Difference between revisions of "February 7"

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457: Leo I is crowned Byzantine emperor.
1828: Ioannis Kapodistrias is sworn in as Governor of Greece at Aegina.
1922: The first issue of Athens daily "To Vima" (The Podium) is published. Among the newspapers' founders is Dimitrios Lambrakis.
1949: Nikolaos Zachariadis replaces Markos Vafiadis as head of the "Provisional Democratic Government".
1956: Student Petros Yiallouros, a member of ANE, is slain during a protest in Cyprus.
2008: Metropolitan Hieronymus of Thebes is elected Archbishop of Athens and all Greece.

1991: President of the Greek Weightlifting Federation Giannis Sgouros brings Pyrros Dimas to Greece.
2000: The daily sports journal "Filathlos" (Φίλαθλος) is first published with Yiannis Tragas as the editor

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 *[[1949]]: [[Nikolaos Zachariadis]] replaces [[Markos Vafiadis]] as [[Heads of Provisional Democratic Government|head of the "Provisional Democratic Government"]].
 *[[1956]]: Student [[Petros Yiallouros]], a member of [[ANE]], is slain during a protest in [[Cyprus]].
+*[[2008]]: Metropolitan [[Hieronymus II|Hieronymus]] of [[Thebes]] is elected [[Archbishop of Athens]] and all Greece.
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 *[[1991]]: President of the Greek Weightlifting Federation Giannis Sgouros brings [[Pyrros Dimas]] to [[Greece]].