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==Events==
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*[[1821]]: [[Dimitris Papanikolis]] and his companions Yiannis Patatoukos and Giorgos Kalafatis burn a 76-cannon Turkish war ship in [[Eressos]] harbour, [[Lesbos]].
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*[[1874]]: Metropolitan [[Procopius I]] is elected [[Archbishop of Athens]].
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*[[1916]]: Fort Roupel is surrendered, by Major [[Ioannis Mavroudis]], to German and Bulgarian forces. He was under orders to do so by the government in [[Athens]].
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*[[1919]]: The Greek Army occupies [[Aydini]], [[Asia Minor]].
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*[[1941]]: The evacuation of all Allied forces from [[Crete]] is ordered.
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*[[1963]]: [[Grigoris Lambrakis]], a leftist politician, succumbs to his injuries of [[May 22]].
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*[[2022]]: Iran seizes two Greek tankers in the Persian Gulf.
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==Sports==
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*[[1956]]: [[Kostas Sfikas]] breaks the Greek record for the [[triple jump]] with 15.18m. The old record by [[Ioannis Palamiotis]] had stood for 17 years.
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*[[1966]]: Sportscaster [[Yiannis Diakoyiannis]] starts reporting on the England World Cup for national television carrier [[EIR]], 3 months after its first transmission ([[February 23]], [[1966]])
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==Births==
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*[[1938]]: [[Socrates Kokkalis]], owner of [[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos]]
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==Deaths==
 
==Deaths==
*[[1963]]: [[Grigoris Lambrakis]], politician
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*[[1879]]: [[Epameinondas Deligeorgis]], politician, Prime Minister
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*[[1963]]: [[Grigoris Lambrakis]], politician, assassinated
  
 
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