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==Births== | ==Births== | ||
| + | *[[1928]]: [[Chronis Aidonidis]], singer | ||
*[[1963]]: [[Alex Proyas]], [[Greek-Australian]] producer and director | *[[1963]]: [[Alex Proyas]], [[Greek-Australian]] producer and director | ||
Latest revision as of 20:16, February 20, 2024
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.
- 1928: Italy and Greece sign a "Neutrality, Accordance and Judicial Resolution Pact".
- 1955: Markos Drakos and 15 other EOKA members escape from Kerynia castle.
- 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
- 1959: Apollon Athens set a record as they demolish PAO Nea Melandia 23-0 for the Greek Football Cup. Savvas Papazoglou scores 10 goals which still stands as a record in Greek football for a competitive game.
- 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.
- 2023: Maria Sakkari defeats American Caroline Dolehide 7-5, 6-3 to win the WTA 1000 tournament in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Births
- 1928: Chronis Aidonidis, singer
- 1963: Alex Proyas, Greek-Australian producer and director
Deaths
- 1696: Patriarch Dionysius IV of Constantinople
- 2004: Dido Sotiriou, writer
- 2011: Nikos Koemtzis, notorious murderer.