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1184 BC: According to Eratosthenes, Troy falls to the Greeks
1917: King Constantine I leaves Greece, exiled by his political opponents.
1963: Constantine Karamanlis resigned the premiership after a disagreement with King Paul of Greece
1975: The Constitution of Greece is ratified.

1980: Greece participate for the first time in the final phase of a major football tournament. They lose 1-0 to Holland in their opening match of Euro 1980, after East German referee Prokop inexplicably awards the Dutch a penalty when forward Naninga charges and injures Greek keeper Vasilis Konstantinou.

323 BC: Alexander the Great in Babylon.
1969: Rita Abatzi, rebetiko singer.
2004: Xenophon Zolotas, an eminent Greek economist, served as an interim non-party Prime Minister of Greece.

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 ===Sports===
 *[[1980]]: [[National Football Team|Greece]] participate for the first time in the final phase of a major [[football (soccer)|football]] tournament. They lose 1-0 to Holland in their opening match of [[Euro 1980]], after East German referee Prokop inexplicably awards the Dutch a penalty when forward Naninga charges and injures Greek keeper [[Vasilis Konstantinou]].
+==Births==
+*[[1959]]: [[Pantelis Thalassinos]], singer, songwriter
 ==Deaths==
 *[[323 BC]]: [[Alexander the Great]] in Babylon.
 *[[1969]]: [[Rita Abatzi]], [[rebetiko]] singer.
+*[[2004]]: [[Xenophon Zolotas]], an eminent Greek economist, served as an interim non-party Prime Minister of Greece.
 [[Category:Days]]