1219 The "Revolt of the Two Sivritos" ends. It was an uprising of the Cretans against the Venetians, which forced the conquerors to grant privileges.
1321 Dante Alighieri, Italy's national poet, better known in Greece as Dante ("Divine Comedy"), dies.
1501 Michelangelo begins work on "David", his sculptural masterpiece.
1788 New York becomes the first capital of the United States.
1873 Constantine Carathéodory, one of the world's most important mathematicians, is born.
1908 The great theatre teacher Karolos Koun is born.
1916 Eleftherios Venizelos and 300 of his supporters set out on two ships for Thessaloniki, where the National Defence movement has broken out and taken hold.
1922 The Turkish army invades Smyrna and begins an unprecedented massacre and destruction.
1940 German forces bomb Buckingham Palace.
1959 The first rocket, of Soviet origin, reaches the Moon, where the flag of the USSR is placed. In statements, academician Leonid Sedov confirms that the USSR will not make territorial claims on the Moon!
1961 A manned spacecraft is launched from Cape Canaveral and placed into orbit around the Earth. It returns, completing a test flight for the first American manned mission.
1990 In Cyprus, due to a water shortage, it is decided that those who waste water will face criminal prosecution.
1994 In Canada, the separatist Parti Québécois wins the parliamentary elections in the French-speaking province of Quebec.
1997 In India, Mother Teresa is buried, in the presence of high-ranking guests.
1999 119 people lose their lives in a bomb explosion in Moscow.
2008 In Delhi, India, a series of bomb attacks kill 30 people.
