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February 2, 2018, 1:54 am

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February 2nd: On this Day

1959, Buddy Holly, Richard Valens and The Big Bopper all appeared at the Surf Ballroom, Clear Lake, Iowa. This was all three acts last ever gig before being killed in a plane crash the following day.

1962, The Beatles played their first professionally organised gig outside of Liverpool at The Oasis Club, Manchester. The groups set started with their version of 'Hippy Hippy Shake'.

1967, The Jimi Hendrix Experience appeared at the Blue Pad Club in Darlington, England which was part of the Imperial Hotel Complex on Grange Road. The show was advertised as "Don't miss this man who is Dylan, Clapton, and James Brown all in one". After the show, as the roadies were loading up a van, one of Hendrix's Fender guitars was stolen.

1969, Yoko Ono divorced her husband Tony Cox, Yoko was granted custody of their daughter Kyoko. John Lennon married Yoko the following month on 30th March.

1973, Keith Emerson of Emerson Lake and Palmer injured his hands when his piano rigged to explode as a stunt, detonated prematurely during a concert in San Francisco.

1974, The Carpenters started a four week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'The Singles 1969-73', featuring 12 hits and the US No.1 'Top Of The World' it went back to the top of the charts on three other occasions.

1976, Genesis released 'A Trick Of The Tail', their seventh studio album and the first to feature drummer Phil Collins as full-time lead vocalist following the departure of original vocalist Peter Gabriel. After auditioning over 400 vocalists, which saw Collins teaching the potential lead singers the songs, the band decided that Collins should be the new vocalist.

1979, Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious died of a heroin overdose in New York City. There had been a party to celebrate Vicious' release on $50,000 (£29,412) bail pending his trial for the murder of his former girlfriend, Nancy Spungen, the previous October. Party guests, said that Vicious had taken heroin at midnight. An autopsy confirmed that Vicious died from an accumulation of fluid in the lungs that was consistent with heroin overdose. A syringe, spoon and heroin residue were discovered near the body.

1979,

1980, The Specials were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'The Special A.K.A. Live E.P'. The lead track 'Too Much Too Young' was the shortest song to reach No.1 on the UK singles chart in the 1980s at 2'04".

1989, George Michael received undisclosed damages in excess of £100,000 ($170,000) from The Sun newspaper over articles printed that stated Michael had gatecrashed a party given by Andrew Lloyd Weber and was drunk and abusive.

1993, Willie Nelson agreed to pay $9 million of the $16.7 million he owed the Internal Revenue Service. His accountants, Price Waterhouse, had not been paying Nelson's taxes for years and in addition to the unpaid taxes, Nelson's situation was worsened by the weak investments he had made during the early 1980s.

2001, Bad Manners singer Buster Bloodvessel was told he was 'too fat' to survive an urgently needed operation. Buster collapsed on stage during a show in Italy but Doctors felt that his huge 30 stone frame might not make it through surgery.

2002, The Phonographic Performance Ltd launched performersmoney.com for artists to check if they were owed any of the £10 million ($17 million) in unclaimed money. It showed that Michael Jackson was owed over £100,000 ($170,000) for 'Say, Say, Say', Stevie Wonder had money owing for 'Ebony And Ivory' and Ray Davies of The Kinks was owed a six-figure fee for 'You Really Got Me'. Director Dominic McGonigal said "If anyone has seen Rick Astley please let him know, he is still earning money for his hits."

2003, Russian girl duo Tatu started a four-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'All The Things She Said'. The song had been a hit on the Russian charts three years earlier. Tatu were the first Russian act to score a UK No 1.

2004, TV network CBS apologised for its broadcast of the American Super Bowl after Janet Jackson was left exposed when Justin Timberlake ripped her top. The pair had been performing a raunchy half-time duet when one of Jackson's breasts was exposed as Timberlake pulled at her top. CBS quickly cut away from the scene but was still flooded with calls from angry viewers about the half-time entertainment, produced by MTV. Timberlake insisted it had been an accident saying "I am sorry that anyone was offended by the wardrobe malfunction during the half-time performance of the Super Bowl."

2007, American singer Billy Henderson, one of the founders of US soul group The Spinners, died aged 67 after complications from diabetes. They had several hits in the 1970s, including ‘I'll Be Around’ (1972) and ‘Could It Be I'm Falling in Love’, ‘Then Came You’ (with Dionne Warwick), and "It's a Shame". The Spinners also scored the the 1980 UK No.1 & US No.2 single 'Working My Way Back To You.'

2007, US keyboardist Joe Hunter, a veteran session musician as one of the Funk Brothers who helped craft the distinctive Motown sound, died in Detroit, Michigan, at the age of 79. Hunter performed with such legendary Motown acts as Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson and Martha and the Vandellas.

2008, The Spice Girls cut short their reunion world tour, blaming "family and personal commitments". The band said they would end their tour in Toronto on 26 February, with planned shows in Beijing, Sydney, Cape Town and Buenos Aires being axed. A spokesman for the group said: "Sadly, the tour needs to come to an end by the end of February due to family and personal commitments."

2013, A 1960’s Beatles Record Player, produced for fans as a commercial Beatles memorabilia item, fetched $12,100 in an online auction. The Record Player, which was highly-sought by Beatles collectors worldwide, was manufactured in a limited quantity. Because of this, some believed there was still a strong possibility a few remaining players to be discovered.

2014, Skinny Puppy sent the US government an invoice after finding out their music was used as torture device in Guantanamo Bay. Despite the band's aggressive sound, they said they had never envisioned their music being used in such a way. Asked how they felt about their songs allegedly being used in the detention camp, singer cEvin Key replied: "Not too good. We never supported those types of scenarios. … Because we make unsettling music, we can see it being used in a weird way. But it doesn’t sit right with us."


February 2nd: Born on this day

1940, Born on this day, Alan Caddy, guitarist with The Tornadoes, who had a 1962 UK & US No.1 single with ‘Telstar’. This was the first major hit from a UK act on the American chart. Caddy died on August 16th 2000.

1942, Born on this day, British-American singer-songwriter Graham Nash, known for his light tenor voice and for his songwriting contributions as a member of The Hollies and supergroup Crosby, Stills & Nash. Nash initially met both David Crosby and Stephen Stills in 1966 during a Hollies US tour. CSN's scored the hit singles 'Marrakesh Express' (which had been rejected by the Hollies), 'Our House', 'Teach Your Children'.

1943, Born on this day, Peter Macbeth from The Foundations who had the 1967 UK No.1 single 'Baby Now That I've Found You', and the 1969 US No.3 single 'Build Me Up A Buttercup'.

1945, Born on this day, Ronnie Goodson, from John Fred and His Playboy Band, who had the 1968 US No.1 & UK No.3 single 'Judy In Disguise'.

1946, Born on this day, Howard Bellamy from the Bellamy Brothers who had the 1976 US No.1 single 'Let Your Love Flow', and the 1979 UK No.3 single 'If I Said You Had A Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me'.

1947, Born on this day, Derek Shulman, Simon Dupree And The Big Sound who had the 1967 UK No.9 single 'Kites' and then became a member of Gentle Giant. He later became a successful record exec, signing Bon Jovi, Pantara, Nickleback and others.

1948, Born on this day, Alan Mckay, guitar, Earth Wind and Fire, (1975 US No.1 single 'Shining Star', 1981 UK No.3 single 'Let's Groove').

1949, Born on this day, Ross Valory, bassist with the Steve Miller Band, who had the 1974 US No.1 & 1990 UK No.1 single 'The Joker'.

1952, Born on this day, Rick Dufay American guitarist who played in Aerosmith in the period after Brad Whitford left the band in 1980 up to his return in 1984.

1963, Born on this day, Eva Cassidy, US singer. She is the only artist to score three posthumous UK No.1 albums: 2001’s 'Songbird'; 2002’s 'Imagine' and 2003’s 'American Tune'. In 2001 she also had a UK No.42 single with ‘Over The Rainbow’ and the 2007 UK No.1 single 'What a Wonderful World' with Katie Melua. Eva died of skin cancer on November 2nd 1996, aged 33.

1964, Born on this day, Charlie Heather, drummer with The Levellers who had the 1995 UK No.12 single 'Just The One'.

1966, Born on this day in Montclair, New Jersey, was Robert DeLeo, bassist with Stone Temple Pilots, Talk Show and Army of Anyone. His elder brother, guitarist Dean DeLeo, was also a member of the band.

1966, Born on this day, Steve Firth, bassist with Embrace who had the 2006 UK No. 2 single ‘Natures Law’, and the 2006 UK No.1 album ‘This New Day’.

1969, Born on this day, John Spence, singer, and original member of No Doubt in the late 1980's. Committed suicide on December 21st 1987 by shooting himself.

1971, Born on this day, Ben Mize, drummer with Counting Crows who had the 1994 UK No.28 single 'Mr Jones', and the 1996 US No.1 album, 'Recovering The Satellites'.

1977, Born on this day, Shakira, (Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll), singer who had the 2002 UK No.2 single 'Whenever Wherever' and the 2006 world-wide No.1 single 'Hips Don't Lie'. She is the highest selling Colombian artist of all time, having sold over forty million albums.

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February 2, 2018, 2:10 am

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Oι Magic De Spell και ο Δημήτρης Πουλικάκος θα δώσουν μία μοναδική παράσταση, το Σάββατο 24 Φεβρουαρίου και ώρα 22:00 στον Πολυχώρο Πολιτισμού
Μία μοναδική παράσταση θα πραγματοποιήσουν οι Magic De Spell και ο Δημήτρης Πουλικάκος, το Σάββατο 24 Φεβρουαρίου και ώρα 22:00 στον Πολυχώρο Πολιτισμού «WE».
Αναλυτικά τα όσα αναφέρει το σχετικό δελτίο Τύπου της μουσικής παράστασης:
«Οι MAGIC DE SPELL όλα αυτά τα χρόνια που βρίσκονται στην ελληνική σκηνή, δεν έπαψαν ποτέ να είναι δημιουργικά φορτισμένοι και εκρηκτικοί συναυλιακά. Το έργο τους-σύμφυση συνθήματος και ιδέας-απέραντο σε έκταση και ποικίλο: punk και rock επιλογές, ποίηση, ή, καλύτερα, τραγούδια καταφυγή στην ελευθερία και σε μια ευθεία ανταπόκριση με τις ανάγκες της εποχής μας.

Στο ενεργητικό τους οκτώ ελληνόφωνοι δίσκοι, η συνεργασία με τον JJ Burnel των Stranglers, "πειραγμένες"διασκευές, μελοποιήσεις ποιητών, κοινωνικά και εμβληματικά τραγούδια, αλλά και μεγάλος αριθμός συναυλιών στην Ελλάδα, την Κύπρο και την Ευρώπη.

Με ένα ηλεκτρισμένο σετ, από το "Διακοπές στο Sarajevo"στο "Εμένα οι φίλοι μου", από το "Νίψον ανομήματα"στον "κυρ Παντελή"και στα "Τέρμα το διάλειμμα", "Όταν νυχτώνει", "Με μπαταρία", "Οκ πατέρα", μέχρι και το τελευταίο "Πρόγονε πίθηκε, εσύ τι λες;", συνεχίζουν να εγκυμονούν rock'n'roll ανατροπές και να βάζουν γκαζάκια στο σκηνικό της γενικευμένης κοινωνικής νιρβάνας.

Μαζί με τους Magic, στο stage του πολυχώρου «We», η εμβληματική φιγούρα του Δημήτρη Πουλικάκου ή ΜητS.O.S. ή θείος Νώντας, ο οποίος συνεχίζει ακάθεκτος, έχοντας στις αποσκευές του μουσικές πέντε δεκαετιών!

Ξεκινώντας από το "Σκόνη, πέτρες, λάσπη"και την αξεπέραστη διασκευή του "Υπάρχω", το ταξίδι συνεχίζεται και συμπεριλαμβάνει νέα, αλλά και ακυκλοφόρητα τραγούδια του, που με πηγαίο χιούμορ, περιγράφουν και καυτηριάζουν τη θορυβώδη σιωπή του σήμερα... ».

Magic de Spell line up:
Θοδωρής Βλαχάκης - drums,
Δημήτρης Μποτής - keyboards,
Γιώργος Αρχοντάκης - μπάσο,
Γιώργος Λαγγουρέτος - φωνή,
Βαγγέλης Θεοδωράκης - κιθάρες,
Δημήτρης pixel Δημητριάδης – φωνή

Παράσταση: Σάββατο 24 Φεβρουαρίου, Πολυχώρος Πολιτισμού WE, Ώρα 22.00
Τιμές εισιτηρίων: 13€ γενική είσοδος & 10€ μειωμένο (φοιτητικό, ανέργων)
Προπώληση: Πολυχώρος WE | Gooddeals.gr | Viva.gr | Stereodisc Record Shop | Σάρωθρον
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February 2, 2018, 2:12 am

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Στην κυκλοφορία παραδίδεται, μετά από 11 χρόνια, η οδός Μοναστηρίου στο ύψος του Ν. Σιδηροδρομικού Σταθμού, μεταξύ Αγ. Πάντων και Μ. Καλού.
Οι εργοταξιακές εγκαταστάσεις απομακρύνονται και ο δρόμος θα παραδοθεί την ερχόμενη Κυριακή με τρεις λωρίδες κυκλοφορίας προς την είσοδο της πόλης (πορεία προς ανατολικά) και δύο προς την έξοδο (πορεία προς τα δυτικά).
Αυτό ανακοίνωσε μέσω facebook ο πρόεδρος της Αττικό Μετρό Γιάννης Μυλόπουλος. «ΠΡΟΧΩΡΟΥΜΕ υλοποιώντας τους σχεδιασμούς μας και βλέποντας ορίζοντα ολοκλήρωσης σε ένα έργο που ταλαιπώρησε πολύ τη Θεσσαλονίκη», υπογράμμισε μεταξύ άλλων.

