- 1942 – Pyotr Klimuk, Belarusian general, pilot, and astronaut
- 1942 – Sixto Rodriguez, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1943 – Arthur Ashe, American tennis player and journalist (d. 1993)
- 1944 – K. S. Balachandran, Sri Lankan-Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1944 – Mick Grant, English racing motorcyclist
- 1944 – Norman Hammond, English archaeologist and academic
- 1945 – Ron Glass, American actor
- 1945 – Hal McRae, American baseball player and manager
- 1945 – John Motson, English sportscaster
- 1945 – Jean-Marie Poiré, French director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1945 – Virginia Wade, English tennis player and sportscaster
- 1946 – Sue Lyon, American actress
- 1947 – Arlo Guthrie, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
- 1948 – Ronnie Cutrone, American painter (d. 2013)
- 1948 – Chico Resch, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
- 1949 – Anna Czerwińska, Polish mountaineer and author
- 1949 – Sunil Gavaskar, Indian cricketer and sportscaster
- 1949 – Greg Kihn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Greg Kihn Band)
- 1949 – Winston Rekert, Canadian actor and director (d. 2012)
- 1949 – John Whitehead, American singer-songwriter and producer (McFadden & Whitehead) (d. 2004)
- 1950 – Tony Baldry, English colonel, lawyer, and politician, British Minister of State for Agriculture
- 1950 – Prokopis Pavlopoulos, President of Greece, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister for the Interior
- 1951 – Cheryl Wheeler, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1952 – Kim Mitchell, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Max Webster)
- 1952 – Peter van Heemst, Dutch politician
- 1953 – Rik Emmett, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Triumph and Strung-Out Troubadours)
- 1953 – Zoogz Rift, American guitarist and composer (d. 2011)
- 1954 – Tommy Bowden, American football player and coach
- 1954 – Andre Dawson, American baseball player
- 1954 – Neil Tennant, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Pet Shop Boys and Electronic)
- 1955 – Nic Dakin, English educator and politician
- 1956 – Tom McClintock, American lawyer and politician
- 1958 – Béla Fleck, American banjo player and songwriter (Sparrow Quartet, New Grass Revival, Strength in Numbers, and Trio!)
- 1958 – Fiona Shaw, Irish actress and director
- 1959 – Ellen Kuras, American director and cinematographer
- 1959 – Sandy West, American singer-songwriter and drummer (The Runaways) (d. 2006)
- 1960 – Jeff Bergman, American voice actor
- 1960 – Seth Godin, American theorist and author
- 1961 – Jacky Cheung, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor
- 1963 – Ian Lougher, Welsh motorcycle racer
- 1964 – Martin Laurendeau, Canadian tennis player and coach
- 1964 – Urban Meyer, American football player and coach
- 1964 – Wilfried Peeters, Belgian cyclist
- 1965 – Scott McCarron, American golfer
- 1965 – Ken Mellons, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1966 – Clive Efford, English politician
- 1966 – Johnny Grunge, American wrestler (d. 2006)
- 1966 – Christian Stangl, Austrian skier and mountaineer
- 1966 – Anna Bråkenhielm, Swedish businessleader
- 1967 – Rebekah Del Rio, American singer-songwriter
- 1967 – Gillian Tett, English journalist and author
- 1967 – John Yoo, South Korean-American lawyer, author, and educator
- 1970 – Gary LeVox, American singer-songwriter (Rascal Flatts)
- 1970 – Jason Orange, English singer-songwriter and dancer (Take That)
- 1970 – Helen Sjöholm, Swedish singer and actress
- 1971 – Adam Foote, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1971 – Gregory Goodridge, Barbadian footballer and coach
- 1972 – Peter Serafinowicz, English actor
- 1972 – Sofía Vergara, Colombian-American actress and producer
- 1972 – Tilo Wolff, German-Swiss singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (Lacrimosa)
- 1973 – Annie Mumolo, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
- 1975 – Andrew Firestone, American businessman
- 1975 – Brendan Gaughan, American race car driver
