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*[[1969]]: [[April 21]] becomes a national holiday. | *[[1969]]: [[April 21]] becomes a national holiday. | ||
*[[1998]]: PM [[Costas Simitis]] announces the devaluation of the [[drachma]] by 14%. | *[[1998]]: PM [[Costas Simitis]] announces the devaluation of the [[drachma]] by 14%. | ||
| + | ===Sports=== | ||
| + | *[[1986]]: [[Dimitris Koutsoukis]] breaks the Greek [[shot put]] indoor record with 20.27 in Oklahoma, USA. The record will stand for 24 years. | ||
==Births== | ==Births== | ||
Revision as of 12:22, February 18, 2010
Contents
Events
- 1489: The last Lusignan queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells the island to the Venetians.
- 1865: Alexandros Koumoundouros forms his first government.
- 1942: The Axis powers impose upon Greece a "loan" for their expenses in occupying the country. The loan was estimated in 1993 to be equivalent to US $9 billion of that time. The Axis powers promised to repay the loan "in the future".
- 1957: Evagoras Pallikaridis is hanged in the Central Jail of Lefkosia.
- 1969: April 21 becomes a national holiday.
- 1998: PM Costas Simitis announces the devaluation of the drachma by 14%.
Sports
- 1986: Dimitris Koutsoukis breaks the Greek shot put indoor record with 20.27 in Oklahoma, USA. The record will stand for 24 years.
Births
- 1772: Georgakis Olympios, revolutionary
- 1939: Stavros Xarchakos, composer
- 1944: Mariza Koch, singer
- 1953: Kleanthis Ierissiotis, athlete (Hammer throw)
Deaths
- 1957: Evagoras Pallikaridis, EOKA fighter, aged 19.
