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On this day: December 23, 1975 – CIA station chief in Athens, Richard Wells, is assassinated
Richard Wells was the highest-ranking CIA officer killed in the line of…
On this day: December 24, 1914 – The Christmas Truce
The spark for the outbreak of World War I may have ignited…
On this day: December 16, 1947 – The transistor is discovered
The transistor, fundamental to all modern technology, including telecommunications, data communications, aviation,…
On this day: December 17, 1770 – Ludwig van Beethoven is born
On April 2, 1800, Ludwig van Beethoven presented his First Symphony for…
On this day: December 18, 1916 – The bloody Battle of Verdun ends
“Not more than 200 meters above our heads, two enemy planes fly…
Master of the Greek theater
The director Dimitris Rontiris (Poros, 7/1/1899 – Athens, 20/12/1981) appears in the…
