September 5

Events

• 322 BC: The Battle of Crannon is fought between Macedon and Athens.
• 1863: Prince George of Denmark leaves his native country to take up his new post as King of Greece.
• 1976: Cyprus holds its third parliamentary elections.
• 1997: Athens is awarded the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Sports

• 1998: The National Football Team of Cyprus defeat Spain 3-2 in a Euro 2000 qualifier.

Births

• 1934: Freddy Germanos, writer, TV presenter

Deaths

• 1998: Takis Papoulidis, football player
• 2007: Nikos Nikolaidis, film director
• 2011: Georgios-Alexandros Mangakis, professor, anti-Junta activist