In April 1988, the chief investigator of Chernobyl was found hanged in his home near Moscow. Two years had passed since the day of the explosion. On the occasion of the HBO phenomenon mini-series, Chernobyl, we remember the scientist who was associated as much as anyone with the tragic nuclear acci
Spyridon Stais was a brilliant politician but there is one act that tarnished his name. It is about the custom of duels that stopped at the beginning of the 20th century, after enough blood was spilled and to which several Greek politicians gave in. On June 18, 1904, Spyridon Stais, while he was
The frame, taken 35 years ago today, captures two protesters at a rally for the legalization of cannabis in San Francisco, California on July 13, 1984. The use of cannabis was legal in America until the beginning of the 20th century. However, it was banned in California in 1913 and slowly all stat
On July 15, 1974, the Athens Junta through its organs in Megalonis (National Guard, ELDYK, EOKA B) overthrows the president of the Republic of Cyprus, Archbishop Makarios, and installs a puppet government under the journalist Nikos Sampson. Five days later, the Turks will invade Cyprus. The relat
On August 4, 1936, Prime Minister Ioannis Metaxas, with the consent of King George II, suspended key articles of the Constitution and declared a dictatorship. The regime proved to be hypocritical and would collapse after his death on January 29, 1941. Metaxas was prime minister from April 13, 1936
On this day, on August 5, 1962, the absolute star of her day and beyond was found dead at the age of 36. Marilyn was found naked, lying face down on her bed. On the pillow next to her was the phone receiver and on the nightstand were pills. However, no glass of water was found anywhere. Her death
On October 1, 1968, in the village of Elancourt in the French province of Yvelines, Stevan Marković, former bodyguard of Alain Delon, is found dead. The body of the then 31-year-old Marković was found decomposing by a rock picker in a landfill, and immediately the bag of Aeolus was opened for a hug
In the restless summer of 1936, the socialist leader Leon Bloom was the prime minister of France. In April of that year, the parliamentary elections held in the country gave victory to the Peoples Front Coalition of which he had assumed leadership. Bloom, who, although a lawyer, excelled in book a
It was 1799 when Thomas Bruce, 7th Lord of Elgin became Englands ambassador in Constantinople. At that time Britains policy was very influential on the Sultan as the British had given a lot of military aid to the Turks in the war against the French in Egypt. The countrys new ambassador to Turkey of
What was happening in Athens during the Nazi occupation? What was life like under the German boot? Who and how did they resist? And who collaborated with the conqueror? But, above all, how did liberation come about? Fourteen Greek comic book creators, in the face of awe and abhorrence generated by
For many, 9/11 is another fluff, a minor episode that occurred on a date that was to change the course of world history:1973 is much more distant to younger people than 2001. The fall of the Twin Towers is a a more chilling image than any other shocking event that indelibly left its mark on the path
In August 1995 the Microsoft company, with sales of 6 billion dollars and almost 17,5000 employees, presents its new operating system for computers, Windows 95. At that time computers were mainly used only in offices and companies, as part of the production line. Bill Gates company had designed Wi
Panoramic shots of the houses of Smyrna in 1911 but mainly a rare snapshot with the Metropolitan of Smyrna Chrysostomos includes the video-document belonging to the archive of the Netherlands Film Institute EYE. The material, which was recently uploaded to YouTube, is of French production. Director
The mythical lost continent of Atlantis has the famous name, but Adria is a real lost continent that is largely buried under Southern Europe and the Mediterranean, thus under Greece. For the first time, geologists believe they are now able to reconstruct the almost 250-million-year-old history of t
A separate machine gun is located on top of a hill on the Tripoli-Sparti highway. It is in excellent condition compared to other fortifications and could be used as a historical memorial site instead of a place for sheep and goats but also for various wild animals of the area. It is a German fort u
Attiko Metro S.A. decided to change the name of Evangelismos and Agios Dimitriou stations, renaming them Pavlos Bakoyiannis and Alekos Panagoulis respectively. The occasion was the completion of 30 years since the murder of Pavlos Bakoyannis. The abolished name of the stations will be retained on
On Tuesday, September 26, 1989, at 7:58 in the morning, three armed men shot with two .45 pistols and mortally wounded Pavlos Bakoyannis, member of parliament for Evrytania of the ND and son-in-law of Konstantinos Mitsotakis, at the entrance to his office on Omirou Street in Kolonaki. The MP was tr
15 years have passed since Angela Merkels first visit to our country, when she met with then Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis. The meeting took place in a particularly warm atmosphere. Addressing then the Greek Prime Minister, Costas Karamanlis, Merkel had said: I will emphasize, once again, how i
Every nation has its own national disaster, like Hiroshima in Japan . Our Hiroshima was the loss to Uruguay in 1950”… He said it all!Whatever you try to write 70 years after the Maracana Tragedy it will be like throwing a stone into the ocean of literature spent describing an unrepeatable disaster.
Aviation accidents , murders , death by overdose, traffic accident, lobotomy, homicides, suicides , very serious diseases! This is a summary with titles of the tragedy of the Kennedy family , who has experienced death and mourning in the superlative degree! After a car accident in 1969, Edward Ken
Marie Antoinette and Fersen meet for the first time during a masked ball (from the film Marie Antoinette) It is unknown if the queen of France Marie Antoinette and the Swedish conte by Fersen have had a proper relationship, understood also in a carnal sense, but certainly their bond was so
The Jews couldnt walk the streets. They were always paralyzed at the sight of the armchair, they looked down, the ladies put a hat over their faces. I taught them not to look down, to be confident. Women - to go straight to the patrol chief, swing your hip, smile flirtingly. During World War II,
For centuries, the presence of ladies at sea was considered a misfortune, although the ancients wrote that in the event of a storm, a naked woman, exposing herself to the wind, could ... calm the storm. Nevertheless, there were many women on the ships. Though not always of their own free will. T
More than 10,000 Polish villages and settlements were affected by various forms of repression by the German occupier. In over 900 localities, German security formations murdered from several to several hundred inhabitants. Over 440 villages in the General Government and the Białystok region were pac