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February 2, 2018, 2:36 am

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Το εστιατόριο Navona μεταμορφώνει την αυλή του σε μια ανοιχτή grill κουζίνα και καλεί για ένα αξέχαστο πάρτι σε καρναβαλικούς ρυθμούς
Με ένα ξεχωριστό event στο εστιατόριο «Navona» μπορούν να γιορτάσουν οι Θεσσαλονικείς την Τσικνοπέμπτη.
Συγκεκριμένα, στο γνωστό εστιατόριο του πολυτελούς ξενοδοχείου «Makedonia Palace» θα δημιουργηθεί ανοιχτή grill κουζίνα και μπαρ με dj σε ρυθμούς latin salsa αλλά και ελληνικούς, πάντα στο καρναβαλικό πνεύμα της ημέρας.
Αναλυτικά τα όσα αναφέρει το δελτίο Τύπου της εκδήλωσης:
«Φέτος, ο παλμός της Τσικνοπέμπτης χτυπά στο Navona! Το εστιατόριο Navona μεταμορφώνει την αυλή του σε μια open kitchen, μαγειρεύουμε μπροστά σας και σας περιμένουμε να απολαύσατε μια All Day Live Grilling εμπειρία, από τα χέρια του executive chef Σωτήρη Ευαγγέλου. Φρεσκοψημένα κρεατικά στα κάρβουνα με συνοδευτικές πίτες, φρέσκιες τηγανιτές πατάτες αλλά και take away επιλογές με μουσική κατάλληλη στο πνεύμα της ημέρας. Ξεσηκωτικά ξένα latin salsa και ελληνικά τραγούδια που θα επιμεληθεί η dj Magda Zoulidou υπόσχονται διασκέδαση μέχρι τελικής πτώσης! Ένα εμπνευσμένο καρναβαλίστικο dj set, βάζοντας πινελιές που έχουν κοινό παρονομαστή το κέφι!
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Συνοδεύονται με πίτες, φρέσκιες τηγανιτές πατάτες και λαχανοσαλάτα με πίκλες
Σάλτσα barbeque, γλυκιά και καυτερή μουστάρδα
20€
Take Away επιλογές:
Σάντουιτς με σουβλάκι
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Σερβίρεται με λαχανοσαλάτα μουστάρδα και κέτσαπ
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Τα κάρβουνα θα ανάψουν από νωρίς την Πέμπτη 8 Φεβρουαρίου, Τσικνοπέμπτη, βάζουμε τις μάσκες μας και απολαμβάνουμε All Day Live Griling στο Nanona, με τα πιο πρωτότυπα cocktails & ποτά και με φόντο την καλύτερη θέα της πόλης!
Be someone else just for one day…
Navona Days & Nights.
Μεγ. Αλεξάνδρου 2, τκ. 54640, Θεσσαλονίκη
Κρατήσεις: 2310 897 444».

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NTAΛΙΝΤΑ ΣΤΙΣ 12 ΦΕΒΡΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ ΣΤΟ ΜΕΓΑΡΟ

Στο πλαισιο του εκπαιδευτικου προγραμματος
του Συλλογου Φιλων Μουσικης Θεσσαλονικης
στο Μεγαρο Μουσικης Θεσσαλονικης,που
παρουσιαζει καθε μηνα,με υλικο απο το
προσωπικο του αρχειο και με ελευθερη εισοδο,
ο δημοσιογραφος Λευτερης Κογκαλιδης,το
προγραμμα στο πρωτο ημισυ του 2018
περιλαμβανει

ΔΕΥΤΕΡΑ 12 ΦΕΒΡΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ,8 ΜΜ
Τα μυθικα ντουετα της Νταλιντα στην γαλλικη τηλεοραση με καλλιτεχνες
οπως PETULA CLARK,JULIO IGLESIAS/CLAUDE FRANCOIS/MIREILLE
MATHIEU/ENRICO MACIAS/SACHA DISTEL/NANA MOUSKOURI/GUY BEART/
JOHNNY HALLYDAY/CHARLES AZNAVOUR/CHARLES TRENET/
.JOHNNY DORELLI.Ενα φαντασμαγορικο θεαμα και ακροαμα με τα πιο
σημαντικα αστερια του 20ου αιωνα

ΔΕΥΤΕΡΑ 19 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ,8 ΜΜ
Τα δημοφιλεστερα τραγουδια του Ζο Ντασσεν οπως τα ερμηνευσε
στην γαλλικη τηλεοραση απο το 1965-1980.Περιλαβανονται τραγουδια
οπως Le chemin de papa/Guantanamera/Les Champs-Elysees/L’Amerique/
L’ete indien/A toi/ et si tu n’existais pas.Διαρκεια 83 λεπτα.

ΔΕΥΤΕΡΑ 23 ΑΠΡΙΛΙΟΥ,8 ΜΜ
Αφιερωμα στις ωραιοτερες αριες και τραγουδια που ερμηνευσε
ο δημοφιλεστερος κινηματογραφικος τενορος του 20ου αιωνα
και ηθοποιος Μαριο Λαντζα(1921-1959) στις ταινιες του.

ΔΕΥΤΕΡΑ 21 ΜΑΙΟΥ,8 ΜΜ
Αφιερωμα στην αποχαιρετιστηρια συναυλια της Νανας Μουσχουρη
το 2007 στο Royal Albert Hall του Λονδινου που περιλαμβανει απο
Μπετοβεν μεχρι Μπομπ Ντυλαν σε διαφορες γλωσσες οπως
ελληνικα,ιταλικα,αγγλικα,γαλλικα και γερμανικα

ΚΥΡΙΑΚΗ 1 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ
Για δευτερη χρονια η πανσεληνος θα εορτασθει στον υπαιθριο
χωρο ,διπλα στην θαλασσα ,ακουγοντας σαν ραδιοφωνικη
εκπομπη τα αγαπημενα ιταλικα και γαλλικα τραγουδια της
Θεσσαλονικης απο το δευτερο ημισυ του 20 ου αιωνα.Τα
τραγουδια,απο την προσωπικη του δισκοθηκη,θα παρουσιασει ο
Λευτερης Κογκαλιδης,

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Featured Events

2011The White Stripessplit up after six albums, ending their run as one of the most successful rock duos.More

1996Gene Kelly, one of the most famous dancers of his time, dies at age 83. Kelly was also an accomplished singer, known for crooning the title track of Singin' In The Rain.

1979Sid Vicious of The Sex Pistols, out on bail after being accused of killing his girlfriend Nancy Spungen, dies of a heroin overdose at age 21.

1977Shakira is born Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll in Barranquilla, Colombia.

1974Barbra Streisandscores her first #1 when "The Way We Were" hits the top spot.More

1973Elvis Presley meets Muhammad Ali in Las Vegas. The two exchange gifts, and Ali later says, "I felt sorry for him because he didn't enjoy life the way he should. He stayed indoors all the time. I told him he should go out and see people."

1959Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper play their last show as part of the "Winter Dance Party" tour, stopping this night at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa. Admission: $1.25. The last song of the night: The Big Bopper's "Chantilly Lace."

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In Music History

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2011Leonard Cohen's first grandchild is born to proud parents Lorca Cohen, Rufus Wainwright and "deputy dad" Jorn Weisbrodt. Little Viva Katherine, named after Wainwright's mother, the folk singer Kate McGarrigle, is born only a year after Cohen reportedly remarked on childhood to both Lorca and Rufus: "You know, it's pretty much the only amazing thing there is."

2007The Spinners founding member Billy Henderson dies of complications from diabetes at age 67 in Daytona Beach, Florida.

2007Joe Hunter, who played piano in the Motown house band The Funk Brothers, dies at age 79.

2004Exodus return after a 12-year hiatus with their sixth studio album, Tempo of the Damned.

2002Paul Baloff, who sang on Exodus' 1985 debut album, Bonded Blood, dies of a heart attack at age 41.

1999Freddy Fender is awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

1993Willie Nelson settles his $17 million tax debt with the US Internal Revenue Service by paying them nine million dollars in cash and assets already seized.

1992Todd Rundgren has his third child, a son named Rebop.

1985"I Want To Know What Love Is" by Foreigner begins a two-week run at #1.

1976Lynyrd Skynyrd releases Gimme Back My Bullets. It's their fourth album, following Nuthin' Fancy and preceding Street Survivors, which is their last release before a fatal plane crash ends the original lineup.

1975Stevie Wonder's daughter Aisha (heard crying at the beginning of "Isn't She Lovely") is born. Aisha is Wonder's first child, born to Yolanda Simmons.

1975Billy Mohler, best known as a member of The Calling, is born in Laguna Beach, California.

1973NBC debuts The Midnight Special rock variety show, its response to ABC's popular In Concert series. The first host: Helen Reddy.

1973Emerson, Lake and Palmer keyboard player Keith Emerson injures his hands when a rigged piano explodes prematurely during a San Francisco gig, leaving him with minor cuts and a broken fingernail.

1971The Point!, an animated fable written by pop star Nilsson, makes its debut on ABC's Movie of the Week.

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Bill Murray Wakes Up To "I Got You Babe"... Again.

1993

Bill Murray can't stop waking up to the Sonny and Cher song "I Got You Babe" in the movie Groundhog Day.

Playing the surly weatherman Phil Connors, Murray heads to Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, for a familiar ritual: the emergence of Punxsutawney Phil, the famous groundhog that will determine whether or not we'll have six more weeks of winter based on whether or not he sees his shadow on Groundhog Day.

He sleeps at a cozy bed and breakfast and wakes up bright and early at 6:00 a.m., the clock radio playing the Sonny and Cher classic "I Got You Babe." He plows through the day, feigning interest in the event when he's on camera, but showing no regard for his co-workers and total disdain for the citizens of Punxsutawney.

The next day, he wakes up in the same room, once again at 6:00 a.m., and once again with "I Got You Babe" playing on the radio. He quickly learns that he is repeating the same day, and when he wakes up the next morning, it starts all over again. This goes on for quite a while, with the same events taking place every day, and only Murray's reactions to them changing. The time warp goes on long enough for him to become a piano virtuoso and get to know everyone he encounters very well, which he uses to his advantage. Every day he wakes up hoping it will be different, but every day he awakes to the same old song.

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RAI, the Italian national broa

Sanremo 2018

The 2018 Sanremo Music Festival will be held at the Ariston Theatre in Sanremo and will run from 6-10 February, with the Grand Finale set on Saturday 10 February.

The shows will be hosted by Claudio Baglioni and Michelle Hunziker. The contest will be aired live on Rai Uno and Rai International (via satellite).

The winner of the 2018 Sanremo Music Festival (Campioni Category) will be eligible to represent Italy at the forthcoming 2018 Eurovision Song Contest in Lisbon.

The participants

Amongst the Campioni candidates, there are 4 former Italian representatives: Nina Zilli (2012), Luca Barbarossa (1988), Riccardo Fogli (1983) and Enrico Ruggeri (1993). Enrico Ruggeri is the lead singer of Decibel.

Other frequent Sanremo participants who are back in the game next year include: Annalisa, Noemi andGiovanni Caccamo.

Campioni candidates

Roby Facchinetti e Riccardo Fogli – Il segreto del tempo
Nina Zilli – Senza appartenere
The Kolors – Frida
Diodato & Roy Paci – Adesso
Mario Biondi – Rivederti
Luca Barbarossa – Passame er sale
Lo Stato Sociale – Una vita in vacanza
Annalisa – Il mondo prima di te
Giovanni Caccamo – Eterno
Enzo Avitabile & Peppe Servillo – Il coraggio di ogni giorno
Ornella Vanoni with Bungaro & Pacifico – Imparare ad amarsi
Renzo Rubino – Custodire
Noemi – Smettere mai di cercarmi
Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro – Non mi avete fatto niente
Le Vibrazioni – Così sbagliato
Ron – Almeno pensami
Decibel – Lettera dal duca
Max Gazzé – La leggenda di Cristalda e Pizzomunno
Red Canzian – Ognuno ha il suo racconto
Elio & le Storie Tese – Arrivederci

Nuove Proposte candidates

Mudimbi – Il mago
Eva – Cosa ti salverà
Mirkoeilcane – Stiamo tutti bene
Lorenzo Baglioni – Il congiuntivo
Giulia Casieri – Come stai
Ultimo – Il ballo delle incertezze
Leonardo Monteiro – Bianca
Alice Caioli – Specchi rotti

Italy in Eurovision

Italy is one of the founder members of the Eurovision Song Contest having debuted in the very first contest in Lugano back in 1956. The country has won the competition twice (1964, 1990).

Italy has sent some of its most celebrated singers to the contest: Domenico Modugno, Albano and Romina Power, Toto Cotugno, Gianni Morandi, Fausto Leali, Umberto Tozzi, Marco Mengoni, Nina Zilli, Ana Oxa, Mattia Bazaar, Gigliola Cinquetti, Franco Battiato, Luca Barbarossa, Il Volo, Emma Marrone, etc.

