April 22

Events

• 1821: The Battle of Alamana takes place during the Greek War of Independence.
• 1906: The 1906 Athens "Olympiad" commences. 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, visits Athens.

Deaths

• 1985: Giorgos Economidis, radio host, songwriter.