New York, the night of Friday 27th to Saturday 28th June 1969. It was 1:20 a.m. when a team of eight police officers, four in plainclothes, two in plainclothes and two in charge, Charles Smith and Inspector Seymour Pine , walked into the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in Manhattans Greenwich Village . The
It is commonly accepted that often the behavior of locals towards tourists may not be governed by the basic rules of hospitality. Often society is not ready to accept something that is way ahead of its time. A typical case was Salanti. , which, in 1980, was the first hotel for nudists in Greece.
On the evening of July 2, 1971, Jim Morrison was in Paris. He had been to France three months earlier, when he had completely lost touch with himself. There was nothing left to remind him of who he was. Whatever he wanted. What did he want. During the recording of the Doors last album (LA Woman) he
At this years Olympic Games we are going to watch, among other sports, the sport of climbing. Participants will test their speed skills in bouldering, where they must complete as many routes as possible within 4 minutes, and they will also be tested on how high they can reach within 6 minutes. And
It was May 2019 when the British Dr Jenners House Museum published on its social media, an iconic frame of Allan Warner. Of a doctor who worked in Leicester in 1901 and played a crucial role in the spread of smallpox vaccines. Two years later, and in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, these frames
In the early hours of July 11, 2011 many were suddenly awakened by a deafening noise, their minds returning to the events of another July – you see the fear of war remains alive several years later. Others woke up to a phone call full of anxiety, one of those that freeze you and make time stand stil
In 1950 the Greek GDP had almost returned to its pre-war levels. This did not negate the fact that Greece was still a poor country. The agricultural sector dominated the economy and the majority of the countrys inhabitants lived in villages and towns. The share of the wider industrial sector (manufa
Sunday 11 July marked the 80th anniversary of the death of Sir Arthur Evans (1851-1941), the man who discovered the Minoan Civilization and made the palace of Knossos famous throughout the world. Oops, Oops! What are the quotes for? Didnt Sir Arthur really discover the palace of Knossos, that gem of
In the early hours of July 20, the sirens sound all over Cyprus and awaken the dark memories of the Turkish invasion of 1974. Each time another year is added to the burden that the island carries on it, with the dark anniversary measuring 47 years today. Years full of unbearable pain, bad memories,
This text examines the relationship between the 1821 rebellion and the Roma of Cyprus from two sides. The first is related to the developments brought about by the revolution on the island and the second to how the Greeks of Cyprus were connected to the Greek revolution. The events of 1821 in Cypru
The games that began on July 23 under the name Tokyo 2020 may be the top world championships of 2021, but they are not the Olympics. The statute of the International Olympic Committee is clear and does not admit of any other interpretation. There is no possibility of postponement, except during the
Otello Saraiva de Carvalho, general of the captains movement that overthrew the dictatorship on April 25, 1974 in Portugal, died on Sunday in Lisbon at the age of 84, announced Colonel Vasco Lourenço, spokesman for the April Captains. Otello, as the Portuguese called him, died at the military hospi
In the context of human capital theory, from the 1960s onwards, education in Greece was treated as an important public investment and educational expenditure increased significantly. In view of two priorities, which were modernization and economic development, the education system itself was expecte
The 32nd edition of the Olympic Games has been underway for days and is broadcast through the television signal in every corner of the planet, with numbers of viewers measured in billions. The most important sporting event in the world has developed for many decades an unbreakable commitment relatio
The Olympic Games were the highest religious festival of the Greeks. After the destruction of the prehistoric world, they first revived in antiquity in the 8o century BC and were held every four years in the holy city of Olympia to honor Zeus, father of the Olympian gods. In the official narrative
On August 2, 1996, about 200 motorcyclists from 12 European countries responded to the call of the Cypriot Motorcyclist Federation and organized a motorcade from Berlin (the last divided city in Europe, excluding Nicosia) to occupied Kyrenia, on the occasion of the 22nd anniversary of the Turkish in
They say that when the construction of the famous Villa Savoye was completed in 1931, the owners shortly after, angrily notified Le Corbusier to go there as soon as possible, because the roof had begun to leak after the first rain that had fallen since the work was delivered. Indeed, the architect a
Heavy gunfire was heard in Kabul late Monday into Tuesday after the last US troops were confirmed to be leaving Afghanistan after 20 years of war. AFP journalists in the city heard gunfire from different Taliban-held positions and fighters from the Islamist movement exchanging congratulations at ch
1972 was a very special year for the Olympic movement. Not only were the Games returning to Europe after a 12-year absence (1964 Tokyo, 1968 Mexico City), but more importantly they would be hosted by Munich, West Germany, 36 years after those in Berlin, the last before the outbreak of World War II.
Santiago, Chile, September 11, 1973, 9:10 a.m. In the facilities of Radio Maggayanes, the official radio station of the Communist Party of Chile, there is chaos. A little while before, the forces of the coup plotter Pinochet have bombed the antennas of the station, in the context of Operation Silenc
Despite the victory over the Bolsheviks in the Battle of Warsaw, the fight was still going on on the southern front. The turning point came on August 31, 1920, when about eight thousand cavalrymen clashed near Komarów. How did a handful of Poles defeat the fearful Cavalry Army of Semyon Budyonny?
Male makeup? This is no metrosexuality or a strange 21st-century novelty. The idea of makeup guys is as old as beer, the wheel, and the division of time into days and weeks. It was invented by the Sumerians and only developed in the following ages. 1. Make-up in the land of the fertile crescen
Not so long ago she was one of Józef Piłsudskis closest friends. Now, involuntarily, they stood on either side of the barricade. Was it their private dispute that in May 1926 almost 400 people lost their lives, and the Polish experiment with democracy became history? It was not easy for Stanisła
The ubiquitous smell of sulfur and burning corpses. The groans of the dying and the cry of those who persistently cling to life. Church bells ringing and the whistle of whips lashing the flesh of sinners. A picture of hell circles? No, its a day in the life of a plague doctor. People have always