Italy withdrew from the event in 1997 and, after lots of convincing, the country was back in the game after a 13 year hiatus. The Italians returned with great honours in 2011 when Raphael Gualazzi came 2nd in Düsseldorf.

We can say that Italy is definitely the most successful country among the BIG 5 as it has achieved 5 Top 10 placings in the past 7 editions.

In 2017, Francesco Gabbani took Italy by storm and walked away with the Sanremo trophy and flew to Kyiv to represent Italy at Europe’s favorite television show.

Despite being the hot favourite to bag the Grand Prix, he achieved an honorable 6th place with his mega hit Occidentali’s Karma.

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February 2, 2018, 11:39 pm

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FOUR SEASONS RESORT SAYAN UBUD, BALI

Στις σουίτες του πιο εντυπωσιακού Resort στον κόσμο

60 υπερπολυτελείς βίλες στην ζούγκλα του Μπάλι, στις όχθες του ποταμού Ayung

Στον κόσμο των ξενοδοχείων, τα επίθετα «μοναδικό», «αριστούργημα», «εντυπωσιακό» επαναλαμβάνονται τόσο συχνά που στο τέλος χάνουν ίσως λίγη από τη σημασία τους. Στην περίπτωση όμως του Four Seasons Resort Sayan Ubud, όπως εύκολα καταλαβαίνει κανείς και από τις εικόνες, οι παραπάνω χαρακτηρισμοί μάλλον φαντάζουν αρκετά «φτωχοί». Πρόκειται για ένα 5άστερο ξενοδοχειακό αριστούργημα, χτισμένο κυριολεκτικά μέσα στη ζούγκλα του Μπάλι της Ινδονησίας, το οποίο έγινε γνωστό στην υφήλιο όταν σε μία από τις σουίτες του γυρίστηκαν αρκετές σκηνές από την ταινία «Eat, Pray, Love», με πρωταγωνίστρια την Julia Roberts, η οποία μάλιστα έζησε τρεις μήνες σε αυτόν τον εξωτικό παράδεισο, παρέα με τον συμπρωταγωνιστή της, Javier Bardem.
Και πρόσφατα όμως, ο πρώην Πρόεδρος Ομπάμα και η οικογένεια του, πέρασαν 5 ημέρες των διακοπών τους στο resort, μένοντας μάλιστα στην ίδια βίλα -των $7,500 τη βραδιά- που φιλοξενήθηκε η Roberts, στην RoyalVilla, μία κατοικία τριων επιπέδων, με τρεις επικές κρεββατοκάμαρες, πολύ κοντά στην κύρια, εμβληματική -κυλινδρικού σχήματος- εγκατάσταση του ξενοδοχείου.

Το Four Seasons Resort Sayan Ubud, το δεύτερο που διατηρεί η μεγάλη πολυεθνική από τον Καναδά στο φημισμένο νησί της Ινδονησίας, δεν είναι απλά ένα ξενοδοχειακό συγκρότημα χτισμένο μέσα στη ζούγκλα αλλά δείχνει σαν να ήταν πάντα εκεί, σαν δημιούργημα του ίδιου του μαγικού τοπίου. Καταλαμβάνοντας μια έκταση 73 στρεμμάτων δίπλα στο χωριό Sayan και σε απόσταση 10 λεπτών από την πόλη Ubud, το θρησκευτικό και πνευματικό κέντρο του Μπάλι με τις ισχυρές παραδόσεις και το απαράμμιλης φυσικής ομορφιάς τοπίο, το Four Seasons «ζει και αναπνέει» από τα νερά του ποταμού Ayung, ο οποίος στα 75 του χιλιόμετρα δημιουργεί μια οργιώδη βλάστηση από αιωνόβια, πανύψηλα δέντρα, παραδεισένιους κήπους από εξωτικά λουλούδια και φυτά και βέβαια μεγάλες φυτείες ρυζιού, οικογενειακές οι περισσότερες, που βρίσκονται παντού σε αυτήν την περιοχή.

Αυτό που κυρίως εντυπωσιάζει τον επισκέπτη στο resort είναι η είσοδος του καθώς μια μακριά, εναέρια ξύλινη γέφυρα ενώνει τον δρόμο από το κυρίως κτίσμα και η οποία καταλήγει σε μια εντυπωσιακά τεράστια πισίνα υπερχείλησης, ενώ στον ορίζοντα και παντού γύρω κυριαρχεί η εικόνα της οργιώδους βλάστησης, των εξωτικών λουλουδιών και βέβαια των πολλών πουλιών που ζουν στις όχθες του Ayung. Από εκεί ξεκινά η περίηγηση στο κεντρικό κτίσμα ενός από τα εντυπωσιακότερα ξενοδοχεία στον κόσμο σήμερα με 18 σουίτες και 48 βίλες εγκατεστειμένες κυριολεκτικά μέσα στη ζούγκλα του Μπάλι.

Σε όλους τους εσωτερικούς χώρους του ξενοδοχείου κυριαρχεί εξαιρετικής ποιότητας ξύλινη επένδυση, επηρεασμένη σαφώς από την τοπική αρχιτεκτονική και διακόσμηση, ενώ η αίσθηση της πολυτέλειας είναι κυρίαρχη σε κάθε αντικείμενο, είτε πρόκειται για τα έπιπλα, είτε για τις πετσέτες είτε ακόμα και για αυτά τα σπουνάκια μπάνιου. Κάθε βίλα ή σουίτα έχει το δικό της εξωτερικό χώρο με πισίνα, δίνοντας την αίσθηση ότι ξυπνάς ή απολαμβάνεις το μπάνιο σου με απόλυτη ασφάλεια και έχοντας όλες τις ανέσεις μέσα στη ζούγκλα. Δεν είναι τυχαίο άλλωστε ότι κάθε δωμάτιο του Four Seasons μοιάζει με ένα κουκλίστικο δεντρόσπιτο, στο οποίο όμως ανά πάσα στιγμή μπορείς να απολαμβάνεις τις υπηρεσίες ενός «καθαρόμαιμου» 5* ξενοδοχείου.

Όλα στο Four Seasons Resort Sayan Ubud είναι φτιαγμένα έτσι ώστε ο εύπορος φιλοξενούμενος του να ζει στην απόλυτη χαλάρωση, νιώθοντας ότι κανείς ενοχλητικός δεν πρόκειται να τον ενοχλήσει ποτέ εκεί. Για αυτό άλλωστε και οι περισσότεροι επισκέπτες του απολαμβάνουν τις υπηρεσίες του εξαιρετικά οργανωμένου spa που διαθέτει, καθώς το Μπάλι, η yoga και τα μασάζ του είναι φημισμένα και για την πνευματική ευεξία που προσφέρουν.

Το Four Seasons Resort Sayan Ubud μπορεί να απέχει πολύ από τη θάλασσα και από το άλλο ξενοδοχείο που διαθέτει η εταιρεία στον κόλπο Jimbaran, στις ακτές του Ινδικού Ωκεανού, αλλά τα κρυστάλλινα νερά δεν λείπουν καθόλου από τα μάτια και τα αυτιά του επισκέπτη, καθώς εκτός από τις ιδιωτικές πισίνες, μία μεγάλη, δύο επιπέδων, δίπλα ακριβώς στο ποτάμι, προσφέρει την απόλυτη απόλαυση δροσιάς και ευεξίας.

Είναι πολλά ακόμα που θα μπορούσαν να γραφτούν για το Four Seasons Resort του Ubud, όπως για τα εστιατόρια, το μπαρ μέσα στη ζούγκλα δίπλα στον ποταμό και όλες τις άλλες απίθανα luxurious υπηρεσίες που προσφέρει αλλά μάλλον μεγαλύτερη σημασία έχουν οι εικόνες. Όσο για την τιμή διανυκτέρευσης; Σύμφωνα με τα πιο πρόσφατα στοιχεία, ξεκινά από τα €500 σχεδόν τη βραδιά, μια απλή… βίλα αλλά είναι σίγουρο πως μέσω κάποιου γραφείου μπορεί η τιμή αυτή να κατέβει καθώς το ξενοδοχείο έχει συνεχώς προσφορές, κυρίως σε νεόνυμφους. Τυχαίο; Που αλλού θα βρουν τόση χαλάρωση και «απομόνωση»;

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February 2, 2018, 11:43 pm

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Πολυτελείς σουίτες με… 25.000 ευρώ τη βραδιά!

Kατάλογο με τις «τοπ 101 σουίτες στον κόσμο» από τον οποίο προκύπτει πως η πιο ακριβή σουίτα εντοπίζεται στο Παρίσι ενώ τις περισσότερες συμμετοχές στη λίστα έχει το Λονδίνο.

Η πιο ακριβή σουίτα στη βρετανική πρωτεύουσα είναι η Royal Suite στο InterContinental London Park Lane που κοστίζει 11.700 ευρώ τη βραδιά.

Στη λίστα αναφέρονται επίσης η Ebony Suite στο May Fair με 2.300 ευρώ τη βραδιά, η πανοραμική σουίτα στο Alpine Gstaad στην Ελβετία με 8.300 ευρώ τη βραδιά.

Η σουίτα του Sentosa Cove στη Σιγκαπούρη με 8.000 ευρώ τη βραδιά.

Ανάμεσα στις καλύτερες σουίτες στον κόσμο είναι η Rock Star Suite στο Hard Rock Hotel Vallarta στο Μεξικό έναντι 2000 ευρώ τη βραδιά

αλλά και η σουίτα στο Garza Blanca Preserve Resort επίσης στο Μεξικό που θα σας κοστίσει 1400 ευρώ τη βραδιά.

Για την υπέροχη πισίνα του Ocean Pavilion στο Huvafen Fushi στις Μαλδίβες θα χρειαστεί να καταβάλλετε 7.000 ευρώ τη βραδιά.

Η ακριβότερη σουίτα, πάντως, είναι στο Παρίσι. Πρόκειται για τη Βασιλική Σουίτα στο Hotel Plaza Athenee που κοστίζει 25.000 ευρώ τη βραδιά.

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February 2, 2018, 11:50 pm

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Elafivolia Arachova Suites: Ένα exclusive καταφύγιο πολυτέλειας και άνεσης!

Ένα exclusive καταφύγιο πολυτέλειας και άνεσης, το πετρόκτιστο αυτό συγκρότηµα –µόλις 2 χλµ. µακριά από το κοσµοπολίτικο κέντρο του χωριού– βρίσκεται «φωλιασµένο» σε ένα ήσυχο location µε µοναδική θέα την κοιλάδα των Δελφών.

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Highlight: Η απόλυτη αίσθηση ιδιωτικότητας και οι high end υπηρεσίες.

Info: Από €160/junior suite.

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1468: πεθαίνει σε ηλικία 68 ετών ο Γουτεμβέργιος, ο εφευρέτης της τυπογραφίας.

1488: ο Πορτογάλος Βαρθολομαίος Ντιάζ, φτάνει στον Κόλπο Μόσσελ, περνώντας από το Ακρωτήρι της Καλής Ελπίδας στην Νότια Αφρική και γίνεται ο πρώτος γνωστός Ευρωπαίος θαλασσοπόρος, που φτάνει τόσο νότια.

1783: κατά τη διάρκεια της Αμερικανικής Επανάστασης η Ισπανία αναγνωρίζει την ανεξαρτησία των ΗΠΑ.

1809: γεννιέται ο Γερμανός συνθέτης Φέλιξ Μέντελσον-Μπαρτόλντι, κορυφαίος εκπρόσωπος του ρεύματος του Ευρωπαϊκού Ρομαντισμού.

1811: γεννιέται στις ΗΠΑ ο Οράτιος Γκρίλι, δημοσιογράφος και πολιτικός ηγέτης, μέγας πολέμιος του θεσμού της δουλείας, κατά την περίοδο πριν τον αμερικανικό εμφύλιο.

1815: τίθεται σε λειτουργία το πρώτο εργοστάσιο τυριού στην Ελβετία.

1820: ο ’Αγγλος ποιητής Τζον Κιτς σε ηλικία μόλις 24 ετών κάνει την πρώτη του αιμόπτυση και συνειδητοποιεί ότι, θα πεθάνει από φυματίωση όπως και ο αδερφός του Τομ. Πράγματι θα σβήσει την επόμενη χρονιά.

1821: γεννιέται η Βρετανοαμερικανίδα γιατρός Ελίζαμπεθ Μπλάκγουελ. Πρόκειται για την πρώτη γυναίκα, που άσκησε την ιατρική στις ΗΠΑ.

1830: υπογράφεται το Πρωτόκολλο του Λονδίνου,με το οποίο αναγνωρίζεται η ανεξαρτησία της Ελλάδας.

1867: ο 15χρονος πρίγκιπας Μοτσουχίτο γίνεται ο αυτοκράτορας Μεϊτζί της Ιαπωνίας. Η άνοδος του στο θρόνο σημαίνει το τέλος του φεουδαρχισμού για τη χώρα.

1870: η 15η Τροπολογία του αμερικανικού Συντάγματος, που διασφαλίζει το δικαίωμα της ψήφου στους Αφροαμερικανούς, μετατρέπεται σε νόμο του κράτους.

