On this day: October 23, 1942 – The Battle of El Alamein begins
In 1942 the situation for the Allies during World War II was…
On this day: October 24, 1929 – “Black Thursday”, harbinger of the Great Crash
The 1920s found the United States in a period of prosperity: American…
On this day: October 25, 1979 – Referendum on Basque and Catalan autonomy
After the death of the Spanish dictator Francisco Franco in November 1975,…
On this day: October 19, 1980 – Greece rejoins the military arm of NATO
The Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974 brought Greece and Turkey to…
On this day: October 20, 1827 – The Naval Battle of Navarino
Six years after the start of the Greek Revolution, an important event…
On this day: October 21, 1912 – The Greek army liberates Preveza
In October 1912, with the expiration of the ultimatum sent by the…
On this day: October 16, 1793 – Marie Antoinette is baptized
On the morning of the 16thher October 1793 Marie Antoinette, previously Queen…
On this day: October 17, 1931 – Al Capone is convicted of tax evasion
At the dawn of the 1930s, on the streets of Chicago, but…
On this day: October 18, 1979 – The Nobel Prize for Literature to Odysseus Elytis
In 1979, the Swedish Academy honored for the second time a Greek…
On this day: October 11, 1922 – The Moudania Armistice
After the collapse of the front and the occupation by Kemal's troops…
