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==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
| + | *[[1993]]: [[Yiannis Argyris]], actor | ||
*[[1996]]: [[Aliki Vougiouklaki]], actress | *[[1996]]: [[Aliki Vougiouklaki]], actress | ||
*[[2012]]: [[Apostolos Papoutsakis]], football executive | *[[2012]]: [[Apostolos Papoutsakis]], football executive | ||
[[Category:Days]] | [[Category:Days]] | ||
Revision as of 09:46, September 18, 2012
Events
- 1833: The Church of Greece declares itself independent of Patriarch of Constantinople.
- 1933: A strong earthquake (6.6 on the Richter scale) strikes Kos, killing 200 persons.
- 1949: A powerful earthquake (6.7 on the Richter scale) strikes the island of Chios.
- 1974: The military government in Greece collapses and former prime minister Constantine Karamanlis is invited to return.
- 1974: Nikos Sampson, junta-appointed President of Cyprus resigns and is replaced by Parliament President Glafkos Clerides
- 2002: 37-year old teacher, Konstantinos Telios, surrenders to the police in Thessaloniki as a member of the Revolutionary Organisation 17 November.
Sports
- 1949: The Cyprus National Football Team play their first international: a 3-0 loss to Israel in Tel-Aviv.
- 1995: Christos Pallakis breaks the Greek record in the pole vault with 5.56m.
Births
- 1939: Nicholas Gage, Greek-American writer and journalist.
- 1957: Nikos Galis, basketball player.
Deaths
- 1993: Yiannis Argyris, actor
- 1996: Aliki Vougiouklaki, actress
- 2012: Apostolos Papoutsakis, football executive