- 1975 – Alain Nasreddine, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1975 – Richard Westbrook, English race car driver
- 1976 – Edmílson, Brazilian footballer
- 1976 – Elijah Blue Allman, American singer and guitarist (Deadsy)
- 1976 – Ludovic Giuly, French footballer
- 1976 – Adrian Grenier, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
- 1976 – Brendon Lade, Australian footballer and coach
- 1976 – Lars Ricken, German footballer
- 1977 – Ahmed Abdi Godane, Somali militant leader (d. 2014)
- 1977 – Chiwetel Ejiofor, English actor
- 1977 – Jesse Lacey, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Brand New and Taking Back Sunday)
- 1979 – Mvondo Atangana, Cameroon footballer
- 1979 – Jorun Marie Kvernberg, Norwegian Hardingfele player
- 1980 – Thomas Ian Nicholas, American actor, singer, and producer
- 1980 – Alejandro Millán, Mexican singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Elfonía and Stream of Passion)
- 1980 – Adam Petty, American race car driver (d. 2000)
- 1980 – Claudia Leitte, Brazilian singer-songwriter
- 1980 – James Rolfe, American actor, director, and producer
- 1980 – Jessica Simpson, American singer-songwriter, actress, and fashion designer
- 1981 – Aleksandar Tunchev, Bulgarian footballer
- 1982 – Alex Arrowsmith, American guitarist and producer (The Shaky Hands)
- 1982 – Juliya Chernetsky, Ukrainian-American television host
- 1982 – Sebastian Mila, Polish footballer
- 1982 – Jeffrey Walker, Australian actor and director
- 1983 – Giuseppe De Feudis, Italian footballer
- 1983 – Matthew Egan, Australian footballer
- 1983 – Kim Heechul, South Korean singer and actor (Super Junior and Super Junior-T)
- 1983 – Joelson José Inácio, Brazilian footballer
- 1983 – Doug Kramer, Filipino basketball player
- 1983 – Gemma Sanderson, Australian model
- 1983 – Anthony Watmough, Australian rugby player
- 1984 – María Julia Mantilla, Peruvian model, Miss World 2004
- 1984 – Nikolaos Mitrou, Greek footballer
- 1984 – Kei Tanaka, Japanese actor
- 1985 – Park Chu-young, South Korean footballer
- 1985 – B. J. Crombeen, American ice hockey player
- 1985 – Mario Gómez, German footballer
- 1988 – Antonio Brown, American football player
- 1988 – Heather Hemmens, American actress, director, and producer
- 1990 – Sung Joon, South Korean model and actor
- 1990 – Eunan O'Kane, Irish footballer
- 1990 – Adam Reynolds, Australian rugby player
- 1990 – Nataline Sarkisyan, American leukemia patient, figure in health care reform debate (d. 2007)
- 1991 – María Chacón, Mexican actress and singer (Play)
- 1991 – Atsuko Maeda, Japanese singer and actress (AKB48)
- 1995 – Dor Hugi, Israeli footballer
- 1997 – Rena Kato, Japanese singer, dancer, model, and actress (AKB48)
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THIS DAY IN MUSIC
July 10th: On this Day | |
1950, The US music show Your Hit Parade premiered on NBC-TV. The program, which featured vocalists covering the top hits of the week, had been on radio since 1935. It moved to CBS in 1958 but was canceled the following year, unable to cope with the rising popularity of Rock 'n' Roll. | |
1961, Bobby Lewis started a seven week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Tossin' and Turnin', the longest running No.1 single of 1961, spending seven weeks at the top of the chart. | |
1964, 200,000 Liverpudlians took to the streets to celebrate The Beatles return to Liverpool for the northern premiere of the group's first film 'A Hard Day's Night.' The group were honored in a public ceremony in front of Liverpool Town Hall and as The Beatles stood on a balcony looking at the large crowd gathered below, John Lennon gave a few Nazi "Sieg Heil" salutes. Not everyone appreciated his sense of humor. | |
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1965, The Rolling Stones started a four week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with '(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction', the group's first chart-topper there. In the UK, the song was initially played only on pirate radio stations because its lyrics were considered too sexually suggestive. | |
