Like today, May 3 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…
1808
Spanish patriots are executed in Madrid by Napoleon’s forces that have invaded Iberia. On the occasion of the event, Goya paints his famous painting “The Executions of May 3rd”.
1837
The Cleanthi-Saubert House in Plaka, where the First University of Athens was hosted.
The Othonian University (now the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens) is inaugurated, temporarily housed in Plaka. It is the first higher education institution in the entire eastern Mediterranean.
1890
The member of parliament, former deputy prosecutor of appeals, Rokkos Hoidas, who had refused to submit a pardon application after being sentenced to three years in prison for an article he published in the newspaper “Rabagas” and considered insulting to the royal family, dies in Chalkida prisons. Declare that national sovereignty and law are above the king.
1941
The Bulgarians set up the “Administration of the Aegean” in the conquered Greek territories, with Xanthi as its capital.
1946
A few days after his triumph in the Boston Marathon, Stelios Kyriakides is received by the US president, Harry Truman, at the White House, securing at the same time sports equipment and 250,000 dollars for Greek sports, which is being tested by the Civil War.
2009
Panathinaikos is crowned European basketball champion, for the fifth time in its history. In the Berlin final, they beat CSKA Moscow 82-78. Zeliko Obradovics becomes the most victorious coach in the history of the institution with 7 titles (4 with Panathinaikos), while Vassilis Spanoulis is declared the most valuable player.
Source: sansimera.gr
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