The following happened today:
Facts
1776
Adam Smith’s book “The Wealth of Nations”, one of the classic works of economic science, is released.
1824
The first civil war between the rebel Greeks begins.
1941
The Spring Offensive of the Italians begins on the Albanian front, in the presence of Mussolini. It will fail miserably.
1959
The famous Barbie doll makes its debut… Sales exceed 800 million.
1971
The five 9s of Antonis Antoniadis. On the 9th of the month, at exactly 9pm, 9 minutes before the end of the match, Panathinaikos No. 9 (Antonis Antoniadis) scores his 9th goal in the European Cups, opening the scoring in the match between Everton and Panathinaikos for the quarter-final stage of the Champions Cup and laying the foundations for the historic qualification of Ferenc Puskas’ team to the semi-finals of the competition.
2000
The Simitis government submits to the competent institutions of the European Union the application of Greece’s accession to the Euro zone. “The application is two years late”, comments New Democracy. The KKE and DIKKI state that dark days are coming and there have been national retreats, while SYRIZA speaks of an important event, but of a disproportionate cost paid by the people.
Like today – Birthdays
1921
Dimitris Horn, Greek actor. (D. 16/1/1998)
1925
Manolis Anagnostakis, Greek poet. (Than. 23/6/2005)
1960
Zeljko Obradovic, Serbian basketball player and coach.
Like today – Deaths
1855
Kitsos Tzavelas, hero of the Greek Revolution and politician. (Born 1800)
1990
Georgios Kostakis, Greek art collector of the Russian avant-garde. (Born 5/7/1913)
1994
Charles Bukowski, American author. (Born 16/8/1920)
