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===Sports=== | ===Sports=== | ||
*[[2006]]: [[Panathinaikos BC]] win their 9th [[Greek Basketball Cup|Greek Cup]] by defeating [[Marousi BC]] 68-57. | *[[2006]]: [[Panathinaikos BC]] win their 9th [[Greek Basketball Cup|Greek Cup]] by defeating [[Marousi BC]] 68-57. | ||
| + | *[[2022]]: [[Greeks|Greek]] [[long jump]]er [[Miltos Tentoglou]] wins gold at the indoor world championships in Belgrade. His 8.55m jump is a new Greek indoor record. | ||
==Births== | ==Births== | ||
Latest revision as of 13:07, March 19, 2022
Events
- 1844: King Otto takes an oath of allegiance to the new constitution of Greece which is published in the Government's Annals.
- 1863: The Second National Assembly of Greece offers the throne to Prince Christian William Ferdinand Adolph George of Denmark.
- 1913: King George I is assassinated in Thessaloniki by Alexandros Schinas.Crown Prince Constantine ascends to the throne.
- 1926: A powerful earthquake (6.9 on the Richter scale) strikes Kastellorizo and the surrounding area.
- 2001: The 27th census takes place throughout Greece.
Sports
- 2006: Panathinaikos BC win their 9th Greek Cup by defeating Marousi BC 68-57.
- 2022: Greek long jumper Miltos Tentoglou wins gold at the indoor world championships in Belgrade. His 8.55m jump is a new Greek indoor record.
Births
- 1939: Yiannis Markopoulos, composer
- 1968: Temuri Ketsbaia, football player and coach
Deaths
- 1868: Benizelos Rouphos, politician, Prime Minister
- 1913: King George I, King of the Hellenes
- 1936: Eleftherios Venizelos, politician
- 1996: Odysseus Elytis, Nobel prize winning poet, born in Heraklion, Crete