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*[[1975]]: The [[Constitution of Greece]] is ratified. | *[[1975]]: The [[Constitution of Greece]] is ratified. | ||
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| − | *[[1980]]: [[National Football Team|Greece]] participate for the first time in the final phase of a major [[football (soccer)|football]] tournament. They lose 1-0 to | + | *[[1980]]: [[National Football Team|Greece]] participate for the first time in the final phase of a major [[football (soccer)|football]] tournament. They lose 1-0 to the Netherlands 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]]. |
*[[2005]]: [[Aphrodite Skafida]] sets a new Greek record in the women's [[pole vault]] with a jume of 4.48m. | *[[2005]]: [[Aphrodite Skafida]] sets a new Greek record in the women's [[pole vault]] with a jume of 4.48m. | ||
Latest revision as of 12:48, June 11, 2023
Events
- 1184 BC: According to Eratosthenes, Troy falls to the Greeks
- 1821: Agrinio is liberated during the Greek War of Independence.
- 1895: Theodoros Deligiannis forms a government.
- 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 the Netherlands 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.
- 2005: Aphrodite Skafida sets a new Greek record in the women's pole vault with a jume of 4.48m.
Births
- 1895: Iakovos III, Archbishop of Athens and all Greece.
- 1953: Giorgos Orfanos, politician
- 1959: Pantelis Thalassinos, singer, songwriter
- 1974: Frangiskos Alvertis, 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.
- 2014: Kostas Mourouzis, basketball player and coach.