1966, Johnny Tilotson, The Jive Five, The Tymes, The Shangra-Las and local band The Castiles (with Bruce Springsteen on vocals) all appeared at the Surf 'n See Club in Seabright New Jersey. | |
1968, Eric Clapton announced that Cream would break-up after their current tour. The group's third album, Wheels of Fire, was the world's first platinum-selling double album and Cream are widely regarded as being the world's first successful supergroup. | |
1968, The Nice were banned from appearing at London's Royal Albert Hall after burning an American flag on stage. Two years later, Keith Emerson, leader of the Nice, joined Greg Lake and Carl Palmer in Emerson, Lake and Palmer. | |
1969, The funeral of Rolling Stone Brian Jones took place in his home town at Hatherley Road Parish Church, Cheltenham. Canon Hugh Evan Hopkins read Jones' own epitaph, 'Please don't judge me too harshly'. Bill Wyman, Keith Richards and Charlie Watts from The Stones attended the funeral. | |
1972, Harry Nilsson's eighth album, Son of Schmilsson was released. It featured George Harrison under the name George Harrysong and Ringo Starr, listed as Richie Snare, on some of the tracks. Peter Frampton also played guitar on most of the album. | |
1974, David Bowie played the first of five dates at The Tower Theatre in Philadelphia the recordings of which made up the 'David Live' album released later that year. | |
1976, One Hit Wonders Starland Vocal Band started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Afternoon Delight', it was also their only hit in the UK making No.18 on the chart. | |
1978, Rolling Stone Bill Wyman was knocked unconscious after falling from the stage during a Stones concert at the Coliseum, St Paul, Minnesota. | |
1979, Chuck Berry was sentenced to five months in jail after being found guilty of tax evasion. | |
1980, Bob Marley and the Wailers began what would be Marley's last ever UK tour when they appeared in Dublin, Ireland. | |
1980, During their 23 date '11 O'Clock Tick Tock' tour U2 appeared at The Clarendon Hotel in London. | |
1984, Session drummer and former member of Derek and the Dominos, Jim Gordon, was sentenced to 16 years to life in prison after being found guilty of murdering his mother. It was after he was arrested that he was properly diagnosed with schizophrenia and, although at the trial the court accepted that Gordon had acute schizophrenia, he was not allowed to use an insanity defense because of changes to California law. | |
1987, Producer and record company executive John Hammond died. He brought Stevie Ray Vaughan, Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, Leonard Cohen and Bruce Springsteen to Columbia Records. Hammond also worked as a producer with Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, Benny Goodman and Count Basie. | |
1989, David F Pearsall age 18 from Manchester, New Jersey was charged with theft after stealing a guitar at a concert in Riverfront Park belonging to Richie Sambora of Bon Jovi. | |
2002, David Bowie, Suede, Divine Comedy, Green Day, No Doubt, Paul Weller, Ian Brown, Joe Strummer, New Order, Doves and Shed 7 all appeared at the four day Move festival, Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, England. | |
2005, The four members of Led Zeppelin were voted the UK's ideal supergroup after 3,500 music fans were asked to create their fantasy band for Planet Rock Radio. Jimmy Page won best guitarist, followed by Guns N' Roses' Slash and Deep Purple's Ritchie Blackmore. John Paul Jones was named top bassist, with John Bonham, who died in 1980, winning best drummer and Robert Plant beat the late Freddie Mercuryto best singer. | |
2008, The drum skin used on the cover of The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper album sold for £541,250 ($1m) at Christie's Memorabilia auction in London. Other items sold included John Lennon's lyrics for 'Give Peace a Chance' which sold for £421,250 ($832,257) and a pair of tinted prescription sunglasses belonging to Lennon, which he wore for the cover of the single 'Mind Games', sold for £39,650 ($79,000). A rare 1/4 inch reel to-reel master tape recording of the Jimi Hendrix Experience performing at the Woburn Music Festival in 1968 went for £48,050 ($95,000), a Marshall amplifier used by Hendrix in concert fetched £25,000 ($50,000). | |
