She was the most charming ugliness of the Greek theater and cinema. A strong personality, a wonderful actress, an innate talent, who managed to overshadow beauties and popular actors with one look, one conversation. The reason for the lovable, in every sense of the word, Georgia Vassiliadou, who e
It was January 22, 1987. Bud Dwyer was shooting himself in front of the cameras, and the whole world was shocked, wondering if journalism has limits after all, and if so, what they are. The suicide of the American politician was watched live by millions of people, even small children who were at ho
Darius sent ambassadors to Alexander and offered him half the Persian empire, ten thousand talents, his daughter as a wife and a promise of friendship and alliance. At the meeting, General Parmenion insisted:Your father Philip had never dreamed of it. If I were Alexander I would accept. - I too, i
In the liberation struggle of 1821 most deaths came from epidemics and not on the battlefield. The besieged of Messolongion, after running out of food supplies, were forced to consume all the domestic animals that existed, while some in their desperation resorted to necrophagy. They drank water from
The professor of History at the Ikaros School, Konstantinos Lagos, talks to Militaire.gr about the Revolution of 1821. He reads us the whole history... Its brilliant pages. Her dark moments, in which her great Heroes were involved in a negative way. It tells us of their repentance, after the civil w
Exactly 20 years ago today, NATO launched its major offensive against Yugoslavia (probably what was left of it after the independence of Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and North Macedonia. NATO is launching bombing raids against Yugoslavia because the latter refuses to sign the agreement on the future
May 8, 1821. 120 Greeks led by Odysseus Androutsos stand up, camped inside the Hani of Gravia, against 8,000 Turks of Omer Bryonis and manage to stop them, killing and injuring around 1,000 Turks. The battle in Alamana was preceded by the crushing defeat of the Greeks which endangered the revolutio
One of the deadliest battles and one of the largest amphibious operations in human history. It was fought on the island of Iwo Jima in Japan in February and March 1945 between American and Japanese forces and is part of the military operations that took place in the Pacific theater during World War
March 28, 845. The day the Vikings of the legendary Ragnar Lodbrok (or Lothbrok) occupied Paris. In fact, in order to leave, the king of the Franks, Charles the Bald, gave them the huge sum for the era of three tons of silver, 7,000 French pounds. The first attack had taken place in 799 and forced
The political experiment took place in Paris and proved fatal. It lasted 72 days (March 28 - May 28, 1871) and was drowned in blood by the government of Louis Thiers (also known by the Hellenized surname Thiersos). The Commune grew out of the political vacuum created after Frances crushing defeat i
On April 1, 1955, the Greek Cypriots rose up to shake off the British yoke, with the aim of Union with the motherland Greece. Their struggle ended with the London-Zurich Agreements (February 19, 1959), by which Cyprus was declared an independent state. The request of the Greek Cypriots to shake off
In ancient times the area of Perama was called Amfiali. On one of the peaks of Mount Aigaleo that are part of the Municipality of Perama, it is believed that there was the position from which the Persian emperor Xerxes watched the naval battle of Salamis (480 BC). This peak is called the Throne
We are located above Ancient Kirinthos, in Northern Evia, a place so historically charged. It was an important city and port of the Avants, a war-loving tribe of Ancient Greeks who were distinguished for their endurance in battle and took the lead in the Trojan War. According to the descriptions, t
Do you think the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan to spread Marxism? Do you think the Czars and Stalin had to deal with a completely different world map? Do you think Putin seized Crimea to protect the Russian-speaking people of the region? In all probability, none of the above is true and they are
In his program A year and a time on News24/7 at 88.6, Thanasis Krekoukias is preparing this week a tribute to the Greek archaeologist who made one of the most important archaeological discoveries of the 20th century. The reason for Professor Manolis Andronikos, who identified the tomb of King Phili
May 9, 1945, time 0.43 am In the hall of the military engineering school, in the suburb of Karlshorst in Berlin, the unconditional surrender of Germany is signed. The discussions had started from the evening of May 8. A few days earlier, on April 30, 1945, with the Soviets within striking distance
The men who took part in the Normandy landings, one of the greatest battles against Nazism, on June 6, 1944, (those who survive) are now in their 90s or 100s. Today their hands may be shaking, their voices hoarse, they may be walking with the help of a wheelchair, but 75 years ago they were young
HBOs miniseries Chernobyl has become the highest-rated show in television history on IMDb, reaching an unprecedented 9.7/10, based on audience voting. Despite this, in recent days there have been reactions because there were no black actors in the episodes being shown. Reactions that started from T
June 6, 1944, better known as D-Day has been characterized as the greatest day of World War B, as on this day the Allies landed in Normandy, which after eleven months led to erase the Third Reich and the nightmare that had spread throughout the world. The date for the Normandy landings codenamed Ope
One year and one month after Gorbachev was appointed General Secretary of the CPSU and two months after the 27th Congress of the Party, the Chernobyl reactor 4 accident occurred due to human error. The events are chronicled in the HBO miniseries which has garnered the best audience reviews in IMDB h
Dr. (Sir) Jagdish Chandra Basu was a famous scientist of India who had deep knowledge of physics, biology, botany and archaeology. He was the first scientist to work on the optics of radio and microwaves. He made many important discoveries in botany. He was the first scientist in India to obtain an
Tuam is a small, quiet town in County Galway, in the northwest of Ireland. The number of its inhabitants does not exceed 9,000 people. This sleepy town, however, has a dark past. In 1975, on the site previously owned by the local Mother and Child Home, run by the sisters of the Bon Secour Congregati
Queen Victoria strongly condemned those who broke the rules of morality. Nevertheless, after the death of her husband herself, she was supposed to get into an affair with her servant - John Brown. For several years, Brown was the queens confidant and most trusted person. Their close relationship w
The family black sheep - this term undoubtedly fits the eldest son of Henry the Pious. Called Stern, Cudaczny and Tornado, he preferred robberies and fighting with his cousins and brothers over attempts to unite the state. With an indiscriminate joke, he killed his own jester, who died of fear whe