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1898: Prince George of Greece arrives in Crete as the High Commissioner of Crete.
1929: Pavlos Kountouriotis resigns from the office of President of Greece for health reasons.
1963: Constantine Karamanlis resigns from the leadership of his party, National Radical Union (ERE), and leaves for an 11-year self-imposed exile to Paris, France.

1987: Panathinaikos defeat Honved 5-1, overturning a 2-5 deficit from the first leg and advancing in the UEFA Cup.
2012: Greece defeat Hungary 9-5 and win the gold medal in the women’s FINA World Youth Water Polo Championship in Perth, Australia.

1859: Georgios Drosinis, writer, poet
1883: Alexandros Papagos, Prime Minister and the only Field Marshall in Greek military history.
1929: John Cassavetes, Greek-American actor
1954: Henk ten Cate, football coach

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 ==Events==
 *[[1898]]: [[Prince George of Greece]] arrives in [[Crete]] as the High Commissioner of Crete.
-*[[1963]]: [[Constantine Karamanlis]] resigned from the leadership of his party, National Radical Union (ERE), and left for an 11 year self-imposed exile to Paris, France.
+*[[1929]]: [[Pavlos Kountouriotis]] resigns from the office of [[List of Presidents of Greece|President of Greece]] for health reasons.
+*[[1963]]: [[Constantine Karamanlis]] resigns from the leadership of his party, [[National Radical Union]] (ERE), and leaves for an 11-year self-imposed exile to Paris, France.
 ===Sports===
 *[[1987]]: [[Panathinaikos FC|Panathinaikos]] defeat Honved 5-1, overturning a 2-5 deficit from the first leg and advancing in the UEFA Cup.
+*[[2012]]: Greece defeat Hungary 9-5 and win the gold medal in the women’s FINA World Youth Water Polo Championship in Perth, Australia.
 ==Births==