2011, A pub in Dundee, Scotland called Lennon's Bar was forced to change the name of the venue and remove all Beatles memorabilia the former Beatles wife Yoko Ono threatened legal action for copyright infringement. | |
July 10th: Born on this day | |
1939, | |
1939, Born on this day, Mavis Staples, American rhythm and blues and gospel singer, actress and civil rights activist. She recorded and performed with her family's band The Staple Singers who scored two No.1 singles, 'I'll Take You There' and 'Let's Do It Again'. | |
1941, Born on this day, Ian Whitcomb, UK singer, (1965 US No.8 single 'You Turn Me On, Turn On Song'). | |
1942, Born on this day, Ronnie James Dio, vocals, Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, and his own band Dio. He died on May 16, 2010, after a six-month battle with stomach cancer. He was 67 years old. | |
1943, Born on this day, Jerry Miller, guitar, Moby Grape, (1967 album 'Moby Grape'). | |
1944, Born on this day, John Dymond, (Beaky), guitar, Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich, (1968 UK No.1 single 'Legend Of Xanadu'). | |
1947, Born on this day, Arlo Guthrie, US singer, songwriter, son of folksinger Woody Guthrie, (1967 album 'Alice's Restaurant', 1972 US No.18 single 'The City Of New Orleans'). | |
1949, Born on this day, Dave Smalley, The Raspberries famous for their hits 'Go All The Way', 'I Wanna Be With You' and 'Overnight Sensation (Hit Record)'. | |
1950, Born on this day, Greg Kihn, US singer, (1983 US No.2 & UK No.63 single 'Jeopardy'). | |
1954, Born on this day, Neil Tennant, vocals, Pet Shop Boys, (1986 UK & US No.1 single 'West End Girls', plus 3 other UK No.1 singles and over 20 UK Top 40 hits), ex editor of music paper Smash Hits. | |
1958, Born on this day, American banjo player Béla Fleck, widely acknowledged as one of the world's most innovative and technically proficient banjo players. Fleck has shared Grammy wins with Asleep at the Wheel, and has been nominated in more categories than any other musician, namely country, pop, jazz, bluegrass, classical, folk, spoken word, composition, and arranging. | |
1959, Born on this day, Sandy West, drummer, founding member of US all girl group The Runaways. West died on 21 Oct 2006. | |
1960, Born on this day, Martyn P Casey, keyboards, Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds, (1996 UK No.36 single with PJ Harvey, 'Henry Lee'). | |
1964, Born on this day, Graham Lambert, guitar, Inspiral Carpets, (1990 UK No.14 single 'This Is How It Feels'). | |
1965, Born on this day, Peter DiStefano, Porno For Pyros, (1993 US No.3 & UK No.3 self-titled album). | |
1970, Born on this day, Jason Orange, vocals, Take That (1995 UK No.1 single 'Back For Good' and seven other UK No.1 singles, 1993 UK No.1 album 'Everything Changes spent 78 weeks on the UK chart). Re-formed without Robbie Williams in 2006 for a sold-out European tour. Topped the UK singles and album charts simultaneously for the first time in their career when the single ‘Patience’ and album ‘Beautiful World’ both reached No.1 in Dec 2006. | |
1970, Born on this day, Gary LeVox, singer, Rascal Flatts, (2004 US country No.2 single ‘I Melt’, 2006 US No.1 album ‘Me And My Gang’). | |
1974, Born on this day, Imelda May, Irish singer who has worked with Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, and David Gilmour. | |
1980, Born on this day, Jessica Simpson, US singer, (2000 UK No.7 single 'I Wanna Love You Forever'). Featured on MTV 'Newlyweds' show with her husband ex 98 Degrees member Nick Lachey |
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Article 9
Τι συμβαίνει όταν ουρεί
κάποιος μέσα στην πισίνα;
Από όταν ήμασταν μικροί μας έλεγαν πάντα, ότι δεν κάνει να ουρήσουμε μέσα στην πισίνα. Υπήρχε, μάλιστα, αυτός ο αστικός μύθος ότι αν κάποιος το κάνει, το νερό γύρω του θα γίνει μπλε σκούρο και όλοι θα το καταλάβουν.
