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*[[1959]]: [[Apollon Athens FC|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 (soccer)|football]] for a competitive game. | *[[1959]]: [[Apollon Athens FC|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 (soccer)|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. | *[[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== | ==Births== | ||
Revision as of 12:07, September 24, 2023
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
- 1963: Alex Proyas, Greek-Australian producer and director
Deaths
- 1696: Patriarch Dionysius IV of Constantinople
- 2004: Dido Sotiriou, writer
- 2011: Nikos Koemtzis, notorious murderer.