1874: γεννιέται η Αμερικανίδα πρωτοποριακή συγγραφέας Γερτρούδη Στάιν. ’Ασκησε μεγάλη επιρροή στον κόσμο των τεχνών και των γραμμάτων του 20ου αιώνα, τόσο με την πένα της, όσο και με την ισχυρή προσωπικότητα της.

1876: ο ’Αλμπερτ Σπάλντινγκ μαζί με τον αδερφό του και κεφάλαιο 800 δολαρίων δημιουργούν τη γνωστή εταιρεία αθλητικών ειδών. Παράγουν τις πρώτες επίσημες μπάλες του μπάσκετ, του τένις, του μπέιζμπολ, του γκολφ και του ράγκμπι.

1887: γεννιέται στην Αυστρία ο εξπρεσιονιστής ποιητής Γκέοργκ Τρακλ.

1889: "δολοφονείται από αγνώστους η Αμερικανίδα Μπελ Σταρ, γνωστή στην εποχή της, για την πλούσια σε παράνομες δραστηριότητες, ζωή της. Αποτέλεσε πηγή έμπνευσης για τη λαϊκή λογοτεχνία και έμεινε γνωστή ως η ""βασίλισσα των ληστών""."

1894: γεννιέται στις ΗΠΑ ο ζωγράφος Νόρμαν Ρόκγουελ, γνωστός για τα εξώφυλλα, που δημιούργησε σε μεγάλα αμερικανικά έντυπα.

1904: κολομβιανά στρατεύματα συγκρούονται με Αμερικανούς πεζοναύτες στον Παναμά.

1916: καταστρέφεται από φωτιά το κτήριο του Κοινοβουλίου του Καναδά στην Οτάβα.

1918: "γεννιέται ο Αμερικανός κωμικός Τζόι Μπίσοπ, το πέμπτο μέλος, μαζί με τους Σινάτρα, Ντιν Μάρτιν, Πίτερ Λόφορντ και Σάμι Ντέιβις Τζ., της κινηματογραφικής παρέας ""The Rat Pack""."

1919: οι Μπολσεβίκοι κυριεύουν το Κίεβο.

1931: 258 άνθρωποι σκοτώνονται στο σεισμό, που αποτέλεσε τη μεγαλύτερη φυσική καταστροφή στη Νέα Ζηλανδία.

1941: στο κατεχόμενο Βισί της Γαλλίας οι Ναζί επαναφέρουν στην εξουσία τον Πιέρ Λαβάλ, ο οποίος ένα χρόνο πριν είχε αποπεμφθεί από αντιπρόεδρος της κυβέρνησης. Ο Λαβάλ κατηγορήθηκε για την έξαρση των φαινομένων αντισημιτισμού, καθώς και για την απόφαση αποστολής Γάλλων εργατών στη Γερμανία, την περίοδο διακυβέρνησης του.

1943: γεννιέται η Αμερικανίδα ηθοποιός Μπλάιθ Ντάνερ, μητέρα της βραβευμένης με Όσκαρ ερμηνείας Γκουίνεθ Πάλτροου.

1944: οι στρατιωτικές δυνάμεις των ΗΠΑ καταλαμβάνουν τα νησιά Μάρσαλ, στον Ειρηνικό Ωκεανό, τα οποία μέχρι τότε αποτελούσαν ορμητήριο για τις επιχειρήσεις του ιαπωνικού στρατού. Οι περιοχές αυτές θα χρησιμοποιηθούν αργότερα για πυρηνικές δοκιμές.

1952: "μεταδίδεται από το ραδιοσταθμό του Παρισιού ότι, ο ""Σύνδεσμος Σουηδών Λογοτεχνών""προτείνει το Νίκο Καζαντζάκη για το Νόμπελ Λογοτεχνίας."

1953: "ο Γάλλος ωκεανογράφος Ζακ Υβ Κουστώ δημοσιεύει το διασημότερο αλλά και τελευταίο έργο του ο ""Σιωπηλός Κόσμος""."

1953: "ο Σπύρος Μαρκεζίνης εξαγγέλλει την ίδρυση δικού του κόμματος με την επωνυμία ""Κόμμα των Προοδευτικών""."

1954: στην Ινδία, πάνω από 350 Ινδουιστές ποδοπατούνται και πεθαίνουν από τον πανικό που δημιουργείται κατά τη διάρκεια θρησκευτικών τελετών.

1956: ο Τόνι Σέιλερ γίνεται ο πρώτος σκιέρ, που κερδίζει ολυμπιακό μετάλλιο και στα τρία αλπικά αγωνίσματα.

1956: πεθαίνει ο Γάλλος μαθηματικός και πολιτικός Εμίλ Μπορέλ.

1958: υπογράφεται η Συνθήκης της Οικονομική Ένωσης της Μπενελουξ, μεταξύ Βελγίου, Ολλανδίας και Λουξεμβούργου.

1959: "δύο από τους πρωτοπόρους του ροκ εν ρολ, ο Μπάντι Χόλι και ο Ρίτσι Βάλενς, σκοτώνονται σε αεροπορικό δυστύχημα, στην Αϊόβα των ΗΠΑ. Η μέρα αυτή έμεινε γνωστή ως ""Η Μέρα, που Πέθανε η Μουσική""."

1964: αμερικανικά πολεμικά πλοία βομβαρδίζουν για πρώτη φορά κατοικημένες περιοχές της Ιαπωνίας, στις Κουρίλες Νήσους

1966: η Σοβιετική Ένωση πετυχαίνει την πρώτη ελεγχόμενη προσσελήνωση με το μη επανδρωμένο διαστημόπλοιο Λούνικ 9.

1967: "ο Τζίμι Χέντριξ ηχογραφεί το ""Purple Haze""."

1969: ο Γιάσερ Αραφάτ διορίζεται πρόεδρος της Οργάνωσης για την Απελευθέρωση της Παλαιστίνης.

1971: γεννιέται η Βρετανίδα θεατρική συγγραφέας Σάρα Κέιν. Υπέφερε από μανιοκατάθλιψη και έθεσε τέρμα στη ζωή της το 1999, αφήνοντας το ανατρεπτικό έργο της, παρακαταθήκη για τους σύγχρονους συγγραφείς.

1972: ξεκινούν οι 11οι Χειμερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες στο Σαπόρο της Ιαπωνίας, οι πρώτοι που γίνονται στην Ασία. Λαμβάνουν μέρος 1.015 αθλητές και 217 αθλήτριες, από 35 χώρες σε 35 αγωνίσματα. Η ΔΟΕ, ύστερα από τα πορίσματα της Ειδικής Επιτροπής Ερασιτεχνισμού, απαγορεύει τη συμμετοχή του Αυστριακού πρωταθλητή των αλπικών αγωνισμάτων Κάρλ Σράνζ στους αγώνες.

1988: το αμερικανικό Κογκρέσο απορρίπτει αίτημα του Προέδρου Ρόναλντ Ρέιγκαν για παροχή βοήθειας στους Κόντρας της Νικαράγουας ύψους 36,25 εκατομμυρίων δολαρίων.

1989: "πεθαίνει ο Ελληνοαμερικανός σκηνοθέτης, ηθοποιός και σεναριογράφος Τζον Κασαβέτις. Έδωσε νέα μορφή στο ""σινεμά βεριτέ""εισάγοντας καινοτομίες στη χρήση της κάμερας και διαφορετική οπτική στα πλάνα, με έμφαση στον αυτοσχεδιασμό. Τον αποκάλεσαν ""πατέρα του αμερικανικού ανεξάρτητου κινηματογράφου""."

1989: το σκάνδαλο Κοσκωτά παίρνει νέα τροπή, όταν ο προσωπικός φίλος του πρωθυπουργού Ανδρέα Παπανδρέου, Γιώργος Λούβαρης, παραπέμπεται για κακούργημα, ως παραλήπτης μεγάλου ποσού, που υπεξαιρέθηκε.

1990: ο Αμερικανός τζόκεϊ Γουίλι Σουμέικερ τρέχει στην 40.350ή και τελευταία του κούρσα, όπου τερματίζει τέταρτος στην Σάντα Ανίτα Ρέιστρακ. Στην καριέρα του έχει κερδίσει 1.100 στέικς, 8.833 νίκες σε 40.340 κούρσες με κέρδη 123.375.124 δολάρια.

1991: πάνω από 300 νεκροί είναι ο απολογισμός του ισχυρού σεισμού, που πλήττει το βόρειο Πακιστάν.

1991: τσακίζεται στις πλαγιές του όρους Όθρυς ένα C-130 της Πολεμικής μας Αεροπορίας. Ανασύρονται συνολικά 63 νεκροί από τα συντρίμμια, πλήρωμα και επιβάτες.

1992: "στις Βρυξέλλες, έξω από το κτίριο της ΕΟΚ, 1.000 Σκοπιανοί πραγματοποιούν διαδήλωση, διεκδικώντας την αναγνώριση από τους ""12""της ανεξαρτησίας της Δημοκρατίας τους με το όνομα ""Μακεδονία""."

1993: στις Φιλιππίνες, 36 άνθρωποι πεθαίνουν από την έκρηξη του ηφαιστείου Μαγιόν.

1994: σχεδόν δύο δεκαετίες από την πτώση της Σαϊγκόν, ο Αμερικανός Πρόεδρος Μπιλ Κλίντον ανακοινώνει την άρση του εμπορικού εμπάργκο κατά του Βιετνάμ.

1995: θετική είναι η ανταπόκριση του εμπορικού κόσμου στην απόφαση να απαγορευτούν τα ΙΧ στο εμπορικό τρίγωνο της Αθήνας.

1995: "στις ΗΠΑ, εκτοξεύεται από τη βάση Κανάβεραλ το διαστημόπλοιο ""Ντισκάβερι""με γυναίκα κυβερνήτη κι ένα Ρώσο κοσμοναύτη, με προορισμό το διαστημικό σταθμό ΜΙΡ."

1995: "το Τριμελές Εφετείο Πειραιά κρίνει αθώο τον εφοπλιστή και ιδιοκτήτη του ""Σκάι""Γιάννη Αλαφούζο, που είχε κατηγορηθεί για λαθρεμπορία καυσίμων με το δεξαμενόπλοιο ""Ασπρονήσι""."

1996: στην Τουρκία, η Τανσού Τσιλέρ παραδίδει την εντολή στον Πρόεδρο Ντεμιρέλ, μετά την αποτυχία της να σχηματίσει κυβέρνηση.

1997: ευρωπαϊκές χώρες και ΗΠΑ καταδικάζουν τη χρήση βίας κατά αντικυβερνητικών διαδηλωτών στη Γιουγκοσλαβία.

1999: επίσημες στατιστικές δείχνουν την Mάντσεστερ Γιουνάιτεντ ως την πλουσιότερη ομάδα του κόσμου με ετήσια έσοδα 180 δις δρχ. Δεύτερη έρχεται η Μπαρτσελόνα με 110 δις, τρίτη η Ρεάλ Μαδρίτης με 110 δις, τέταρτη η Γιουβέντους με 106 δις, και πέμπτη η Μπάγερν Μονάχου με 102 δις. Η μόνη από πλευράς Λατινικής Αμερικής είναι η Φλαμένγκο με 65 δις.

2000: ισπανικό δικαστήριο αναγνωρίζει στον Τούρκο μπασκετμπολίστα Σάνον Σερτάν Μίλι τα ίδια δικαιώματα, που έχουν και οι πολίτες της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης, ανοίγοντας τον δρόμο για την ελεύθερη μετακίνηση παικτών από σχεδόν ολόκληρο τον κόσμο στα ευρωπαϊκά πρωταθλήματα

2002: η Ρωσίδα Σβετλάνα Φεοφάνοβα σπάει το ρεκόρ της Στέισι Ντραγκίλα στο άλμα επί κοντώ με 4.71μ κατά τη διάρκεια διεθνούς μίτινγκ στη Στουτγκάρδη.

2003: παραιτείται από Πρόεδρος της Τσεχίας ο Βάτσλαβ Χάβελ, δεκατρία χρόνια μετά τη Βελούδινη Επανάσταση που τον οδήγησε στην Προεδρία. Στην αποχαιρετιστήρια ομιλία του ευχαρίστησε όλους όσους τον στήριξαν, είπε ότι δεν περίμενε να παραμείνει τόσον καιρό στην ηγεσία της χώρας και ζήτησε συγγνώμη ακόμη και από τους εχθρούς του.

