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− | *[[1971]]: [[Panagiotis Nacopoulos]] smashes [[Giorgos | + | *[[1971]]: [[Panagiotis Nacopoulos]] smashes [[Giorgos Papavasiliou|Giorgos Papavassiliou's]] 11 year-old record in 3000m steeple (8:45.8) with 8:40.8 |
*[[1979]]: [[Philippos Syrigos]] begins his career as sportscaster in a basketball game. Greece face France (74-76) for the European Championship in Torino. | *[[1979]]: [[Philippos Syrigos]] begins his career as sportscaster in a basketball game. Greece face France (74-76) for the European Championship in Torino. | ||
*[[1992]]: Olympiakos win their first water polo championship in 21 years | *[[1992]]: Olympiakos win their first water polo championship in 21 years |
Revision as of 19:58, September 7, 2008
Contents
Events
- 1798: Rigas Feraios is strangled to death.
- 1825: A Greek force under Dimitrios Ypsilantis and Ioannis Makriyiannis repels the army of Ibrahim Pasha at Myloi, Argolis.
- 1835: King Otto starts to rule in fact, as well as in name, as the rule of his three Bavarian advisers comes to an end.
- 1905: PM Theodoros Deligiannis is assassinated by a gambler in revenge for the measures he enacted against gambling establishments.
- 1961: Cyprus joins the British Commonwealth.
Sports
- 1971: Panagiotis Nacopoulos smashes Giorgos Papavassiliou's 11 year-old record in 3000m steeple (8:45.8) with 8:40.8
- 1979: Philippos Syrigos begins his career as sportscaster in a basketball game. Greece face France (74-76) for the European Championship in Torino.
- 1992: Olympiakos win their first water polo championship in 21 years
- 2004: Sports journalist Manolis Mavromatis is elected to the European Parliament.
Births
- 1917: Phaedon Gizikis, Junta-appointed President of Greece.
- 1965: Vasilis Karapialis, footballer
Deaths
- 1798: Rigas Feraios, poet
- 1905: Theodoros Deligiannis, politician
- 1912: Ecumenical Patriarch Joachim III
- 2006: Yolanda Terenzio, journalist, writer