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===Sports=== | ===Sports=== | ||
*[[1987]]: [[Panathinaikos FC|Panathinaikos]] defeat Honved 5-1, overturning a 2-5 deficit from the first leg and advancing in the UEFA Cup. | *[[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== | ==Births== | ||
Latest revision as of 13:17, December 11, 2012
Events
- 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.
Sports
- 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.
Births
- 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