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1112 – Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona and Douce I, Countess of Provence marry, uniting the fortunes of those two states.
1377 – More than 2,000 people of the Italian city of Cesena are killed by the Condottieri (papal armed forces) in the "Cesena Bloodbath".
1451 – Sultan Mehmed II inherits the throne of the Ottoman Empire.
1488 – Bartolomeu Dias of Portugal lands in Mossel Bay after rounding the Cape of Good Hope, becoming the first known European to travel so far south.
1509 – The Portuguese navy defeats a joint fleet of the Ottoman Empire, the Republic of Venice, the Sultan of Gujarat, the Mamlûk Burji Sultanate of Egypt, the Zamorin of Calicut, and the Republic of Ragusa at the Battle of Diu in Diu, India.
1690 – The colony of Massachusetts issues the first paper money in the Americas.
1706 – During the Battle of Fraustadt Swedish forces defeat a superior Saxon-Polish-Russian force by deploying a double envelopment.
1781 – American Revolutionary War: British forces seize the Dutch-owned Caribbean island Sint Eustatius.
1783 – American Revolutionary War: Spain recognizes United States independence.
1787 – Militia led by General Benjamin Lincoln crush the remnants of Shays' Rebellion in Petersham, Massachusetts.
1807 – A British military force, under Brigadier-General Sir Samuel Auchmuty captures the Spanish Empire city of Montevideo, now the capital of Uruguay.
1809 – The Territory of Illinois is created by the 10th United States Congress.
1813 – José de San Martín defeats a Spanish royalist army at the Battle of San Lorenzo, part of the Argentine War of Independence.
1830 – The London Protocol of 1830 establishes the full independence and sovereignty of Greece from the Ottoman Empire as the final result of the Greek War of Independence.
1834 – Wake Forest University is established.
1870 – The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing voting rights to male citizens regardless of race.
1913 – The Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, authorizing the Federal government to impose and collect an income tax.
1916 – The Centre Block of the Parliament buildings in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada burns down with the loss of 7 lives.
1917 – World War I: The United States breaks off diplomatic relations with Germany two days after the latter announced a new policy of unrestricted submarine warfare.
1918 – The Twin Peaks Tunnel in San Francisco, California begins service as the longest streetcar tunnel in the world at 11,920 feet (3,633 meters) long.
1930 – Communist Party of Vietnam is founded at a "Unification Conference" held in Kowloon, British Hong Kong.
1931 – The Hawke's Bay earthquake, New Zealand's worst natural disaster, kills 258.
1933 – Adolf Hitler announces that the expansion of Lebensraum into Eastern Europe, and its ruthless Germanisation, are the ultimate geopolitical objectives of Third Reich foreign policy.
1943 – The SS Dorchester is sunk by a German U-boat. Only 230 of 902 men aboard survive.
1944 – World War II: During the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign, U.S. Army and Marine forces seize Kwajalein Atoll from the defending Japanese garrison.
1945 – World War II: As part of Operation Thunderclap, 1,000 B-17s of the Eighth Air Force bomb Berlin, a raid which kills between 2,500 and 3,000 and dehouses another 120,000.
1945 – World War II: The United States and the Philippine Commonwealth begin a month-long battle to retake Manila from Japan.
1953 – The Batepá massacre occurred in São Tomé when the colonial administration and Portuguese landowners unleashed a wave of violence against the native creoles known as forros.
1958 – Founding of the Benelux Economic Union, creating a testing ground for a later European Economic Community.
1959 – Rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson are killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa.
1960 – British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan speaks of "a wind of change", signalling that his Government was likely to support decolonisation.
1961 – The United States Air Forces begins Operation Looking Glass, and over the next 30 years, a "Doomsday Plane" is always in the air, with the capability of taking direct control of the United States' bombers and missiles in the event of the destruction of the SAC's command post.
1966 – The Soviet Union's Luna 9 becomes the first spacecraft to make a soft landing on the Moon, and the first spacecraft to take pictures from the surface of the Moon.^[1]
1971 – New York Police Officer Frank Serpico is shot during a drug bust in Brooklyn and survives to later testify against police corruption.
1972 – The first day of the seven-day 1972 Iran blizzard, which would kill at least 4,000 people, making it the deadliest snowstorm in history.
1984 – John Buster and the research team at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center announce history's first embryo transfer, from one woman to another resulting in a live birth.
1984 – Space Shuttle program: STS-41-B is launched using Space Shuttle Challenger.
1989 – After a stroke two weeks previously, South African President P. W. Botha resigns as leader of the National Party, but stays on as president for six more months.
1989 – A military coup overthrows Alfredo Stroessner, dictator of Paraguay since 1954.
1994 – Space Shuttle program: STS-60 is launched, carrying Sergei Krikalev, the first Russian cosmonaut to fly aboard the Shuttle^[2]
1995 – Astronaut Eileen Collins becomes the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle as mission STS-63 gets underway from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
1998 – Cavalese cable car disaster: a United States military pilot causes the death of 20 people when his low-flying plane cuts the cable of a cable-car near Trento, Italy.
2007 – A Baghdad market bombing kills at least 135 people and injures a further 339.
2014 – Two people are shot and killed and 29 students are taken hostage at a high school in Moscow, Russia.

Births[edit]

1338 – Joanna of Bourbon (d. 1378)
1392 – Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland, English commander (d. 1455)
1428 – Helena Palaiologina, Queen of Cyprus (d. 1458)
1478 – Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham (d. 1521)
1504 – Scipione Rebiba, Italian cardinal (d. 1577)
1677 – Jan Santini Aichel, Czech architect, designed the Karlova Koruna Chateau (d. 1723)
1689 – Blas de Lezo, Spanish admiral (d. 1741)
1690 – Richard Rawlinson, English minister and historian (d. 1755)
1721 – Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general (d. 1773)
1736 – Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Austrian composer and theorist (d. 1809)
1747 – Samuel Osgood, American soldier and politician, 1st United States Postmaster General (d. 1813)
1757 – Joseph Forlenze, Italian ophthalmologist and surgeon (d. 1833)
1763 – Caroline von Wolzogen, German author (d. 1847)
1777 – John Cheyne, Scottish physician and author (d. 1836)
1790 – Gideon Mantell, English scientist (d. 1852)
1795 – Antonio José de Sucre, Venezuelan general and politician, 2nd President of Bolivia (d. 1830)
1807 – Joseph E. Johnston, American general and politician (d. 1891)
1809 – Felix Mendelssohn, German pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1847)
1811 – Horace Greeley, American journalist and politician (d. 1872)
1816 – Ram Singh Kuka, Indian credited with starting the non-cooperation movement
1817 – Achille Ernest Oscar Joseph Delesse, French geologist and mineralogist (d. 1881)
1817 – Émile Prudent, French pianist and composer (d. 1863)
1821 – Elizabeth Blackwell, American physician and educator (d. 1910)
1824 – Ranald MacDonald, American explorer and educator (d. 1894)
1826 – Walter Bagehot, English journalist and businessman (d. 1877)
1830 – Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1903)
1842 – Sidney Lanier, American composer and poet (d. 1881)
1843 – William Cornelius Van Horne, American-Canadian businessman (d. 1915)
1857 – Giuseppe Moretti, Italian sculptor, designed the Vulcan statue (d. 1935)
1859 – Hugo Junkers, German engineer, designed the Junkers J 1 (d. 1935)
1862 – James Clark McReynolds, American lawyer and judge (d. 1946)
1867 – Charles Henry Turner, American biologist, educator and zoologist (d. 1923)
1872 – Lou Criger, American baseball player and manager (d. 1934)
1874 – Gertrude Stein, American novelist, poet, playwright, (d. 1946)
1878 – Gordon Coates, New Zealand soldier and politician, 21st Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1943)
1887 – Georg Trakl, Austrian pharmacist and poet (d. 1914)
1889 – Artur Adson, Estonian poet, playwright, and critic (d. 1977)
1889 – Carl Theodor Dreyer, Danish director and screenwriter (d. 1968)
1892 – Juan Negrín, Spanish physician and politician, 67th Prime Minister of Spain (d. 1956)
1893 – Gaston Julia, Algerian-French mathematician and academic (d. 1978)
1894 – Norman Rockwell, American painter and illustrator (d. 1978)
1898 – Alvar Aalto, Finnish architect, designed the Finlandia Hall and Aalto Theatre (d. 1976)
1899 – Café Filho, Brazilian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 18th President of Brazil (d. 1970)
1900 – Mabel Mercer, English-American singer (d. 1984)
1903 – Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton, Scottish soldier, pilot, and politician (d. 1973)
1904 – Pretty Boy Floyd, American gangster (d. 1934)
1905 – Paul Ariste, Estonian linguist and academic (d. 1990)
1905 – Arne Beurling, Swedish-American mathematician and academic (d. 1986)
1906 – George Adamson, Indian-English author and activist (d. 1989)
1907 – James A. Michener, American author and philanthropist (d. 1997)
1909 – André Cayatte, French lawyer and director (d. 1989)
1909 – Simone Weil, French mystic and philosopher (d. 1943)
1911 – Jehan Alain, French organist and composer (d. 1940)
1912 – Jacques Soustelle, French anthropologist and politician (d. 1990)
1914 – Mary Carlisle, American actress, singer, and dancer
1915 – Johannes Kotkas, Estonian wrestler and hammer thrower (d. 1998)
1917 – Shlomo Goren, Polish-Israeli rabbi and general (d. 1994)
1918 – Joey Bishop, American actor and producer (d. 2007)
1918 – Helen Stephens, American runner, baseball player, and manager (d. 1994)
1920 – Russell Arms, American actor and singer (d. 2012)
1920 – Tony Gaze, Australian race car driver and pilot (d. 2013)
1920 – Henry Heimlich, American physician and author (d. 2016)
1924 – E. P. Thompson, English historian and author (d. 1993)
1924 – Martial Asselin, Canadian lawyer and politician, 25th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (d. 2013)
1925 – Shelley Berman, American actor and comedian (d. 2017)
1925 – John Fiedler, American actor (d. 2005)
1926 – Hans-Jochen Vogel, German soldier and politician, 8th Mayor of Berlin
1927 – Kenneth Anger, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1927 – Blas Ople, Filipino journalist and politician, 21st President of the Senate of the Philippines (d. 2003)
1933 – Paul Sarbanes, American lawyer and politician
1934 – Juan Carlos Calabró, Argentinian actor and screenwriter (d. 2013)
1935 – Johnny "Guitar" Watson, American blues, soul, and funk singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1996)
1936 – Elizabeth Peer, American journalist (d. 1984)
1936 – Bob Simpson, Australian cricketer and coach
1937 – Billy Meier, Swiss author and photographer
1938 – Victor Buono, American actor (d. 1982)
1938 – Emile Griffith, American boxer and trainer (d. 2013)
1939 – Michael Cimino, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2016)
1940 – Fran Tarkenton, American football player and sportscaster
1941 – Dory Funk, Jr., American wrestler and trainer
1941 – Howard Phillips, American lawyer and politician (d. 2013)
1943 – Blythe Danner, American actress
1943 – Dennis Edwards, American soul/R&B singer (d. 2018)
1943 – Eric Haydock, English bass player
1943 – Shawn Phillips, American-South African singer-songwriter and guitarist
1945 – Johnny Cymbal, Scottish-American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1993)
1945 – Bob Griese, American football player and sportscaster
1947 – Paul Auster, American novelist, essayist, and poet
1947 – Dave Davies, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1947 – Stephen McHattie, Canadian actor and director
1948 – Henning Mankell, Swedish author and playwright (d. 2015)
1949 – Jim Thorpe, American golfer
1950 – Morgan Fairchild, American actress
1950 – Grant Goldman, Australian radio and television host
1951 – Eugenijus Riabovas, Lithuanian footballer and manager
1951 – Michael Ruppert, American journalist and author (d. 2014)
1952 – Fred Lynn, American baseball player and sportscaster
1954 – Tiger Williams, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1956 – John Jefferson, American football player and coach
1956 – Nathan Lane, American actor and comedian
1957 – Eric Lander, American mathematician, geneticist, and academic
1958 – Joe F. Edwards, Jr., American commander, pilot, and astronaut
1958 – Douglas Holtz-Eakin, American economist
1959 – Óscar Iván Zuluaga, Colombian economist and politician, 67th Colombian Minister of Finance
1960 – Tim Chandler, American bass player
1960 – Marty Jannetty, American wrestler and trainer
1960 – Joachim Löw, German footballer and manager
1960 – Kerry Von Erich, American wrestler (d. 1993)
1961 – Linda Eder, American singer and actress
1963 – Raghuram Rajan, Indian economist and academic
1964 – Indrek Tarand, Estonian historian, journalist, and politician
1965 – Kathleen Kinmont, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
1965 – Maura Tierney, American actress and producer
1966 – Frank Coraci, American director and screenwriter
1966 – Danny Morrison, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster
1967 – Tim Flowers, English footballer and coach
1967 – Mixu Paatelainen, Finnish footballer and coach
1968 – Vlade Divac, Serbian-American basketball player and sportscaster
1968 – Marwan Khoury, Lebanese singer, songwriter, and composer
1969 – Beau Biden, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 44th Attorney General of Delaware (d. 2015)
1969 – Retief Goosen, South African golfer
1970 – Óscar Córdoba, Colombian footballer
1970 – Warwick Davis, English actor, producer, and screenwriter
1971 – Hong Seok-cheon, South Korean actor
1971 – Jayne Middlemiss, English television and radio presenter
1972 – Jesper Kyd, Danish pianist and composer
1973 – Ilana Sod, Mexican journalist and producer
1976 – Isla Fisher, Omani-Australian actress
1977 – Marek Židlický, Czech ice hockey player
1978 – Joan Capdevila, Spanish footballer
1979 – Paul Franks, English cricketer and coach
1982 – Becky Bayless, American wrestler
1982 – Marie-Ève Drolet, Canadian speed skater
1985 – Angela Fong, Canadian wrestler and actress
1985 – Andrei Kostitsyn, Belarusian ice hockey player
1986 – Lucas Duda, American baseball player
1986 – David Edwards, Welsh footballer
1986 – Mathieu Giroux, Canadian speed skater
1986 – Kanako Yanagihara, Japanese actress
1988 – Cho Kyuhyun, South Korean singer
1988 – Gregory van der Wiel, Dutch footballer
1989 – Slobodan Rajković, Serbian footballer
1990 – Sean Kingston, American-Jamaican singer-songwriter
1990 – Martin Taupau, New Zealand rugby league player
1991 – Nikola Hofmanova, Austrian tennis player
1991 – Corey Norman, Australian rugby league player
1991 – Peter Pawlett, English footballer
1991 – Adrian Quaife-Hobbs, Welsh race car driver
1992 – Luke Keary, Australian rugby league player
1995 – Kim Domingo, Filipino actress and model
1996 – Rhap Salazar, Filipino singer-songwriter and actor
1997 – Paige Mary Hourigan, New Zealand tennis player

