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*[[1928]]: [[John Colicos]], [[Greek-Canadian]] actor.
 
*[[1948]]: [[Dusan Bajevic]], football player and coach
 
*[[1948]]: [[Dusan Bajevic]], football player and coach
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==Deaths==
 
==Deaths==
 
*[[1041]]: [[Michael IV the Paphlagonian]], [[Byzantine Emperor]]
 
*[[1041]]: [[Michael IV the Paphlagonian]], [[Byzantine Emperor]]
  
 
[[Category:Days]]
 
[[Category:Days]]

Revision as of 12:12, December 4, 2006

Events

  • 969: Nicephorus Phocas, Emperor of Byzantium, is assassinated.
  • 1832: the island of Samos was granted autonomous status within the Ottoman Empire, guaranteed by Britain, France and Russia. A Turkish military force remained garrisoned on the island. The island governor, a Greek christian, was to be appointed by the High Porte.
  • 1963: THe Nobel for Literature is awarded for the first time to a Greek; to George Seferis. In his award speech the poet is quoted as saying: "I belong to a small country. Our place is small but it has a huge tradition... The Greek language has never stopped being spoken..."
  • 1981:Evangelos Averoff is elected Chairman of the New Democracy party.

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Deaths