Παρ΄ολ'αυτά, λίγοι ακολουθούν αυτές τις βασικές οδηγίες υγιεινής. Σύμφωνα με έρευνα που έγινε στην Αμερική, το 1/5 των κολυμβητών στις πισίνες παραδέχτηκε ότι έχει ουρήσει μέσα στην πισίνα.
Πέρα από το γεγονός ότι είναι αρκετά αηδιαστικό να ουρεί κάποιος δίπλα σου μέσα σε μία πισίνα (στην θάλασσα είναι άλλο πράγμα), είναι και κακό για την υγεία. Τα οξέα που βρίσκονται στα ούρα, όταν αναμειχθούν με το χλώρια που υπάρχει στις πισίνες, δημιουργούν έναν κακό συνδυασμό.
Μπορεί το χλώριο να βρίσκεται στην πισίνα για να «σκοτώνει» βακτήρια και μικροοργανισμούς όπως είναι το E. Coli, αλλά αυτό δεν σημαίνει ότι δεν μπορεί να δημιουργήσει και δικούς του μικροοργανισμούς.
Όπως αναφέρει η ιστοσελίδα Ozy, επιστήμονες από την Αμερική και την Κίνα, ένωσαν τις δυνάμεις τους προκειμένου να βρουν για ποιο λόγο το νερό της πισίνας είχε μέσα δύο ουσίες, το χλωριούχο κυάνιο και την τριχλωραμίνη. Εκεί που κατέληξαν είναι ότι αυτές οι δύο ουσίες προέρχονταν από τα ούρα.
Αξίζει να αναφερθεί ότι το χλωριούχο κυάνιο έχει χρησιμοποιηθεί, σε μεγαλύτερες δόσεις, στον χημικό πόλεμο και η τριχλωραμίνη, επηρεάζει τους πνεύμονες και ερεθίζει το δέρμα.
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Article 6
Ιταλός ζωγράφος, γλύπτης και συγγραφέας, κύριος εκπρόσωπος της μεταφυσικής ζωγραφικής. Με το έργο του άσκησε μεγάλη επιρροή στο σουρεαλιστικό κίνημα.
Ο Τζόρτζιο Ντε Κίρικο (Giorgio de Chirico) γεννήθηκε στο Βόλο στις 10 Ιουλίου 1888 και ήταν ο πρωτότοκος γιος του σικελού Εβαρίστο και της γενοβέζας Τζέμα ντε Κίρικο. Ο πατέρας του εργαζόταν ως μηχανικός και επέβλεπε την κατασκευή του θεσσαλικού σιδηροδρομικού δικτύου, ενώ η μητέρα του ήταν πρώην τραγουδίστρια της όπερας.
Το ελληνικό περιβάλλον και ο ελληνικός πολιτισμός, μέσα στον οποίο μεγάλωσε ο ντε Κίρικο, υπήρξε πηγή έμπνευσης για εκείνον. «…Πέρασε τα πρώτα χρόνια της ζωής του στη γη του Κλασικισμού, έπαιξε στις ακτές που είδαν την Αργώ να ξεκινάει το ταξίδι της, στους πρόποδες του βουνού που ήταν μάρτυρας στη γέννηση του γοργοπόδαρου Αχιλλέα και στις σοφές νουθεσίες τού δασκάλου του, του Κένταυρου», έγραφε σ'ένα αυτοβιογραφικό του κείμενο.
Ο πατέρας του επιθυμούσε να ακολουθήσει ο γιος του το επάγγελμα του μηχανικού, ωστόσο τον ενθάρρυνε στα καλλιτεχνικά του ενδιαφέροντα. Πρώτος δάσκαλος του ντε Κίρικο υπήρξε ένας νέος έλληνας ζωγράφος από την Τεργέστη, ονόματι Μαυρουδής. Αργότερα, την περίοδο 1903 - 1905, φοίτησε στην Ανωτάτη Σχολή Καλών Τεχνών, με δασκάλους τους Γεώργιο Ροϊλό, Κωνσταντίνο Βολανάκη και Γεώργιο Ιακωβίδη. Το Μάιο του 1905 πέθανε ο πατέρας του, γεγονός που πιθανώς να συνδέεται με την αποτυχία του, την ίδια χρονιά, στις τελικές εξετάσεις της σχολής.