Deaths[edit]

AD 6 – Ping, emperor of Han China (b. 9 BC)
639 – Sihyaj Chan K'awiil II, ruler of Tikal
639 – K'inich Yo'nal Ahk I, ruler of Piedras Negras
699 – Werburgh, English nun and saint (b. 650)
865 – Ansgar, Frankish archbishop (b. 801)
929 – Guy ("the Philosopher"), margrave of Tuscany
938 – Zhou Ben, Chinese general (b. 862)
995 – William IV, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 937)
1014 – Sweyn Forkbeard, king of Denmark, England, and parts of Norway (b. 960)
1116 – Coloman, King of Hungary (b. 1070)
1161 – King Inge I of Norway (b. 1135)
1252 – Sviatoslav III of Vladimir, Prince of Novgorod (b. 1196)
1399 – John of Gaunt, Belgian-English politician, Lord High Steward (b. 1340)
1428 – Ashikaga Yoshimochi, Japanese shogun (b. 1386)
1451 – Murad II, Ottoman sultan (b. 1404)
1468 – Johannes Gutenberg, German publisher, invented the Printing press (b. 1398)
1537 – Thomas FitzGerald, 10th Earl of Kildare (b. 1513)
1566 – George Cassander, Flemish theologian and author (b. 1513)
1618 – Philip II, Duke of Pomerania (b. 1573)
1619 – Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham, English politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (b. 1564)
1737 – Tommaso Ceva, Italian mathematician and academic (b. 1648)
1802 – Pedro Rodríguez, Count of Campomanes, Spanish economist and politician (b. 1723)
1813 – Juan Bautista Cabral, Argentinian sergeant (b. 1789)
1820 – Gia Long, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1762)
1832 – George Crabbe, English surgeon and poet (b. 1754)
1862 – Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (b. 1774)
1866 – François-Xavier Garneau, Canadian poet, author, and historian (b. 1809)
1873 – Isaac Baker Brown, English gynecologist and surgeon (b. 1811)
1922 – John Butler Yeats, Irish painter and illustrator (b. 1839)
1924 – Woodrow Wilson, American historian, academic, and politician, 28th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1856)
1929 – Agner Krarup Erlang, Danish mathematician and engineer (b. 1878)
1935 – Hugo Junkers, German engineer, designed the Junkers J 1 (b. 1859)
1944 – Yvette Guilbert, French singer and actress (b. 1865)
1945 – Roland Freisler, German lawyer and judge (b. 1893)
1947 – Marc Mitscher, American admiral and pilot (b. 1887)
1952 – Harold L. Ickes, American journalist and politician, 32nd United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1874)
1955 – Vasily Blokhin, Russian general (b. 1895)
1956 – Émile Borel, French mathematician and academic (b. 1871)
1956 – Johnny Claes, English-Belgian race car driver and trumpet player (b. 1916)
1959 – The Day the Music Died
- The Big Bopper, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1930)
- Buddy Holly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1936)
- Ritchie Valens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1941)
1960 – Fred Buscaglione, Italian singer and actor (b. 1921)
1961 – William Morrison, 1st Viscount Dunrossil, Scottish-Australian captain and politician, 14th Governor-General of Australia (b. 1893)
1961 – Anna May Wong, American actress (b. 1905)
1967 – Joe Meek, English songwriter and producer (b. 1929)
1969 – C. N. Annadurai, Indian journalist and politician, 7th Chief Minister of Madras State (b. 1909)
1969 – Eduardo Mondlane, Mozambican activist and academic (b. 1920)
1975 – William D. Coolidge, American physicist and engineer (b. 1873)
1975 – Umm Kulthum, Egyptian singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1904)
1985 – Frank Oppenheimer, American physicist and academic (b. 1912)
1989 – John Cassavetes, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1929)
1989 – Lionel Newman, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1916)
1991 – Nancy Kulp, American actress (b. 1921)
1993 – Françoys Bernier, Canadian pianist and conductor (b. 1927)
1996 – Audrey Meadows, American actress and banker (b. 1922)
1999 – Gwen Guthrie, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1950)
2005 – Zurab Zhvania, Georgian biologist and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Georgia (b. 1963)
2005 – Ernst Mayr, German-American biologist and ornithologist (b. 1904)
2006 – Al Lewis, American actor and activist (b. 1923)
2009 – Sheng-yen, Chinese monk and scholar, founded the Dharma Drum Mountain (b. 1930)
2010 – Dick McGuire, American basketball player and coach (b. 1926)
2010 – Frances Reid, American actress (b. 1914)
2011 – Maria Schneider, French actress (b. 1952)
2012 – Toh Chin Chye, Singaporean academic and politician, 1st Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore (b. 1921)
2012 – Ben Gazzara, American actor and director (b. 1930)
2012 – Terence Hildner, American general (b. 1962)
2012 – Raj Kanwar, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1961)
2012 – Zalman King, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1942)
2012 – Andrzej Szczeklik, Polish physician and academic (b. 1938)
2013 – Cardiss Collins, American politician (b. 1931)
2013 – Oscar Feltsman, Ukrainian-Russian composer and producer (b. 1921)
2013 – James Muri, American soldier and pilot (b. 1918)
2013 – Jam Mohammad Yousaf, Pakistani politician, Chief Minister of Balochistan (b. 1954)
2015 – Martin Gilbert, English historian, author, and academic (b. 1936)
2015 – Mary Healy, American actress and singer (b. 1918)
2015 – Charlie Sifford, American golfer (b. 1922)
2015 – Nasim Hasan Shah, Pakistani lawyer and judge, 12th Chief Justice of Pakistan (b. 1929)
2016 – Balram Jakhar, Indian lawyer and politician, 23rd Governor of Madhya Pradesh (b. 1923)
2016 – József Kasza, Serbian politician and economist (b. 1945)
2016 – Saulius Sondeckis, Lithuanian violinist and conductor (b. 1928)
2017 – Dritëro Agolli, Albanian poet, writer and politician (b. 1931)
2017 – Gordon Aikman, Scottish ALS campaigner (b. 1985)

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THIS DAY IN MUSIC

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February 3rd: On this Day

1959, 22 year old Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens, aged 17, died in a crash shortly after take-off from Clear Lake, Iowa, the pilot of the single-engined Beechcraft Bonanza plane was also killed. Holly hired the plane after heating problems developed on his tour bus. All three were travelling to Fargo, North Dakota, for the next show on their Winter Dance Party Tour which Holly had set - covering 24 cities in three weeks, to make money after the break-up of his band, The Crickets, last year.

1967, Producer Joe Meek shot his landlady Violet Shenton and then shot himself at his flat in London, Meek produced The Tornadoes hit 'Telstar', the first No.1 in the US by a British group. Meek was interested in spirituality and often attended séances . At one such meeting in 1958 he was warned that Buddy Holly would die on February 3. Meek tried his best to find Holly when he was in London to warn him but failed in his mission. Holly died on February 3, 1959.

1968, One Hit Wonders The Lemon Pipers went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Green Tambourine' the song was a No.7 hit in the UK. The song has been credited as being one of the first bubblegum pop chart-toppers.

1968, The Beatles started work on their new single 'Lady Madonna' at Abbey Road studios in London. Recording three piano and drum takes with overdub bass, fuzz guitars, drums, and vocals.

1970, Led Zeppelin II was in the Top 20 on both the UK & US album charts after peaking at No.1. The album went on to spend 138 weeks on the UK chart. The album is now recognised by writers and music critics as one of the greatest and most influential rock albums ever recorded.

1973, Elton John started a three-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Crocodile Rock'. Elton's first of five US No.1 singles.

1979, Blondie had their first of five UK No.1 singles, with 'Heart Of Glass', taken from the band's third studio album, Parallel Lines. 'Heart of Glass' was originally recorded in 1975 under the name 'Once I Had a Love.'

1986, Dire Straits were at No.1 on the UK album charts with their fifth studio album Brothers in Arms. With ten weeks at No.1, the album is the seventh best-selling album in UK chart history and won two Grammy Awards in 1986, and also won Best British Album at the 1987 Brit Awards. Brothers in Arms also spent nine weeks at No.1 on the Billboard 200 in the US, and thirty-four weeks at No.1 on the Australian Album Chart.

1990, For the first time ever, the UK Top 3 singles featured non-British and non-American acts. Ireland's Sinead O'Connor, Australia's Kylie Minogue and Belgium's Technotronic. Sinead O'Connor had her first No.1 single with Nothing Compares To U', a song written by Prince.

1992, On their first Europe tour Pearl Jam played at The Esplanade Club in Southend, England to 300 people, the bands first ever UK show. The tour also took Pearl Jam to Norway, Sweden, Holland, France, Spain and Italy.

1999, American soul singer Gwen Guthrie died of cancer aged 48. She sang backing vocals for Aretha Franklin, Billy Joel, Stevie Wonder and Madonna and wrote songs for Sister Sledge and Roberta Flack. She scored the 1986 R&B No.1 'Ain't Nothin' Goin' on But the Rent'.

1999, Tony Hadley singer with Spandau Ballet told a High Court in London of his "desperate" financial situation after his solo career failed. Hadley and band members Steve Norman and drummer John Keeble, were suing Spandau Ballet songwriter Gary Kemp for hundreds of thousands of pounds of allegedly unpaid publishing royalties. Hadley earned £120,000 a year during the band's heyday in the early 1980s, but the court heard that when he fell on hard times he was forced him to sell his home to pay off a £50,000 overdraft in 1993.

2004, Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs settled a $3 million (£1.76 million) court case filed by his former driver after an incident in 1999. Wardell Fenderson had driven Mr Combs and his then-girlfriend Jennifer Lopez away from a New York nightclub where three people had been wounded in a shooting. Mr Fenderson said he was traumatized by having guns in the car and being ordered to ignore police orders to stop, for which he was arrested.

2004, R. Kelly appeared in Court and entered of plea of not guilty to 21 charges of child pornography. Kelly, who was free on bond, did not talk during the brief hearing. Outside the Cook County Criminal Courthouse fans voiced their support for the singer, proclaiming his innocence with placards and T-shirts. Kelly had been arrested in Florida after he was indicted by a grand jury in Chicago on 21 counts of child pornography, stemming from a videotape that allegedly shows the star performing sexual acts with a 14-year-old girl.

2007, Wayne Fontana, of 'Game Of Love' fame, was arrested at his home in Glossop, Derbyshire, England and charged with arson with intent to endanger life. The 61 year-old, who was already set to appear in court in March on traffic offenses, was accused of pouring gasoline over a bailiff's car and setting it on fire. The following November, he was sentenced to 11 months in jail, but was allowed to walk free from court immediately after already serving the equivalent of his term while held under the Mental Health Act.

2008, UK singer Adele went to No.1 on the UK album chart with her debut album '19'. As of December 2011, worldwide sales for the album stood at over 6.5 million copies.

2010, AC/DC singer Brian Johnson, joined a growing group of critics of Bob Geldof and U2 singer Bono over their very public charity work, saying they should stop lecturing audiences about charity work and instead do their good deeds in private. Johnson said "When I was a working man I didn't want to go to a concert for some bastard to talk down to me that I should be thinking of some kid in Africa. I'm sorry mate, do it yourself, spend some of your own money and get it done. It just makes me angry."

2014, Bruce Springsteen was at No.1 on the US chart with his eighteenth studio album High Hopes. His eleventh No.1 album in the US, placed him third all-time for most No. 1 albums only behind The The Beatles and Jay-Z. The album is a collection of cover songs, out-takes and re-imagined versions of tracks from past albums, EPs and tours.


February 3rd: Born on this day

1928, Born on this day, Frankie Vaughan, UK singer. During the 50's he scored twenty UK Top 30 singles including, UK No.2 'Green Door'. Made an OBE in 1965. Died 17th Sept 1999 aged 71.

1928, Born on this day, Val Doonican, Irish singer, and television presenter who had the 1964 UK No. 4 single 'Walk Tall', and 1967 UK No.1 album 'Val Doonican Rocks, But Gently'. Doonican died at a nursing home in Buckinghamshire on 1 July 2015, aged 88.

1935, Born on this day, Johnny 'guitar' Watson, American blues guitarist, singer. His ferocious 'Space Guitar' single of 1954 pioneered guitar feedback and reverb. Watson died on 17th May 1996 while on tour in Yokohama, Japan. According to eyewitness reports, he collapsed mid-guitar solo. His last words were "ain't that a bitch".

1940, Born on this day, Angelo D'Aleo, vocals, Dion And The Belmonts, who 1961 US No.1 & UK No.11 single 'Runaround Sue'.

1943, Born on this day, Dennis Edwards, singer with The Temptations, who had the 1971 US No.1 & UK No.8 single 'Just My Imagination' and re- issued 'My Girl' UK No.2 in 1992.

