Phantis:Selected anniversaries/April 22

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April 22

  • 1821: The Battle of Alamana took place during the Greek War of Independence.
  • 1906: The 1906 Athens "Olympiad" commenced. This competition was outside the Olympic Games' four-year cycle and was organised in order to revive the Games which were in danger of dying out after the 1904 St Louis circus-like flop.
  • 1980: Soviet cosmonaut, Valentina Tereshkova, visited Athens.
  • Deaths: Giorgos Economidis, radio host, songwriter (1985).

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