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==Events==
 
==Events==
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*[[1522]]: The Turkish army invades the island of [[Rhodes]].
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*[[1640]]: Former [[Patriarch of Constantinople]], [[Cyril II of Constantinople|Cyril II]], is executed in Tunisia.
 
*[[1912]]: Four people die during a heatwave in [[Athens]].
 
*[[1912]]: Four people die during a heatwave in [[Athens]].
 
*[[1920]]: The Greeks defeat Turkish forces at [[Alashehir]] during the first Greek offensive of the [[Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922)]]
 
*[[1920]]: The Greeks defeat Turkish forces at [[Alashehir]] during the first Greek offensive of the [[Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922)]]
 
*[[1925]]: Officers loyal to [[Theodoros Pangalos]] stage a coup. For the next two years, Pangalos will rule [[Greece]] by decree.
 
*[[1925]]: Officers loyal to [[Theodoros Pangalos]] stage a coup. For the next two years, Pangalos will rule [[Greece]] by decree.
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*[[1949]]: Prime Minister [[Themistoklis Sofoulis]] dies in office. He is succeeded by [[Alexandros Diomedes]].
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*[[1991]]: A bomb explodes near the Archaeological Museum in [[Athens]] injuring six policemen.
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*[[2010]]:  A bomb blast at the offices of [[Minister for Public Order (Greece)|Greece's public order ministry]] in [[Athens]] kills Giorgos Vassilakis, a 50-year-old father of two and a close aide to the minister responsible for counter-terrorism, [[Michalis Chryssohoidis]].
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===Sports===
 
*[[1928]]: [[Aris FC|Aris]] defeat [[Ethnikos Piraeus FC|Ethnikos Piraeus]] 3-1 to clinch the first football championship in Greek history.
 
*[[1928]]: [[Aris FC|Aris]] defeat [[Ethnikos Piraeus FC|Ethnikos Piraeus]] 3-1 to clinch the first football championship in Greek history.
*[[1949]]: Prime Minister [[Themistoklis Sofoulis]] dies in office. He is succeeded by [[Alexandros Diomedes]].
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*[[2009]]: [[Panathinaikos FC|Panathinaikos]] acquire striker [[Djibril Cisse]] from Olympique Marseille for 8 million euros.
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*[[2010]]: A nine-year era comes to a close as [[Otto Rehhagel]] announces his retirement from the position of head coach of the Greek [[National Football Team]].
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*[[2011]]: [[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos]] owner and Super League president, [[Vangelis Marinakis]], [[National Football Team|Greece]] international defender [[Avraam Papadopoulos]] and ex-[[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos]] footballer [[Kostas Mendrinos]] are among 70 suspects named in connection to match-fixing allegations by an Athens prosecutor.
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*[[2014]]: [[National Football Team|Greece]] defeat the Ivory Coast 2-1 and qualify for the World Cup round of 16.
  
 
==Births==
 
==Births==
 
*[[1869]]: [[Prince George of Greece]], High Commissioner of [[Crete]]
 
*[[1869]]: [[Prince George of Greece]], High Commissioner of [[Crete]]
 
*[[1945]]: [[Nora Valsami]], actress
 
*[[1945]]: [[Nora Valsami]], actress
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*[[1968]]: [[Alexandros Terzian]], athlete ([[100m]]).
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*[[1977]]: [[Dimos Dikoudis]], [[basketball]] player
 
*[[1978]]: [[Pantelis Kafes]], footballer
 
*[[1978]]: [[Pantelis Kafes]], footballer
  
 
==Deaths==
 
==Deaths==
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*[[1640]]: [[Cyril II of Constantinople|Cyril II]], [[Patriarch of Constantinople]]
 
*[[1835]]: [[Andreas Miaoulis]], Greek revolutionary.
 
*[[1835]]: [[Andreas Miaoulis]], Greek revolutionary.
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*[[1920]]: [[Georgios Christakis-Zografos]], head of the provisional government of [[Northern Epirus]].
 
*[[1949]]: [[Themistoklis Sofoulis]], archaeologist, politician and Prime Minister
 
*[[1949]]: [[Themistoklis Sofoulis]], archaeologist, politician and Prime Minister
  
 
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