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==Events==
*[[1901]]: Archaeologist Ch. Tsountas announces the discovery of a neolithic settlement in [[Sesklo]], near [[Volos]].
*[[1909]]: The Great Powers demand that Turkey negotiates the [[Crete|Cretan]] matter only with themselves and not Greece.
*[[1944]]: German troops execute 148 Greeks in [[Kokkinia]], [[Piraeus]].
*[[1999]]: A powerful earthquake (6.6 on the Richter scale) causes extensive damage to Izmit ([[Nicomedia]]) Turkey. Greek rescue units will be among the first on the scene. A political rapprochement between the countries will follow.
*[[2007]]: PM [[Costas Karamanlis]] formally requests that President [[Karolos Papoulias]] dissolve [[Hellenic Parliament|Parliament]] and proclaim general elections.
 
===Sports===
*[[2004]]: Judo athlete, [[Elias Eliadis]], wins gold in the Athens Olympic Games.
==Deaths==
*[[2001]]: [[Nikos Goumas]], President of [[AEK FC]].
*[[2012]]: [[Panos Markovits]], [[football (soccer)|football]] coach.
*[[2020]]: [[Savvas Theodoridis]], footballer
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