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*[[2000]]: [[Pyrros Dimas]] wins gold in weightlifting at the Sydney Olympiad. It is the third consecutive Olympiad that Dimas wins gold, a feat accomplished previously only by Naim Suleimanoglu. | *[[2000]]: [[Pyrros Dimas]] wins gold in weightlifting at the Sydney Olympiad. It is the third consecutive Olympiad that Dimas wins gold, a feat accomplished previously only by Naim Suleimanoglu. | ||
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| + | *[[1963]]: [[Alex Proyas]], [[Greek-Audtralian]] producer and director | ||
==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
Revision as of 11:06, December 18, 2008
Events
- 1821: Greeks capture Tripolis during the War of Independence against Turkey
- 1844: The Theological School of Chalki is established.
- 1863: The Parliament of the Ionian Islands votes for Union with Greece.
- 1995: Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I visits Patmos as part of the celebration of the 1,900 anniversary of the writing of the Book of Revelation by the Evangelist John.
Sports
- 2000: Pyrros Dimas wins gold in weightlifting at the Sydney Olympiad. It is the third consecutive Olympiad that Dimas wins gold, a feat accomplished previously only by Naim Suleimanoglu.
Births
- 1963: Alex Proyas, Greek-Audtralian producer and director
Deaths
- 2004: Dido Sotiriou, writer