Phantis:Selected anniversaries/August 22
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- 1686: Venetian General Francesco Morosini took Nafplio from the Turks.
- 1939: The volcano at Santorini erupted.
- 2004: Fani Halkia set a new Olympic record in the 400m hurdles semi-finals with 52.77.
- 2004: Demosthenes Tambakos won the gold medal with 9,862 points in the rings competition at the Athens Olympic Games
- 2006: Major fires broke out in Chalkidiki prefecture.
- 2007: Theo Zagorakis played his 120th and final game for Greece.
- Deaths:: Pavlos Kountouriotis (1935), Admiral, President of Greece; Gina Bachauer (1976), Greek pianist