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*[[1944]]: Communist organisation [[ELAS]] and nationalist [[Organisation X]] battle at [[Theseum]] for control of [[Athens]]. | *[[1944]]: Communist organisation [[ELAS]] and nationalist [[Organisation X]] battle at [[Theseum]] for control of [[Athens]]. | ||
*[[2005]]: [[Athina Roussel Onassis]] weds Brazilian equestrian champion Alvaro Alfonso de Miranda in Sao Paolo, Brazil. | *[[2005]]: [[Athina Roussel Onassis]] weds Brazilian equestrian champion Alvaro Alfonso de Miranda in Sao Paolo, Brazil. | ||
| + | ==Deaths== | ||
| + | *[[1932]]: [[Lambros Porfyras]], poet | ||
==Namesday== | ==Namesday== | ||
Revision as of 15:27, August 26, 2008
Events
- 1858: Julius Schmidt is named director of the National Observatory of Athens.
- 1897: The Istanbul Treaty was signed, officially ending the Greek-Turkish war. Greece was obligated to compensate Turkey with 4 million gold coins while they also had to evacuate the territories between Mt. Olympus and Kamvounia Mountain. Under the same treaty, Crete became independent.
- 1944: Communist organisation ELAS and nationalist Organisation X battle at Theseum for control of Athens.
- 2005: Athina Roussel Onassis weds Brazilian equestrian champion Alvaro Alfonso de Miranda in Sao Paolo, Brazil.
Deaths
- 1932: Lambros Porfyras, poet
Namesday
- Saint Barbara, patron saint of the Greek Artillery