Like today, May 16 historical and important events happened for our country, but also for him People.
So let’s go back to the page of Time’s calendar to see what happened like today…
1651
The Janissaries strangle the Patriarch of Constantinople Parthenius II and throw his body into the sea. The Sultan suspected him of having secret contacts with the Russians.
1916
The secret Sykes-Picot agreement is signed, regulating the spheres of influence between Great Britain and France in the Middle East. It provides that Great Britain will not begin negotiations for the concession of Cyprus without the approval of France.
1929
The first Academy Awards ceremony takes place in Hollywood.
1948
The boatman Lambros Antonaros finds the body of the American journalist George Polk, a CBS emissary to cover the civil war, floating in the sea area of Thessaloniki. It is quickly established that this is a murder. The police blame the KKE, which claims that Polk was murdered by the Security.
1966
The Chinese Communist Party issues the “May 16th Proclamation,” which begins the Cultural Revolution.
2015
Egypt’s Islamist ex-president Mohamed Morsi, who was ousted by the military in 2013, has been sentenced to death by a Cairo court for his role in violence during the 2011 uprising, conspiracy and prison escapes. In addition to Morsi, at the end of the sentences, 100 other defendants, members of the Muslim Brotherhood, are sentenced.
Source: sansimera.gr
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