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Events
*[[1948]]: The national forces abandon "Operation Coronis" in the [[Greek Civil War]].
*[[1967]]: Composer/politician [[Mikis Theodorakis]] is arrested by the military [[Junta|government]] of [[Greece]]. He will spend the next five months in prison.
*[[2013]]: [[Hellenic Public Television]] ([[EDT]]) broadcasts live for the very first time.
 
===Sports===
*[[1984]]: Greek [[Javelin throw|javelin]] champion [[Anna Verouli]] fails to pass the anti-doping test at the Los Angeles Olympics.
*[[1995]]: [[Christina Thalassinidou]] wins the bronze medal in synchronized swimming at the Vienna European Championships.
*[[2004]]: [[Sophia Bekatorou]] and [[Emilia Tsoulfa]] win the gold medal in the double handed dinghy (470) race at the Athens Olympic Games. [[Tasoula Kelesidou]] wins the silver medal (66.68) in discus throw, and 33-year-old [[Pyrros Dimas]], the best ever Greek weightlifter, wins the bronze medal in the 85kgs category with 175+202.5 kgrs saying goodbye to competitions leaving his shoes in front of the barbell. In Nikea[[Nikaia]], 6.000 fans delaud him interrupting the medal ceremony for 10 minutes
*[[2004]]: [[Chrysopigi Devetzi]] sets a new Greek record in the [[triple jump]] with 15.32m., in the preliminaries.
*[[2005]]: Greece's women's [[Water Polo]] team won the World League final by defeating Russia 13-10 at Kirishi, Russia.
*[[2008]]: [[Athanasia Tsoumeleka]] breaks the Greek record for 20,000m [[race walking]] with 1:27:54 finishing 9th in the Beijing Olympics final.
*[[2009]]: [[Kyriakos Ioannou]] of [[Cyprus]] wins the silver medal in the [[high jump]] at the Berlin World Championship of [[athletics]] with a 2.32m performance.
==Births==
*[[1970]]: [[Giorgos Toursounidis]], footballer
==Deaths==
*[[2012]]: [[Michalis Menidiatis]], singer
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