Friday, April 30, 1976. The end of the Greek Language Question.

The Greek Parliament decided that the official language of Greece would be Demotic Greek, "Demotiki", the modern colloquial form of the Greek language, rather than "Katharevousa" an updated version of Ancient Greek.  The latter had been the official form.

The Greek language question (γλωσσικό ζήτημα) had been going on since the 19th Century.

The British fishing trawler Arctic Corsair rammed the Icelandic Coat Guard vessel ICGV Óðinn.

The ship continued to serve until 2006, and appears as a US vessel in Flags of our Fathers.  It's presently a museum ship.

Muhammed Ali barely clung on to his heavyweight title in a fight against Jimmy Young in Landover, Maryland.

Both boxers health declined enormously after their boxing careers, due to their boxing careers.  Young died at age 56.

Last edition:

Sunday, April 25, 1976. Saving the flag.

Labels: 1970s, 1976, baseball, Laos, Portugal, Socialism

Sunday, December 28, 1975. Conflict in the Third Cod War.

The Icelandic Coast Guard vessel ICGV Týr rammed the Royal Navy frigate HMS Andromeda which was escorting two British fishing trawlers in what Iceland claimed as its territorial waters in the first confrontation of the Third Cod War.

The Týr is still in service.  The HMS Andromeda went on to serve in the Falklands War and was decommissioned in 1983.

Argentine guerilla commander Roberto Quieto was captured by soldiers in Martinez, Argentina during a raid on a warehouse. He'd betray his confederates under torture.

Quieto was a lawyer by training and would disappear while in Argentine captivity in 1976.

Both Chile and Argentina went through a period like this, called the Dirty War in Argentina.

Down 14-10 with  32 seconds remaining on  the clock, Dallas Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach threw a long pass to win the game.  Interviewed later, he'd say:

It's a play you hit one in a hundred times if you're lucky.  It's a Hail Mary pass.  You throw it up and pray he catches it.

Staubach thereby coined, unintentionally the phrase that's irreverently used to refer to such desperate passes in football today.  I dislike the phrase so much I thought about not posting it here, but it's so frequently used, I relented.

Last edition:

Tuesday, December 23, 1975. Going metric.

Labels: 1940s, 1945, 79th Congress, Cheesecake, Ethnicities, It was because of World War Two, law, Marriage, The Press, The relationship between men and women, Women, World War Two