1943, Born on this day, Eric Haydock, bassist with The Hollies, who have scored over 25 Top 40 singles since 1963, including the 1972 US No.2 single 'Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress', and the 1988 UK No.1 single 'He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother', which was first released in 1969.

1946, Born on this day, Stan Webb, guitar, vocals, with British group Chicken Shack, who had the 1969 UK No.14 single 'I'd Rather Go Blind'.

1947, Born on this day, Dave Davies, guitarist with The Kinks who scored the 1964 UK No.1 & US No.7 'You Really Got Me', and the 1967 UK No.2 single 'Waterloo Sunset' plus 19 other UK Top 40 singles. Davies suffered a stroke in 2004 after being interviewed by the BBC in London where he had been promoting his then current album, 'Bug'.

1947, Born on this day, Melanie Safka, US singer, songwriter who had the 1971 US No.1 & 1972 UK No.4 single 'Brand New Key'.

1947,

1949, Born on this day, Arthur ‘Killer’ Kane, bass guitarist with The New York Dolls, who had the 1973 album 'New York Dolls'. Kane died in Los Angeles on July 13th 2004, due to complications from leukaemia, aged 55.

1956, Born on this day, Lee Ranaldo, guitarist with American alternative rock band Sonic Youth, who had the 1993 UK No.26 single 'Sugar Kane'.

1957, Born on this day, Tony Butler, bassist with Big Country, who had the 1983 UK No.10 single 'Fields Of Fire' plus 14 other UK Top 40 single. Butler has also worked with Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend and The Pretenders.

1959, Born on this day, Lol Tolhurst, keyboards, with The Cure, who had the 1989 US No.2 single 'Love Song', the 1992 UK No.6 single 'Friday I'm In Love', plus over 20 other UK Top 40 singles.

1965, Born on this day, Nick Hawkins, guitarist with Big Audio Dynamite who had the 1986 UK No.11 single 'E=MC2'.

1970, Born on this day, Richie Kotzen, Mr. Big, who had the 1992 US No.1 & UK No.3 single 'To Be With You'. Also worked with Poison.

1977, Born on this day, Puerto Rican singer, songwriter, rapper, actor and record producer Daddy Yankee. He featured on the 2017 single 'Despacito (Remix)' with Justin Bieber and Luis Fonsi.

1990, Born on this day, Sean Kingston, (Ka'Shon Anderson), Jamaican-American reggae, rap and pop musician who scored the 2007 US and UK No.1 single 'Beautiful Girls'.

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Temptations singer Dennis Edwards

dies aged 74

Dennis Edwards, who performed as lead singer for the Motown group the Temptations, has died at aged 74.

He died in Chicago, his family told CBS News. They did not disclose the cause of death.

Edwards joined the Temptations in 1968 and had a number of hits including two Grammy award-winning songs, Papa Was a Rollin' Stone and Cloud Nine.

He pursued a solo career in the 1980s, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989.

Edwards, who would have turned 75 on Saturday, had solo hits such as Don't Look Any Further and Coolin' Out.

Fans have paid their respects on social media, and civil rights activist Jesse Jackson described Edwards as "so talented".

The Temptations was one of the leading male vocal groups of the 1960s and early 1970s, and helped define the signature Motown sound.

The group went through various line-ups and tackled a wide range of musical styles.

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WHEN THE PARTHENON HAD DAZZLING COLORS

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When the Victorian painter Lawrence Alma-Tadema first showed his work, Phidias Showing the Frieze of the Parthenon to his Friends, there must have been a pleasing circularity in play: a painter proudly revealing his new painting of a sculptor proudly revealing his new sculpture. It was 1868, and to the modern viewer the painting looks inoffensive enough. Phidias, the bearded sculptor, stands in front of the Parthenon Frieze, whose characters – human and equine alike – Alma-Tadema would have been able to study in detail in the British Museum. Luminaries of 5th Century Athens admire the sculptor’s extraordinary work: the draperies, the incredible depth (sometimes four horses gallop beside one another in just an inch or two of marble). The viewers might also be remarking upon the dark, beautiful colours that bring the sculpture to life.

Many art historians preferred to imagine, incorrectly, that all ancient marble was gleaming white

Alma-Tadema was making a bold statement with this painting: the colour had been lost from the sculptures by the time they were shown in the British Museum. More than two millennia of weather and war had bleached the marble white. And from the 18th Century onwards, many influential art historians preferred things that way: men like Johann Joachim Winckelmann – whose two-volume history of ancient art was published in 1764 – liked to think of ancient sculpture as a mass of beautiful, gleaming white.

Lawrence Alma-Tadema painted Phidias Showing the Frieze of the Parthenon to his Friends, which depicted the Athenian structure as brightly painted (Credit: Alamy)

Winckelmann was a particular fan of Roman marble copies of Greek bronze statues: the Romans often copied Greek originals in marble. You can tell it is a marble copy of a bronze if a figure is leaning on something: a tree trunk, or a staff, for example. Or perhaps there is a little chunk of marble joining the two legs together. Marble lacks the tensile strength of bronze, so it requires extra support to keep the figures stable.

So when Alma-Tadema painted the Parthenon Frieze and included his imagined version of the lost colour, he was picking a side in an art history battle which still rages today. There are plenty of people now who find the notion of painted marble or bronze an affront to their impression of the past as an austere, unadorned place.

Phidias also sculpted a large statue of Athena to stand at the Parthenon – it was covered in gold and ivory (Credit: Getty Images)

Yet ancient art would have been a riot of colour and glitzy decoration. Phidias – the most celebrated sculptor of his day – also created a huge statue of Athena Parthenos to stand inside the Parthenon (it takes its name from the description of the goddess: parthenos means ‘maiden’). Although the statue is long since destroyed, we have a description of it in the writings of the ancient historian, Pausanias. He tells us the statue was chryselephantine: covered in gold and ivory. There is a modern-day replica of the statue in Nashville, by the sculptor Alan LeQuire, which surely captures something of the glittering original.

Dulled by time

Even bronze statues would have been much brighter than their dark brown appearance suggests today: bronze acquires a patina over time. What we see as a uniform greenish-brown head would once have been gleaming bright, almost golden. Hair would have been painted dark and the flesh might well have been painted too. The eye sockets of ancient statues are often empty, because the eyes were made separately, and they have been lost over time. There is a magnificent pair of Greek eyes in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, made of bronze, marble, quartz and obsidian. The bronze eyelashes are particularly delightful, if a little disconcerting.

Ultraviolet light can be used to detect traces of colour on otherwise bare statues

Archaeologists have been able to use ultra-violet light to read colour on statues which retain no obviously visible signs of their decoration. Although it is not always possible to identify the precise colours used, the patterns which were painted onto the surface of a statue are often easier to spot. The statues from the Temple of Aphaia on the Greek island of Aigina are a perfect illustration of this. The statues from the western pediment of the temple are now housed in the Glyptothek in Munich, where German archaeologist Vinzenz Brinkmann has examined them under UV light. The pediment had Athena at its centre, her plumed helmet tucking in beneath the highest point of the roof. In UV light, we can finally see the repeating, geometric decoration of her snaking shawl and the front of her robe.

The eyes of bronze statues in ancient Greece were usually made separately – and frequently are missing from the statues that still survive (Credit: Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Further along, bending into the lower part of the slanted roof, was the figure of an archer (perhaps Paris, son of Priam of Troy). On his arms and legs, we can see traces of a diamond pattern. Brinkmann has spent years recreating the brightly-coloured decoration on copies of the statues which the Ancient Greeks would have seen all around them. This archer is one of his most spectacular: an intricate design of blue, red, yellow and green diamonds interlock, to give the archer ornate leggings and sleeves. His quiver is decorated in a similar colour-palate, with a slightly different design, almost like scales. The bow is painted red and gold, and even the arrows are decorated red. The archer is one of the stand-out pieces in Brinkmann’s Gods in Colour exhibition, which has toured the world for the past 15 years.

In living colour

And Brinkmann is not alone in his attempts to reintroduce colour to ancient sculpture. The Museum of Classical Archaeology in Cambridge has also tried to bring some colour into its plaster reproductions of ancient statues. The original (now white) Peplos Kore – a statue of a young girl, wearing a long dress belted at the waist – stands in the Acropolis Museum in Athens. The dress of the Cambridge copy is painted bright red, with blue borders, and blue, green and white decorations. She has also acquired a pair of feet, lost from the original marble version, and a new left arm. The Acropolis Museum itself makes a bright option available too: they encourage visitors to their website to decorate their own versions of the peplos (dress), allow you to investigate archaic colours and see which colours were available to painters in the ancient world.

Some statues were ornamented with garments, such as this cuirasse (Credit: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco)

And the Greeks are not the only ones whose statues were painted: the Romans were similarly enthusiastic about brightening up their marble. Paolo Liverani, of the University of Florence, has worked on a project to recreate the statue of Augustus of Prima Porta. The emperor’s statue was discovered in 1863, and showed traces of the paint which once decorated it. A cast of the statue, its polychromy restored (and, in part, imagined), now stands in the Vatican Museum. The decoration has changed hugely since Greek times: the statue of Augustus dates from around 20 BCE. Augustus’s breastplate is decorated not with a geometric design, but with figures. His cloak is a deep red, the edges of his tunic are vivid red and blue.

Statues could be outfitted with shields and helmets – newly cast bronze gleams like gold, as opposed to the dull hue most of us see (Credit: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco)

And further south in Italy, we have one of the best-preserved sites from the ancient world. Herculaneum, near Pompeii in the Bay of Naples, was buried in ash when Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE. Its relics have been preserved differently from those in Pompeii, because the two sites are different distances from the volcano. Pompeii was hit with larger chunks of rock, for example, which destroyed the top floors of its buildings. Herculaneum still has carbonised wood in place, which was burned away in Pompeii.

(Credit: Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, Oxford)

Paint would be applied directly to bronze or marble, as depicted in this recreation of the Prima Porta statue of Augustus (Credit: Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, Oxford)

In 2009, a team of scientists in Southampton began the digital recreation of a painted statue of a wounded Amazon warrior which had been found at Herculaneum. The front of the Amazon’s face had been destroyed, but her red hair, curling out from a centre parting (as Roman girls would have worn their own hair) was clearly visible.

The global audience for Brinkmann’s Gods in Colour exhibition has surely proved that there is an appetite for modern recreations of the brightness of ancient statuary. Aside from anything else, it reminds us how distant the Romans and the Greeks were from us, even though they often feel so familiar. The white marble statues or columns we have built in homage to the ancients say more about us – and the way we choose to imagine the ancient world – than they do about the people who lived 2,000 years ago or more. And perhaps the debate which had divided the art world for 100 years by the time Alma-Tadema was painting his version of the Parthenon can finally be set aside. Accustomed as we are to seeing the statues of ancient Greece and Rome in gleaming white, we understand them better if we remember their original colours.

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The Spice Girls reuniting to work

on 'new opportunities'

The Spice Girls have confirmed they are planning to work on new projects, after meeting for the first time since 2012.

It comes after Victoria Beckham, Geri Horner, Emma Bunton, Melanie Brown and Melanie Chisholm were pictured together at Horner's house in Hertfordshire.

"The time now feels right to explore some incredible new opportunities together," they said in a statement.

Their debut single Wannabe propelled the Spice Girls to fame in 1996 and they split up six years later.

The five members - nicknamed Posh, Ginger, Baby, Scary and Sporty - were accompanied at the meeting by their former manager Simon Fuller.

In a statement released later on Friday, the group said: "We have enjoyed a wonderful afternoon catching up and reminiscing about the amazing times we have spent together.

"We are always overwhelmed at how much interest there is across the whole world for The Spice Girls.

"We all agree that there are many exciting possibilities that will once again embrace the original essence of The Spice Girls, while reinforcing our message of female empowerment for future generations."

Earlier in the day the former band members used their Instagram accounts to hint at a possible reunion.

Emma Bunton told her followers that the "future is looking spicy" and Geri Horner said "#girlpower is alive and well".

Beckham wrote: "Love my girls!!! So many kisses!!!," adding "exciting".

Brown praise the group for helping her become "who I am"

This would not be the first Spice Girls reunion - the group embarked on a tour of Europe and the US which accompanied a release of their greatest hits.

Spice Girls at the 2012 Olympics — Image captionPosh, Baby, Ginger, Sporty and Scary last reunited to perform at the London Olympics closing ceremony

They also performed together at the Olympic closing ceremony in 2012, however rumours of a return in 2016 failed to come true.

In November 2017 Victoria Beckham, now a successful fashion designer, said of a potential reunion album and tour: "It is not happening.

"At some point you've got to know when it's time. I don't think I'll be slipping into a PVC catsuit anytime soon."

The Sun reported that the group could earn up to £10m for new projects including TV work in China, a television talent show, endorsement deals and a compilation album.

A source also told the newspaper that the reunion will not include singing from Mrs Beckham.

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Lady Gaga halts tour due to 'severe pain'

Lady Gaga has cancelled the last 10 dates of the European leg of her world tour due to "severe pain".

In a statement posted on Twitter, the pop star apologised to fans and said she was "devastated", but needed to put "myself and my well-being" first.

The Grammy award-winning singer has fibromyalgia, a long-term condition which can cause pain all over the body.

Shows in London and Manchester are among those affected.

In the statement, it said the "tough decision" had been made on Friday night with "strong support from her medical team".

