What happened like today in Greece and the world.
1177: Baldwin IV of Jerusalem and Raynald of Chatillon defeat Saladin at the Battle of Montgizar.
1343: A tsunami caused by an earthquake in the Tyrrhenian Sea destroys Naples and Amalfi among others.
1491: Christian forces begin the siege of Granada, which the Arabs hold and is their last stronghold on the Iberian Peninsula.
1826: The frigate “Hellas”, flagship of the Hellenic Fleet, arrives in Nafplion from the USA.
1892: Baron Pierre de Coubertin proposes the reconstitution of the Olympic Games.
1897: Spain grants autonomy to Puerto Rico.
1916: “Triandria” and the provisional government of Thessaloniki declare with a special proclamation that King Constantine has been deposed. At the same time, the Entente forces imposed a general blockade of Greece for the “atrocities of the Athens regime”. The country is forced to accept an ultimatum to withdraw its military forces from the Peloponnese and accept control over the Isthmus and Patras.
1935: After the November 3 referendum, King George II returns to Athens, after 12 years of exile. He dismisses Prime Minister Georgios Kondylis and assigns the task of forming a new government to Konstantinos Demertzis. Alexandros Papagos takes over as Minister of Defense.
1942: The Gorgopotamos bridge is blown up by English commandos and Greek rebels (Eddie Myers, Napoleon Zervas, Aris Velouchiotis). The result is the interruption of supplies to the German forces in North Africa for six critical weeks.
1947: The American film industry expels from its ranks ten screenwriters and directors, as sympathizers of communism.
1952: Nikos Plombidis, an official of the illegal KKE, is arrested.
1952: Agatha Christie’s play, “Mousetrap”, starring Richard Attenborough and Sheila Sim, is staged for the first time in London. It is the longest-running theatrical performance, since it is performed until today.
1963: US President John Fitzgerald Kennedy is laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery, three days after his assassination in Dallas. The entire American nation is mourning.
1965: London’s Harrods department store closes to the public for the Beatles to do their Christmas shopping.
1968: THE Alekos Panagoulis, he was transferred to the military prisons of Boyatiou from the prisons of Aegina, where he was being held. There the “penalty of walling in” is imposed on him. The death sentence against him is not carried out, due to international outcry.
1969: The Beatles’ John Lennon is returning the Order of the British Empire medal he was awarded four years earlier in protest of his country’s Vietnam War policy.
1973: Spyros Markezini’s government is overthrown and the dictator himself, George Papadopoulos, is placed under house arrest in Lagonisi. New strongman of the April regime, Brigadier General Dimitris Ioannidis. General Phaedon Gizikis is sworn in as the new president of the Republic and Adamantios Androutsopoulos as prime minister.
1975: Dutch Guiana becomes an independent state under the name Suriname.
1984: The biggest names in pop and rock join their voices in the recording of the song “Do They Know It’s Christmas”. It is part of the ‘Band-Aid’ campaign, led by Bob Geldof, to raise financial aid for the starving people of Ethiopia.
1987: During the presentation of the budget, Andreas Papandreou overturns the policy of the Minister of National Economy and the next day (November 26) Kostas Simitis resigns.
1992: Bosnian Serbs sign peace deal with Croatian army.
1992: The Czechoslovak Parliament votes to split the country into the Czech Republic and Slovakia as of January 1, 1993 (“Velvet Divorce”).
1996: The Prime Minister, Costas Simitis, inaugurates the new Isthmus bridge and the new bypass road of Corinth.
1999: Viktor Mitrou wins two silver medals in the 77 kg category at the World Weightlifting Championships, held at the Peace and Friendship Stadium.
2001: A Massachusetts biotech company announces it has created the first human embryo from cloning.
2002: The US Congress votes to establish the Department of Homeland Security in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
2008: Three historic agreements are signed at the end of the official visit of the President of China, Hu Jintao, to Athens. Based on one of the agreements, the Greek government grants the port of Piraeus to the Chinese giant Cosco. The agreement is opposed by the port workers of Piraeus, who go on a 24-hour strike and the opposition unites.
2020: The legend dies of world football, Diego Armando Maradona spreading grief to his millions of fans around the world and plunging Argentina into mourning.
2021: A coal mine fire in Russia’s Kemerovo region traps 285 miners underground. Forty-six miners are killed and another 49 are hospitalized. Five rescuers later die while searching for trapped miners, bringing the total death toll to 51.
Births
1253 – Catherine, Princess of England
1454 – Catherine Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus
1562 – Lope de Vega, Spanish writer
1820 – Frederick William II, Prince of Hesse
1844 – Carl Benz, German engineer and businessman
1863 – Ion Kantakouzinos of Greek origin, Romanian physician
1881 – Pope John III
1889 – Michalis Tombros, Greek sculptor
1900 – Rudolf H, German SS officer
1915 – Augusto Pinochet, Chilean general and politician
1922 – Aristoteles Nicolaidis, Greek writer
1922 – Kostas Nikolopoulos, Greek publisher
1923 – Mauno Koivisto, Finnish politician
1939 – Eleni Karaindrou, Greek composer
1941 – Christos Papanikolaou, Greek athlete
1942 – Mimis Papaioannou, Greek football player
1951 – Arturo Perez-Reverte, Spanish writer and journalist
1951 – Johnny Repp, Dutch football player
1954 – Patriarch of Alexandria Theodore II
1960 – John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jr., American journalist, publisher and lawyer
1971 – Christina Applegate, American actress
1981 – Xabi Alonso, Spanish soccer player
1984 – Antonio Puerta, Spanish soccer player
1986 – Katie Cassidy, American singer
Deaths
311 – Peter I, Patriarch of Alexandria
1034 – Malcolm II, King of Scotland
1120 – William Adeline, Duke of Normandy
1185 – Pope Lucius III
1239 – Albert IV, Count of Habsburg
1314 – John Balliol, King of Scotland
1418 – Henry Beaufort, 2nd Earl of Somerset
1560 – Andrea Doria, Italian admiral
1761 – Alexandros Tyrnavitis, Greek teacher
1763 – Avas Prevo, French writer
1841 – Francis Leggat Chantry, English sculptor
1885 – Alfonso XII, King of Spain
1896 – Spyridon Xyndas, Greek composer
1950 – Johannes Wilhelm Jensen, Danish writer
1957 – George, Prince of Greece
1959 – Gerard Philippe, French actor
1963 – Vasilios Ioannidis, Greek theologian
1967 – Osip Zadkin, Russian artist
1968 – Upton Sinclair, American writer
1970 – Yukio Mishima, Japanese writer, actor and director
1974 – U Thad, Burmese diplomat
1974 – Nick Drake, British songwriter
1998 – Nelson Goodman, American philosopher
1998 – Phitau Penitala Tio, politician from Tuvalu
2005 – Richard Burns, English racing driver
2005 – George Best, Irish footballer
2008 – Antonis Vratsanos, Greek soldier
2016 – Fidel Castro, Cuban politician
2016 – David Hamilton, English photographer
2017 – Sotir Ferrara, Italian bishop
2020 – Diego Armando Maradona, footballer
Source: News Beast
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