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| − | *[[1453]]: A lunar eclipse occurs while [[Constantinople]] is under siege by the Ottoman Turks. | + | *[[1453]]: A lunar eclipse occurs while [[Constantinople]] is under siege by the Ottoman Turks. The Byzantines take it as a bad omen since an old legend stated that Constantinople would never fall while the Moon was waxing. |
| − | The Byzantines take it as a bad omen since an old legend stated that Constantinople would never fall while the Moon was waxing. | ||
*[[1963]]: MP [[Grigoris Lambrakis]] is run down by a delivery truck driven by two right-wing extremists (Emmanouil Emmanouilidis and Spyros Kotzamanis) after delivering the keynote speech at a pacifist meeting in [[Thessaloniki]]. He will die five days later. | *[[1963]]: MP [[Grigoris Lambrakis]] is run down by a delivery truck driven by two right-wing extremists (Emmanouil Emmanouilidis and Spyros Kotzamanis) after delivering the keynote speech at a pacifist meeting in [[Thessaloniki]]. He will die five days later. | ||
Revision as of 19:18, May 15, 2006
Events
- 1453: A lunar eclipse occurs while Constantinople is under siege by the Ottoman Turks. The Byzantines take it as a bad omen since an old legend stated that Constantinople would never fall while the Moon was waxing.
- 1963: MP Grigoris Lambrakis is run down by a delivery truck driven by two right-wing extremists (Emmanouil Emmanouilidis and Spyros Kotzamanis) after delivering the keynote speech at a pacifist meeting in Thessaloniki. He will die five days later.
Births
- 1907: Ploutis Servas, Cypriot politician, founder of AKEL.
Deaths
- 1825: Laskarina Bouboulina, heroine of the Greek War of Independence.
