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==Events== | ==Events== | ||
*[[1184 BC]]: According to [[Eratosthenes]], [[Troy]] falls to the Greeks | *[[1184 BC]]: According to [[Eratosthenes]], [[Troy]] falls to the Greeks | ||
| + | *[[1821]]: [[Agrinio]] is liberated during the Greek [[War of Independence]]. | ||
*[[1917]]: [[King Constantine I]] leaves [[Greece]], exiled by his political opponents. | *[[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]] | *[[1963]]: [[Constantine Karamanlis]] resigned the premiership after a disagreement with King [[Paul of Greece]] | ||
Revision as of 11:26, March 12, 2007
Events
- 1184 BC: According to Eratosthenes, Troy falls to the Greeks
- 1821: Agrinio is liberated during the Greek War of Independence.
- 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.
Sports
- 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.
Births
- 1959: Pantelis Thalassinos, singer, songwriter
- 1985: Sofoklis Schortsianitis, basketball player.
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.