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*[[1934]]: [[Yiota Lydia]], singer. | *[[1934]]: [[Yiota Lydia]], singer. | ||
*[[1934]]: [[Christos Lambrakis]], publisher. | *[[1934]]: [[Christos Lambrakis]], publisher. | ||
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| + | *[[1980]]: [[Giorgos Andrianopoulos]] football player and [[Piraeus]] mayor. | ||
[[Category:Days]] | [[Category:Days]] | ||
Revision as of 11:08, February 24, 2007
Events
- 391: Emperor Theodosius I outlaws paganism.
- 1931: Athenagoras becomes Archbishop of North and South America.
- 1948: American General James Van Fleet arrives in Greece to assist the national forces against the Democratic Army of Greece in the Greek Civil War.
- 1975: An attempted coup d'etat against the Karamanlis government is foiled. As many of the officers involved were arrested in the middle of the night, this goes down in history as the "Pyjamas coup d'etat".
- 1981: An earthquake (6.6 on the Richter scale) strikes NE of Peloponnesus near Athens.
Sports
- 1991: Nikos Machlas makes his debut with OFI.
Births
- 1934: Yiota Lydia, singer.
- 1934: Christos Lambrakis, publisher.
Deaths
- 1980: Giorgos Andrianopoulos football player and Piraeus mayor.