Ticket holders can apply for a refund from 6 February, the statement added

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Το Συμβούλιο Τιμής και Δεοντολογίας της ΕΣΗΕΜ-Θ σε τρεις συνεδριάσεις του ασχολήθηκε με το θέμα του τρόπου αντιμετώπισης και κάλυψης του συλλαλητηρίου της 21/1/2018 στη Θεσσαλονίκη από τα ραδιοτηλεοπτικά μέσα ενημέρωσης και ιδιαίτερα από τα δημόσια (ΕΡΤ 3), μετά από την παραπομπή της υπόθεσης από το Διοικητικό Συμβούλιο της Ένωσης.

Το Συμβούλιο έκρινε καταρχάς ότι σε οποιαδήποτε περίπτωση υπάρχει θέμα αναζήτησης ευθυνών, διότι, με βάση τις προβλέψεις του Κώδικα Δημοσιογραφικής Δεοντολογίας το δικαίωμα των πολιτών στην ελεύθερη πληροφόρηση είναι αναφαίρετο. Άλλωστε στη διάρκεια του συλλαλητηρίου σημειώθηκαν πρόσθετα γεγονότα, όπως επεισόδια μεταξύ διαδηλωτών και κουκουλοφόρων, μια καταστροφική πυρκαγιά σε διατηρητέο κτίριο, βεβήλωση μνημείου του Ολοκαυτώματος των Εβραίων και μεγάλα κυκλοφοριακά προβλήματα σε όλο το πολεοδομικό συγκρότημα, για τα οποία ήταν αναγκαία η άμεση ενημέρωση των πολιτών.

Τα μέλη του Συμβουλίου προέβησαν σε ενδελεχή εξέταση του θέματος και κάλεσαν για διευκρινίσεις τους συναδέλφους, που είχαν ευθύνη για την κάλυψη του συλλαλητηρίου και των συναφών γεγονότων της ίδιας ημέρας, τόσο στα δημόσια ραδιοτηλεοπτικά μέσα, όσο και στα ιδιωτικά πανελλαδικής εμβέλειας. Επίσης τα μέλη έλαβαν υπόψη τις έγγραφες αναφορές συναδέλφων – ανταποκριτών τηλεοπτικών σταθμών, που δεν μπόρεσαν να προσέλθουν στη συνεδρίαση, λόγω κωλυμάτων.

Ο προϊστάμενος της Διεύθυνσης Ενημέρωσης της ΕΡΤ 3, Χρήστος Γιαννούλης, ανέφερε μεταξύ άλλων στα μέλη του Συμβουλίου ότι ο ίδιος κρίνει επαρκή την κάλυψη στα Δελτία Ειδήσεων και υποστήριξε ότι δεν ήταν δυνατές οι απευθείας συνδέσεις στο διάστημα 15.00 – 17.00 λόγω μετάδοσης του αγώνα ποδοσφαίρου. Επίσης, είπε, ότι δεν ήταν δυνατή η σύνδεση ή η μετάδοση Έκτακτου Δελτίου στη διάρκεια του ημιχρόνου του αγώνα, λόγω διαφημιστικών υποχρεώσεων. Αλλά και σε υποθετική περίπτωση μη μετάδοσης ποδοσφαιρικού αγώνα ο ίδιος υποστήριξε ότι θα το σκεφτόταν για μια απευθείας σύνδεση με τον χώρο του συλλαλητηρίου, αφού κατά την άποψή του δεν υπήρξε κάτι καινούργιο μετά τις 15.00, που θα αποτελούσε σημαντική είδηση για ένα έκτακτο δελτίο. Ο συνάδελφος αρνήθηκε κατηγορηματικά ότι υπήρξαν άνωθεν εντολές για μη κάλυψη του συλλαλητηρίου και πρόσθεσε ότι ουδέποτε έχει συμβεί κάτι τέτοιο σε όλη τη διάρκεια της θητείας του στη θέση της Διεύθυνσης Ενημέρωσης. Επί των απόψεων αυτών μέλη του Συμβουλίου παρατήρησαν ότι θα ήταν δυνατές οι απευθείας συνδέσεις στη διάρκεια του ημιχρόνου του αγώνα ή και λίγο μετά την λήξη του για την κάλυψη των σοβαρών γεγονότων, αλλά και την παροχή χρήσιμων πληροφοριών προς τους πολίτες.

Οι συνάδελφοι των ιδιωτικών τηλεοπτικών σταθμών πανελλαδικής εμβέλειας, Αναστασία Αργυριάδου (ΕΨΙΛΟΝ), Σούζυ Καζαντζίδου (ΑΛΦΑ) και Ραλλιώ Λεπίδου (ΣΤΑΡ), Πωλίνα Κολοκοτρώνη (ΑΝΤΕΝΝΑ) και Παύλος Σαρόγλου (ΣΚΑΪ), ανέφεραν ότι εκτός από τα δελτία ειδήσεων έκαναν πολλές έκτακτες συνδέσεις.

Κατόπιν όλων αυτών το Συμβούλιο προέβη σε σειρά επισημάνσεων και κατέληξε στα εξής:

1. Το συλλαλητήριο της 21/1/2018 στη Θεσσαλονίκη δεν καλύφθηκε επαρκώς και όπως θα άρμοζε σε μια συγκέντρωση τόσο μεγάλου αριθμού πολιτών από τα δημόσια μέσα και κυρίως από την ΕΡΤ 3. Εκτιμώντας και τα άλλα στοιχεία, που περιήλθαν σε γνώση τους, τα μέλη του Συμβουλίου έκριναν ομόφωνα ότι έγινε υποβάθμιση του γεγονότος του συλλαλητηρίου από τους υπεύθυνους της ΕΡΤ 3, πιθανώς λόγω λανθασμένης εκτίμησης και ότι υπάρχουν ενδείξεις για παραβάσεις του Κώδικα Δημοσιογραφικής Δεοντολογίας. Το Συμβούλιο εισηγείται την διαβίβαση του θέματος του τρόπου κάλυψης του συλλαλητηρίου από την ΕΡΤ 3 στο Πειθαρχικό Συμβούλιο της ΕΣΗΕΜ-Θ για περαιτέρω διερεύνηση της υπόθεσης.

2. Το Συμβούλιο, σχετικά με τον τρόπο της κάλυψης του συλλαλητηρίου από τα ιδιωτικά τηλεοπτικά κανάλια πανελλαδικής εμβέλειας έκρινε ότι δεν συντρέχει λόγος περαιτέρω πειθαρχικής διερεύνησης της υπόθεσης ως προς τα μέσα αυτά.

3. Κατά το διάστημα μετά το συλλαλητήριο της 21/1/18 σημειώθηκαν αναρτήσεις στα Μέσα Κοινωνικής Δικτύωσης, που στρέφονταν εναντίον συναδέλφων της ΕΡΤ και άλλων Μ.Μ.Ε. με αναφορές μειωτικού περιεχομένου, ακόμη και με απειλητικούς τόνους και ρατσιστικούς χαρακτηρισμούς. Επίσης υπήρξαν αναφορές, που έφτασαν στο Συμβούλιο Τιμής και Δεοντολογίας, με περιεχόμενο, που δεν αρμόζει στο ήθος και στο επίπεδο έκφρασης των επαγγελματιών δημοσιογράφων με ανεξάρτητη και αδέσμευτη γνώμη, μακριά από ιδεολογικές εμμονές και κομματικές γραμμές. Το Συμβούλιο επιφυλάσσεται να επιληφθεί και επ’ αυτών, αλλά απευθύνει άμεσα έκκληση προς όλους τους συναδέλφους για προσήλωση στις αρχές δεοντολογίας, ώστε να διατηρήσουμε στο επιβαλλόμενο επίπεδο το κύρος και την ευπρέπεια του κλάδου, αλλά και το πνεύμα αλληλεγγύης ανάμεσα στα μέλη της Ένωσης. Το δημοσιογραφικό λειτούργημα επιβάλλει να αποτινάξουν όλοι οι συνάδελφοι τον μανδύα του κομματικού φανατισμού και των ιδεολογικών εμμονών, ώστε να περιφρουρήσουμε στο μέγιστο βαθμό το ύψιστο δημόσιο αγαθό της ελεύθερης πληροφόρησης και να υπηρετήσουμε τις αξίας μιας ευνομούμενης και πολιτισμένης κοινωνίας. Το Συμβούλιο απευθύνει αυστηρό μήνυμα σε όλους εκείνους που ακροβατούν στα όρια του Κώδικα τιμής και δεοντολογίας, να θεωρήσουν αυτή την ανακοίνωση ως τελευταία προειδοποίηση.

4. Στην ίδια χρονική περίοδο και με αφορμή τις εξελίξεις στο θέμα των Σκοπίων στα μέσα ενημέρωσης σημειώνονται αντιπαραθέσεις μεταξύ πολιτικών παραγόντων, εκπροσώπων των κομμάτων, που σε ορισμένες περιπτώσεις οξύνονται και υποβαθμίζουν το επίπεδο του διαλόγου και της ευπρέπειας, παρασύροντας προς τα κάτω και την εικόνα μιας μερίδας του δημοσιογραφικού κόσμου. Το Συμβούλιο Τιμής και Δεοντολογίας απευθύνει ύστατη έκκληση προς όλους και ιδιαίτερα στα πολιτικά κόμματα, αξιώνοντας να εγκαταλείψουν τις διαθέσεις παρεμβάσεων στο χώρο της ενημέρωσης και να σεβαστούν το ιερό δικαίωμα των πολιτών για ελεύθερη και ακηδεμόνευτη πληροφόρηση.

Τα μέλη του Συμβουλίου Τιμής και Δεοντολογίας

Νικόλαος Ασλανίδης

Νικόλαος Δημαράς

Παύλος Νεράντζης

Σωτήριος Θεολογίδης

Νικόλαος Βολωνάκης

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The Day The Music Died

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Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson are killed in a plane crash. Don McLean would call it "The Day the Music Died" in his 1971 hit "American Pie."

The musicians were heading to Fargo, North Dakota, on a small private plane leaving Clear Lake Iowa, where they had performed as part of the 24-city "Winter Dance Party" tour. They had been travelling by bus, but it got so cold that Holly chartered the plane, a single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza. Shortly after takeoff, the plane goes down; it is snowing and poor visibility likely leads to the crash.

Tommy Allsup and Waylon Jennings, also on the tour, are spared by sheer luck: Allsup lost a coin flip for a seat on the plane to Valens, and Jennings let Richardson have the other seat.

Losing these musical luminaries drastically alters the rock and roll landscape; the "rock era" had begun about four years earlier, and with Elvis Presley in the Army, there are few stars to propel it forward (the British Invasion would revive the genre). Holly, 22, the headliner on the tour, was a rising star with a #1 hit under his belt ("That'll Be The Day"). Valens, 17, was one of the hottest new artists at the time, with the song "Donna" on the charts.

Don McLean, who was a teenager at the time, would call it "The Day the Music Died" in his 1971 hit "American Pie."

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Ερευνητές χρησιμοποιώντας μια υψηλής τεχνολογίας τεχνική εναέριας χαρτογράφησης εντόπισαν δεκάδες χιλιάδες οικισμούς, πυραμίδες και αμυντικά έργα της φυλής των Μάγια στην πυκνή ζούγκλα της περιοχής Πέτεν στην Γουατεμάλα, γεγονός που υποδηλώνει ότι εκεί ζούσαν εκατομμύρια περισσότεροι άνθρωποι από ό,τι εθεωρείτο στο παρελθόν.

Η σχετική ανακοίνωση για τα ευρήματα, τα οποία περιλαμβάνουν γεωργικές εκτάσεις και αρδευτικά κανάλια, έγινε την Πέμπτη από μια ομάδα αρχαιολόγων από τις ΗΠΑ, την Ευρώπη και την Γουατεμάλα, οι οποίοι εργάζονται στο Mayan Heritage and Nature Foundation της Γουατεμάλας, μεταδίδει το ΑΠΕ-ΜΠΕ.

Στην έκθεσή τους εκτιμούν ότι σχεδόν δέκα εκατομμύρια άνθρωποι πιθανόν να κατοικούσαν στο επίκεντρο της αυτοκρατορίας των Μάγια - τις τροπικές πεδιάδες της σημερινής Γουατεμάλας - γεγονός που σημαίνει ότι θα απαιτούνταν μαζική παραγωγή τροφίμων.

"Πρόκειται για δύο με τρεις φορές περισσότερους κατοίκους από όσους υποστηρίζεται ότι βρίσκονταν εκεί", λέει στην Guardian ο Μαρτσέλο Α Κανούτο, καθηγητής Ανθρωπολογίας στο πανεπιστήμιο Τουλέιν των ΗΠΑ.

H περιοχή της χαρτογράφησης, που εκτείνεται σε 2.100 τμ, είναι πολύ μεγαλύτερη από εκείνη που εθεωρείτο ότι κατοικούνταν από τους Μάγια, ο πολιτισμός των οποίων γνώρισε την ακμή του το διάστημα 1.000 π.Χ και 900 μ.Χ κατά προσέγγιση. Οι απόγονοί τους εξακολουθούν να κατοικούν στην περιοχή.

Εντοπίστηκαν περίπου 60.000 κατασκευές, περιλαμβανομένων τεσσάρων βασικών τόπων τελετουργιών και μυστηρίων με πλατείες και πυραμίδες.

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