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==Events==
 
==Events==
 
*[[1779]]: [[Saint Kosmas Aitolos]] is hanged by Ottoman authorities near Berat, Albania.
 
*[[1779]]: [[Saint Kosmas Aitolos]] is hanged by Ottoman authorities near Berat, Albania.
*[[1926]]: Dictator [[Theodoros Pangalos]] is overthrown by a coup d'etat.
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*[[1926]]: [[Pavlos Kountouriotis]] is restored to the Presidency of Greece following the ouster of [[Theodoros Pangalos]].
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*[[2007]]: 53 people died as huge forest fires, fanned by gale-force winds, raged out of control in the [[Peloponnese]] and other parts of the country. The worst fire was in the area of [[Zacharo]], in the western [[Peloponnese]], where 10 deaths were reported.
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===Sports===
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*[[1973]]: [[Maroula Lambrou]] breaks the Greek women's record in the [[long jump]] with a jump of 6.26m.
  
 
==Deaths==
 
==Deaths==
 
*[[1042]]: [[Michael V]], [[Byzantine emperor]].
 
*[[1042]]: [[Michael V]], [[Byzantine emperor]].
 
*[[1779]]: [[Saint Kosmas Aitolos]], travelling preacher and saint of the [[Greek Orthodox Church]].
 
*[[1779]]: [[Saint Kosmas Aitolos]], travelling preacher and saint of the [[Greek Orthodox Church]].
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*[[2009]]: [[Yiannis Mertziotis]], athlete ([[1500m]], [[5000m]], [[3000m steeplechase]])
  
 
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