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| + | *[[1822]]: [[Dramali Pasha]] begins the siege of the acropolis of [[Argos]]. | ||
*[[1930]]: Greeks protest the rising unemployment rate. | *[[1930]]: Greeks protest the rising unemployment rate. | ||
*[[1940]]: Two Greek Navy auxiliary vessels - the Orion and the Hydra - are attacked by Italian aircraft off the coast of [[Crete]]. | *[[1940]]: Two Greek Navy auxiliary vessels - the Orion and the Hydra - are attacked by Italian aircraft off the coast of [[Crete]]. | ||
Revision as of 13:44, December 5, 2011
Events
- 1822: Dramali Pasha begins the siege of the acropolis of Argos.
- 1930: Greeks protest the rising unemployment rate.
- 1940: Two Greek Navy auxiliary vessels - the Orion and the Hydra - are attacked by Italian aircraft off the coast of Crete.
- 1967: The Junta strips 480 persons of their Greek citizenship.
- 1994: Two bombs go off in Rhodes, thought to be the work of foreign terrorists.
Sports
- 1958: Evangelos Depastas, breaks the Greek record for the 800m with a time of 1:49.1.
- 1958: Georgios Roubanis breaks the Greek record in the pole vault with 4.60m. His record will stand for six years.
- 2006: The FIFA Emergency Committee decided to lift the suspension on the Hellenic Football Federation (HFF) on July 3 after receiving confirmation that the Greek Parliament had approved an amendment to the national legislation relating to sport.
- 2009: Greece win second place in the FIBA U19 World Basketball Championship after losing 88-80 to the USA in the final.
Births
- 1924: Phaedon Mattheou, basketball player and coach.
- 1949: George Souris, Greek-Australian politician
- 1974: Stelios Giannakopoulos, footballer.