Το φθινόπωρο του 1906 εγκαταστάθηκε στο Μόναχο, όπου ξεκίνησε σπουδές στη Βασιλική Ακαδημία Καλών Τεχνών, παρακολουθώντας μαθήματα σχεδίου και ζωγραφικής, ενώ μελέτησε τα γραπτά του Νίτσε και του Σοπεγχάουερ. Αποχώρησε από την Ακαδημία πριν από την ολοκλήρωση των σπουδών του και το καλοκαίρι του 1909 εγκαταστάθηκε στο Μιλάνο.
Η περίοδος 1900 - 1919 ήταν η πιο μεστή της καριέρας του και αυτή για την οποία έγινε διάσημος. Στα έργα αυτής της περιόδου απεικονίζεται ένας κλειστός, θεατρικός κόσμος, με κύρια θέματα τις «πλατείες της Ιταλίας», πλατείες με σκοτεινές τοξοστοιχίες, έρημες, εκτός από την παρουσία κάποιου αγάλματος, ενός φουγάρου εργοστασίου ή κάποιου τρένου, που χαρακτηρίζονται από μια παγερή και αγωνιώδη ατμόσφαιρα, τα «ανδρείκελα», άψυχα και απρόσωπα, που υψώνονται μέσα σε αυστηρές προοπτικές και οι «εσωτερικοί μεταφυσικοί χώροι», που πνίγονται από πλήθος ετερόκλητων αντικειμένων.
Το 1911 σε ένα ταξίδι του στο Παρίσι προκάλεσε το ενδιαφέρον του Πικάσο και του Απολινέρ, με τη μεσολάβηση του οποίου έγινε γνωστός στους καλλιτεχνικούς κύκλους της γαλλικής πρωτεύουσας. Κατά τη διάρκεια του Α'Παγκοσμίου Πολέμου, στρατεύτηκε, αλλά τοποθετήθηκε σε βοηθητική θέση κι έτσι συνέχισε απερίσπαστα το ζωγραφικό του έργο.
Από το 1919 ο Ντε Κίρικο εγκατέλειψε τη «μεταφυσική» ζωγραφική για να αφοσιωθεί σε ένα είδος κλασσικισμού, με εμφανή την επιρροή των ζωγράφων της Αναγέννησης και της Φλαμανδικής Σχολής. Το 1924 γνώρισε τη ρωσίδα μπαλαρίνα Ραίσα Γκούριεβιτς, η οποία έγινε η πρώτη του γυναίκα. Εγκαταστάθηκαν στο Παρίσι και μαζί ταξίδεψαν στη Νέα Υόρκη για την πρώτη του έκθεση στον Νέο Κόσμο το 1928. Τον επόμενο χρόνο θα χωρίσουν και το 1930 ο Ντε Κίρικο θα γνωρίσει μια άλλη ρωσίδα, την Ιζαμπέλα Φαρ, με την οποία θα συζήσει μέχρι το τέλος της ζωής του, στις 20 Νοεμβρίου 1978.
Ο Τζόρτζιο Ντε Κίρικο θεωρείται ένας από τους σπουδαιότερους ζωγράφους του 20ου αιώνα. Έχει επηρεάσει πλήθος ομοτέχνων του (Μαξ Ερνστ, Σαλβαδόρ Νταλί, Ρενέ Μαγκρίτ, Νίκος Εγγονόπουλος κ.ά.), αλλά και καλλιτέχνες από άλλους χώρος, όπως τον σκηνοθέτη Μικελάντζελο Αντονιόνι και τον δημιουργό ηλεκτρονικών παιγνιδιών Φουμίτο Ουέντα («Ico», «Shadow of the Colossus»).
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